Felix Hernandez won round two in his battle against Francisco Liriano. Lookout Landing notes that Hernandez didn't strike out too many, but he kep the ball down:

There are two things about Felix Hernandez's performance on the field that make him so special: his strikeouts and his groundballs. While he wasn't missing as many bats tonight as we've seen in the past, he recorded only a single fly ball out in seven innings of work. That's the sign of a guy who's really got his two-seamer working. He let a few of them catch too much of the plate - as usual - but there were only a handful of balls struck with much authority, with minimal damage. An encouraging outing, to say the least.

The good news for the Twins is that Joe Mauer (hits: ) passed Alex Rios (hits: ) for the league lead in hitting.