{"id":4355,"date":"2009-05-05T06:49:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T11:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/twins-tigers-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-05T06:49:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-05T11:49:00","slug":"twins-tigers-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/twins-tigers-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins-Tigers Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The division rival Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers are set to renew hostilities on Tuesday when they meet at Comerica<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Nick<\/st2:GivenName> Blackburn<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Twins on this day. Righthander Blackburn is 2-1 this season with a 4.02 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Blackburn<\/st1:place>‘s opponent in this one will be Rick<\/st2:GivenName> Porcello<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Tigers righthander has a 6.23 ERA to go along with a 1-3 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Tigers listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Twins, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michael<\/st2:GivenName> Cuddyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-3 with three runs batted in to lead the Twins over the Tigers 7-2 on Monday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> cashed as +110 road underdogs as the game pushed the 9-run total listed by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Alex<\/st2:GivenName> Casilla<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> knocked in two runs for the Twins, while Francisco<\/st2:GivenName> Liriano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed two runs over 7 1-3 innings to get the win for Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Miguel<\/st2:GivenName> Cabrera<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went deep for Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, as losing pitcher Edwin<\/st2:GivenName> Jackson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was tagged for five runs over six innings for the Tigers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 13-13 SU
Detroit: 13-12 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 5-5
Before playing Baltimore are 8-2
After playing Detroit are 7-3
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

Detroit most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 3-7
Before playing Chi White Sox are 1-9
After playing Minnesota are 6-4
After a loss are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota’s last 5 games
Minnesota is 12-5 SU in its last 17 games when playing Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota’s last 6 games when playing Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit’s last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit’s last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit’s last 6 games when playing Minnesota
Detroit is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, Wednesday, May 6
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Chi White Sox, Wednesday, May 6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The division rival Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers are set to renew hostilities on Tuesday when they meet at Comerica Park. Nick Blackburn will be the starting pitcher for the Twins on this day. Righthander Blackburn is 2-1 this season with a 4.02 ERA. Blackburn‘s opponent in this one will be Rick Porcello. The Tigers … Continue reading Twins-Tigers Odds 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-4355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4355","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=4355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}