Wanted: Hitters

It's hard to blame the Twins pitching for their recent struggles.
Their gutty veteran (Brad Radke) and rookie phenom (Francisco Liriano) are both on the DL, forcing the team to rely on Boof Bonser, Scott Baker, Matt Garza and Carlos Silva (along with Cy Santana) to get them to the playoffs.
And yet, if the season ended today, they'd be in the playoffs, which is amazing.
The problem is the offense. They've gone cold.
It's been almost two weeks since they roughed up an opposing starter, even though Justin Verlander and Mark Buehrle are the only All-Star caliber pitchers they've faced in that time.
Darrel Rassner, Jae Seo, Tim Corcoran, Luke Hudson, and several other journeyman have had no trouble putting the Twins to bed lately.
Joe Mauer either walks or chops a three-hopper to second base every time, Justin Morneau isn't being given anything to hit, Nick Punto has apparently remembered that he's Nick Punto, and Torii Hunter appears to be cooling off.
With the pitching staff battling so many injuries, it's up to the offense to pick up the slack, and theyre not doing it.
*Carlos Silva apologized to his teammates for leaving Wednesday's start early.
*Francisco Liriano is scheduled to pitch in a minor league playoff game Saturday. If all goes well, he could rejoin the Twins rotation Sept. 14.