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8:10 pm EDT Fri Aug 20, 2010

The Los Angeles Angels shipped out four players in exchange for Dan Haren last month in hopes of bolstering their starting rotation for the stretch run. Without giving up anything, the first-place Minnesota Twins have gotten a major boost from Brian Duensing. While Duensing tries to build on his first career shutout, Haren will be looking for his first road win in more than three months Friday night as the Angels make their first visit to Target Field. Los Angeles sent left-hander Joe Saunders and three minor leaguers to Arizona on July 25, adding Haren in their attempt to make a last-ditch run at a fourth consecutive AL West title. Although Haren hasn’t pitched poorly with his new team, the Angels have lost four of his five starts. They remain seven games behind Texas despite gaining ground with Thursday’s 7-2 win over Boston.

The surging Twins have been doing plenty of that, seizing a four-game lead over Chicago in the AL Central with a major league-best 24-9 run since the All-Star break. Minnesota had won six in a row overall and nine straight at home before losing 11-0 to the White Sox on Thursday, and Twins manager Ron Gardenhire knows his team still has work to do. With struggling starter Nick Blackburn in the minors, Duensing has provided a major lift for the Twins’ rotation, going 3-0 with a 2.43 ERA in five starts after making his first 39 appearances of 2010 in relief. After the left-hander pitched a three-hitter in a 2-0 win over Oakland on Saturday, Gardenhire compared him to former Minnesota ace Johan Santana in terms of his transition from the bullpen.