Happy St. Patty's Day and such. Perhaps the Twins will seize this opportunity to announce a shiny new contract extension for Mr. Joseph Patrick Mauer. Eh, probably not. Anywho, here are the lineups for today's 12:05 start, per Kelly Thesier:
Twins (5-7)
Denard Span, CF
Nick Punto, 3B
Jason Kubel, DH
Michael Cuddyer, RF
Delmon Young, LF
Wilson Ramos, C
Luke Hughes, 2B
Brock Peterson, 1B
Alexi Casilla, SS
Pitching: LHP Glen Perkins
Others scheduled to pitch: Jeff Manship, Jesse Crain, Anthony Swarzak, Kyle Waldrop, Alex Burnett, Anthony Slama, Rob DelaneyRays (10-3)
Sean Rodriguez, CF
Gabe Kapler, RF
Evan Longoria, 3B
Hank Blalock, DH
Kelly Shoppach, C
Justin Ruggiano, LF
Reid Brignac, 2B
Ryan Shealy, 1B
Elliot Johnson, LF
Pitching: RHP James Shields
Others scheduled to pitch: Rafael Soriano, Grant Balfour, Lance Cormier, Joaquin Benoit
The Twins could use a good outing from Perkins, who gets a turn in place of the ailing Nick Blackburn. Perkins has had a rather miserable spring thus far, which neither helps his trade value nor demonstrates that he is prepared to rebound from a rocky 2009 campaign and help the Twins in some way this year.