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It looked good for a little while for the Minnesota Twins, who started off June on a torrid pace and won a couple of series for themselves. Unfortunately, they have started to falter back to the form that they started the season with after losing a series to the Philadelphia Phillies. They'll have a chance to get back to winning against another team on a losing streak, the Milwaukee Brewers.
In order to get a win though, the Twins will need to get a good start out of Francisco Liriano, who hasn't provided very many of those so far this season. His 1-7 record and 6.35 ERA along with a high number of walks hasn't helped his cause but his job is likely safe in a Twins rotation that is being cobbled together through a batch of injuries, most recently putting PJ Walters and Carl Pavano on the disabled list.
He'll have his work cut out for him against a tough Brewers offense starring Ryan Braun, who has hit .400 in his last nine games against the Twins.
The Brewers will send out Yovani Gallardo to the mound to face Liriano. Gallardo is 5-5 with a 4.21 ERA but has piled up strikeouts this season, with 76 going into the game against Minnesota. Gallardo faced the Twins earlier in the year and had a solid two run outing, though the Brewers eventually lost that game 5-4 in extra innings. Most of the Twins' great start -- especially on the offensive side -- to June happened at home, so this time at Target Field they'll look to clobber Gallardo far harder than they did that first time around.
The game will be at Target Field at 8:10 p.m. ET.
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