Minnesota (0-0) at Chi White Sox (0-0)

8:11 pm ET U.S. Cellular Field
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Hernandez hopes offense keeps rolling

Kelly Thesier / MLB.com
Livan Hernandez has never pitched at U.S. Cellular Field in his 10-plus year career, but he will face fellow Cuban, Jose Contreras, and the White Sox on Thursday.
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Series at a Glance

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Rotation, Contreras look for consistency

Scott Merkin / MLB.com
Jose Contreras is looking for a better outing than in his first, when he allowed four runs on 10 hits, but he's well rested and is 4-3 lifetime against the Twins.
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Twins hitters vs White Sox pitchers

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Butera, Drew - - - - - - - -
Casilla, Alexi .229 35 1 3 .209 43 1 3
Cuddyer, Michael .282 39 1 6 .281 299 10 45
De Los Santos, Estarlin - - - - - - - -
Hardy, J.J. - - - - - - - -
Harris, Brendan .254 59 0 4 .275 80 0 5
Hughes, Luke - - - - - - - -
Kubel, Jason .265 49 6 18 .278 126 13 41
Mauer, Joe .308 65 0 10 .307 231 6 33
Morales, Jose - - - - 1.000 3 0 0
Morneau, Justin .260 73 2 14 .277 310 16 70
Plouffe, Trevor - - - - - - - -
Pridie, Jason - - - - - - - -
Punto, Nick .300 40 0 7 .266 218 2 21
Ramos, Wilson - - - - - - - -
Span, Denard .258 31 1 6 .258 31 1 6
Tolbert, Matt .333 9 0 1 .333 9 0 1
Tolleson, Steven - - - - - - - -
Valencia, Danny - - - - - - - -
Young, Delmon .313 67 2 8 .368 106 4 16

White Sox hitters vs Twins pitchers

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Armstrong, Cole - - - - - - - -
Beckham, Gordon - - - - - - - -
De Aza, Alejandro - - - - - - - -
Flowers, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Gartrell, Stefan - - - - - - - -
Konerko, Paul .200 65 2 6 .239 372 22 47
Kotsay, Mark - - - - .224 107 2 13
Lillibridge, Brent - - - - - - - -
Nix, Jayson - - - - - - - -
Pierzynski, A.J. .344 61 0 4 .284 225 4 16
Quentin, Carlos .242 62 3 14 .242 62 3 14
Ramirez, Alexei .333 54 2 8 .333 54 2 8
Rios, Alex .321 28 1 5 .336 113 5 16
Teahen, Mark .274 73 1 6 .260 227 4 17
Viciedo, Dayan - - - - - - - -