{"id":1914,"date":"2008-09-11T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-11T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/royals-twins-pointers\/"},"modified":"2008-09-11T06:45:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-11T11:45:00","slug":"royals-twins-pointers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/royals-twins-pointers\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals-Twins Pointers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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A winning streak will be on the line for the Minnesota Twins on Thursday when they battle the Kansas City Royals at The Metrodome. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Royals will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Brandon Duckworth in this game. Duckworth has a 2-1 record and a 6.60 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Twins will counter Duckworth with ace Francisco Liriano. Lefthander Liriano has a 3.33 ERA to go along with a 5-3 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Twins listed as 290-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kevin Slowey tossed seven solid innings and allowed just four hits as the Twins defeated the Royals 7-1 as -230 favorites on Wednesday. The eight runs fell UNDER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jason Kubel went 3-for-4 with two RBIs to lead the Twins. Slowey improved to 12-9 with the victory. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
David DeJesus drove in the lone run for the Royals, who were +200 underdogs. Kyle Davies allowed four runs on eight hits over 5 2-3 innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 61-83 SU
Minnesota: 80-65 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 3-7
Before playing Cleveland are 4-6
After playing Minnesota are 3-7
After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n

Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 8-2
Before playing Baltimore are 9-1
After playing Kansas City are 6-4
After a win are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Kansas City is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
Kansas City is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Kansas City is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games when playing Minnesota
Kansas City is 1-9 SU in its last 10 games on the road
Minnesota is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Kansas City
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Kansas City
Minnesota is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, September 12
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, September 12<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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A winning streak will be on the line for the Minnesota Twins on Thursday when they battle the Kansas City Royals at The Metrodome. The Royals will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Brandon Duckworth in this game. Duckworth has a 2-1 record and a 6.60 ERA this season. The Twins will counter … Continue reading Royals-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-1914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914","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=1914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}