Raul Ibanez starts at DH as Royals continues series against Minnesota Twins

In his last outing against the Royals, Minnesota right-hander Phil Hughes scattered seven hits across 7 1/3 innings of one-run baseball. Four of those hits were accumulated by Nori Aoki and Raul Ibanez. So the duo is back in the lineup for a rematch on Wednesday.

Here are the lineups as Liam Hendriks (1-0, 6.08 ERA) faces Phil Hughes (14-8, 3.65 ERA):

TWINS (58-73)

1. Danny Santana, CF.

2. Brian Dozier, 2B.

3. Joe Mauer, 1B.

4. Kennys Vargas, DH.

5. Oswaldo Arcia, RF.

6. Trevor Plouffe, 3B.

7. Kurt Suzuki, C.

8. Eduardo Escobar, SS.

9. Jordan Schafer, LF.

ROYALS (73-58)

1. Nori Aoki, RF.

2. Alcides Escoabr, SS.

3. Alex Gordon, LF.

4. Billy Butler, 1B.

5. Salvador Perez, C.

6. Raul Ibanez, DH.

7. Mike Moustakas, 3B.

8. Christian Colon, 2B.

9. Jarrod Dyson, CF.

This story was originally published August 27, 2014 at 3:20 PM.