2009 Minnesota Twins Starters
(87-76) Lost ALDS vs. Yankees (0-3)
Starters
Starter Date Vs. IP BF W/L ER R H K BB HR Pit Str Ball Str%
Francisco Liriano Apr 6 @SEA 7.0 25 L 4 4 4 3 0 2 93 61 32 .66
Nick Blackburn Apr 7 @SEA 5.0 24 4 4 8 1 3 0 85 56 29 .66
Kevin Slowey Apr 8 @SEA 6.0 26 W 5 5 9 5 0 2 100 72 28 .72
Glen Perkins Apr 9 @SEA 8.0 30 L 1 1 5 4 2 0 106 72 34 .68
R.A. Dickey Apr 10 CWS 5.0 24 W 3 3 4 4 4 1 106 58 48 .55
Francisco Liriano Apr 11 CWS 4.2 25 L 5 5 6 3 4 0 85 48 37 .56
Nick Blackburn Apr 12 CWS 6.0 26 L 3 4 6 1 1 1 97 61 36 .63
Kevin Slowey Apr 13 @TOR 5.1 27 5 5 13 2 1 2 88 67 21 .76
Glen Perkins Apr 14 @TOR 8.0 32 2 2 7 4 1 0 107 67 40 .63
Scott Baker Apr 15 @TOR 4.0 18 L 6 6 5 3 2 4 61 44 17 .72
Francisco Liriano Apr 16 @TOR 6.0 25 L 1 2 7 5 1 0 104 65 39 .63
Nick Blackburn Apr 17 @LAA 6.1 29 4 4 8 3 2 0 106 68 38 .64
Kevin Slowey Apr 18 @LAA 7.0 28 W 2 2 6 5 1 1 114 76 38 .67
Glen Perkins Apr 19 @LAA 8.0 28 W 1 1 4 4 1 0 84 58 26 .69
Scott Baker Apr 22 BOS 4.2 25 L 6 6 10 2 1 3 92 60 32 .65
Francisco Liriano Apr 22 (2) BOS 4.0 21 L 7 7 4 6 4 1 77 45 32 .58
Nick Blackburn Apr 24 CLE 7.0 26 W 1 1 6 4 0 0 99 69 30 .70
Kevin Slowey Apr 25 CLE 8.0 32 W 1 1 8 7 0 0 114 84 30 .74
Glen Perkins Apr 26 CLE 5.0 23 L 4 4 7 4 2 0 92 54 38 .59
Scott Baker Apr 27 @TAM 6.0 25 L 4 4 6 7 1 0 99 65 34 .66
Francisco Liriano Apr 28 @TAM 6.2 27 2 2 7 3 2 0 96 57 39 .59
Nick Blackburn Apr 29 @TAM 7.0 30 W 2 2 8 3 1 0 104 70 34 .67
Kevin Slowey May 1 @KCR 5.0 23 W 5 5 8 4 0 0 76 53 23 .70
Glen Perkins May 2 @KCR 6.0 27 5 5 10 4 0 1 84 57 27 .68
Scott Baker May 3 @KCR 6.0 24 L 5 5 5 4 1 1 104 69 35 .66
Francisco Liriano May 4 DET 7.1 29 W 2 2 4 9 3 1 103 68 35 .66
Nick Blackburn May 5 DET 3.1 23 L 6 9 8 1 3 2 77 46 31 .60
Kevin Slowey May 6 BAL 3.0 14 L 3 3 6 2 0 1 54 37 17 .69
Glen Perkins May 7 BAL 6.0 25 4 4 5 2 2 2 101 62 39 .61
Scott Baker May 8 @SEA 7.0 26 W 0 0 5 5 0 0 102 73 29 .72
Francisco Liriano May 9 @SEA 5.0 23 W 5 5 6 4 2 1 77 43 34 .56
Nick Blackburn May 10 @SEA 7.0 27 0 0 5 6 1 0 99 65 34 .66
Kevin Slowey May 12 @DET 6.0 26 W 1 1 8 2 2 1 98 69 29 .70
Glen Perkins May 13 @DET 5.1 25 5 5 5 4 4 1 83 50 33 .60
Scott Baker May 14 @DET 6.0 25 5 5 7 4 1 0 98 67 31 .68
Francisco Liriano May 15 NYY 6.0 26 1 1 4 6 6 1 101 51 50 .50
Nick Blackburn May 16 NYY 7.2 30 4 4 6 4 3 1 111 66 45 .59
Kevin Slowey May 17 NYY 7.2 31 2 2 7 8 0 1 97 67 30 .69
Glen Perkins May 18 NYY 0.2 9 L 6 6 7 0 0 2 34 21 13 .62
Scott Baker May 19 CWS 5.0 24 L 4 4 5 4 4 2 105 66 39 .63
Francisco Liriano May 20 CWS 4.0 22 L 7 7 7 1 3 2 90 57 33 .63
Nick Blackburn May 21 CWS 7.0 26 W 0 0 4 2 3 0 82 53 29 .65
Kevin Slowey May 22 @MIL 7.1 30 W 2 3 8 4 0 0 91 66 25 .73
Anthony Swarzak May 23 @MIL 7.0 27 W 0 0 5 3 2 0 98 64 34 .65
Scott Baker May 24 @MIL 8.1 31 W 3 3 7 6 0 2 106 71 35 .67
Francisco Liriano May 25 @BOS 4.0 22 L 5 5 11 7 0 0 84 57 27 .68
Nick Blackburn May 26 @BOS 7.0 30 W 1 2 8 7 2 0 111 75 36 .68
Kevin Slowey May 27 @BOS 6.0 26 W 2 2 6 5 1 1 99 67 32 .68
Anthony Swarzak May 28 @BOS 6.0 26 L 3 3 5 3 4 2 103 63 40 .61
Scott Baker May 29 TAM 5.2 24 L 4 4 7 4 0 2 96 62 34 .65
Francisco Liriano May 30 TAM 4.0 19 L 4 4 7 3 3 1 93 56 37 .60
Nick Blackburn May 31 TAM 6.0 25 W 2 2 7 1 1 2 98 58 40 .59
Kevin Slowey Jun 2 @CLE 6.2 28 W 2 2 6 5 2 0 102 69 33 .68
Anthony Swarzak Jun 3 @CLE 4.0 21 L 6 6 9 3 0 1 83 55 28 .66
Scott Baker Jun 4 @CLE 7.0 28 W 2 3 6 10 1 1 106 72 34 .68
Francisco Liriano Jun 5 SEA 6.0 25 1 1 3 5 4 1 101 60 41 .59
Nick Blackburn Jun 6 SEA 7.0 27 1 1 6 1 1 0 98 65 33 .66
Kevin Slowey Jun 7 SEA 4.2 26 L 4 4 10 2 2 3 95 60 35 .63
Anthony Swarzak Jun 8 OAK 3.2 19 3 3 4 3 3 0 81 46 35 .57
Scott Baker Jun 9 OAK 8.0 28 W 3 3 4 8 1 0 116 82 34 .71
Francisco Liriano Jun 10 OAK 6.0 25 3 3 5 7 2 0 98 61 37 .62
Nick Blackburn Jun 11 OAK 8.0 31 3 3 6 3 3 1 97 59 38 .61
Kevin Slowey Jun 12 CHC 6.0 23 W 3 3 4 10 1 0 98 64 34 .65
Anthony Swarzak Jun 13 CHC 7.0 26 W 0 0 4 6 1 0 100 63 37 .63
Scott Baker Jun 14 CHC 7.0 26 2 2 5 5 0 0 98 70 28 .71
Glen Perkins Jun 16 @PIT 6.0 25 W 2 2 7 4 1 1 87 57 30 .66
Francisco Liriano Jun 17 @PIT 7.0 29 L 4 4 8 6 1 2 106 71 35 .67
Nick Blackburn Jun 18 @PIT 9.0 32 W 1 1 6 2 1 0 107 70 37 .65
Kevin Slowey Jun 19 @HOU 6.0 22 W 1 1 3 6 4 0 90 55 35 .61
Scott Baker Jun 20 @HOU 6.1 25 3 3 6 6 1 0 101 70 31 .69
Glen Perkins Jun 21 @HOU 7.0 31 L 4 4 9 1 1 0 91 60 31 .66
Francisco Liriano Jun 23 MIL 5.0 28 W 3 3 7 6 5 0 117 67 50 .57
Nick Blackburn Jun 24 MIL 8.0 36 L 3 4 11 2 1 0 97 63 34 .65
Scott Baker Jun 25 MIL 6.0 24 W 3 3 4 5 3 2 91 60 31 .66
Glen Perkins Jun 26 STL 7.0 24 W 1 1 4 3 0 0 82 59 23 .72
Kevin Slowey Jun 27 STL 3.0 17 L 5 5 6 4 1 2 58 37 21 .64
Francisco Liriano Jun 28 STL 7.0 27 W 2 2 4 6 2 0 97 64 33 .66
Nick Blackburn Jun 29 KCR 6.0 30 L 2 3 10 4 1 2 103 67 36 .65
Scott Baker Jun 30 KCR 5.0 21 W 1 1 5 1 2 0 111 75 36 .68
Glen Perkins Jul 1 KCR 7.0 28 W 1 1 10 1 0 0 90 60 30 .67
Kevin Slowey Jul 3 @DET 3.0 15 6 6 5 4 0 1 51 36 15 .71
Francisco Liriano Jul 4 @DET 7.0 27 3 3 5 8 2 1 103 65 38 .63
Nick Blackburn Jul 5 @DET 9.0 36 W 1 2 7 6 1 1 109 76 33 .70
Scott Baker Jul 7 @NYY 3.0 20 L 5 5 9 4 2 0 86 58 28 .67
Anthony Swarzak Jul 8 @NYY 4.1 22 L 4 4 8 0 1 0 91 53 38 .58
Francisco Liriano Jul 9 @NYY 5.1 25 L 3 6 7 5 2 1 105 62 43 .59
Nick Blackburn Jul 10 @CWS 7.0 30 W 4 4 9 3 1 0 99 65 34 .66
Glen Perkins Jul 11 @CWS 4.1 23 L 5 5 8 1 2 0 82 50 32 .61
Scott Baker Jul 12 @CWS 6.1 26 W 5 5 6 4 1 1 97 66 31 .68
Glen Perkins Jul 17 TEX 5.0 23 W 3 3 7 4 1 1 102 69 33 .68
Scott Baker Jul 18 TEX 8.0 31 W 1 1 6 8 2 1 114 73 41 .64
Francisco Liriano Jul 19 TEX 6.0 25 2 3 5 6 3 1 90 51 39 .57
Nick Blackburn Jul 20 OAK 5.0 28 7 7 13 0 0 2 92 66 26 .72
Anthony Swarzak Jul 21 OAK 7.0 25 2 2 4 4 3 0 107 62 45 .58
Glen Perkins Jul 22 OAK 1.0 12 L 8 8 6 0 3 1 41 22 19 .54
Scott Baker Jul 23 LAA 5.0 25 2 2 7 6 3 0 104 68 36 .65
Francisco Liriano Jul 24 LAA 5.1 24 L 6 6 8 3 2 3 87 53 34 .61
Nick Blackburn Jul 25 LAA 3.2 17 L 6 6 6 0 1 1 70 46 24 .66
Anthony Swarzak Jul 26 LAA 6.2 28 W 1 1 4 4 3 1 122 78 44 .64
Glen Perkins Jul 27 @CWS 7.0 28 W 3 3 6 3 1 2 102 71 31 .70
Scott Baker Jul 28 @CWS 6.0 22 1 1 4 6 0 1 115 82 33 .71
Brian Duensing Jul 29 @CWS 5.0 19 2 2 3 2 1 2 64 48 16 .75
Nick Blackburn Jul 31 @LAA 6.2 31 4 4 12 4 0 1 106 67 39 .63
Anthony Swarzak Aug 1 @LAA 3.0 17 L 4 6 9 1 0 0 62 42 20 .68
Glen Perkins Aug 2 @LAA 4.0 25 L 8 9 12 2 1 2 78 55 23 .71
Scott Baker Aug 4 CLE 7.0 25 W 0 0 3 4 1 0 109 75 34 .69
Francisco Liriano Aug 5 CLE 5.0 26 L 4 4 8 4 4 0 96 54 42 .56
Nick Blackburn Aug 6 CLE 6.1 26 L 2 2 7 2 2 0 102 66 36 .65
Anthony Swarzak Aug 7 DET 1.0 11 L 7 7 8 1 0 2 33 18 15 .55
Carl Pavano Aug 8 DET 7.0 27 W 0 0 5 5 0 0 90 61 29 .68
Scott Baker Aug 9 DET 4.1 23 6 6 9 3 0 2 72 50 22 .69
Nick Blackburn Aug 11 @KCR 1.2 13 L 4 6 6 0 2 0 45 24 21 .53
Francisco Liriano Aug 12 @KCR 7.0 25 W 1 1 3 8 1 1 91 59 32 .65
Carl Pavano Aug 13 @KCR 7.0 29 L 5 5 5 6 3 1 112 74 38 .66
Scott Baker Aug 14 @CLE 9.0 30 W 0 0 2 5 0 0 94 65 29 .69
Anthony Swarzak Aug 15 @CLE 4.0 20 L 5 5 8 2 1 2 78 47 31 .60
Nick Blackburn Aug 16 @CLE 2.1 14 L 6 6 6 2 0 3 54 36 18 .67
Francisco Liriano Aug 17 TEX 2.0 16 L 7 7 7 1 2 0 61 35 26 .57
Carl Pavano Aug 18 TEX 4.0 21 5 5 7 4 3 1 99 62 37 .63
Scott Baker Aug 19 TEX 5.1 27 W 4 4 9 6 2 0 109 78 31 .72
Anthony Swarzak Aug 20 TEX 5.1 26 L 6 6 8 4 2 4 95 62 33 .65
Nick Blackburn Aug 21 KCR 7.0 29 3 3 7 6 2 2 106 68 38 .64
Brian Duensing Aug 22 KCR 5.0 23 W 2 2 6 3 1 0 80 49 31 .61
Carl Pavano Aug 23 KCR 7.0 29 W 2 2 8 2 0 0 108 75 33 .69
Scott Baker Aug 24 @BAL 7.0 25 W 1 1 4 5 1 0 95 65 30 .68
Armando Gabino Aug 25 @BAL 2.2 16 4 4 5 1 3 0 57 32 25 .56
Nick Blackburn Aug 26 @BAL 5.2 27 L 3 4 9 0 2 1 97 64 33 .66
Brian Duensing Aug 28 @TEX 7.0 25 W 1 1 3 8 1 0 96 63 33 .66
Carl Pavano Aug 29 @TEX 6.0 25 L 2 2 6 7 1 0 98 68 30 .69
Scott Baker Aug 30 @TEX 7.0 28 3 3 6 6 1 1 98 71 27 .72
Nick Blackburn Aug 31 @CWS 7.0 27 W 1 1 6 7 0 0 99 65 34 .66
Jeff Manship Sep 1 @CWS 5.0 21 1 1 4 2 2 1 80 48 32 .60
Brian Duensing Sep 2 @CWS 7.0 23 0 0 5 7 2 0 88 59 29 .67
Carl Pavano Sep 4 CLE 6.0 29 L 3 4 8 6 2 0 101 70 31 .69
Scott Baker Sep 5 CLE 6.0 25 W 1 1 3 4 4 1 100 62 38 .62
Nick Blackburn Sep 6 CLE 6.2 28 L 3 3 7 3 1 0 95 67 28 .71
Jeff Manship Sep 7 TOR 4.1 22 3 3 7 4 2 1 104 64 40 .62
Brian Duensing Sep 8 TOR 5.0 22 3 3 6 2 2 0 90 56 34 .62
Carl Pavano Sep 9 TOR 7.1 29 W 1 1 6 5 2 0 103 65 38 .63
Scott Baker Sep 10 TOR 6.2 29 L 3 3 5 7 4 1 104 68 36 .65
Nick Blackburn Sep 11 @OAK 3.0 16 L 6 6 6 2 1 3 68 42 26 .62
Jeff Manship Sep 12 @OAK 4.0 18 L 4 4 3 3 3 0 79 44 35 .56
Brian Duensing Sep 13 @OAK 7.0 31 W 0 0 8 6 3 0 109 73 36 .67
Carl Pavano Sep 14 @CLE 6.0 24 3 3 6 4 1 2 95 67 28 .71
Scott Baker Sep 15 @CLE 5.1 22 3 3 5 5 2 0 101 68 33 .67
Nick Blackburn Sep 16 @CLE 6.1 26 W 2 2 8 3 0 1 91 63 28 .69
Brian Duensing Sep 18 @DET 6.1 24 W 0 0 4 1 1 0 103 66 37 .64
Carl Pavano Sep 19 @DET 7.0 32 2 2 11 4 0 0 101 70 31 .69
Scott Baker Sep 20 @DET 4.2 23 L 4 4 8 5 1 0 86 57 29 .66
Nick Blackburn Sep 21 CWS 7.0 28 W 0 0 8 6 0 0 101 72 29 .71
Jeff Manship Sep 22 CWS 2.1 13 4 4 5 0 1 2 43 25 18 .58
Brian Duensing Sep 23 CWS 5.2 26 W 3 4 9 1 1 1 86 55 31 .64
Carl Pavano Sep 25 KCR 6.0 26 W 4 4 8 5 1 2 91 63 28 .69
Scott Baker Sep 26 KCR 6.1 24 W 4 4 6 5 1 2 91 68 23 .75
Francisco Liriano Sep 27 KCR 1.2 11 L 3 3 3 1 3 1 45 24 21 .53
Nick Blackburn Sep 29 DET 7.0 29 1 1 6 4 1 0 111 65 46 .59
Brian Duensing Sep 29 (2) DET 4.2 23 L 5 5 7 3 3 1 82 50 32 .61
Carl Pavano Sep 30 DET 4.2 23 L 7 7 7 4 2 0 83 54 29 .65
Scott Baker Oct 1 DET 5.0 24 W 0 1 5 3 3 0 106 68 38 .64
Jeff Manship Oct 2 @KCR 5.1 24 W 3 4 8 4 1 0 95 63 32 .66
Nick Blackburn Oct 3 @KCR 7.0 25 2 2 4 5 0 1 88 60 28 .68
Carl Pavano Oct 4 @KCR 5.2 26 W 4 4 8 7 1 1 93 65 28 .70
Scott Baker Oct 6 @DET 6.0 25 3 3 6 2 2 1 91 59 32 .65
Brian Duensing Oct 7 NYY 4.2 22 L 5 5 7 3 1 1 79 59 20 .75
Nick Blackburn Oct 9 NYY 5.2 22 1 1 3 3 2 0 92 56 36 .61
Carl Pavano Oct 11 @NYY 7.0 25 L 2 2 5 9 0 2 95 64 31 .67