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Twins Kill the Monkey with Slowey's Arm

AdamOnFirst — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:27:12 -0000

14 days ago: Minnesota Twins' Kevin Slowey pitches against the Houston Astros in the first inning of an interleague baseball game Friday, June 19, 2009, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

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The Twins were finally able to shake the monkey off their backs tonight, breaking over .500 for the first time since May 14. Since then, the Twins won a game to get to .500 mark, but then lost the next game 4 times, losing to the Pirates, the Cubs, the Mariners, and the Red Sox. Perhaps fittingly, the Twins victory over the Astros that did the job last night was about as far off script as we could guess.

If before last night's game you were told Kevin Slowey would walk 4 and Roy Oswalt would throw a perfect game, you would not have foreseen a Twins win. But Slowey was tough, working his way through 6 innings surrendering only 3 hits and one lone run while recording six strikeouts. Slowey was able to wriggle out of jams for most of the evening thanks to frequent help from the Twins' defense. Mauer caught a leadoff walk stealing in the first, Punto and Harris turned a double play to end the 4th, and Mauer threw out another baserunner to end the 5th. Slowey was quick to close the door in innings too, retiring his first two-out hitter with a strikeout in each of the first three innings.

We found out in the 6th that Slowey was battling side pain the whole game. He was visited during that inning by Twins coaches, but elected to stay in the game and finish the frame. Team quotes after the game don't indicate any likelihood of a DL stay, but we'll have to watch for Slowey's name as more news comes out over the next couple of days.

Meanwhile, the Twins offense was scraping up enough to keep just ahead of the Astros. Justin Morneau was able to deliver a sacrifice fly in the first to give the Twins an early 1-0 lead, and Nick Punto was able to put the Twins back on top 2-1 in the 5th when he perfectly executed a squeeze bunt with Delmon Young charging home. That's the second time in a week Punto has scored a runner from third with the bunt as he did the same on Sunday in Chicago. Punto isn't the first guy I would have expected to be doing this for the Twins as he's had trouble executing bunts over the years, despite his "little things right" reputation. Anything the bottom of the order can do to help put up runs will go a long way for the Twins, and might help them win a few cloe ones when the team's best hitters are having a slow day.

In the sixth, Oswalt hung a slow 0-2 curveball over the plate to Michael Cuddyer, who bounced it down the line to plate Morneau, bringing the score to 3-1 for the Twins, but Oswalt was able to escape further damage when Delmon Young ground into a double play with the bases loaded. Delmon Young struck back later in the 8th when his hard liner right at left fielder Jason Michaels was lost in a light bank and went to the wall for a 2-run double.

The Twins bullpen was effective enough to get the last nine outs for Kevin Slowey without exploding. The only damage came when Jose Mijares surrendred a two-out solo bomb to left to Jeff Keppinger in the 8th, but Joe Nathan was quickly brought into the one-run game to shut the door, and he quickly ended the inning on three pitches, striking out Miguel Tejada on a high fastball. A 1-2-3 ninth gave the Nathan his 16th save and the Twins their 35th win.

The win gave the Twins their 8th win in 10 tries this year against an NL opponent and surely left them licking their chops at the prospect of over a week more of interleauge games.

Game 69: Twins vs Astros

AdamOnFirst — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:35:56 -0000

TV: FSN

Radio: TRN

Know Thy Enemy: The Crawfish Boxes

Tonight the Twins continue their trip through the NL Central as the last place Houston Astros come to town. Interleague play has been good to the Twins this year as they've won 7 of their 9 contests against baseball's senior circuit. The Twins have been one of the biggest winners in interleague play in all of baseball over the years, and whether that's because it's just the time the team makes its adjustments or just good execution against what could be inferior NL competition some years, it's good to see the Twins taking advantage again.

This game will also be yet another chance for the Twins to claw their way over the .500 mark. Tonight's game will be the team's 5th game in June played with the team sitting at .500, but the Twins have lost all the previous 4 and haven't yet cracked the mark.

Starting Pitchers

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2009 - Kevin Slowey	9-2	13	13	0	0	0	0	78.2	99	38	37	12	10	61	4.23	1.39

Slowey hasn't been the dominant ace his W-L record suggests, but he has been a consistant starter for the Minnesota Twins this year. Since giving up 10 runs in his first two starts, Kevin has been remarkably consistant, allowing more than 3 runs only twice and throwing 8 quality starts in 11 tries. The Twins model of extremely stingy control, and racking up just over 6 strikeouts per nine innings, Slowey has been very solid for a 25 year old pitcher without exceptional stuff. The Astros shouldn't prove a daunting tasks for Slowey, as they rank 13 out of 16 in the NL in runs scored. Expect Slowey to keep the Twins in it for 6 or 7 innings tonight.

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2009 - Roy Oswalt	3-3	14	14	0	0	0	0	82.1	88	40	40	13	22	63	4.37	1.34

Oswalt hasn't been the big-time ace yet this year like he's been in years past, but he's still been pretty solid. Most of his rate stats like K/9, BB/9 and GB% have declined slightly this season, but not enough to call it a huge cliff. ON the wrong side of 30, Oswalt may have seen the end of his best years, but he's still a solid pitcher for the Twins to contend with. Some good news for the Twins, lefties are slugging .470 off Oswalt this season, so Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, and Jason Kubel will have a chance to feast tonight if they can get their pitch.

Lineup

Houston Astros @ Minnesota Twins

06/19/09 8:10 PM EDT

Houston Astros	Minnesota Twins
Michael Bourn - CF	Brendan Harris - SS
Jeff Keppinger - 3B	Joe Mauer - C
Miguel Tejada - SS	Justin Morneau - 1B
Carlos Lee - DH	Jason Kubel - DH
Lance Berkman - 1B	Michael Cuddyer - RF
Hunter Pence - RF	Joe Crede - 3B
Ivan Rodriguez - C	Delmon Young - LF
Kazuo Matsui - 2B	Carlos Gomez - CF
Darin Erstad - LF	Nick Punto - 2B

For the Astros, wow, that's not an impressive lineup, but the Astros haven't fielded a solid lineup for several years. Oh, and hey, did you know Darin Erstad was a punter in college?! It's true...

Taking a quick glance at the Twins side, I'm glad Gardenhrie finally stopped hitting Crede on top of Cuddyer. Crede has some pop, but so does Cuddyer and he is a much better overall hitter, who is having a decent season. Gardenhire also hasn't seemed to settle in on exactly how he likes his middle order bats to be set up, though today I'd imagine we're seeing Mauer-Morneau-Kubel hitting in a row because it's a righty starter anyway. As much as this lineup could use Denard Span back to set the table for the big boppers, the heart of this order should be able to put up at least a few against Oswalt, and with a stead Slowey on the hill, that should give the Twins a good chance to break the streak and finally get over the .500 mark.

Game 56: Twins @ Mariners

AdamOnFirst — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:20:00 -0000

Time: 9:10 PM

Broadcasts: FSN, Twins Radio Network

Know Thine Enemy: Lookout Landing

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2009 - Francisco Liriano	2-7	11	11	0	0	0	0	58.2	67	44	43	9	28	50	6.60	1.62

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2009 - Felix Hernandez	5-3	11	11	0	0	0	0	71.1	71	32	27	6	20	72	3.41	1.28

Lineup

Minnesota Twins @ Seattle Mariners

06/05/09 10:10 PM EDT

Minnesota Twins	Seattle Mariners
Denard Span - LF	Ichiro Suzuki - RF
Joe Mauer - C	Russell Branyan - 1B
Justin Morneau - 1B	Adrian Beltre - 3B
Jason Kubel - RF	Mike Sweeney - DH
Joe Crede - 3B	Jose Lopez - 2B
Brendan Harris - SS	Wladimir Balentien - LF
Brian Buscher - DH	Rob Johnson - C
Carlos Gomez - CF	Ronny Cedeno - SS
Alexi Casilla - 2B	Franklin Gutierrez - CF

This is the third matchup of these two young talents this year. Felix one the first one, the Twins' home opener with 8 dominating one run innings. Liriano hasn't pitched that well against the Mariners in either contest (or much all year), giving up 9 ER in 12 IP against Seattle so far this year, but was able to pick up the win over Kindg Felix back on May 9 when the Twins lit Felix up for 6 runs in 4 innings. Both M&M boys went deep against Felix in that game.

The Twins have gotten the best of 26-28 Seattle so far this year, holding a 4-3 advantage on the season. All those games, though, were in the Metrodome, and the Twins have notoriously struggled this season on the road with a 6-16 record outside the Dome.

King Felix has been notably worse in pitcher-friendly Safeco than on the road this season, with an ERA almost a full 2 runs higher at home. It could very easily be simple statistical noise, but we'll see if the Twins can jump on his again and continue his home struggles.

As for Liriano? Well, same old thing. Can he control his fastball? When he can he shows flashes of brilliance where he's shutdown effective, if not totally untouchable, but he has failed to do so most of the year. There is still plenty of time for Liriano to figure it out, but for the Twins in 2009 we'd like to see it start to happen soon.

For a really great closer look at some finer points of the series, Jesse did a really awesome write-up on some things to look for over the weekend, it's just below.

GO TWINS!

CUDDY!

AdamOnFirst — Sat, 23 May 2009 04:55:08 -0000

More photos » by Jim Mone - AP

about 1 month ago: Minnesota Twins' Michael Cuddyer hits a broken bat triple to complete hitting for the cycle against the Milwaukee Brewers in the sixth inning of a baseball game Friday, May 22, 2009 in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

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As I said in the game thread, this Twins Lineup was top heavy. WIth Jason Kubel being scratched pregame with a swollen knee, Michael Cuddyer was asked to step up into the cleanup spot. After him was a paltry collection of .700 OPS and .500 OPS hitters.

But the top of the lineup delivered, with hitters 1-4 delivering 10 RBI between them.

Oh, and right, maybe you heard, Michael Cuddyer hit for the cycle.

We as bloggers like to complain when "traditional" media derides us for whatever, but there are times when skill and training help. And we are blessed to have a man capable of such covering in La Velle E Niel III

Majesty

Game 43: Twins @ Brewers

AdamOnFirst — Sat, 23 May 2009 02:09:38 -0000

No time to talk today, but the first series with interleague rival Milwaukee starts tongiht. The Twins put that masive 20 spot up on the White Sox last night after shifting the lineup order up, but even after that, Gardenhire said this:

Manager Ron Gardenhire said he'll "try it again [tonight] and see what happens," but he prefers Mauer batting third.

"I would really like to have a guy [in the two-spot] that handles the bat -- a guy that can bunt, a guy that can run, all those things," Gardenhire said. "That's the way it's supposed to be in the lineup.

I always thought "hitting well" was preferable to "handling the bat," but hey, I'm not a major league manager.

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2009 - Manny Parra	3-4	8	8	0	0	0	0	43.1	43	24	22	4	26	39	4.57	1.59

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2009 - Kevin Slowey	5-1	8	8	0	0	0	0	48.0	65	24	24	8	4	35	4.50	1.44

Lineup

Milwaukee Brewers @ Minnesota Twins

05/22/09 8:10 PM EDT

Milwaukee Brewers	Minnesota Twins
Craig Counsell - 2B	Denard Span - LF
J.J. Hardy - SS	Joe Mauer - C
Ryan Braun - LF	Justin Morneau - 1B
Prince Fielder - 1B	Michael Cuddyer - RF
Mike Cameron - CF	Joe Crede - DH
Corey Hart - RF	Brendan Harris - 3B
Mat Gamel - DH	Carlos Gomez - CF
Casey McGehee - 3B	Matt Tolbert - 2B
Jason Kendall - C	Nick Punto - SS

Looks like Gardenhire's biting the bullet and going with Mauer, who apparently can't "handle the bat well," or whatever, second again.

This is a very top heavy lineup for the Twins though. You've got Span setting the table with his high OBP, the Mauer and Morneau both with OPS's over 1.000, then Cuddyer with an OPS right at .900, then Jrede and Harris right about .700 each, then Gomez, TOlbert, and Punto around .500. The top needs to be good everyday to score much like this.

I ate a Bratwurst today, was that an unintentional act of cheering for the Brewers? Oh God...

GO TWINS!

Game 42: Twins vs White Sox

AdamOnFirst — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:14:23 -0000

First Pitch: 1:05 CDT

TV: FS-N

Radio: Twins Radio Network 1500

A week ago, the Twins were just polishing off a sweep of the Detroit Tigers. The sweep was putting the Twins in a three way tie atop the Central division. The Twins were tied with two team expected to finish last as the season started, so the Twins chances of outlasting their competition seemed. good.

Since then, little has gone right for the Twins. Now sitting 5.5 games back of Detroit in the division, the Twins are looking to steal the final game against the White Sox and dodge their second straight road series sweep and a total state of free fall.

Ok, as a Twins fan, I can deal with these shenanigans against the Yankees. I'm used to it against those guys, whatever it is, they just kill us.

But I will NOT tolerate losing to the White Sox like this. There is nothing I love more as a Twins fan than beating these guys. I have dreams about AJ Pierzynski punched in the face, I don't need my team taking it on the chops like this.

The good news for the Twins: I never reevaluate my preseason opinions of teams until around June 1st, which with the late start to the season this year is really around June 7th. Even then, I'll likely only moderately change my opinion on a surprise team's chances. From that perspective, I do not have faith in the Tigers or Royals ability to hold on all year and record a division championship. The Twins sit tied with the White Sox (and well above the dreadful Indians), so they're still well poised to win the division

Pitching Matchup

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2009 - Bartolo Colon	2-3	7	7	0	0	0	0	36.1	38	19	17	4	14	25	4.21	1.43

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2009 - Nick Blackburn	2-2	8	8	0	0	0	0	49.1	55	28	24	4	14	23	4.38	1.40

After Yankee's series where we surprisingly managed to get several very quality starting pitching performances and still lost, the wheels have started to wobble on the rotation's wagon. Yet to put together a solid couple trips through the order, Minnesota's young starters, expected to be the backbone of the team, have been probably the most troubling aspect of the young season. Blackburn has been on the dependable side, his only truly bad start when he gave up 6 ER in under 4 IP against Detroit on May 5. The simple formula for Blackburn will be even more accentuated in US Cellular Field. If he isn't getting grounders, the White Sox will find a way to get some fly balls out of the Cell's compact outfield.

Oh, Bother

AdamOnFirst — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:22:15 -0000

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about 1 month ago: New York Yankees' Melky Cabrera, left, celebrates with teammates after driving in the game winning run in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins Friday, May 15, 2009, in New York. The Yankees won the game 5-4. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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The Twins fought, scraped and clawed their way through 8 at Yankee stadium. Francisco Liriano walked 6 Yankees in 6 innings yet somehow managed to only allow a single run. Jesse Crain and Jose Mijares got themselves in a whole heap of trouble but managed to avoid a complete implosion. The offense squandered several decent opportunities, but three home runs from the M&M boys and the Yankee's new bread box of a stadium got enough on the board.

Then the strangest of things happened. The Twins got the game to Joe Nathan, and they did not win. Nathan struggled with control of his own, and pitching on his fourth straight day, would finally allow a bases loaded, two out bloop single to Melky Cabrera to lose it for the Twins, 5-4. I literally briefly popped my shoulder out of place by throwing my jacket across the room.

Disheartening for the Twins to lose on this way. It was already an oddity for the Twins to be up after all that went the Yankees' way, including a bad hop inside the park home run around Denard Span that almost opened the floodgates for New York. Even stranger was how the Twins managed to walk 10 hitters while Heath Bell was giving out extremely generous calls off the plate all night (Nathan worked Alex Rodriguez a full 6 inches inside once he realized he was getting the call).

All around, a very strange one with a stinker of an ending that I'd just as soon forget about quickly. The good news is tomorrow's game is a noon start, so we won't have to wait long.

Note: Matt Tolbert, hitting second again, was 0-5 and is now hitting .171. When is Gardenhire going to stop being stubborn and take the easy out away from the middle of his best hitters, all 4 above .300?

Stars of the Game

The M&M boys. 2 dingers for Justin and 1 for Joe.

Duds of the Day

Matt Tolbert. 0-5, had a couple chances to add rund for the Twins, made a poor effort on a ball up the middle in the 9th that I thought should have been an out.

Joe Nathan. 3-run blown save in fourth straight day pitching. Probably needs a rest.

Game 36: Twins @ Yankees

AdamOnFirst — Fri, 15 May 2009 22:03:43 -0000

First Pitch: 6:05 CST
TV: FSN North, MLB.tv
RADIO: Twins Radio Network

At 18-17, the tied-for-first Twins are headed to New York for 3 with the 17-17 Yankees.

Starting Pitchers

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2009 - Francisco Liriano	2-4	7	7	0	0	0	0	40.2	38	27	26	5	16	33	5.75	1.33

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2009 - Phil Hughes	1-2	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.2	17	12	11	2	8	8	8.49	2.14

It's an intriguing pitching matchup tonight between two highly talented but struggling young pitches. Both of these guys are expected to be aces for their team for many years to come, but it's been a rough 2009 so far.

Phil Hughes started the year in AAA but was called up to replace the "injured" Chien-Ming Wang. He excelled in his first start against the Tigers, blanking the Tigers through six full while striking out 6, but has been blasted his last two starts, totaling only 5.2 innings with 11 ER allowed. Hughes has given up a lot of fly balls in those starts, and that may give him problems against the Twins lefties aiming at that ridiculously short porch in right at the new stadium.

Meanwhile, Francisco Liriano still has yet to get in stride following Tommy John surgery. Liriano is easy as pie to read though. In the first 3 innings, what is his pitch selection like? If he's throwing lots of fastballs and hitting his spots with them, he's in for a good day. If his fastball is missing and he has to start relying on his slider and changeup very heavily before the fifth inning, watch out when the Yankees come up through the order the third time. His slider is still very good, but it isn't good enough that he can throw it all day without the fastball and not have guys figure it out eventually.

Lineup

Minnesota Twins @ New York Yankees

05/15/09 7:05 PM EDT

Minnesota Twins	New York Yankees
Denard Span - LF	Derek Jeter - SS
Matt Tolbert - 2B	Johnny Damon - LF
Joe Mauer - C	Mark Teixeira - 1B
Justin Morneau - 1B	Alex Rodriguez - 3B
Jason Kubel - DH	Hideki Matsui - DH
Michael Cuddyer - RF	Nick Swisher - RF
Joe Crede - 3B	Robinson Cano - 2B
Carlos Gomez - CF	Melky Cabrera - CF
Nick Punto - SS	Kevin Cash - C

Carlos Gomez will be out in center field for a few days with Delmon Young on the inactive list due to family emergency (Jose Morales was called back up to replace Young). Hopefully Gomez will make some nice plays in the field and Gardy will remember how much he loves that Span-Gomez defense. One key to impressing Gardy for Gomez will be keeping his emotions in check. We're going to see Gomez fail plenty for quite awhile, but will he lose his cool or take it calmly and go grab his glove?

Another nice thing for the Twins in this series might be the HR happy nature of the park. According to ESPN, the new stadium is the third most HR inducing in the game, and reports have said lefties have a particularly easy time whacking dingers out to right. Short dimensions plus something funny about the way the ball is flying out in right should leave an enticing target for the lefty-heavy heart of the Twins' batting order.

A Sight for Sore Eyes

AdamOnFirst — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:48:59 -0000

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The Twins managed to pull a .500 record in April despite shoddy pitching and the absence of possibly their best player. That player's return was lauded as the moment that would reignite the Twins offense and unleash the playoff caliber play we expected out of the Twins all season.

He didn't disappoint.

After watching the first two pitches of his season go by, Joe Mauer was ready to go and launched the third into the May Teflon Sky for a solo home run over the left field wall.

Welcome back Joe. By the time Justin Morneau launched a go-ahead two run blast in the fifth, driving in hat would prove to be the winning runs, the M&M boys had combined to go 4-4 with 2 home runs and 2 walks.

Starter Kevin Slowey struggled again, giving up 5 singles and 3 doubles in five innings of work, allowing 5 Royals to cross the plate. But the bullpen had an uncharacteristically dominant outing, pitching 4 scoreless, 2 hit innings in relief of Slowey to seal the 7-5 win. Jose Mijares in particular looked dominant again, striking out the side in the 8th. Matt Guerrier revived a rol he once found great success in: long relief, as he pitched a pair of perfect innings in the seventh and eighth. Lots of fans have been very hard on Guerrier since his struggles last season, and most have written him off as no longer a valuable bullpen commodity. But it's important to remember that before he fell apart last year, it was clear he was being wildly overused by Ron Gardenhire following Pat Neshek's injury and his arm was clearly tiring.

Gardenhire wore his strength down finally, and Guerrier inploded down the stretch, but there's no reason to think he can't go back to his previous several seasons of low 3-ERA's with more moderate usage.

Other Twins made smaller contributions with the bat, like Brenden Harris's two hit night or Nick Punto's big 2-out, 2- RBI linedrive single up the middle, but the hero of the day was clearly the returning Joe Mauer and his silky smooth, St Paul grown swing.

The win pulled the Twins into a tie with the Royals in the division, but the winning White Sox pulled into first and now lead both in the Central by half a game.

Game 17: Twins @ Indians

AdamOnFirst — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:43:48 -0000

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Game Time: 6:05 PM CDT

TV: FS-N, MLBtv

Audio: TSN

"Big" matchup tonight of two teams who have disappointed.

The Twins come into today's game 7-9 while the Indians come in 6-10. Both teams had pre-season aspirations of a division title and are looking to get back on the right track. Fortunately for both, the division leading three headed monster in Chicago, Detroit, and Kansas City are only a lukewarm 8-7, leaving plenty of opportunity for anyone to take the reigns in the division as April ends.

Nick Blackburn goes tonight for the Twins. He's been alright for the team this year, and I'm convinced he's pitched better than his ERA in a couple of his starts, but he's still getting more air outs than ground outs and sporting a walk rate almost doubled from last year. That is not a recipe for success for a pitcher like Blackburn, and like many starters on the Twins young staff, he needs to turn things around quick and start killing worms if this team is going to take off.

Meanwhile, Fausto Carmona has had a rough time this year and all the back to his sizzling breakout 2007 campaign. Carmona has also bit the walk bug, with a BB/9 over 5 the last two years. Almost nobody can be successful with that kind of a control problem, and Carmona isn't one of the rare arms that can survive giving that many free passes.

If you see lots of ground balls in the first few innings, we may in line for a pitchers dual from two very capable young pitchers. If we start to see a few walks or too many fly balls, this one could become a shootout quickly.

Nick Blackburn

#53 / Pitcher / Minnesota Twins

Height: 6-4

Weight: 225

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Feb 24, 1982

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2009 - Nick Blackburn	0-1	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.1	22	12	11	1	6	5	5.71	1.62

Fausto Carmona

#55 / Pitcher / Cleveland Indians

Height: 6-4

Weight: 230

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Dec 07, 1983

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2009 - Fausto Carmona	1-2	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.0	18	14	14	4	10	8	7.88	1.75

Lineup

Minnesota Twins @ Cleveland Indians

04/24/09 7:05 PM EDT

Minnesota Twins	Cleveland Indians
Denard Span - CF	Grady Sizemore - CF
Alexi Casilla - 2B	Mark DeRosa - 3B
Justin Morneau - 1B	Victor Martinez - C
Jason Kubel - DH	Travis Hafner - DH
Joe Crede - 3B	Jhonny Peralta - SS
Michael Cuddyer - RF	Shin-Soo Choo - RF
Delmon Young - LF	Ryan Garko - 1B
Jose Morales - C	Ben Francisco - LF
Nick Punto - SS	Asdrubal Cabrera - 2B