{"id":4502,"date":"2009-05-28T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/red-sox-twins-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-28T06:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-28T11:45:00","slug":"red-sox-twins-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/red-sox-twins-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox-Twins Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Boston Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at The Metrodome. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ace righthander Josh<\/st2:GivenName> Beckett<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Red Sox to start this game. Beckett<\/st2:Sn> is 4-2 this season with a 5.01 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Beckett<\/st2:Sn>‘s opponent in this one will be Anthony<\/st2:GivenName> Swarzak<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Twins righthander has a 0.00 ERA to go along with a 1-0 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Twins, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Twins went up 2-1 in their four-game set with Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Wednesday, as they came away with a 4-2 victory. The Twins won that game as -145 favorites, while the six runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Denard Span went 4-for-4 at the plate with two runs scored for the Twins. Kevin<\/st2:GivenName> Slowey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went six innings for the win, giving up six hits and two runs. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jason<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> homered in a losing effort for the Red Sox, who were +125 underdogs. Daisuke<\/st2:GivenName> Matsuzaka<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up nine hits and three runs over five innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 27-20 SU
Minnesota: 24-24 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 3-7
Before playing Toronto are 5-5
After playing Minnesota are 4-6
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
Before playing Tampa Bay are 3-7
After playing Boston are 6-4
After a win are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Boston is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing Minnesota
Boston is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
Boston is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games on the road
Boston is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Minnesota is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games at home
Minnesota is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Boston
Minnesota is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing Boston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, May 29
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Friday, May 29<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Boston Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at The Metrodome. Ace righthander Josh Beckett will take the mound for the Red Sox to start this game. Beckett is 4-2 this season with a 5.01 ERA. Beckett‘s opponent in this one will be … Continue reading Red Sox-Twins Lines 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-4502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4502","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=4502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}