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Know Thine Enemy: Royals Review
The Royals are on a 6-game losing streak. They still lead the Twins by 2 ½ games. THAT'S the kind of April it's been.
Throwers:
Scott Baker
#30 / Pitcher / Minnesota Twins
6-4
215
R
R
Sep 19, 1981
Baker has been a light in the rotation's darkness. His last two starts: 14 innings, 15 Ks, 2BBs, 0.64 ERA. Also, he bought a powerball ticket last Saturday and WASN'T EVEN CARDED. Everything's coming up Milhouse!
Bruce Chen
#52 / Pitcher / Kansas City Royals
6-2
215
L
L
Jun 19, 1977
Bruce Chen: still in the league.
Lineups, notes and Jesse's epic poem about the royal wedding are after the jump:
Swingers (courtesy LEN III)
Twins:
1. Denard Span, CF2. Alexi Casilla, SS3. Jason Kubel, RF4. Justin Morneau, DH5. Michael Cuddyer, 1B6. Danny Valencia, 3B7. Rene Tosoni, LF8. Drew Butera, C9. Luke Hughes, 2B
Royals:
1. Chris Getz, 2B
2. Melky Cabrera, CF
3. Alex Gordon, LF
4. Billy Butler, DH
5. Jeff Francoeur, RF
6. Wilson Betemit, 3B
7. Kila Ka'aihue, 1B
8. Brayan Pena, C
9. Alcides Escobar, SS
Notes:
- As linked earlier by J-Lu, per 1500ESPN's Tom Pelissero, Francisco Liriano has one more start to get right, or the Twins will probably plug Kevin Slowey into the rotation. Quoth the Gardy: "That's kind of why we're working on Slowey, getting him stretched out, in case we decide after this next start whether we're going to do something or not."
- Actual non-shitty news: If you follow LaVelle's link above, you'll see that Jim Thome might be able to pinch-hit this evening, and Jason Repko is good to go.
- National treasure Ozzie Guillen has been suspended two games for his post-ejection Twitter outburst earlier this week. I hope he tweets about it.