The Twins face the Royals tonight (7:10 p.m., FSN) at Target Field. Kyle Gibson (6-3, 4.14 ERA) pitches for the Twins against righty Brad Keller (3-8, 4.29).
It's the start of a three-game set with Kansas City on Joe Mauer jersey retirement weekend.
Twins DH Nelson Cruz gets the night off, with Jorge Polanco moving to DH and Ehire Adrianza playing short.
UPDATES: Twins lefthander Taylor Rogers is good to go tonight. Rogers, slowed by a sore back, has been unavailable the last several games but got loose in the bullpen during Thursday's game and is fine, He was good to go. He will be available for anything we need today.," Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said.
The lines are long tonight, as the first of three sellouts this weekend take place. It's Prince Night, and music from the legendary Purpleness is pumping throughout Target Field. Twins alumni are here as well, as Joe Mauer's jersey retirement is set for Saturday.
: "It's gonna be a great weekend," Baldelli said. "I know there are a lot of people that have been waiting for this weekend. Just the chance to see joe and to celebrate and all of that. I think it is going to be special. I also think that you don't really see these things very often. We're in the game where we spent a lot of days here, many years for a lot of people. You think about the number of times where you see someone's number get retired. You kinda feel honored just to be there and witness it."

The Twins recalled Zack Littell, who made two appearances in May and gave up eight runs in 6.1 inninThe morning after a dreadful outing for the Twins, reliever Fernando Romero was sent back to Class AAA Rochester. He has pitched in 12 games for the Red Wings and has a 3.91 ERA with 58 strikeouts in 50.2 innings.

Romero faced four batters in Thursday's 10-5 victory over Seattle; two got hits and two walked, and he had a wild pitch as he was pitching with a nine-run lead.