{"id":4547,"date":"2009-06-12T08:58:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-12T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/twins-cubs-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-12T08:58:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-12T13:58:00","slug":"twins-cubs-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/twins-cubs-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins-Cubs Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Minnesota Twins and the Chicago Cubs will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Wrigley Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Kevin<\/st2:middlename> Slowey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Twins to start this game. Slowey is 8-2 this season with a 4.21 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Starting this game for the Cubs will be Randy<\/st2:GivenName> Wells<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The righthander has a 1.86 ERA to go along with a 0-2 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Twins were defeated 4-3 by the A’s last time out, as -120 favorites on the road. The game’s seven runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Joe<\/st2:GivenName> Crede<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a three-run homer in a losing cause. Sean<\/st2:GivenName> Henn<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up the winning run and was saddled with the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cubs fell 2-1 in 13 innings to the Astros in the rubber match on Thursday, as -150 favorites. That game’s three runs fell UNDER the posted over\/under (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Derrek<\/st2:GivenName> Lee<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went deep in the loss for the Cubs, while Jose<\/st2:GivenName> Ascanio<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up the winning run. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 30-32 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 29-28 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing Chi Cubs are 5-5
After playing Oakland are 7-3
After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing Minnesota are 6-4
After playing Houston are 3-7
After a loss are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Minnesota’s last 10 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Minnesota’s last 16 games
Minnesota is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
Minnesota is 5-15 SU in its last 20 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chi Cubs’s last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi Cubs’s last 6 games at home
Chi Cubs are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota
Chi Cubs are 12-5 SU in their last 17 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chi Cubs home to Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, June 13<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Minnesota Twins and the Chicago Cubs will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Wrigley Field. Righthander Kevin Slowey will take the mound for the Twins to start this game. Slowey is 8-2 this season with a 4.21 ERA. Starting this game for the Cubs will be Randy Wells. … Continue reading Twins-Cubs 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-4547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4547","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=4547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}