{"id":4557,"date":"2009-06-13T06:17:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-13T11:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/twins-cubs-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-13T06:17:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-13T11:17:00","slug":"twins-cubs-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/twins-cubs-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins-Cubs Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Minnesota Twins and the Chicago Cubs will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Wrigley Field in an interleague contest. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Twins will trot Anthony<\/st2:GivenName> Swarzak<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> out to the mound in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Swarzak<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 1-2 record and a 5.22 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Swarzak’s opponent in this one will be Rich<\/st2:GivenName> Harden<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Cubs righthander has a 4.74 ERA to go along with a 4-2 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 170-moneyline favorites versus the Twins, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Joe<\/st2:GivenName> Mauer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered and drove in three runs on Friday afternoon to lead the Twins to a 7-4 win over the Cubs. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Twins were winners as +120 road underdogs in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the posted total (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jason<\/st2:GivenName> Kubel<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> also homered for Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in that win. Milton<\/st2:GivenName> Bradley<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> and Derrek<\/st2:GivenName> Lee<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> each drove in two runs in the loss for the Cubs. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> has lost 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 31-32 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 29-29 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
Before playing Chi Cubs are 5-5
After playing Chi Cubs are 6-4
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 7-3
Before playing Minnesota are 5-5
After playing Minnesota are 5-5
After a loss are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Minnesota’s last 11 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Minnesota’s last 17 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota’s last 6 games when playing Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chi Cubs’s last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi Cubs’s last 7 games at home
Chi Cubs are 12-6 SU in their last 18 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chi Cubs’s last 6 games when playing Minnesota<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chi Cubs home to Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Sunday, June 14<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Minnesota Twins and the Chicago Cubs will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Wrigley Field in an interleague contest. The Twins will trot Anthony Swarzak out to the mound in this one. Righthander Swarzak has a 1-2 record and a 5.22 ERA this season. Swarzak’s opponent … Continue reading Twins-Cubs 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-4557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4557","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=4557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}