Infielders Trevor Plouffe and Eduardo Nunez have both checked out healthy and been restored to the Twins' active roster, the team announced Monday. Both are in the starting lineup for tonight's game with the Kansas City Royals, the first game of a seven-game homestand.
Plouffe and Nunez were both injured in a game in Detroit on June 14, Plouffe suffering a bruised rib and Nunez a strained hamstring. Nunez played four games at Class AA New Britain to rehab his injury, going 4-for-10, while Plouffe did not require a rehab stint.
The two veterans replace shortstop Pedro Florimon, optioned back to Class AAA Rochester after going 0-for-11 in four games since being called up, and infielder Jorge Polanco, who was returned to Class A Fort Myers. Polanco, the first Twins player to make his major-league debut before his 21st birthday since Joe Mauer in 2004, was 2-for-5 in four games with the Twins.
"It's good to have them back," manager Ron Gardenhire said. "Hopefully they'll be able to help us get it going again at the plate."
Here are the lineups for tonight's game, with the Twins facing tough K.C. lefty Danny Duffy, who has lost his last two starts despite allowing only three runs over 13 innings:
ROYALS
Cain RF
Hosmer 1B
Butler DH
Gordon LF
Perez C
Infante 2B
Moustakas 3B
Escobar SS
Dyson CF
Duffy LHP
TWINS
Dozier 2B
Suzuki C
Mauer 1B
Willingham LF
Morales DH
Plouffe 3B
Parmelee RF
Nunez SS
Fuld CF
Pino RHP
Infielders Trevor Plouffe and Eduardo Nunez have both checked out healthy and been restored to the Twins' active roster, the team announced Monday. Both are in the starting lineup for tonight's game with the Kansas City Royals, the first game of a seven-game homestand.
Plouffe and Nunez were both injured in a game in Detroit on June 14, Plouffe suffering a bruised rib and Nunez a strained hamstring. Nunez played four games at Class AA New Britain to rehab his injury, going 4-for-10, while Plouffe did not require a rehab stint.
The two veterans replace shortstop Pedro Florimon, optioned back to Class AAA Rochester after going 0-for-11 in four games since being called up, and infielder Jorge Polanco, who was returned to Class A Fort Myers. Polanco, the first Twins player to make his major-league debut before his 21st birthday since Joe Mauer in 2004, was 2-for-5 in four games with the Twins.
"It's good to have them back," manager Ron Gardenhire said. "Hopefully they'll be able to help us get it going again at the plate."
Here are the lineups for tonight's game, with the Twins facing tough K.C. lefty Danny Duffy, who has lost his last two starts despite allowing only three runs over 13 innings:
ROYALS
Cain RF
Hosmer 1B
Butler DH
Gordon LF
Perez C
Infante 2B
Moustakas 3B
Escobar SS
Dyson CF
Duffy LHP
TWINS
Dozier 2B
Suzuki C
Mauer 1B
Willingham LF
Morales DH
Plouffe 3B
Parmelee RF
Nunez SS
Fuld CF
Pino RHP