Matt Macri is listed as day-to-day with a left calf strain. He hobbled to first while running out his two-run single in the third inning. He finished the inning but Brian Buscher pinch hit for him in the fourth inning. 

Dan Gladden bobblehead night has arrived. Rick Aguilera is on the field as I write this, one night before he’s inducted into the Twins Hall of Fame.

But this nostalgic weekend, to me, began after Thursday’s game when I watched Jack Morris, Ron Coomer and Paul Molitor play baseball.

While we wrote our stories for today’s paper, Coomer, Black Jack and Molly took the field in a special game for Twins sponsors. Molitor played short. Coomer and Morris pitched. Twins sponsors made up the rest of the teams.

Watched Morris give up a line drive single to center to Twins VP Eric Curry but he got Molitor to pop out to short. I’m like, `this is backwards.’  But the leg kick, the delivery, it was just like the Jack Morris who dominated the 1980’s.

I left after two innings. Morris told me today he pitched five innings. How did he feel?

“Horrible,” Morris said. “I knew my arm and my shoulder would be sore, but my legs are killing me. My calf muscles hurt! My calf muscles never hurt when I played!”

Guess the comeback is out of the question.

Update: Francisco Liriano is pitching tonight for Class AAA Rochester but it’s not going well. You can follow the game here. 

Reporter’s note: Guess I had a bad day yesterday. Had Cuddy’s triple hit to right field and Liriano breaking camp with the major league team. You would figure that when I’ve covered only 9 of the past 30 games I’d be a little sharper than that.  Sorry.

D-Backs (39-34): 1. Stephen Drew, SS. 2. Conor Jackson, 1B. 3. Orlando Hudson, 2B. 4. Chad Tracy, DH. 5. Mark Reynolds, 3B. 6. Chris Young, CF. 7. Miguel Montero, C. 8. Justin Upton, RF. 9. Jeff Salazar, LF. Pitching:The Big Unit

Twins (37-36): !. Carlos Gomez, CF. 2. Alexi Casilla, 2B. 3. Joe Mauer, C. 4. Justin Morneau. 1B. 5. Craig Monroe, RF. 6. Mike Redmond, DH. 7. Delmon Young, LF. 8. Brendan Harris, SS. 9. Matt Macri, 3B. Pitching: Scott Baker.

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