NEWS: Triple-A Rochester pitcher Francisco Liriano continues to dominate the competition in the International League. He pitched another seven scoreless innings against Ottawa yesterday to extend his scoreless innings streak to 26-2/3 innings. He has allowed only one run in his last 43-2/3 innings.

OUR VIEW: Although this is fantastic for the future, it doesn't help the Twins any now. For the most part, the Twins starters have been stellar lately. Kyle Lohse pitched probably the best game of his career last night, but Minnesota's anemic offense failed to help him any as the Twins lost again 1-0. Felix Hernandez was fantastic for Seattle last night, but he wasn't perfect, and the Twins should have had at least two runs against him. The Twins have fantastic pitchers making their way through the minors (Liriano, Scott Baker, Glen Perkins, etc.), but this team is going to fail season after season to advance to a World Series if GM Terry Ryan doesn't go out and find some real offense this offseason.

» Liriano rings up more blanks [twinsbaseball.com]

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