"The Twins five-game losing streak has been historically bad.

In tonight's game notes, there's this little ditty from the Elias Sports Bureau: The five losses have been by these scores (3-0, 4-1, 8-1, 6-1 and 6-1). To find the last time in franchise history this team has suffered five consecutive home losses while scoring one or fewer runs, go back to September 1909, when the Washington Senators put their fans through that type of snooze fest.

They'll try to find some offense tonight against Rick Porcello. On Saturday, Justin Verlander will be trying for win No. 20.

Update: Joe Mauer is not in the lineup again (stiff neck), and Tsuyoshi Nishioka (strained oblique) has been scratched. Nishioka said the injury is only about 80-90 percent."