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| Michael Cuddyer is progressing from his broken foot as he took swings and played catch for the first time Friday since sustaining the injury, according to the Star Tribune. He said, "I can throw, and I can swing. I just can't run."
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| Joe Nathan commented on Chicago's loss of Carlos Quentin, according to the Star Tribune. Quentin is likely done for the season due a broken wrist and Nathan said, "I feel bad for him. You'd like to see him finish off a really good season. Ask any one of us, we'd much rather try to beat them at full strength. We wish him the best. Hopefully, he'll have a speedy recovery, but it will definitely help us out not having that guy in the lineup the way he's been swinging the bat." |
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| Justin Morneau connected for his second grand slam of the season on Friday night off of Armando Galarraga to blow open a 2-1 game with the Tigers. |
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| Francisco Liriano had a season-high nine strikeouts in seven innings while improving to 5-0 since returning to the Twins lineup last month. He did give up two homers, though, both to Marcus Thames before leaving in the eighth with no outs. |
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| Mike Lamb has cleared waivers and has been unconditionally released by the Twins, according to the Star Tribune. |
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| Delmon Young returned to the Twins' lineup Thursday after missing Wednesday due to a sore right ankle, according to the Star Tribune. |
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| Carlos Gomez's playing time has been decreasing as manager Ron Gardenhire wants to keep his best bats in the lineup during a tight AL Central race against the White Sox, according to the Star Tribune. |
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| Nick Punto went 1-for-3 on Thursday night to boost his average to .288 for the Twins. |
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| Alexi Casilla went 0-for-4 on Thursday night to drop his average to .290 for the Twins. |
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| Kevin Slowey only allowed three runs on Thursday night to the Jays, but he lost the effort thanks to a shutout by the Jays Jesse Litsch. On the evening Slowey 10 hits, but didn't walk a batter over 5.2 innings. |
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| Philip Humber is being counted on to provide depth in the Twins bullpen down the stretch, according to MLB.com. |
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| Delmon Young was out of the Twins lineup on Wednesday because of a sore left ankle, though the injury is not considered serious, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. |
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| Nick Blackburn tossed a quality start on Wednesday night but wasn't involved in the decision of the Twins 6-5 loss to the Blue Jays. The right-hander allowed three runs on six hits, walked none and struck out six. |
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| Joe Mauer did his part, but it still was not enough, as the Minnesota Twins were downed by the Toronto Blue Jays, 7-5. Mauer went 2-for-3 with a run scored and hit his 67th RBI. |
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| Twins pitcher Glen Perkins got a no-decision, but his team took the loss, 7-5, to the Blue Jays. Perkins went five innings and gave up four runs. |
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| Jason Pridie has been recalled by Minnesota, according to the Star Tribune. |
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| Ryan Jorgensen has been recalled by the Twins, according to the Star Tribune. |
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| Matt Macri is back in Minnesota as he was promoted from the minors, according to the Star Tribune. |
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| Jose Mijares has been promoted to the Twins, according to the Star Tribune. |
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| Matt Tolbert has been recalled from Triple-A Rochester, according to the Star Tribune. |
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| Glen Perkins is shooting for this fifth straight win tonight against the Jays. The southpaw has worked eight shutout innings in two of his last four starts, and he's thrown at least six innings in each of his last 11 games, going 8-1 with a 3.56 ERA. |
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