{"id":4597,"date":"2009-06-16T08:52:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-16T13:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/pirates-twins-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-16T08:52:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-16T13:52:00","slug":"pirates-twins-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/pirates-twins-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates-Twins Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Minnesota Twins will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at The Metrodome. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ace lefthander Paul<\/st2:GivenName> Maholm<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Pirates to start this game. Maholm is 4-2 this season with a 3.61 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Glen<\/st2:GivenName> Perkins<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Twins in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Perkins<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 1-3 with a 5.36 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Twins listed as 145-moneyline favorites versus the Pirates, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Pirates defeated Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 6-3 as a -125 favorite on Sunday. The nine runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ross<\/st2:GivenName> Ohlendorf<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed only one run on two hits in six innings for Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Robinzon<\/st2:GivenName> Diaz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in three runs in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Twins lost to the Cubs 3-2 as a +120 underdog on Sunday. The five runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (7.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chris<\/st2:GivenName> Gomez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a solo home run for Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and Scott<\/st2:GivenName> Baker<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up two runs on five hits in seven innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 30-33 SU
Minnesota: 32-33 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 2-8
Before playing Minnesota are 3-7
After playing Detroit are 6-4
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 4-6
Before playing Pittsburgh are 6-4
After playing Chi Cubs are 6-4
After a loss are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 6 games
Pittsburgh is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Pittsburgh’s last 15 games on the road
Pittsburgh is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Minnesota is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Pittsburgh
Minnesota is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Minnesota’s last 19 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota’s last 6 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, June 17<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Minnesota Twins will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at The Metrodome. Ace lefthander Paul Maholm will take the mound for the Pirates to start this game. Maholm is 4-2 this season with a 3.61 ERA. It’ll be Glen Perkins toeing the rubber for the … Continue reading Pirates-Twins 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-4597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4597","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=4597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}