Ben Revere not in tonight's lineup

Nick Blackburn will be on the mound for the Twins against the Rangers' Derek Holland.

July 25, 2011 at 11:35PM
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Nick Blackburn (Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Ben Revere is not in the starting lineup for the first time since he returned to the club on June 2 from Class AAA Rochester. Jason Repko is in center and batting leadoff.

``He"s been playing very good out there," Gardy said, ``but he's also played every game since he's been here, since he took over that role. He started to get beat up, a little worn out."

In the wake of the death of a fan trying to catch a ball thrown to him by Josh Hamilton, railings all over the stadium here have had warning labels attached to them.

  • The Twins' game on Monday, Aug.8 against Boston has been moved to 6:10 p.m. by ESPN. The game will be shown locally on both ESPN and FSNorth.
    • The temperature as of this writing is 106. If it holds,it will be the hottest game time temp in Rangers Ballpark in Arlington history.
      • Kevin Slowey is set to start tonight for Class AAA Rochester, and several scouts are expected to be in attendance.
        • Rangers Ballpark in Arlington leads the majors with 146 home runs hit so far.
          • There's a chance Joe Mauer, who's 1-for-19 in his career against C.J. Wilson, will not start tomorrow.
            • Watch out for minor league notes sometime tomorrow. Alex Wimmers, Matt Bashore and David Bromberg are all back pitching
              • It's so hot here....that the low of 85 last night was a record high for a low.

                Twins (47-54)

                1. Jason Repko CF
                2. Alexi, Casilla 2B
                3. Joe Mauer C
                4. Michael Cuddyer
                5. Jason Kubel DH
                6. Danny Valencia 3B
                7. Delmon Young LF
                8. Trevor Plouffe RF
                9. Tsuyoshi Nishioka, SS

                Pitching: Nick Blackburn, RHP

                Rangers (58-44)

                TBA

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