The Twins have announced that tonight's game has beem postphone because of rain. The teams will make up the game on July 28.
Rain, soometimes heavy, fell upon Target Field throughout the afternoon and early evening. The Twins hoped to get the game in, but the radar was not cooperating.
The rainout delayed the debut of Joe Mauer as the leadoff hitter.
Mauer said he has told manager Paul Molitor in the past that he's fine wherever Molitor wants to bat him in the lineup.
``I told Paul a long time ago that whatever gives us the best chance to win and score some runs I'm all for it," Mauer said.
It has finally happened. Mauer is starting a game in the leadoff spot for the first in his career, as Molitor looks to get the Twins offense going. Mauer is batting.299 overall with a .420 on base percentage that leads the American League. That fits the profile of a leadoff hitter.
``We all know Joe has been doing that extremely well," Molitor said of Mauer getting on base. ``You can make the augment that Joe is our best one-hitter, two-hitter and three-hitter. We've tried two and three and now we are going to try one."
Eduardo Nunez, who has been productive at the plate, is batting second. The one area that might cause head-scratching is Brian Dozier batting third and Trevor Plouffe batting fourth Dozier is recovering from a hamstring injury. And Plouffe grabbed his right side a few times during the White Sox series - his first games since coming off the DL because of a muscle strain in the area.
