{"id":4455,"date":"2009-05-21T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/twins-white-sox-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-21T09:02:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T14:02:00","slug":"twins-white-sox-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/twins-white-sox-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins-White Sox Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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A winning streak will be on the line for the Chicago White Sox on Thursday when they battle the Minnesota Twins at U.S. Cellular Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Twins will give the ball to starter Nick<\/st2:GivenName> Blackburn<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Righthander Blackburn is 2-2 this season with a 4.38 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Blackburn<\/st1:place>‘s opponent in this one will be Bartolo Colon. The White Sox righthander has a 4.21 ERA to go along with a 2-3 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the White Sox listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the Twins, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The White Sox scored all their runs in the fourth inning as they toppled the Twins 7-4 on Wednesday, as a -110 pick’em. That game’s 11 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jermaine Dye belted a grand slam home run for the White Sox. John<\/st2:GivenName> Danks<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> threw 5 2-3 innings for the win, and Bobby<\/st2:GivenName> Jenks<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> closed out the ninth for his ninth save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michael<\/st2:GivenName> Cuddyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a two-run homer in a losing effort for the Twins. Francisco<\/st2:GivenName> Liriano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered seven runs over four innings to suffer the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 6 straight games.
Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 18-23 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 17-22 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 5-5
Before playing Milwaukee are 6-4
After playing Chi White Sox are 4-6
After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
Before playing Pittsburgh are 6-4
After playing Minnesota are 5-5
After a win are 2-8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Minnesota is 1-5 SU in their last 6 games when playing Chi White Sox
Minnesota is 1-10 SU in their last 11 games when playing on the road against Chi White Sox
Minnesota is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Minnesota is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
Chi White Sox are 10-1 SU in their last 11 games when playing at home against Minnesota
Chi White Sox are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games when playing Minnesota
Chi White Sox are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games at home
Chi White Sox are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, May 22
Chi White Sox home to Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, May 22<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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A winning streak will be on the line for the Chicago White Sox on Thursday when they battle the Minnesota Twins at U.S. Cellular Field. The Twins will give the ball to starter Nick Blackburn in this one. Righthander Blackburn is 2-2 this season with a 4.38 ERA. Blackburn‘s opponent in this one will be … Continue reading Twins-White Sox 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-4455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4455","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=4455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}