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Twins ponder pitching options for twin bill at Detroit

The latest postponement in the Twins' weekend series against the Detroit Tigers gives Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli more options regarding his pitching staff.

The teams' scheduled doubleheader on Friday was postponed due to inclement weather. The originally scheduled four-game series was supposed to begin Thursday, but players on both teams decided not to play that day in order to protest racial injustice.

It's now a three-game series, barring any other developments. The teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday and a single game on Sunday. The other game will be made up as part of a Sept.