{"id":1580,"date":"2008-08-12T06:46:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T11:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/yankees-twins-pointers\/"},"modified":"2008-08-12T06:46:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T11:46:00","slug":"yankees-twins-pointers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/yankees-twins-pointers\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees-Twins Pointers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at The Metrodome. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Mike Mussina will be the starting pitcher for the Yankees on this day. Righthander Mussina is 15-7 this season with a 3.27 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Twins will counter Mussina with Nick Blackburn. Righthander Blackburn has a 3.60 ERA to go along with a 9-6 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Yankees listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Twins, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Adam Everett hit a two-run home run in the second inning that proved to be the difference as the Twins shut out the Yankees 4-0 on Monday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Twins were winners as +104 home underdogs in that matchup, while the combined score went well UNDER the day’s posted total (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Twins starter Glen Perkins pitched a gem for that win, only allowing four hits while notching four strikeouts in eight innings of work. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 63-56 SU
Minnesota: 66-52 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
New York most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 8-2
Before playing Minnesota are 7-3
After playing Minnesota are 6-4
After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n

Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 6-4
Before playing NY Yankees are 3-7
After playing NY Yankees are 4-6
After a win are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 12 of NY Yankees’s last 17 games
NY Yankees are 11-5 SU in their last 16 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees’s last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees’s last 6 games on the road
Minnesota is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games at home
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Minnesota’s last 8 games
Minnesota is 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing at home against NY Yankees<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to NY Yankees, Wednesday, August 13<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at The Metrodome. Mike Mussina will be the starting pitcher for the Yankees on this day. Righthander Mussina is 15-7 this season with a 3.27 ERA. The Twins will counter Mussina with Nick … Continue reading Yankees-Twins Pointers<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}