Article: Twins Top Tampa 7-3 in Spring Opener

[Seth Stohs]

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[John Bonnes]

Gardenhire also started a lineup that looks a lot like what we expected for Opening Day - except that Plouffe was playing left field. It looks like he is at least thinking about a real platoon there.

[Guest @_2244]

Provus seems like he'll be a nice fit. Heard him mention the score more times over the course of a coupla innings then Gordo had since about '98. This is a good thing.

[Steer]

Good day overall. All the highlights listed answer concerns in positive ways, no injuries the biggest. May things progress as spring marches on.

[Twins Fan From Afar]

Honestly, it's hard to really find much negative from this game. Our guys that we need to be healthy all produced a little, and were still healthy at the end of the game; Nishioka was a pleasant surprise (still not holding my breath on him); and Parmelee started out hot.

Maybe, best of all, it was live, outdoor baseball!

[John Bonnes]

It's also worth noting that the 3 guys we're most worried about all had decent games. Span was 2-3 & Mauer & Morneau drove in the 1st 2 runs.

[Parker Hageman]

Danny Valencia drilled a double to the right centerfield gap.

That's one of the bigger things to watch this spring/season - does Valencia begin to use the entire field, particularly the middle of the field he used so well in 2010.

[tobynotjason]

"Nishioka," he said, ever so tentatively.