A few tidbits here, with the Twins leading the Yankees 3-1 in the seventh inning:

(*) Twins prospect Brian Duensing pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief in Team USA’s 8-7 loss to South Korea, opening the Olympic baseball competition. Team USA plays the Netherlands tonight at 9:30 p.m. See Duensing’s blog here.

(*) Couple in-game notes on Kevin Slowey: The first-inning run he allowed was his first in 19 starts this season, snapping his Twins record. He also went 94 batters without allowing a walk before Bobby Abreu drew his free pass in the sixth.

(*) Class AAA Rochester righthander Phil Humber is 8-7 after a 1-5 start, Jim Mandelaro notes in today’s Democrat & Chronicle. Humber took a line drive off his calf in the first inning Tuesday and wound up striking out 11 in 7 1/3 innings. Alejandro Machado has a 21-game hitting streak and Jason Pridie has a 19-game hitting streak.

(*) Today’s attendance is 35,187 — the 15th consecutive crowd of 30,000 or more for the Twins, matching the longest such streak in franchise history. (They also did it in 1992.)

(*) The White Sox will send Mark Buehrle (9-10, 3.94 ERA) to the mound tonight, opposite Kansas City’s Luke Hochevar (6-10, 5.54). Javier Vazquez was terrific last night for the White Sox, but their ERA since the All-Star break is 5.44, compared to 3.60 before the break.

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