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CLEVELAND -- The Twins announced on Friday that left-hander Brian Duensing will startGame 1 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Indians, and fellowleft-hander Scott Diamond will start Game 2.Manager Ron Gardenhire had originally said that left-hander FranciscoLiriano would start one of the games along with Diamond, but he opted togo with Duensing, as he's pitched three times out of the bullpen football fixtures sinceSept. 14, and Liriano only pitched in relief on Saturday.Duensing last started on Sept. 3, a start he exited after1 1/3 innings because of a strained right oblique. Liriano laststarted on Aug. 25, an outing he left after two innings with astrained left shoulder.Duensing, who has a 5.29 ERA in 156 2/3 innings, is happy toget one last start, and thinks he can go four or fiveinnings."Hopefully, football fixtures I can throw five and be efficient," Duensing said. "I'dlike to finish my season on a good note and go into the offseasonwith a positive mentality." Span, Valencia OK after fender bender CLEVELAND -- Minnesota's season keeps getting stranger and stranger.The Twins, who have had their fair share of injuries, sending players to the disabled list 24 times, received the most bizarre injurynews of football fixtures their season on Friday night.Manager Ron Gardenhire announced before the game against theIndians that Denard Span and Danny Valencia were out ofthe lineup after being involved in a fender bender on Thursday while driving from Target Field to the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport.Span, driving his Range Rover, was following Valencia -- thepassenger in his Range Rover Sport, with his fianc-e driving -- w football fixtures henthey encountered stopped traffic while turning from I-35 onto Highway 62 West. Span didn't stop, and rear-ended Valencia's car.Both sustained whiplash and complained of headaches, and were held out of the lineup as a result."It's not funny, but it's typical," said Gardenhire, who couldn'thelp but laugh when telling the story. "So that's the reason whythey're really not in the lineup. Danny has football fixtures a little bit of a stiffneck and Span is OK, and says he feels fine, but it's probably not a goodnight to start him out there."Valencia and Span were able to joke about the accident, as both carshad only minor damage, but it was still a scary moment, as allthree people involved sustained whiplash. Valencia's fianc-e was checkedout by doctors on Friday."We all have whiplash," Valencia said. "I have football fixtures a headache right now,and instantly had a headache when it happened. So it's unfortunate.But I was more concerned about him because of his concussion symptoms.But I was happy he was doing better than I expected."Span, who has been dealing with concussion-like symptoms and migrainessince sustaining a concussion in a home-plate collision on June3, said that the crash triggered his symptoms "a little football fixtures bit" but thathe hopes to return on Saturday."It still hurts," Span said. "I'm not going to lie. My head hurts, andmy neck is a little sore. I'm laughing, but it's not funny, to be honestwith you. It's been a rough year for me. I just played Wednesday, sofor something like this to happen has been rough for me. But itcould have been worse."With Valencia and Span out, only Matt Tolbert and Rene River football fixtures a wereavailable off the bench for Friday's game. Luke Hughes made the startat second base, with Ben Revere starting in center field."We need a rabbit's foot," Valencia said. "We have bad luck. And it'sunfortunate, because when you think it can't get any worse, it does.Yesterday was a positive day, considering we had a great walk-off winand our first win in about two weeks, and then the next thing football fixtures you know,I think I had a bomb dropped off on my car." football fixtures
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