{"id":4363,"date":"2009-05-06T06:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/twins-orioles-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-06T06:48:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-06T11:48:00","slug":"twins-orioles-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/twins-orioles-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins-Orioles Odds Preview"},"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\">The Minnesota Twins and the Baltimore Orioles will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Camden Yards. <?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\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:middlename>Kevin<\/st2:middlename> <st2:Sn>Slowey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Twins to start this game. Slowey is 4-0 this season with a 5.17 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Orioles will counter Slowey with <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Mark<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hendrickson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hendrickson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 5.79 ERA to go along with a 1-4 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Twins listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the Orioles, 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\">Losing pitcher <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Nick<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Blackburn<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was rocked for six earned runs over 3 1-3 innings for <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in its 9-0 loss to <st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as -120 home favorites as the game played under the 9.5-run total listed by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Brian<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Roberts<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a two-run homer for <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> in its 6-3 loss to <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> on Tuesday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> won as -195 home favorites as the game played under the 9.5-run total set by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 13-14 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>SU<\/st2:GivenName><br \/><st2:Sn>Baltimore<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 10-17 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Minnesota most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Baltimore are 8-2<br \/>After playing Detroit are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Minnesota are 3-7<br \/>After playing Tampa Bay are 2-8<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Minnesota is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Baltimore<br \/>Minnesota is 12-3 SU in its last 15 games when playing Baltimore<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota&#8217;s last 6 games when playing on the road against Baltimore<br \/>Minnesota is 6-13 SU in its last 19 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Baltimore&#8217;s last 7 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Baltimore&#8217;s last 6 games when playing at home against Minnesota<br \/>Baltimore is 3-12 SU in its last 15 games when playing Minnesota<br \/>Baltimore is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place><st2:Sn>Baltimore<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Thursday, May 7<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&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>The Minnesota Twins and the Baltimore Orioles will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Camden Yards. Righthander Kevin Slowey will take the mound for the Twins to start this game. Slowey is 4-0 this season with a 5.17 ERA. The Orioles will counter Slowey with Mark Hendrickson. Lefthander Hendrickson &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/twins-orioles-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Twins-Orioles Odds Preview<\/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-4363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4363","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=4363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}