Francisco Liriano Struggles in Return

Sunday marked the long anticipated return of Francisco Liriano to the Twins starting rotation. Liriano missed all of the 2007 season after having Tommy John surgery on his throwing elbow in November of 2006, and it was evident on Sunday that he's not back to being the dominant force we all saw in that 2006 season.

Francisco only lasted 4.2 innings on Sunday, allowing four runs on six hits and walking five while striking out four. Of course, in his first start back from such a procedure, you can't really look at the numbers as the deciding factor...

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