Article: Twins vs Red Sox, 08-02-2012, 6:10pm

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Twins:
Span CF
Revere RF
Willingham DH
Morneau 1B
Doumit LF
Valencia 3B
Dozier SS
Butera C
Casilla 2B
(Deduno P)

Red Sox:
Ellsbury CF
Crawford LF
Pedroia 2B
Gonzalez 1B
Ross DH
Lavarnway C
Middlebrooks 3B
Kalish RF
Ciriaco SS
(Lester P)

Rocketpig, what is the story with Mauer... Is he ok?

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Originally Posted by Mahukey

Rocketpig, what is the story with Mauer... Is he ok?

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Most likely just a day off, Mauer has been playing nearly every day for a while and he has started to struggle a bit (past 3-4 games)

Yeah, the Twins haven't had a day off in awhile and I assume that Mauer is just taking a day off to rest.

So we have Casilla as the Latin whisperer along with Drew?

Joe C at StarTrib said in his lineup write up that Gardenhire said even during the last series (or over the weekend) that Mauer would get a day off on the road trip. Shouldn't be cause for alarm. (Oh please, oh please, oh please...with apologies to Gary Larson for using his material.)

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Originally Posted by SpiritofVodkaDave

Most likely just a day off, Mauer has been playing nearly every day for a while and he has started to struggle a bit (past 3-4 games)

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Mauer didn't have a very good series against the WSox. Giving him a day vs. a tough lefty isn't a bad thing. Besides, Gardy said that he wanted Butera to play pretty soon (ugh!).

Suck it, Lestah.

September can't come soon enough so we can have a expanded roster.

Drew, whispering up a storm of epic proportions thus far.

And getting out.

Drew just advanced a runner at 724pm central standard time

Of course he's also calling a one hit shutout from a wild pitcher through five innings.

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Originally Posted by crarko

Of course he's also calling a one hit shutout from a wild pitcher through five innings.

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I agree and I would submit that Deduno and Butera deserve a lot of praise for their performances tonight.

Ruh-roh...2 straight reach base.


Psst, psst, psst, psst.

Drewduno!

Every time Dickbert talks about Drew somewhere a kitten is killed.

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Originally Posted by GCTF

Ruh-roh...2 straight reach base.


Psst, psst, psst, psst.

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And three outs to go with it. :o

If Deduno ever got that fastball across the plate a lot of people could de-angst about Liriano.

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Originally Posted by crarko

If Deduno ever got that fastball across the plate a lot of people could de-angst about Liriano.

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Including me.