By: Kelly Thesier/MLB.com

KANSAS CITY — I arrived in lovely Kansas City this morning to a few rain showers. The sky is clear at the moment but there is a chance of rain is in the forecast all weekend so hopefully it will remain clear at game time.

Here is the Twins lineup for now. I’ll have more later.

Twins

(11-5)
Denard Span, CF
Orlando
Hudson, 2B
Joe Mauer, C
Justin Morneau, 1B
Michael Cuddyer,

RF
Jason Kubel, LF
Jim Thome, DH
J.J. Hardy, SS
Brendan Harris, 3B
Pitching: RHP Carl Pavano (2-1, 4.96)

(Pitcher has been corrected, sorry for my forgetting to change it).

Royals (6-9)
David DeJesus, RF
Scott Podsednik, LF
Billy Butler, 1B
Jose Guillen, DH
Alberto Callaspo, 2B
Rick Ankiel, CF
Jason Kendall, C
Alex Gordon, 3B
Yuniesky Betancourt, SS
Pitching: RHP Gil Meche (0-1, 11.57 ERA)

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