Joe Mauer is not playing today because he hurt his leg running into Rickie Weeks last Sunday. Matt Capps is unavailable because his shoulder is sore. Got it? Good.
Your starting pitchers:
In his last outing, Scott Diamond went six innings and gave up four earned runs. However, Diamond gave a quality start in his last four games before that, and he's been the Twins most consistent starter. Diamond in the rough pun here.
Kevin Correia has not won a game at PNC Park since June 22, 2011. Wins are a meaningless stat diatribe here.
Lineups after the jump.
Twins
Denard Span(L) CF
Ben Revere(L) RF
Josh Willingham(R) LF
Justin Morneau(L) 1B
Trevor Plouffe(R) 3B
Ryan Doumit(S) C
Brian Dozier(R) SS
Jamey Carroll (R) 2B
9. Scott Diamond (L) P
Pirates
1. Jose Tabata (R) LF
2. Josh Harrison (R) RF
3. Andrew McCutchen (R) CF
4. Casey McGehee (R) 1B
5. Neil Walker (S) 2B
6. Pedro Alvarez (L) 3B
7. Rod Barajas (R) C
8. Clint Barmes (R) SS
9. Kevin Correia (R) P
Also, Mike Herman (@HermPR) tweeted this lovely photo of the view from the press box at PNC Park.