Francisco Liriano

The Minnesota Twins recalled right-hander Philip Humber from Triple-A Rochester on Tuesday to take the roster spot of lefty Francisco Liriano. Liriano was placed on the 15-day disabled list Monday night because of fatigue in his left arm. Humber was due to start for Rochester on Tuesday night, but he was in the Twins' bullpen for the game at Texas. Manager Ron Gardenhire said Humber will also be considered as a spot starter. Humber was 7-7 with a 5.28 ERA in 21 games for Rochester. Gardenhire said Liriano, who allowed seven runs and seven hits in two innings of Monday night's 8-5 loss to ... Read Full Story

The Associated Press Liriano strong on mound, Twins use late push to beat Tigers Seattle Post Intelligencer Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - Francisco Liriano logged his best start this season to pick up his first win of 2009, and the Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers, 7-2, in the opener of a brief two-game set from Comerica Park. Tigers fall to Twins Detroit Free Press Francisco Liriano, pesky Twins tame Tigers The Detroit News DetroitTigers.com  - United Press International  - Bless You Boys  - CBSSports.com all 182 news articles Read Full Story

Francisco Liriano surrendered his first home run of the spring on Friday, but the Minnesota Twins' pitcher has not lost his focus on returning to his 2006 form. Liriano struck out five and walked one in 3 1-3 innings in front of a sellout crowd at Hammond Stadium in a 1-0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. "He was still effective," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "Very effective." Reds righthander Micah Owings, hoping to be the team's fifth starter, struck out four and gave up no runs and two hits in four innings. He has a 1.23 ERA after four spring starts. Jonny Gomes, a ... Read Full Story

With teams beginning to jockey for position in the divisional races across baseball, there’s going to be a premium put on red hot pitchers. Check out BetUS Sportsbook’s list of pitchers that you should be backing as the summer heats up for sports betting fanatics … CC Sabathia, New York Yankees (5-0 in August 2008): Right around this time last season is when Sabathia really kicked it into gear and single-handedly helped pitch the Brewers to the postseason. In his six starts for the Brew Crew last August, CC only allowed eight runs in a whopping 48.1 innings of work. He struck out 51 ... Read Full Story

From Dan Wade , of Bleacher Report. Three factors were in play: it was my last week at work, the Twins would play exactly two more home games before I left the country, and this was my only chance to see Francisco Liriano pitch. Skipping work was not a hard choice. Too bad the Twins had skipped work too. Liriano looked good in his eight innings of work, but the offense was stagnant at best and the kansas City Royals managed to eek out a 3-2 victory, despite playing very poorly themselves. The Twins were in a position to be tied for the division, ... Read Full Story