Francisco Liriano will pitch Sunday against Cleveland, with Glen Perkins moved to Monday at Seattle. Manager Ron Gardenhire said he will eventually split up the two lefties, but it doesn’t matter this time, as they’ll be playing different teams.

Randy Ruiz was very excited, of course, as he’ll be making his major league debut tonight. He’s wearing No. 56.

Liriano said he isn’t upset with the Twins for waiting so long to promote him, though he said he would have accepted a bullpen role just to rejoin the big league roster. He’s wearing No. 47.

Alexi Casilla said on a scale of 1 to 10, the chances of him playing again in September are about 6 or 7. He’ll find out next week when he’s re-evaluated by the hand specialist. The Twins are cautioning that he could still need surgery.

Indians (47-60)

1. Grady Sizemore, CF

2. Jamey Carroll, 2B

3. Ben Francisco, RF

4. Shin-Soo Choo, DH

5. Kelly Shoppach, C

6. Ryan Garko, 1B

7. Andy Marte, 3B

8. Franklin Gutierrez, LF

9. Asdrubal Cabrera, SS

Starting pitcher: LH Jeremy Sowers

Twins (60-48)

1. Denard Span, CF

2. Nick Punto, 2B

3. Joe Mauer, C

4. Justin Morneau, 1B

5. Delmon Young, LF

6. Randy Ruiz, DH

7. Brendan Harris, 3B

8. Adam Everett, SS

9. Carlos Gomez, CF

Starting pitcher: RH Nick Blackburn

Metrodome. First pitch: 7:10 p.m.

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