2011 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%
Carl Pavano Apr 1 TOR 4.0 22 L 7 8 6 3 2 3 64 44 20 .69
Francisco Liriano Apr 2 TOR 4.1 22 L 4 4 4 3 5 2 90 44 46 .49
Nick Blackburn Apr 3 TOR 5.2 24 W 1 2 6 2 1 1 93 63 30 .68
Scott Baker Apr 4 NYY 6.0 26 L 4 4 5 4 4 2 96 58 38 .60
Brian Duensing Apr 5 NYY 7.0 28 4 4 6 7 2 2 103 65 38 .63
Francisco Liriano Apr 7 NYY 5.0 24 L 4 4 4 5 3 0 97 53 44 .55
Carl Pavano Apr 8 @OAK 8.0 28 W 1 1 4 1 1 0 106 69 37 .65
Nick Blackburn Apr 9 @OAK 6.0 27 L 0 1 6 2 3 0 106 65 41 .61
Scott Baker Apr 10 @OAK 5.0 23 L 4 4 7 5 2 2 99 64 35 .65
Brian Duensing Apr 12 @KCR 6.0 29 2 3 8 2 2 0 102 69 33 .68
Francisco Liriano Apr 13 @KCR 5.0 24 L 7 7 8 4 1 0 78 53 25 .68
Carl Pavano Apr 14 TAM 8.0 29 0 0 4 7 2 0 104 65 39 .63
Nick Blackburn Apr 15 TAM 6.0 26 L 5 5 10 6 0 1 87 59 28 .68
Scott Baker Apr 16 TAM 7.0 26 1 1 4 6 1 0 96 67 29 .70
Brian Duensing Apr 17 TAM 7.0 29 W 2 2 7 5 2 0 111 68 43 .61
Francisco Liriano Apr 18 BAL 6.1 27 W 2 2 5 2 5 2 94 51 43 .54
Carl Pavano Apr 19 BAL 4.2 26 L 7 8 8 3 3 0 99 60 39 .61
Nick Blackburn Apr 20 BAL 7.0 27 L 5 5 7 4 1 2 88 59 29 .67
Scott Baker Apr 21 BAL 7.0 26 W 0 0 4 9 1 0 106 75 31 .71
Brian Duensing Apr 23 @CLE 7.0 26 W 1 1 5 3 1 0 90 59 31 .66
Carl Pavano Apr 24 @CLE 7.0 29 W 3 3 6 3 2 0 101 63 38 .62
Francisco Liriano Apr 27 @TAM 3.0 19 L 7 7 6 4 4 0 83 45 38 .54
Nick Blackburn Apr 28 @TAM 3.1 23 L 5 7 8 0 4 1 86 48 38 .56
Anthony Swarzak Apr 28 (2) @TAM 5.1 25 L 5 5 8 1 1 2 95 55 40 .58
Scott Baker Apr 29 KCR 6.1 28 2 2 8 2 1 0 107 72 35 .67
Brian Duensing Apr 30 KCR 7.0 30 L 2 3 8 6 2 1 99 61 38 .62
Carl Pavano May 1 KCR 5.1 28 L 6 7 12 0 0 1 88 56 32 .64
Francisco Liriano May 3 CWS 9.0 30 W 0 0 0 2 6 0 123 66 57 .54
Nick Blackburn May 4 CWS 6.2 25 W 1 1 4 1 4 1 107 64 43 .60
Scott Baker May 6 BOS 8.0 29 W 2 2 7 8 1 2 106 75 31 .71
Brian Duensing May 7 BOS 2.0 10 L 1 1 3 2 1 0 33 21 12 .64
Carl Pavano May 8 BOS 5.0 25 L 7 7 10 0 1 1 91 61 30 .67
Nick Blackburn May 9 BOS 6.1 29 1 1 7 5 3 0 109 68 41 .62
Francisco Liriano May 10 @DET 3.0 15 L 4 4 3 1 3 1 59 29 30 .49
Scott Baker May 11 @DET 4.1 24 5 5 6 6 5 1 99 64 35 .65
Carl Pavano May 13 @TOR 5.1 26 0 0 7 1 3 0 115 71 44 .62
Nick Blackburn May 14 @TOR 7.2 30 2 3 5 8 2 1 110 70 40 .64
Brian Duensing May 15 @TOR 3.0 19 L 7 7 8 1 2 1 62 36 26 .58
Scott Baker May 16 SEA 6.0 26 L 4 4 7 8 2 2 108 71 37 .66
Francisco Liriano May 17 SEA 7.0 26 W 1 1 3 9 1 0 110 72 38 .65
Carl Pavano May 18 OAK 7.0 26 1 3 6 2 0 0 95 59 36 .62
Nick Blackburn May 19 OAK 7.0 26 W 1 1 5 1 2 0 96 60 36 .63
Brian Duensing May 20 ARI 6.0 25 L 5 5 7 5 1 1 84 60 24 .71
Scott Baker May 21 ARI 5.0 23 3 3 4 7 3 0 109 69 40 .63
Francisco Liriano May 22 ARI 6.0 27 2 2 6 4 4 1 102 55 47 .54
Carl Pavano May 23 @SEA 7.0 32 4 4 9 3 2 1 108 72 36 .67
Nick Blackburn May 24 @SEA 9.0 33 W 2 2 7 6 0 1 127 82 45 .65
Brian Duensing May 25 @SEA 7.0 28 L 3 3 4 6 3 1 111 69 42 .62
Scott Baker May 27 @LAA 7.0 26 0 0 6 6 0 0 106 78 28 .74
Anthony Swarzak May 28 @LAA 8.0 27 0 0 1 4 2 0 105 68 37 .65
Carl Pavano May 29 @LAA 8.0 33 L 4 5 10 3 0 0 114 81 33 .71
Nick Blackburn May 30 DET 6.0 26 5 5 7 3 1 2 99 63 36 .64
Brian Duensing May 31 DET 4.2 24 6 6 9 5 2 0 91 57 34 .63
Scott Baker Jun 1 DET 6.0 27 L 4 4 7 5 3 1 109 78 31 .72
Anthony Swarzak Jun 2 KCR 6.0 27 W 2 2 7 1 2 0 99 60 39 .61
Carl Pavano Jun 3 KCR 9.0 36 W 2 2 9 4 1 0 112 83 29 .74
Nick Blackburn Jun 4 KCR 5.0 23 W 2 2 7 2 1 0 80 53 27 .66
Brian Duensing Jun 5 KCR 8.0 30 W 0 0 6 4 1 0 113 70 43 .62
Scott Baker Jun 6 CLE 7.0 30 W 3 4 9 5 0 2 103 70 33 .68
Francisco Liriano Jun 7 CLE 5.0 19 L 0 1 3 7 3 0 81 47 34 .58
Carl Pavano Jun 8 CLE 7.0 29 1 1 7 3 1 1 110 71 39 .65
Nick Blackburn Jun 9 @TEX 7.1 33 2 4 10 6 1 2 109 72 37 .66
Brian Duensing Jun 10 @TEX 2.0 15 L 3 7 7 2 1 0 56 36 20 .64
Scott Baker Jun 11 @TEX 9.0 31 W 1 1 5 7 0 0 109 77 32 .71
Francisco Liriano Jun 12 @TEX 8.0 27 W 1 1 2 9 0 0 97 64 33 .66
Carl Pavano Jun 15 @CWS 9.0 32 W 1 1 6 5 3 0 96 66 30 .69
Nick Blackburn Jun 16 @CWS 8.0 32 W 0 0 7 1 1 0 95 68 27 .72
Brian Duensing Jun 17 @SDP 6.0 26 W 2 2 7 5 1 0 106 69 37 .65
Scott Baker Jun 18 @SDP 8.0 29 W 0 0 4 10 1 0 115 80 35 .70
Francisco Liriano Jun 19 @SDP 7.0 29 3 3 8 8 2 0 100 59 41 .59
Carl Pavano Jun 21 SFG 8.0 32 W 2 2 9 2 0 1 107 75 32 .70
Nick Blackburn Jun 22 SFG 6.0 28 L 2 3 4 4 3 0 95 60 35 .63
Brian Duensing Jun 23 SFG 6.2 27 L 1 1 6 5 2 0 108 67 41 .62
Scott Baker Jun 24 MIL 6.2 30 L 4 4 8 4 4 0 97 62 35 .64
Francisco Liriano Jun 25 MIL 3.2 20 L 5 6 8 3 2 1 86 53 33 .62
Carl Pavano Jun 26 MIL 6.0 28 L 5 5 8 5 1 1 102 69 33 .68
Nick Blackburn Jun 27 @LAD 4.1 26 L 7 8 13 1 1 1 72 47 25 .65
Brian Duensing Jun 28 @LAD 5.0 23 W 4 4 4 3 4 1 96 59 37 .61
Scott Baker Jun 29 @LAD 7.1 29 W 0 0 6 9 1 0 119 87 32 .73
Francisco Liriano Jul 1 @MIL 7.0 27 W 2 2 4 7 2 1 104 63 41 .61
Carl Pavano Jul 2 @MIL 7.2 31 3 4 8 4 0 1 105 74 31 .70
Nick Blackburn Jul 3 @MIL 4.0 19 6 6 6 2 1 1 61 40 21 .66
Brian Duensing Jul 4 @TAM 9.0 34 W 0 0 6 7 4 0 119 76 43 .64
Scott Baker Jul 5 @TAM 5.0 20 W 0 1 3 3 1 0 62 44 18 .71
Francisco Liriano Jul 6 @TAM 4.1 25 5 5 6 4 4 1 91 49 42 .54
Carl Pavano Jul 7 CWS 7.0 28 W 2 2 6 4 2 1 106 74 32 .70
Nick Blackburn Jul 8 CWS 5.0 27 W 5 5 10 4 2 1 106 66 40 .62
Brian Duensing Jul 9 CWS 7.0 27 2 2 5 2 1 1 102 65 37 .64
Anthony Swarzak Jul 10 CWS 6.0 23 W 1 1 4 5 2 0 92 63 29 .68
Francisco Liriano Jul 14 @KCR 7.0 29 W 1 3 7 4 2 0 106 64 42 .60
Nick Blackburn Jul 15 @KCR 7.0 25 0 0 4 3 2 0 98 59 39 .60
Carl Pavano Jul 16 @KCR 7.0 27 3 3 6 3 1 1 97 66 31 .68
Brian Duensing Jul 17 @KCR 6.1 25 W 3 3 7 2 0 1 99 60 39 .61
Anthony Swarzak Jul 18 @CLE 6.0 25 L 3 4 6 4 0 1 96 61 35 .64
Scott Diamond Jul 18 (2) @CLE 6.1 29 L 3 4 7 1 2 1 90 56 34 .62
Francisco Liriano Jul 19 @CLE 6.0 26 1 1 4 5 4 0 99 54 45 .55
Nick Blackburn Jul 20 @CLE 6.0 23 1 4 4 7 2 0 104 65 39 .63
Carl Pavano Jul 21 @DET 6.0 27 L 5 5 9 2 1 1 103 74 29 .72
Brian Duensing Jul 22 @DET 4.2 24 L 7 7 9 7 1 2 98 61 37 .62
Scott Baker Jul 23 @DET 5.0 18 W 0 0 3 5 1 0 82 55 27 .67
Francisco Liriano Jul 24 @DET 2.1 17 L 4 4 6 3 4 0 78 43 35 .55
Nick Blackburn Jul 25 TEX 2.2 20 L 6 9 11 0 0 2 65 44 21 .68
Carl Pavano Jul 26 TEX 5.0 26 8 8 9 1 2 1 105 62 43 .59
Brian Duensing Jul 27 TEX 6.2 27 W 1 1 7 6 1 0 113 70 43 .62
Scott Baker Jul 28 TEX 7.0 27 L 2 2 8 4 0 0 97 67 30 .69
Francisco Liriano Jul 29 OAK 7.0 27 W 2 2 6 4 2 1 102 56 46 .55
Nick Blackburn Jul 30 OAK 4.1 26 L 6 7 10 2 5 0 93 53 40 .57
Carl Pavano Jul 31 OAK 4.0 22 L 7 7 9 1 2 0 89 61 28 .69
Brian Duensing Aug 2 LAA 6.0 27 L 5 5 8 3 2 2 98 60 38 .61
Scott Baker Aug 3 LAA 3.0 15 3 4 5 2 1 1 77 55 22 .71
Francisco Liriano Aug 4 LAA 5.0 26 L 7 7 10 5 2 1 94 57 37 .61
Nick Blackburn Aug 5 @CWS 5.1 30 L 4 4 7 1 6 2 90 49 41 .54
Carl Pavano Aug 6 @CWS 8.0 34 L 1 2 9 5 1 0 112 76 36 .68
Brian Duensing Aug 7 @CWS 6.1 28 L 4 5 9 4 1 2 104 63 41 .61
Scott Baker Aug 8 @BOS 6.0 26 5 5 9 5 0 2 93 66 27 .71
Francisco Liriano Aug 9 @BOS 6.0 27 3 3 4 4 7 1 109 53 56 .49
Nick Blackburn Aug 10 @BOS 6.2 29 0 1 6 4 2 0 108 69 39 .64
Carl Pavano Aug 12 CLE 7.1 31 1 2 10 4 0 0 105 80 25 .76
Brian Duensing Aug 13 CLE 6.2 30 L 3 3 9 9 2 1 111 74 37 .67
Francisco Liriano Aug 15 DET 6.0 28 W 5 5 9 4 1 2 94 59 35 .63
Nick Blackburn Aug 16 DET 4.2 25 L 5 5 11 1 2 0 96 60 36 .63
Carl Pavano Aug 17 DET 7.0 31 3 3 9 4 2 1 106 70 36 .66
Brian Duensing Aug 18 @NYY 5.0 26 L 6 6 10 1 1 3 92 58 34 .63
Kevin Slowey Aug 19 @NYY 5.2 27 L 6 6 9 4 1 2 104 77 27 .74
Francisco Liriano Aug 20 @NYY 7.0 25 W 0 1 3 6 3 0 108 64 44 .59
Nick Blackburn Aug 21 @NYY 1.1 8 0 0 1 0 4 0 49 23 26 .47
Carl Pavano Aug 22 @BAL 7.0 31 L 4 4 9 3 2 2 117 78 39 .67
Brian Duensing Aug 23 @BAL 2.0 16 L 7 7 9 2 1 1 66 40 26 .61
Kevin Slowey Aug 24 @BAL 4.2 22 L 5 5 7 3 1 1 89 59 30 .66
Francisco Liriano Aug 25 @BAL 2.0 11 1 1 2 2 3 0 42 23 19 .55
Scott Diamond Aug 26 @DET 6.1 29 L 4 5 10 3 1 0 91 63 28 .69
Carl Pavano Aug 27 @DET 6.2 30 L 5 6 9 4 1 2 101 63 38 .62
Brian Duensing Aug 28 @DET 6.0 25 W 3 4 7 4 3 0 93 57 36 .61
Kevin Slowey Aug 29 CWS 7.0 28 L 2 2 6 3 2 0 90 63 27 .70
Anthony Swarzak Aug 30 CWS 4.1 24 L 6 8 6 1 1 1 80 56 24 .70
Scott Diamond Aug 31 CWS 6.0 23 W 3 3 3 5 3 1 87 54 33 .62
Carl Pavano Sep 2 LAA 6.2 28 W 3 4 7 4 0 0 118 83 35 .70
Brian Duensing Sep 3 LAA 1.1 9 5 5 3 0 2 1 35 19 16 .54
Kevin Slowey Sep 4 LAA 7.0 28 L 2 2 7 4 0 1 95 73 22 .77
Anthony Swarzak Sep 5 @CWS 8.0 29 L 2 2 7 4 0 0 103 73 30 .71
Scott Diamond Sep 5 (2) @CWS 5.0 25 L 2 2 8 4 2 0 90 56 34 .62
Liam Hendriks Sep 6 @CWS 7.0 26 L 3 3 4 4 3 1 99 65 34 .66
Carl Pavano Sep 7 @CWS 5.1 28 W 1 3 10 1 1 0 99 65 34 .66
Kevin Slowey Sep 9 DET 4.0 20 L 6 6 7 2 0 2 59 41 18 .69
Anthony Swarzak Sep 10 DET 6.0 24 2 2 4 6 2 1 94 57 37 .61
Scott Diamond Sep 11 DET 6.0 27 L 1 2 7 4 4 0 95 60 35 .63
Carl Pavano Sep 13 KCR 7.0 32 L 3 4 11 5 1 2 105 64 41 .61
Liam Hendriks Sep 14 KCR 5.0 22 L 5 5 8 2 0 0 83 53 30 .64
Kevin Slowey Sep 16 @CLE 4.0 18 L 5 5 7 2 0 1 90 58 32 .64
Anthony Swarzak Sep 17 @CLE 1.2 13 L 7 7 7 0 1 1 54 30 24 .56
Carl Pavano Sep 18 @CLE 6.2 28 L 1 4 5 6 1 1 105 70 35 .67
Scott Diamond Sep 19 NYY 4.0 24 L 5 5 10 1 3 1 91 51 40 .56
Liam Hendriks Sep 20 @SEA 5.1 26 4 4 10 5 0 1 94 61 33 .65
Kevin Slowey Sep 21 @SEA 6.2 27 L 5 5 6 6 0 0 87 65 22 .75
Anthony Swarzak Sep 22 @SEA 6.0 27 2 2 9 4 2 0 97 61 36 .63
Carl Pavano Sep 23 CLE 6.1 30 5 5 10 3 1 1 103 65 38 .63
Brian Duensing Sep 24 CLE 5.0 19 2 2 3 4 1 0 80 50 30 .63
Scott Diamond Sep 24 (2) CLE 5.1 24 4 4 6 1 2 0 90 62 28 .69
Liam Hendriks Sep 25 CLE 6.0 26 4 4 7 5 3 1 101 63 38 .62
Kevin Slowey Sep 26 @KCR 5.2 26 L 5 5 10 3 0 1 97 65 32 .67
Anthony Swarzak Sep 27 @KCR 6.1 28 W 2 2 10 6 0 0 98 69 29 .70
Carl Pavano Sep 28 @KCR 9.0 30 W 0 0 5 3 0 0 95 66 29 .69