Francisco Liriano Struggles In Return

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Foul Balls found this 4/14/2008 on sports.aol.com [flag]
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 ... [link]

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Francisco Liriano Struggles in Return
Published 4/14/2008 by Fornelli at Foul Balls
... 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... Continue reading at FanHouse

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Minnesota Twins left hander Francisco Liriano returned to the big leagues yesterday 17 months after undergoing Tommy John surgery on his left elbow. What can we learn about his stuff in his first game back?
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Franchise can't complete 5, struggled with command. While this wasn't a devastating performance by Liriano, and in many respects was really a quite predictable outing at this juncture, it still wasn't pretty.  Fastballs and changeups ...
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Seamhead1967 posted 4/15/2008 from seamheads.com

Francisco Liriano took the mound for the Minnesota Twins last night for the first time since his early exit on Sept. 13, 2006. On that day, in a game against Oakland, Liriano left in the third inning with pain in his throwing (left) elbow. It was his first appearance since being sidelined on August 7 with a sore arm. The ultimate diagnosis was a damaged ulnar collateral ligament...
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