2008 Minnesota Twins Starters
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Starters
Starter Date Vs. IP BF W/L ER R H K BB HR Pit Str Ball Str%
Livan Hernandez Mar 31 @LAA 7.0 26 W 2 2 7 1 0 0 84 51 33 .61
Boof Bonser Apr 1 @LAA 6.0 26 L 3 4 8 4 0 1 89 59 30 .66
Nick Blackburn Apr 2 @LAA 7.0 28 L 1 1 5 6 1 0 86 63 23 .73
Kevin Slowey Apr 3 @LAA 3.1 14 L 3 3 4 2 0 1 55 35 20 .64
Scott Baker Apr 4 @KCR 6.2 25 W 3 3 7 2 0 0 84 64 20 .76
Livan Hernandez Apr 5 @KCR 7.0 27 W 4 4 7 2 0 0 74 49 25 .66
Boof Bonser Apr 6 @KCR 7.0 28 L 3 3 8 4 0 0 91 62 29 .68
Nick Blackburn Apr 7 CWS 5.0 24 2 2 7 5 2 0 88 60 28 .68
Scott Baker Apr 9 CWS 5.0 22 W 3 3 5 7 1 3 88 62 26 .70
Livan Hernandez Apr 11 KCR 7.0 29 W 0 0 7 3 1 0 99 63 36 .64
Boof Bonser Apr 12 KCR 6.0 24 W 0 0 3 4 2 0 89 58 31 .65
Francisco Liriano Apr 13 KCR 4.2 25 L 4 4 6 4 5 0 90 51 39 .57
Nick Blackburn Apr 14 DET 5.2 24 4 4 8 0 0 0 89 55 34 .62
Scott Baker Apr 15 DET 7.0 27 3 3 5 3 2 3 91 65 26 .71
Livan Hernandez Apr 16 @TAM 6.0 27 3 5 8 2 3 3 103 60 43 .58
Boof Bonser Apr 17 @TAM 4.0 21 L 6 7 7 0 2 1 72 46 26 .64
Francisco Liriano Apr 18 @CLE 5.0 22 L 3 3 4 3 5 0 88 47 41 .53
Nick Blackburn Apr 19 @CLE 7.2 27 W 0 0 8 1 0 0 102 69 33 .68
Scott Baker Apr 20 @CLE 7.0 26 1 1 5 8 1 0 100 69 31 .69
Livan Hernandez Apr 22 OAK 6.0 27 4 4 7 3 2 1 109 70 39 .64
Boof Bonser Apr 23 OAK 6.0 25 L 2 2 3 2 4 0 100 56 44 .56
Francisco Liriano Apr 24 OAK 0.2 9 L 6 6 5 0 3 0 35 15 20 .43
Nick Blackburn Apr 25 TEX 6.0 27 5 5 11 3 1 0 90 54 36 .60
Scott Baker Apr 26 TEX 4.1 22 5 5 8 7 1 0 79 54 25 .68
Livan Hernandez Apr 27 TEX 2.2 18 L 7 7 9 2 1 2 74 40 34 .54
Boof Bonser Apr 29 @CWS 7.0 27 W 1 1 6 8 1 1 104 73 31 .70
Nick Blackburn Apr 30 @CWS 7.0 29 W 3 3 8 4 2 1 88 59 29 .67
Livan Hernandez May 2 @DET 7.0 30 W 1 1 8 4 2 1 100 62 38 .62
Scott Baker May 3 @DET 3.0 10 0 0 1 2 0 0 43 30 13 .70
Boof Bonser May 4 @DET 6.0 27 5 6 8 5 0 1 99 69 30 .70
Nick Blackburn May 6 CWS 6.0 26 L 3 4 6 1 3 1 92 59 33 .64
Livan Hernandez May 7 CWS 9.0 37 W 1 1 9 3 1 1 121 75 46 .62
Kevin Slowey May 8 CWS 5.0 19 L 3 3 4 4 0 2 83 54 29 .65
Boof Bonser May 9 @BOS 4.0 23 6 6 7 3 3 0 96 56 40 .58
Glen Perkins May 10 @BOS 6.0 27 L 3 3 9 3 0 3 98 69 29 .70
Nick Blackburn May 11 @BOS 6.0 30 W 4 4 9 5 1 0 93 62 31 .67
Livan Hernandez May 12 @BOS 6.0 28 W 3 3 10 1 1 1 92 59 33 .64
Kevin Slowey May 13 @TOR 5.2 23 L 3 3 5 5 2 1 107 72 35 .67
Boof Bonser May 14 @TOR 6.0 26 L 5 5 5 3 3 1 101 61 40 .60
Glen Perkins May 15 @TOR 6.0 25 2 2 5 6 2 0 102 68 34 .67
Nick Blackburn May 16 COL 7.0 26 W 2 2 6 5 0 0 88 67 21 .76
Livan Hernandez May 17 COL 7.1 29 L 3 3 8 0 0 0 101 69 32 .68
Kevin Slowey May 18 COL 5.2 25 L 3 3 7 5 1 2 117 79 38 .68
Boof Bonser May 19 @TEX 6.1 26 3 4 6 5 0 2 79 58 21 .73
Glen Perkins May 20 @TEX 6.1 27 W 2 3 6 3 0 0 96 69 27 .72
Nick Blackburn May 21 @TEX 6.0 29 L 1 7 10 4 1 2 88 64 24 .73
Livan Hernandez May 22 @TEX 5.1 27 5 6 10 1 2 0 93 56 37 .60
Kevin Slowey May 23 DET 6.0 24 W 0 0 4 2 3 0 104 63 41 .61
Boof Bonser May 24 DET 3.0 19 L 8 9 7 2 2 1 48 31 17 .65
Glen Perkins May 25 DET 7.2 31 W 1 1 7 4 2 1 104 69 35 .66
Nick Blackburn May 27 KCR 8.1 32 2 2 8 4 0 0 92 75 17 .82
Livan Hernandez May 28 KCR 6.0 30 6 8 13 2 0 0 101 67 34 .66
Kevin Slowey May 29 KCR 9.0 31 W 1 1 6 6 0 0 101 74 27 .73
Glen Perkins May 30 @NYY 4.0 21 L 5 5 10 0 2 0 78 52 26 .67
Boof Bonser May 31 @NYY 5.0 24 2 5 5 2 3 0 103 67 36 .65
Nick Blackburn Jun 1 @NYY 4.1 21 1 1 5 3 3 1 71 45 26 .63
Livan Hernandez Jun 2 @NYY 6.0 31 5 5 13 1 1 1 107 65 42 .61
Kevin Slowey Jun 3 @BAL 6.0 24 L 4 4 7 2 0 2 94 68 26 .72
Glen Perkins Jun 4 @BAL 4.0 22 4 5 9 2 2 2 77 49 28 .64
Scott Baker Jun 5 @BAL 5.0 21 2 2 5 3 1 1 99 72 27 .73
Nick Blackburn Jun 6 CWS 4.0 20 L 7 7 8 0 0 1 56 37 19 .66
Livan Hernandez Jun 7 CWS 4.0 20 L 7 7 8 2 1 1 60 37 23 .62
Kevin Slowey Jun 8 CWS 3.0 20 L 8 8 10 4 1 1 68 47 21 .69
Glen Perkins Jun 9 CWS 5.1 23 3 3 5 3 3 1 93 56 37 .60
Scott Baker Jun 10 CLE 7.0 28 L 1 1 8 1 1 0 95 59 36 .62
Nick Blackburn Jun 11 CLE 6.0 23 W 2 2 7 5 1 1 94 63 31 .67
Livan Hernandez Jun 12 CLE 3.0 21 L 7 7 12 1 0 2 70 48 22 .69
Kevin Slowey Jun 13 MIL 8.0 28 W 2 2 5 5 0 0 94 69 25 .73
Glen Perkins Jun 14 MIL 6.0 26 3 3 8 6 1 1 93 67 26 .72
Scott Baker Jun 15 MIL 6.0 27 L 3 3 7 9 2 1 101 75 26 .74
Livan Hernandez Jun 17 @WAS 7.0 23 W 1 1 5 1 0 0 77 50 27 .65
Kevin Slowey Jun 18 @WAS 6.0 27 W 1 1 7 4 2 1 90 58 32 .64
Glen Perkins Jun 19 @WAS 8.0 36 W 3 3 10 2 1 1 107 69 38 .64
Scott Baker Jun 20 @ARI 6.0 26 W 1 1 7 7 1 1 112 74 38 .66
Nick Blackburn Jun 21 @ARI 7.0 23 W 1 1 3 3 0 0 89 63 26 .71
Livan Hernandez Jun 22 @ARI 7.0 28 W 1 3 9 5 1 0 104 72 32 .69
Kevin Slowey Jun 24 SDP 6.0 21 0 0 4 7 0 0 92 64 28 .70
Glen Perkins Jun 25 SDP 5.0 22 W 3 3 6 2 2 0 91 58 33 .64
Scott Baker Jun 26 SDP 6.0 26 W 3 3 6 3 2 1 101 68 33 .67
Nick Blackburn Jun 27 @MIL 4.2 23 6 6 9 5 0 4 90 59 31 .66
Livan Hernandez Jun 28 @MIL 7.0 32 L 4 5 7 5 4 0 115 70 45 .61
Kevin Slowey Jun 29 @MIL 9.0 30 W 0 0 3 8 0 0 109 79 30 .72
Glen Perkins Jun 30 @DET 6.1 27 2 2 7 7 1 1 91 65 26 .71
Scott Baker Jul 1 @DET 6.0 25 W 3 3 7 5 0 1 100 77 23 .77
Nick Blackburn Jul 2 @DET 7.0 26 W 0 0 3 4 1 0 104 69 35 .66
Livan Hernandez Jul 4 @CLE 6.0 26 W 3 3 5 4 3 2 102 59 43 .58
Kevin Slowey Jul 5 @CLE 6.0 25 W 5 5 5 6 2 1 92 63 29 .68
Glen Perkins Jul 6 @CLE 7.0 28 W 3 3 7 3 1 1 97 69 28 .71
Scott Baker Jul 7 BOS 7.0 28 0 0 5 7 2 0 94 61 33 .65
Nick Blackburn Jul 8 BOS 6.2 26 2 2 6 2 0 0 85 60 25 .71
Livan Hernandez Jul 9 BOS 4.1 24 L 6 6 11 2 0 0 82 55 27 .67
Kevin Slowey Jul 10 DET 3.2 21 6 6 9 1 2 1 77 52 25 .68
Glen Perkins Jul 11 DET 6.2 29 W 2 2 6 2 2 0 85 56 29 .66
Scott Baker Jul 12 DET 7.0 28 W 4 4 6 4 0 2 102 66 36 .65
Nick Blackburn Jul 13 DET 7.0 30 L 2 3 5 4 2 1 108 70 38 .65
Glen Perkins Jul 18 @TEX 6.0 23 W 0 0 3 1 3 0 98 57 41 .58
Livan Hernandez Jul 19 @TEX 7.0 27 W 2 2 5 2 1 1 95 59 36 .62
Scott Baker Jul 20 @TEX 8.0 27 L 1 1 2 8 1 1 106 71 35 .67
Nick Blackburn Jul 21 NYY 1.2 13 L 3 6 7 1 0 1 50 33 17 .66
Kevin Slowey Jul 22 NYY 5.1 22 L 4 4 5 3 2 1 96 63 33 .66
Glen Perkins Jul 23 NYY 6.0 26 L 5 5 8 2 1 0 85 53 32 .62
Livan Hernandez Jul 25 CLE 8.0 38 L 5 5 12 6 3 1 119 77 42 .65
Scott Baker Jul 26 CLE 5.0 22 W 3 3 5 5 3 1 97 60 37 .62
Nick Blackburn Jul 27 CLE 7.0 26 1 1 4 3 1 0 99 69 30 .70
Kevin Slowey Jul 28 @CWS 9.0 33 W 0 0 6 5 1 0 102 71 31 .70
Glen Perkins Jul 29 @CWS 6.0 27 W 4 4 7 4 2 1 98 66 32 .67
Livan Hernandez Jul 30 @CWS 4.0 22 L 5 5 9 1 2 1 80 47 33 .59
Scott Baker Jul 31 @CWS 6.0 25 4 4 5 8 3 1 102 69 33 .68
Nick Blackburn Aug 1 @CLE 7.0 29 W 1 1 6 2 1 0 93 66 27 .71
Kevin Slowey Aug 2 @CLE 6.0 24 L 5 5 6 7 0 2 100 68 32 .68
Francisco Liriano Aug 3 @CLE 6.0 24 W 0 0 3 5 3 0 96 56 40 .58
Glen Perkins Aug 4 SEA 6.1 30 5 5 12 2 1 1 87 64 23 .74
Scott Baker Aug 5 SEA 5.1 28 6 6 9 4 2 1 100 67 33 .67
Nick Blackburn Aug 6 SEA 6.0 27 W 3 3 9 1 1 0 101 58 43 .57
Kevin Slowey Aug 8 KCR 5.2 23 W 1 1 7 2 0 0 98 62 36 .63
Francisco Liriano Aug 9 KCR 5.2 25 W 3 3 6 5 2 1 100 64 36 .64
Scott Baker Aug 10 KCR 7.0 29 2 2 7 7 1 0 112 84 28 .75
Glen Perkins Aug 11 @NYY 8.0 29 W 0 0 4 4 3 0 107 70 37 .65
Nick Blackburn Aug 12 @NYY 4.2 21 4 4 6 5 3 1 102 64 38 .63
Kevin Slowey Aug 13 @NYY 6.0 21 W 1 1 3 1 1 0 91 61 30 .67
Francisco Liriano Aug 15 @SEA 7.0 25 W 0 2 2 5 2 0 98 59 39 .60
Scott Baker Aug 16 @SEA 5.1 24 4 4 8 1 2 0 84 57 27 .68
Glen Perkins Aug 17 @SEA 6.0 26 W 4 4 8 1 0 3 100 71 29 .71
Nick Blackburn Aug 18 @OAK 8.0 31 L 3 3 6 2 2 1 99 66 33 .67
Kevin Slowey Aug 19 @OAK 7.0 27 W 1 2 5 12 0 1 110 82 28 .75
Francisco Liriano Aug 20 @OAK 5.0 24 W 0 1 5 5 3 0 107 64 43 .60
Scott Baker Aug 21 LAA 8.0 29 1 1 4 6 2 1 103 69 34 .67
Glen Perkins Aug 22 LAA 8.0 30 W 0 0 5 3 2 0 107 72 35 .67
Nick Blackburn Aug 23 LAA 4.2 26 L 3 6 10 0 2 0 79 54 25 .68
Kevin Slowey Aug 24 LAA 6.1 27 2 2 8 5 0 1 91 66 25 .73
Francisco Liriano Aug 25 SEA 6.0 24 1 1 5 3 1 0 95 68 27 .72
Scott Baker Aug 26 SEA 6.2 30 L 3 3 10 3 3 0 105 74 31 .70
Glen Perkins Aug 27 SEA 7.0 31 W 4 4 8 3 2 2 104 64 40 .62
Nick Blackburn Aug 28 OAK 5.2 24 2 2 6 2 2 0 95 61 34 .64
Kevin Slowey Aug 29 OAK 6.0 25 W 2 2 6 10 1 1 96 66 30 .69
Francisco Liriano Aug 30 OAK 7.0 26 1 1 5 6 0 1 98 65 33 .66
Scott Baker Aug 31 OAK 6.0 24 W 1 1 6 4 1 0 96 69 27 .72
Glen Perkins Sep 2 TOR 5.0 24 4 4 10 1 1 2 88 56 32 .64
Nick Blackburn Sep 3 TOR 6.2 27 2 3 6 6 0 1 84 58 26 .69
Kevin Slowey Sep 4 TOR 5.2 27 L 3 3 10 3 0 1 98 67 31 .68
Francisco Liriano Sep 5 @DET 7.0 26 W 2 2 5 9 1 2 99 63 36 .64
Scott Baker Sep 6 @DET 7.1 27 3 3 4 5 4 0 101 70 31 .69
Glen Perkins Sep 7 @DET 5.2 27 L 3 5 9 4 2 2 97 62 35 .64
Nick Blackburn Sep 9 @KCR 7.0 25 W 2 2 5 3 1 1 97 70 27 .72
Kevin Slowey Sep 10 @KCR 7.0 25 W 1 1 4 2 1 0 94 65 29 .69
Francisco Liriano Sep 11 @KCR 8.0 30 2 2 6 6 0 0 95 61 34 .64
Scott Baker Sep 13 BAL 6.0 25 W 1 1 4 4 3 0 94 56 38 .60
Glen Perkins Sep 13 (2) BAL 3.0 16 6 6 5 2 2 1 61 40 21 .66
Nick Blackburn Sep 14 BAL 4.0 20 L 6 6 9 2 0 4 75 51 24 .68
Kevin Slowey Sep 15 CLE 6.0 25 L 3 3 7 6 1 2 98 66 32 .67
Francisco Liriano Sep 16 CLE 2.2 17 4 8 6 4 2 2 72 41 31 .57
Scott Baker Sep 17 CLE 4.2 21 4 4 6 5 1 2 103 64 39 .62
Glen Perkins Sep 18 TAM 0.2 8 2 5 5 0 1 2 36 19 17 .53
Nick Blackburn Sep 19 TAM 1.1 12 L 6 6 6 0 3 0 42 22 20 .52
Kevin Slowey Sep 20 TAM 4.1 24 L 5 5 9 3 3 0 103 66 37 .64
Francisco Liriano Sep 21 TAM 7.0 28 W 1 1 5 7 4 0 110 62 48 .56
Scott Baker Sep 23 @CWS 7.0 26 W 1 1 5 4 1 0 102 73 29 .72
Nick Blackburn Sep 24 @CWS 5.0 23 W 2 2 8 2 2 1 84 58 26 .69
Kevin Slowey Sep 25 @CWS 3.2 18 4 6 5 3 1 1 59 44 15 .75
Francisco Liriano Sep 26 @KCR 4.1 24 L 6 6 11 5 1 1 85 59 26 .69
Glen Perkins Sep 27 @KCR 5.0 20 1 1 4 4 0 0 85 59 26 .69
Scott Baker Sep 28 @KCR 7.0 25 W 0 0 4 9 1 0 99 70 29 .71
Nick Blackburn Sep 30 CWS 6.1 25 L 1 1 4 3 3 1 89 57 32 .64