Twins update: Morneau; Gibson; game starts at 6 tonight

Morneau hit three line drives for Rochester on Sunday night.

August 8, 2011 at 2:29PM

In the third game of his rehab stint, Justin Morneau went 3-for-5 with four RBI on Sunday night as the DH for Class AAA Rochester.

Reading through the recap, all three of Morneau's hits came on line drives, including his three-run double.

* Kyle Gibson, the Twins top pitching prospect, is seeing the team's doctors today in Minneapolis. At some point, we'll get an update on his right elbow, and there are a lot of people pulling for him.

The other day, he returned a call from me and left a messae, starting with, "Mr. Christensen...," and apologizing for not having more to say until he sees the doctors. What a classy young man.

* Reminder: the Twins and Red Sox start tonight at 6, because the game was picked up by ESPN.

Check back here later for the starting lineups.

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Joe Christensen

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Joe Christensen, a Minnesota Star Tribune sports team leader, graduated from the University of Minnesota and spent 15 years covering Major League Baseball, including stops at the Riverside Press-Enterprise and Baltimore Sun. He joined the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2005 and spent four years covering Gophers football.

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