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Yankee fans, meet Brian Duensing

Photo credit: AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast

Who is Brian Duensing?

He's going to be the Game 1 starter for the Twins on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium.

Duensing is a 26-year-old lefthander who made his major-league debut in April of this year, went down to the minors and came back in July.

In 24 games for the Twins (9 starts), he went 5-2 with a 3.64 ERA.

He faced the Yankees once -- in relief -- and allowed four...

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