Written by Let’s start our Monday with a little injury catch-up:
- Justin Morneau is on the bench after landing badly on his shoulder.
- Joe Mauer is still out of the lineup with a stiff neck – described as a hyper-extended neck.
- Cuddyer is playing through the sore wrist.
- Nishioka is finally back in the lineup not that I’m all that excited about that.
- Alexi Casilla begins his rehab assignment with Ft. Meyers tonight.
Anyone else kind of anxious about what could happen (or not happen) with this lineup tonight?
| Minnesota |
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Chi White Sox |
| Revere, CF | Pierre, LF | |
| Plouffe, LF | Ramirez, Al, SS | |
| Cuddyer, 1B | Konerko, 1B | |
| Kubel, DH | Rios, CF | |
| Valencia, 3B | Viciedo, DH | |
| Hughes, L, 2B | De Aza, RF | |
| Repko, RF | Flowers, C | |
| Rivera, R, C | Morel, 3B | |
| Nishioka, SS | Beckham, 2B | |
| Slowey, P | Buehrle, P |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Chi White Sox | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | x | 3 | 8 | 1 |
Another shutout. That makes a nice round 10 on the year. Nice work, guys.
With the Royals’ win over the Tigers, they pull within half a game of the Twins in the standings. That means that by this time tomorrow night, the Twins could be in last place in the AL Central… and falling fast. – JC
I thought 25 games back was possible a month ago. Now I think the number could be 30 or more back by the end of the season.