{"id":1612,"date":"2008-08-16T07:47:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-16T12:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/mariners-twins-vegas-betting-odds\/"},"modified":"2008-08-16T07:47:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-16T12:47:00","slug":"mariners-twins-vegas-betting-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/mariners-twins-vegas-betting-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariners-Twins Vegas Betting Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A winning streak will be on the line for the Minnesota Twins on Saturday when they battle the Seattle Mariners at The Metrodome. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Lefthander Ryan Rowland-Smith will take the mound for the Mariners to start this game. Rowland-Smith is 0-0 this season with a 5.02 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Twins will counter Rowland-Smith with Scott Baker. Righthander Baker has a 3.78 ERA to go along with a 7-3 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Twins listed as 220-moneyline favorites versus the Mariners, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jason Kubel hit a two-run homer and drove in another run in the same inning in leading the Twins in a 9-3 thumping of the Mariners on Friday. The Twins won the game as -250 favorites, while the 12 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Nick Punto drove in two runs for the Twins, while Francisco Liriano tossed a two-hitter through seven innings for the victory on the mound. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Miguel Cairo had two hits in three trips to the plate for the Mariners, who were +220 underdogs. Carlos Silva gave up nine runs over 3 1-3 innings on the hill. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 46-75 SU<br \/>Minnesota: 68-53 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Seattle most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing Minnesota are 9-1<br \/>After playing Minnesota are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Seattle are 4-6<br \/>After playing Seattle are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Seattle&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Seattle&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Minnesota<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Seattle&#8217;s last 7 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Seattle&#8217;s last 6 games when playing on the road against Minnesota<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Seattle<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota&#8217;s last 6 games when playing at home against Seattle<br \/>Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Minnesota is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Seattle<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, August 17<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A winning streak will be on the line for the Minnesota Twins on Saturday when they battle the Seattle Mariners at The Metrodome. Lefthander Ryan Rowland-Smith will take the mound for the Mariners to start this game. Rowland-Smith is 0-0 this season with a 5.02 ERA. The Twins will counter Rowland-Smith with Scott Baker. Righthander &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/mariners-twins-vegas-betting-odds\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mariners-Twins Vegas Betting Odds<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-1612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612","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=1612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}