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In 2000 Jacque Jones led the Twins in home runs with only 19.
Minnesota Twins Fact of the Day (04-12-11) Jacque Jones
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Twins have another great outing by a starter, beat the Marlins (03-24-10)
Twins Beat Marlins 4-1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 | 10 | 0 |
W: Slowey
Jacque Jones and Justin Morneau both hit a home run in Wednesday’s Spring Training game against the Marlins. Jones’ was a 2 run shot in the third inning to get the Twins on the board first.
Kevin Slowey had another great day on the mound, pitching 5 innings and giving up only 3 hits and no walks. He struck out 5 guys. His Spring Training ERA is currently sitting at 0.56. Raunch, Maroth, and Slama also each pitched 1 inning of scoreless baseball. Rauch went 3 up, 3 down in the 4th inning.
Jacque Jones had a good hitting day. He went 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs. Tolbert went 2 for 2.
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 |
W: Liriano
Okay, maybe “Legendary” is a bit strong, but it made for a cool title.
Liriano did look very solid, though, pitching 3 scoreless innings, striking out 4 guys, and not giving up any walks. Duensing, Liriano’s competition for the 5th starting position, gave up the only two Tamp runs on the day.
Cassilla, Butera, and Rever all hit 2-out RBIs for the Twins. Revere had two of them.
Harris, Jones, and Hudson all went 3-2 on the afternoon.