{"id":4430,"date":"2009-05-18T05:52:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T10:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/twins-yankees-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-18T05:52:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-18T10:52:00","slug":"twins-yankees-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/twins-yankees-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins-Yankees Lines 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 will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Monday when they take on the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. <?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 = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:middlename>Glen<\/st1:middlename> <st1:Sn>Perkins<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> will take the mound for the Twins to start this game. <st1:Sn>Perkins<\/st1:Sn> is 1-2 this season with a 4.27 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Yankees will counter <st1:Sn>Perkins<\/st1:Sn> with <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Andy<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Pettitte<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Pettitte<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> has a 4.00 ERA to go along with a 3-1 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Yankees listed as 165-moneyline favorites versus the Twins, 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\">The Yankees defeated <st2:State><st2:place>Minnesota<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> 3-2 as a -165 favorite on Sunday. The five runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (10). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Johnny<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Damon<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> hit a solo home run in the bottom of the tenth inning for <st2:State><st2:place>New York<\/st2:place><\/st2:State>, while <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Alex<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Rodriguez<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> also hit a solo home run in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Matt<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Tolbert<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> drove in a run for <st2:State><st2:place>Minnesota<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> and <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Kevin<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Slowey<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> allowed two runs on seven hits with eight strikeouts over 7 2-3 innings in a no-decision. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st2:State><st2:place>Minnesota<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> has lost 3 straight games.<br \/><st2:State><st2:place>New York<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> has won 5 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:State><st2:place>Minnesota<\/st2:place><\/st2:State>: 18-20 SU<br \/><st2:State><st2:place>New York<\/st2:place><\/st2:State>: 20-17 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 Monday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Chi White Sox are 7-3<br \/>After playing NY Yankees are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Baltimore are 6-4<br \/>After playing Minnesota are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 7-3<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 UNDER in 5 of Minnesota&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota&#8217;s last 7 games when playing NY Yankees<br \/>Minnesota is 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing NY Yankees<br \/>Minnesota is 0-5 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees<br \/>NY Yankees are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games <br \/>NY Yankees are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota<br \/>NY Yankees are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Minnesota<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Yankees&#8217;s last 7 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:State><st2:place>Minnesota<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> at Chi White Sox, Tuesday, May 19<br \/>NY Yankees home to <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Baltimore<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Tuesday, May 19<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 will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Monday when they take on the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. Righthander Glen Perkins will take the mound for the Twins to start this game. Perkins is 1-2 this season with a 4.27 ERA. The Yankees will counter Perkins with Andy Pettitte. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/twins-yankees-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Twins-Yankees Lines 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-4430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4430","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=4430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}