In the seventh inning of today's game, Plouffe took himself out of the game after he seemingly stumbled running the bases. Has anyone heard what's up? The Twins bench situation already looks so thin that they are going to give that last roster spot to someone who has almost no business being in the majors yet. This would make things a mite worse.

hamstring strain. Ill be out until wednesday, according to terry ryan.

By now you have probably seen this, but Rhett Bollinger, Phil Mackey and Joe Christensen have all reported via Twitter that Plouffe has a slight hamstring strain and is out until at least Wednesday according to Terry Ryan.