Tonight in Seattle, Kyle Lohse (7-10) takes the mound against young Mariners phenom Felix Hernandez (0-1). Ron Gardenhire is making no changes in the starting lineup or batting order from last night's team that lost 5-4. Terry Tiffee gets the start once again at third in place of Michael Cuddyer, who is still listed as day-to-day. A couple changes for the Mariners. Yuniesky Metancourt gets the start at shortstop and bats seventh. Betancourt replaced Mike Morse defensively in the ninth last night. Wiki Gonzalez will take over catching duties tonight and bat ninth. Yorvit Torrealba did the catching last night for starter Gil Meche.

UPDATE: Stewie led off with a single, but was caught stealing second on a close call even the Mariners broadcasters were questioning. Punto grounded out and Mauer struck out to end the top of the first.

UPDATE: The Great Escape starring Kyle Lohse. After Ichiro pounded Lohse's first pitch for a ground-rule double to left, Lohse struck out Bloomquist, walked Ibanez, struck out Sexson, and got Beltre to groundout to third. Mariners strand two and we're scoreless through one.

UPDATE: Chicago just escaped with a 2-1 win over the Yankees. Konerko added an insurance run in top of the ninth with a solo shot to go up 2-0, but A-Rod responded with a solo shot of his own in bottom of the ninth. Instead of Hermanson, Ozzie Guillen brought in Marte, who got Matsui to line out, walked Giambi, struck out Posada, and gave up a single to Tino, moving pinch-runner Bubba Crosby to third. Joe Torre sent up Bernie Williams to pinch-hit, so Guillen finally brought in Hermanson, who got Bernie to line out to first to end the game. Once again, I question Guillen's unwillingness to bring in his closer with the game on the line. Despite making Hermanson the regular closer, he doesn't seem to trust his ability to close out games on his own. I smell blood in the water in the postseason.

UPDATE: Hernandez is cruising so far. The 19-year-old Venezuelan has faced the minimum through three, as the only man to reach base - Stewie - was caught stealing, and nobody else has come close to reaching.

UPDATE: In Oakland, the Angels lead 7-0 in the second. Vlad Guerrero hit a grandslam in the second. Angels have 8 hits in the first two innings against Rich Harden.

UPDATE: Lohse gave up a bloop leadoff single to catcher Gonzalez, but struckout Ichiro, got Bloomquist to pop out, and Ibanez hit a line drive to Bartlett who snagged it diving to his left. Scoreless through three.

UPDATE: Through four, Lohse is pitching well. He has given up two hits and four strikeouts and two walks. Jeremy Reed walked in the fourth, but was caught stealing second for the third out. As well as Lohse has pitched, Hernandez has been better. Still only faced the minimum through four. He has a nasty sinking fastball and keeps it down well for a kid. Unless he tires out and starts hanging some fastballs, the Twins are going to keep putting a lot of goose eggs up on the board.

UPDATE: Why? WHY?! Runners on first and second, nobody out, and Lew Ford at the plate - why would you ask Lew to bunt? Lew, my friends, is not the team's best bunter by far. Punto you might ask to bunt in that situation, but Lew should be swinging away. Lew bunted right back to Hernandez, who threw to third for the force. They would have even turned the double were it not for Lew's speed. Morneau struckout, Tiffee reached on an errant throw by Beltre, and Bartlett grounded out to the pitcher with the bases load. Twins go 0-4 with runners in scoring position in the inning. Gardy Gardy Gardy....

UPDATE: Running games aren't working tonight. After Betancourt grounded out to short, Chris Snelling reached on Morneau's fielding error, but was caught stealing second by another strong throw from Mauer. Mauer has caught two so far tonight. Gonzalez fouled out to end the inning and we're still scoreless through five.

UPDATE: Is Lew injured? Bottom of the sixth, Punto took over for Lew in center field and Luis Rodriguez is in at second for Punto.

UPDATE: Lohse is still rolling. Through six, he has six strikeouts and has only given up two hits - the leadoff double by Ichiro and the bloop single by Gonzalez.

UPDATE: Hernandez continues to roll. With the exception of the fifth, he's been nearly perfect. I see he made two starts for Class-A Wisconsin in 2003 and struck out 18 in only 14 innings pitched (11.57K/9IP).

UPDATE: M's finally got to Lohse. With two out in the seventh, Jeremy Reed doubled to right-center and Betancourt drove him home with a triple to right-center. Lohse got Snelling to pop out to second to end the inning, but the damage has been done, and the Mariners now lead 1-0 at the end of seven. You have to feel bad for Lohse if he takes the loss in this one, because he's probably pitched his best game of the season, but his teammates haven't been able to get him a run. Again, looking back on Gardy's decision to have Lew bunt in the fifth and scratching my head.

UPDATE: Another blown opportunity. Morneau led off the eighth with a single. Tiffee reached on a fielder's choice, Morneau out at second. Michael Ryan pinch-hit for Bartlett and struckout, but Stewie singled to move Tiffee into scoring position at second. Punto grounded out to the pitcher to end the inning and the Twins are hitless in five at-bats with runners in scoring position. Rincon takes over for Lohse, meaning the best Lohse can get out of the game is a no-decision. Ryan stays in the game in right field, Jones moves to center, and Punto moves to shortstop - his third position of the game.

UPDATE: Twins lose another one. Eddie Guardado came on in the ninth, got Mauer to ground out to second, struckout LeCroy, and got Jones to pop out to short. Hernandez gets the win to improve to 1-1, Lohse takes the loss to drop to 7-11, and Guardado gets his 28th save. White Sox won today, Cleveland won, Yankees lost, and Angels lead A's 8-0 in the 8th.

The Twins will try on Wednesday not to get swept by the Mariners as Brad Radke (7-10) takes the mound against Joel Pineiro (4-7). Game starts at 10:05pm ET/9:05pm CT.