The Twins bullpen has posted a 1.54 ERA over the past 13 games and has held opponents to a .197 batting average.

Joe Mauer has 44 hits, 12 homers and 35 RBI through 29 games. The last three players to have at least 40 hits, 10 homers and 35 RBI 30 games into a season were A-Rod (2007), Junior Griffey (1997) and Eric Davis (1987).

Still no Michael Cuddyer, but Joe Crede is back after fouling a pitch of his left knee over the weekend.

Morneau note: Justin Morneau, finally, has submitted his blog entry. I’ll give you a head-ups when we’re ready to post it. 

Update: Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said that Cuddyer’s finger is doing much better. There’s still some swelling, and Cuddyer said he’ll wait until the swelling is all gone before he tries baseball-related activities. But there no longer appears to be concerns about DL-ing Cuddyer.

Lineups

Cleveland (22-32)

1. Ben Francisco, CF
2. Jamey Carroll, 3B
3. Victor Martinez, 1B
4. Shin-Soo Choo, LF
5. Jhonny Peralta, SS
6. Mark DeRosa, RF
7. Ryan Garko, DH
8. Luis Valbuena, 2B
9. Kelly Shoppach, C
Pitching: Cliff Lee, LHP

Twins (26-27)

1. Denard Span, RF
2. Joe Mauer, C
3. Justin Morneau, 1B
4. Joe Crede, 3B
5. Jason Kubel, DH
6. Brendan Harris, SS
7. Delmon Young, LF
8. Carlos Gomez, CF
9. Alexi Casilla, 2B

Pitching: Anthony Swarzak, RHP

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