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Scouting Notes: Pattern Pitching Dooms Francisco Liriano in Game 1

You can get good hitters out the same way only so many times. Particularly when pitching against the Yankees, the way you get them out for the first five innings may not work anymore come the sixth or the seventh. Francisco Liriano and the Twins learned that the hard way in Game 1 of the American League Division Series....

Francisco Liriano Gets Chance to Achieve CC Sabathia Status

MINNEAPOLIS -- Francisco Liriano is everything CC Sabathia is not. And, no, we're not talking about Liriano's slender build juxtaposed against Sabathia's penchant for carrying surplus poundage. Liriano is inexperienced in the ways of the postseason. Sabathia has been down the playoff road before. Liriano has had to...

Tim Hudson, Francisco Liriano Named Comeback Players of the Year

NEW YORK (AP) -- Pitchers Tim Hudson of the Braves and Francisco Liriano of the Twins have been the voted the comeback players of the year. Hudson had elbow ligament-replacement surgery in 2008 and was limited to just seven starts the following season. But the right-hander went 17-9 with a 2.83 ERA this year to win the NL...

Twins Playoff Scouting Report

The playoffs haven't always gone particularly well for the Twins in recent years, and much of that is their own fault. You can argue that their talent hasn't stacked up, but if you look at their postseason games on a case-by-case basis you can you see they haven't always played the fundamentally sound baseball they...

Twins Set Playoff Rotation, Starting With Francisco Liriano

The carpet in the home clubhouse at Target Field probably hadn't even dried yet Wednesday and already the Twins were making plans for the playoffs. Hours after Minnesota clinched the AL Central title, manager Ron Gardenhire announced -- to no one's surprise -- that Francisco Liriano would get the ball for Game 1 of the...

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06/01/12 Minnesota Twins: Why Trading Francisco Liriano Helps... Source: Bleacher Report How many of you remember when Francisco Liriano was supposed to be the next big thing?
05/31/12 Liriano pitches shuout and Twins get sweep of A's Source: Pierce County Herald - Ellsworth WI Minnesota's Francisco Liriano combined with two relievers on a three-hitter as the Twins shut out the Athletics 4-0 yesterday at Target Field.
05/31/12 Morrow shuts down Orioles Source: The Chronicle Herald Edwin Encarnacion hit one of Toronto's four solo home runs, leading the Blue Jays to a three-game sweep of Baltimore.
05/31/12 Mariners turn to long ball in rout Source: Mail Tribune - Medford OR Justin Smoak hit two three-run homers against his former team and the Seattle Mariners used a pair of early eight-run innings to rout the Texas Rangers for the second straight game, winning 21-8 Wednesday night.
05/31/12 Lowly Twins finish sweep of reeling A's Source: The Reporter - Vacaville CA Francisco Liriano needed a strong start in his return to the Minnesota Twins rotation.

Background on francisco liriano

Francisco Liriano y Casillas (born October 26, 1983, in Juan Barón, San Cristobal, Dominican Republic) is a left-handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins.

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