The Twins lost the Mayor’s Cup for the 2008 spring season today with a 12-7 loss to the Boston Red Sox in Fort Myers. Francisco Liriano didn’t pitch well at all, and Carlos Gomez continued to struggle at the plate.

** Francisco Liriano pitched well in his first outing, and today he struggled in two innings of work. In his outing, Liriano threw 53 pitches and allowed two walks, four hits and three runs. Afterwards, he said his arm feels good and that he isn’t concerned with results.

** Ricky Barrett pitched a scoreless inning after that allowing just two walks. Then Kevin Mulvey entered the game for two innings of work and didn’t look very sharp. In his two innings, Mulvey allowed four hits and three runs.

** Dennys Reyes pitched a scoreless sixth inning, and then Guerrier relieved him for the seventh. Guerrier has struggled all spring, and that continued today. In his one inning of work, Guerrier allowed two walks, three hits, and five runs (three earned). His ERA is now 7.20 thus far. The eighth went to Neshek for a quick inning and then Casey Daigle allowed one run in the ninth.

** The Twins didn’t do a horrible job at the plate, they collected nine hits and scored seven runs overall.

** Joe Mauer continued to hit well, he went 2-3 with a homerun, two runs and an RBI. Brendan Harris was the only other Twin to collect multiple hits, he also went 2-3 with a homerun and three RBI.

** Centerfield watch: With the race between just Span and Gomez, things are very tight. Carlos Gomez has the upper hand with his speed and glove, but today hit horribly yet again. Gomez went 0-3 and is now hitting .148 this spring. Jason Pridie went 0-1 with a walk in two plate appearances.

** Other Twins to collect hits were: Justin Morneau, Garrett Jones, Michael Cuddyer, Randy Ruiz and Matt Tolbert.