{"id":4254,"date":"2009-04-18T08:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-18T13:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/angels-twins-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-04-18T08:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-18T13:34:00","slug":"angels-twins-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/angels-twins-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels-Twins Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Los Angeles Angels and the Minnesota Twins will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at The Metrodome. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Angels<\/st2:Sn> will give the ball to starter Darren<\/st2:GivenName> Oliver<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Oliver<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 0-0 this season with a 0.00 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Starting this game for the Twins will be Kevin<\/st2:GivenName> Slowey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The righthander has a 7.94 ERA to go along with a 1-0 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Twins listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Angels<\/st2:Sn>, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jason<\/st2:GivenName> Kubel<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a grand slam homer in a seven-run eighth inning on Friday, as the Twins rallied for an 11-9 victory over the Angels<\/st2:Sn>. The Twins won that game as -115 favorites, and the 20 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt<\/st2:GivenName> Guerrier<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> posted the victory in relief, and Joe<\/st2:GivenName> Nathan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> notched his second save of the season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Howie<\/st2:GivenName> Kendrick<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 with two RBIs in leading the Angels<\/st2:Sn>, who were +105 underdogs. Jason<\/st2:GivenName> Bulger<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up two runs in relief and was handed the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 4-6 SU
Minnesota: 5-7 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing Minnesota are 7-3
After playing Minnesota are 6-4
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6
Before playing LA Angels are 4-6
After playing LA Angels are 2-8
After a win are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
LA Angels are 9-4 SU in their last 13 games when playing Minnesota
LA Angels are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
LA Angels are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games
LA Angels are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games on the road
Minnesota is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home
Minnesota is 2-4 SU in their last 6 games when playing at home against LA Angels
Minnesota is 4-9 SU in their last 13 games when playing LA Angels
Minnesota is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to LA Angels, Sunday, April 19<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Los Angeles Angels and the Minnesota Twins will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at The Metrodome. The Angels will give the ball to starter Darren Oliver in this one. Lefthander Oliver is 0-0 this season with a 0.00 ERA. Starting this game for the Twins will be Kevin … Continue reading Angels-Twins Lines Preview<\/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-4254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4254","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=4254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4254\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}