The Twins have an opportunity to gain a series sweep over Cleveland today, but they’re likely to need a better start out of Scott Diamond than they’ve been getting out of him in his past two starts. He does seem to do a bit better at home than on the road, so maybe that’s a reason to have some hope.
Diamond’s battery mate will be Chris Herrmann, who’s getting a rare start behind the plate for the Twins.
| INDIANS |
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TWINS |
| Stubbs, CF | Dozier, 2B | |
| Cabrera, A, SS | Herrmann, C, C | |
| Kipnis, 2B | Mauer, DH | |
| Swisher, DH | Morneau, 1B | |
| Santana, C, C | Doumit, RF | |
| Reynolds, Ma, 1B | Plouffe, 3B | |
| Brantley, LF | Thomas, C, LF | |
| Raburn, RF | Hicks, CF | |
| Aviles, 3B | Florimon, SS | |
| _Masterson, P | _Diamond, P |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Cleveland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Well, that was a pretty ugly way to end a series. Two hits? That’s a load of crap.