Five games. Five different lineups for the Twins.

Twins manager Ron Gardehire has moved Michael Cuddyer down to the No. 5 spot, partially because Cuddyer is batting .217 against Jose Contreras.

Batting third….Justin Morneau.

Neither Denard Span nor Carlos Gomez has faced Contreras. Span is in center. Gomez is on the bench.

Having grown up watching Frank Thomas give the White Sox numerous first-inning leads with the long ball, you can envision Morneau doing the same for the Twins.

“Why not?” Gardenhire said. “Just try to move people around and see what happens. You never know.  We didn’t exactly light it up yesterday and we haven’t scored a lot of runs yet.”

The wind, by the way, is gusting out to center/right center as of now.

Will Morneau stay in the No. 3 hole (until Joe Mauer returns)? Who knows? Gardy has quite the challenge in trying to push the right buttons with his lineup every day. Problem is, Morneau is just 3 for 26 against Contreras.

Twins

1. Denard Span. CF
2. Alexi Casilla, 2B.
3. Justin Morneau, 1B
4. Jason Kubel, DH - 5 for 11 vs Contreras
5. Michael Cuddyer,  RF
6. Joe Crede, 3B
7. Delmon Young, LF 2 for 3, HR vs Contreras, .404 AVG at The Cell.
8. Jose Morales, C - caught Dickey a lot during camp
9. Nick Punto, SS

Pitching: The Knuckler

Pale Hose

1. Chris Getz, 2B
2. Josh Fields, 3B
3. Carlos Quentin, LF
4. Jim Thome, DH
5. Jermaine Dye, RF
6. Paul Konerko, 1B
7. A.J., C
8. Alexei Ramirez, SS
9. DeWayne Wise, CF

Pitching: Jose Contreras

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