Game 47: Mariners @ Twins

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Nick Blackburn

#53 / Pitcher / Minnesota Twins

Height: 6-4

Weight: 240

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Feb 24, 1982

His May has been much better than his April. The Twins haven't won a game since his last start. Nick Blackburn: stopper? I don't really know what to say about that.

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Doug Fister

#58 / Pitcher / Seattle Mariners

Height: 6-8

Weight: 210

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Feb 04, 1984

Chip Carey approves.

Lineups and people being mean to Kevin Slowey after the jump:

Swingers, courtesy LEN3:

Twins 2 Denard Span CF20 Matt Tolbert SS16 Jason Kubel RF33 Justin Morneau 1B25 Jim Thome DH21 Delmon Young LF19 Danny Valencia 3B32 Rene Rivera C12 Alexi Casilla 2B

Mariners

51 Ichiro Suzuki (L) RF
9 Chone Figgins (S) 3B
17 Justin Smoak (S) 1B
29 Jack Cust (L) DH
30 Miguel Olivo C
4 Adam Kennedy 2B
8 Carlos Peguero (L) LF
26 Brendan Ryan SS
55 Michael Saunders CF

Notes:

• Michael Cuddyer is out of the mix this evening with a hip strain. LaVelle and Phil Mackey both make it sound like it's a one-game deal, not a precursor to the DL.
• Trevor Plouffe is out of the mix this evening due to crimes against the shortstop position, I would guess.
• We had a boatload of great content on the site today. You should read it if you haven't already.
• Everyone hates Kevin. (YouTubery courtesy That's Twins Baseball)

Enjoy the game, everybody.