By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer
Monday, April 25, 2011
. Up next
at Twins
Tonight-Thursday
What's new: 1B Justin Morneau, below, returned to the lineup over the weekend with a pair of two-hit games after missing five with a flu he caught in St. Petersburg. LF Delmon Young, a former Ray, is expected back tonight after missing five games with sore ribs and the flu. Michael Cuddyer has become the regular second baseman, allowing the Twins to have him, Jason Kubel and DH Jim Thome in the lineup together. Joe Nathan, who took himself out of the closer's role after struggling at the Trop, looked sharp again in a ninth-inning assignment Sunday. C Joe Mauer remains on the DL.
Key stat: The Twins scored five or fewer runs in each of their first 19 games, just the fifth team overall, and first since the 1972 Brewers, to be that inoffensive that deep into the season.
Connections: Young is a former Ray; Twins CF Denard Span is a Tampa Catholic product. Rays 1B Dan Johnson is a native Minnesotan.
Series history: The Twins lead 57-47 all time and 32-20 in Minnesota, though the Rays were 3-1 at Target Field last season.
Marc Topkin, Times staff writer
Source: http://www.tampabay.com/sports/baseball/rays/tampa-bay-rays-up-next-at-minnesota-twins/1165985
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