Francisco Liriano

The Twins are considering giving lefthander Francisco Liriano more time before his next start. He threw 123 pitches in his no-hitter against Boston Tuesday night. His next scheduled start is slated for Monday night at Boston.

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The Twins beat the White Sox 1-0 Tuesday night behind Francisco Liriano's no-hitter. Liriano threw his first no-hitter in his career in his first complete game in his career. He walked 6 and threw 123 pitches. Liriano struckout 2 and gets the win to improve to 2-4. Danny Valencia took a hit away from Carlos Quentin in the 7th inning and a back handed play behind the 3rd base bag to preserve the no-hitter.

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The Twins took the day off Monday to lick their wounds. Minnesota has the worst record in baseball at 9-18 and has lost 6 games in a row. Tonight the Twins play the White Sox in Chicago beginning a 2-game series at 7:10, pregame on WJON at 6:40. Lefthander Francisco Liriano (1-4) gets the start on the mound for the Twins and righthander Edwin Jackson (2-3) toes the rubber for the White Sox.

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The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Twins 8-2 Wednesday night in the snow and cold weather to end a 3-game win streak for Minnesota. Tampa Bay scored 4 runs in the first inning and added 3 more in the 4th. Francisco Liriano threw 3 innings with 6 hits and 7 earned runs allowed to take the loss and drop to 1-4. Liriano's ERA swells to 9.13.

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The Twins had their game with Tampa Bay rained out Tuesday night and will make up for it with a day/night doubleheader Thursday. The Twins are replacing making up Tuesday's game by adding a 7:10pm game Thursday. The Twins will play the regularly scheduled game at 12:10 Thursday.

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The Twins are scheduled to host Tampa Bay beginning a 3-game series tonight at 7:10, pregame on WJON at 6:40. Lefthander Francisco Liriano (1-3) gets the start on the mound for the Twins and righthander Wade Davis (2-2) toes the rubber for the Rays.

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The Twins downed the Orioles 5-3 in Baltimore Monday night to earn their 2nd straight win. Francisco Liriano threw 6 1/3 innings with 6 hits and 2 earned runs allowed to get the win and improve to 1-3. Liriano had just 2 strikeouts to go along with 5 walks. Newcomer Jim Hoey threw 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief before Matt Capps allowed 1 earned run in the 9th inning to grab his 2nd save.

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