The Twins lost to the Rays today 7-1, and are now 8-5 overall on the spring. Livan Hernandez pitched decent, but was nothing special. The offense struggled yet again, scoring just one run on seven total hits.

** Livan Hernandez pitched very well his first time out, absolutely terrible the second time and today pitched decent over four innings. In his outing, Hernandez allowed three hits, a walk and two runs. He also struck out one.

** After Hernandez, Perkins had a poor outing. Instead of gaining ground in the bullpen and rotation races, Perkins stayed even. In two innings, Perkins allowed four hits and two runs.

** After Perkins, Nathan pitched a scoreless inning picking up one strikeout and Juan Rincon pitched a pretty good inning allowing just a solo shot to Longoria. Mariano Gomez pitched the ninth inning and showed again why he should have been cut on Sunday. In his lone inning, Gomez allowed two hits and a two-run bomb.

** Centerfield watch: Denard Span received the start in canter today and went 1-3 with a double. He is now hitting .278 this spring. Jason Pridie came in for one at-bat and singled. Pridie is hitting .304, but with less at-bats than both Span and Gomez.

** The only regulars to play were Delmon Young, Jason Kubel and Justin Morneau. None of the three players picked up hits. Craig Monroe started and went 2-3.

** Other players to collect were Chris Basak and Adam Everett (two).

The Twins will host the Red Sox tomorrow at 12:05 sending out Francisco Liriano for another start. The winner of the contest will take home the Mayor’s Cup. Go Francisco!