{"id":4572,"date":"2009-06-14T08:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-14T13:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/twins-cubs-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-06-14T08:43:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-14T13:43:00","slug":"twins-cubs-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/twins-cubs-lines-preview-2\/","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 Sunday when they meet at Wrigley Field in an interleague contest. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Scott<\/st2:middlename> Baker<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Twins to start this game. Baker<\/st2:Sn> is 4-6 this season with a 5.59 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, it’ll be Ted<\/st2:GivenName> Lilly<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> who starts for the Cubs. Lefthander Lilly is 7-4 with a 3.00 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the Twins, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Anthony<\/st2:GivenName> Swarzak<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> combined on a five-hit shutout Saturday, as the Twins defeated the Cubs 2-0. The Twins won that game as +150 underdogs, while the team’s played UNDER the day’s posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jason<\/st2:GivenName> Kubel<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a solo home run, and Joe<\/st2:GivenName> Mauer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in the other run for the Twins. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Rich<\/st2:GivenName> Harden<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered two runs over six innings in the loss. Oddsmakers had the Cubs as -170 favorites at home. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> has lost 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 32-32 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 29-30 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 6-4
Before playing Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> are 6-4
After playing Chi Cubs are 6-4
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 8-2
Before playing Chi White Sox are 5-5
After playing Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> are 5-5
After a loss are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing Chi Cubs
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Minnesota is 7-15 SU in its last 22 games on the road
Chi Cubs are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games at home
Chi Cubs are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games
Chi Cubs are 0-5 SU in their last 5 games when playing Minnesota<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, June 16
Chi Cubs home to Chi White Sox, Tuesday, June 16<\/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 Sunday when they meet at Wrigley Field in an interleague contest. Righthander Scott Baker will take the mound for the Twins to start this game. Baker is 4-6 this season with a 5.59 ERA. Meanwhile, it’ll be Ted Lilly who … 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-4572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4572","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=4572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4572\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}