No Delmon Young for a second straight game. When you strike out 10 times in four games, you sit and watch Ben Revere for a couple of games. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said Young is rusty and anxious at the plate, a bad combination.

More updates in an hour or so. Sounds like Jim Thome and Jason Repko will be back by Monday.


Twins (13-27)

1. Denard Span, CF
2. Trevor Plouffe, SS
3. Jason Kubel, DH
4. Justin Morneau, 1B
5. Michael Cuddyer, RF
6. Danny Valencia, 3B
7. Ben Revere, LF
8. Drew Butera, C
9. Alexi Casilla, 2B

Pitching: Carl Pavano, RHP

Oakland (22-20)

1. David DeJesus, RF
2. Daric Barton, 1B
3. Josh Willingham, LF
4. Hideki Matsui, DH
5. Kurt Suzuki, C
6. Ryan Sweeney, CF
7. Mark Ellis, 2B
8. Kevin Kouzmanoff, 3B
9. Cliff Pennington, SS

Pitching: Brandon McCarthy, RHP