All must-wins are created equal, but some are must-winnier (so not a word) than others. When you have two games against Zack Greinke and four games against the team you're chasing on tap, letting a game like this slip away is unacceptable.
Your starting pitchers:
As pleasant as the resurrection of Carl Pavano's career has been to witness, he has had issues with the Royals this year: 2-3 with a 6.75 ERA. He'll need to do better than that.
Tejada has done quite well for the Royals since being moved out of the bullpen, to the tune of two runs and nine hits in 22.1 innings pitched. Not a pushover by any means.
Your lineups, now with added Denard Span, courtesy Joe C.:
TWINS (79-73)
1. Denard Span, CF
2. Orlando Cabrera, SS
3. Joe Mauer, C
4. Jason Kubel, RF
5. Michael Cuddyer, 1B
6. Delmon Young, LF
7. Jose Morales, DH
8. Matt Tolbert, 3B
9. Nick Punto, 2B
ROYALS (63-90)
1. Willie Bloomquist, LF
2. Mitch Maier, CF
3. Billy Butler, 1B
4. Mike Jacobs, DH
5. Alberto Callaspo, 2B
6. Mark Teahen, RF
7. John Buck, C
8. Alex Gordon, 3B
9. Yuniesky Betancourt, SS
A tricky game that the Twins have no business losing. If you're not nervous, you should be. Enjoy the game, everybody.
UPDATE: per Joe Christensen's Twitter, Gardy has officially named promising young lefthander Francisco Liriano as Sunday's starter.