{"id":4476,"date":"2009-05-24T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-24T14:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/brewers-twins-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-24T09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-24T14:22:00","slug":"brewers-twins-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/brewers-twins-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewers-Twins 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\">A winning streak will be on the line for the Minnesota Twins on Sunday when they battle the Milwaukee Brewers at The Metrodome. <?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\">The Brewers will give the ball to starter <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>David<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bush<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bush<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 3-0 this season with a 3.46 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Scott<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Baker<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Twins in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Baker<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 1-5 with a 6.98 ERA so far 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 132-moneyline favorites versus the Brewers, 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 Twins won their third straight with a 6-2 victory over the Brewers on Saturday, as -135 favorites. The game&#8217;s eight runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (10). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Joe<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Mauer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-3 at the plate and drove in two runs, including a solo home run. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Anthony<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Swarzak<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed seven scoreless innings for the win, allowing five hits. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Prince Fielder had two hits and drove in one run for the Brewers, who were +115 underdogs in that contest. Braden Lopper gave up five runs over six innings in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 26-17 SU<br \/>Minnesota: 21-23 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Milwaukee most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing St. Louis are 10-0<br \/>After playing Minnesota are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Boston are 4-6<br \/>After playing Milwaukee are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Milwaukee is 14-5 SU in its last 19 games <br \/>Milwaukee is 12-5 SU in its last 17 games on the road<br \/>Milwaukee is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota<br \/>Milwaukee is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Minnesota<br \/>Minnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Milwaukee<br \/>Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Milwaukee<br \/>Minnesota is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, May 25<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, May 25<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>A winning streak will be on the line for the Minnesota Twins on Sunday when they battle the Milwaukee Brewers at The Metrodome. The Brewers will give the ball to starter David Bush in this one. Righthander Bush is 3-0 this season with a 3.46 ERA. It&#8217;ll be Scott Baker toeing the rubber for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/brewers-twins-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Brewers-Twins 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-4476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4476","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=4476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}