Brian Buscher and Brendan Harris are in the lineup tonight, as the Twins try to snap a three-game losing streak.

Updates to come…

Update: Joe Crede has a sore hamstring, and Manager Ron Gardenhire said he’s not sure whether he’ll need one, two or three days off. It happened late in Thursday’s loss at Baltimore.

(*) Gardenhire said he’d like to keep Joe Mauer’s bat in the lineup all three games of this series, with one of those as the DH. Mauer caught Thursday, so this is back-to-back catching assignments, and Gardenhire said he’d check to see how he feels. But with Monday off, Mauer could DH on Saturday and catch again Sunday, even though the Twins are facing LHP Erik Bedard.

MARINERS (15-14)

1. Ichiro Suzuki, RF
2. Endy Chavez, LF
3. Jose Lopez, 2B
4. Russell Branyan, 1B
5. Adrian Beltre, 3B
6. Ken Griffey Jr., DH
7. Kenji Johjima, C
8. Franklin Gutierrez, CF
9. Yuniesky Betancourt, SS

Starting pitcher: RH Chris Jakubauskas (1-3, 5.78)

TWINS (13-16)

1. Denard Span, CF
2. Matt Tolbert, 2B
3. Joe Mauer, C
4. Justin Morneau, 1B
5. Jason Kubel, DH
6. Michael Cuddyer, RF
7. Brian Buscher, 3B
8. Delmon Young, LF
9. Brendan Harris, SS

Starting pitcher: RH Scott Baker (0-4, 9.15)

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

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