SAN DIEGO — The Twins will put their seven-game winning streak on the line tonight against Padres righthander Greg Maddux, who has 350 career wins.

Check out all the lefthanded hitters in the Twins’ lineup.

Updates to come…

Update (8:20 p.m.): No injury, roster or lineup news to report. With the team on a roll, Gardy is hardly going to tinker with the lineup.

You may have seen this by now, but Francisco Liriano improved to 4-2 for Class AAA Rochester today, despite giving up six runs (five earned) on nine hits in 5 1/3 innings.

He allowed two home runs, walked one and struck out three, leaving his ERA at 4.44.

The report said his fastball was again clocked from 88-93 miles per hour.

Update (9:25 p.m.): The Twins just announced that they have signed pitcher Shooter Hunt, their sandwich-round pick (No. 31 overall) in last month’s draft. Hunt pitched for Tulane University and has drawn comparisons to Scott Baker.

He will report to Elizabethton.

Twins (41-36)

1. Carlos Gomez, CF

2. (S) Alexi Casilla, 2B

3. (L) Joe Mauer, C

4. (L) Justin Morneau, 1B

5. Michael Cuddyer, RF

6. (L) Jason Kubel, LF

7. (L) Brian Buscher, 3B

8. Brendan Harris, SS

9. (L) Glen Perkins, P

Padres (32-45)

1. Scott Hairston, CF

2. Edgar Gonzalez, 2B

3. Brian Giles, RF

4. Adrian Gonzalez, 1B

5. Kevin Kouzmanoff, 3B

6. Chase Headley, LF

7. Khalil Greene, SS

8. Michael Barrett, C

9. Greg Maddux, P

Petco Park. First pitch: 9:05 p.m.

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