Samardzija
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Diamond

The Twins are 8-2 in their last ten games, which is the best in the majors. Plus, they're only a game and a half behind the Royals. Time to beat up on some more NL teams and move firmly into "mediocre".

Carl Pavano
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Derek Lowe

Lowe shutout the Twins last time. Pavano was rumored to be quite jealous, as Lowe did it without a single strikeout. Lowe then did okay against Miami and followed that by giving up eight runs in 2.1 innings against the White Sox. He did strike out three that time though, giving him his highest K/9 for a game ever (probably).

However, that was then. Today, I expect dead grass leading to the infielders and tired outfielders as each pitcher continues to one-down the other with fewer strikeouts in the quest to pitch to impact.

Drew Smyly
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Anthony Swarzak

The Twins are doing their best to keep the number of starters used this year to a minimum. For which I'm glad of course. Resist needing more than 11 starters!

Also, the answer is:
63-1481 0.04080

Jason Marquis
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Zack Greinke

[insert nibbish's flawless reasoning from yesterday here]

Nick Blackburn
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Hector Noesi

Twins still have a chance to salvage something from this road trip with a win today.