{"id":4493,"date":"2009-05-26T07:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-26T12:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/red-sox-twins-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-26T07:04:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-26T12:04:00","slug":"red-sox-twins-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/red-sox-twins-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox-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\">The fans at The Metrodome will be treated to a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins when they take their seats on Tuesday. <?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>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:middlename>Jon<\/st2:middlename> <st2:Sn>Lester<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Red Sox to start this game. <st2:GivenName>Lester<\/st2:GivenName> is 3-4 this season with a 5.91 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>Nick<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Blackburn<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Twins in this contest. Righthander Blackburn is 3-2 with a 3.83 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 105-moneyline favorites versus the Red Sox, 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\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jonathan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Papelbon<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> recorded a shaky save on Monday afternoon as the Red Sox held on for a 6-5 win over the Twins. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The BoSox grabbed the win as +115 road underdogs in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the day&#8217;s posted total (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Mike<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lowell<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had four hits in that win for <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, and <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Jason<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Bay<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> picked up a pair of RBI. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Brad<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Penny<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 5 1-3 innings for the victory. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 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>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 27-18 SU<br \/>Minnesota: 22-24 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Boston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Minnesota are 7-3<br \/>After playing Minnesota are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Boston are 5-5<br \/>After playing Boston are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<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 OVER in 5 of Boston&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Minnesota<br \/>Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Minnesota<br \/>Boston is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Boston<br \/>Minnesota is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home<br \/>Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against Boston<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, May 27<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><span style=\"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase\"><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/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 fans at The Metrodome will be treated to a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins when they take their seats on Tuesday. Lefthander Jon Lester will take the mound for the Red Sox to start this game. Lester is 3-4 this season with a 5.91 ERA. It&#8217;ll be Nick Blackburn &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/red-sox-twins-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Red Sox-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-4493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4493","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=4493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}