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Hunter on the mound vs. the lefty Liriano.

Liriano 2011: 9-10, 5.09 era, 134.1 ip, 125 hits, 14 hr's, 75 bb's, 112 k's, .726 OPS against, 0.98 G/F

Pitch F/X:
http://pitchfx.texas...11&to=10/3/2011

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What lineup changes do we see tonight?

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Don't know if Nick Johnson will play tonight, but interestingly he has a career .857 OPS vs. LHP (671 ab's), which is higher than his career .840 OPS vs. RHP (1,940 ab's).

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Twins Lineup:

Denard Span CC
Jamey Carroll SS
Joe Mauer C
Justin Morneau DH
Josh Willingham LF
Chris Parmelee 1B
Danny Valencia 3B
Ben Revere RF
Alexi Casilla 2B


O's Lineup:

Nolan Reimold LF
J.J. Hardy SS
Nick Markakis RF
Adam Jones CF
Matt Wieters C
Mark Reynolds 3B
Nick Johnson 1st
Ronny Paulino DH
Robert Andino 2nd

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Pretty much zero chance that Teagarden would have been used as the DH tonight, if he was healthy enough to be on the roster.

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Baltimore Sun / Dan Connolly: "Liam Hendriks has been scratched for Sunday. Swarzak to pitch against the Orioles."

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O's in their Orange jerseys tonight, I think I am fan.

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Hunter strikes out Span on 4 pitches. Backdoor slider gets Span. 1 out.

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Hunter is really peppering the strike zone early on.

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Carroll pops out to Andino. 2 out.

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Hunter falls behind Mauer 2-0. Helped on out the 3rd pitch, which would have been a ball high, when Mauer swings and fouls it off.

On a 3-1 count, Mauer hits a ball up the middle. Andino dives, makes the stop, but unable to get Mauer.

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Hunter K's Morneau to end the Twins 1st.

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Reimold takes the first two pitches, fouls back the 3rd, falling behind 1-2. On the 4th pitch he is K'd when he could not check his swing.

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Hardy k's as well, swinging through two different change-ups during the ab.

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Liriano strikes out the side, freezing Markakis with heat over the middle.

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Willingham hits a swinging bunt, that Reynolds was not able to come up with. Reynolds was playing back, and it was scored a hit.

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Parmelee unable to check his swing, unintentionally hits it to Reynolds. Reynolds able to go to 2nd to get Willingham. O's unable to turn 2. 1 out.

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Valencia pops out to Andino. 2 out.

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O's in their Orange jerseys tonight, I think I am fan.

I like them a lot, think it's great. The white panel cartoon bird hat looks really good with the orange jerseys too. I'm honestly not a fan of the white panel hat with the white home jersey, I think it looks odd.

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Revere singles up the middle. Parmelee moves to 3rd. 2 on, 2 out.