Twins second baseman Brian Dozier is not in the starting lineup today because of a right knee contusion, but he is available off the bench.
The Twins were concerned enough to send Dozier out for a MRI this morning, which came back clean. He's going to have to work some soreness and swelling out, but it's nothing that appears to be serious enough to force him to the disabled list.
"I'm going to be available today for sure," Dozier said. "It was just the timing of it. I'm definitely available and will be in there tomorrow."
Dozier said he felt something in his knee while running out of the batter's box in the seventh inning while he grounded out to second. That came near the end of a game in which he made a couple diving plays and also threw himself into third while attempting, unsuccessfully, to stretch a double into a triple.
"No, it was definitely coming out of the box my last at bat," he said.
Dozier has his batting average up to .275 with a homer and two RBI. His five stolen bases tie him for the major league lead. He's become the fulcrum of the Twins offense, and will be missed today against White Sox lefty Jose Quintana.
That led Molitor to craft his latest interesting lineup, with Miguel Sano batting third and Jorge Polanco batting cleanup.
Cleanup?
