{"id":4626,"date":"2009-06-18T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T15:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/pirates-twins-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-06-18T10:04:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-18T15:04:00","slug":"pirates-twins-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/pirates-twins-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates-Twins Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Pittsburgh Pirates 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
The Pirates will give the ball to starter Zach<\/st1:GivenName> Duke<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> in this one. Lefthander Duke is 7-4 this season with a 3.10 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Starting this game for the Twins will be Nick<\/st1:GivenName> Blackburn<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. The righthander has a 3.31 ERA to go along with a 5-2 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Twins listed as 165-moneyline favorites versus the Pirates, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Adam<\/st1:GivenName> LaRoche<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> hit a two-run homer and the Pirates defeated the Twins 8-2 on Wednesday, as +180 underdogs. That game’s 10 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ian<\/st1:GivenName> Snell<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> tossed six innings for the win, allowing five hits and two runs over six innings of work. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Joe<\/st1:GivenName> Crede<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> drove in both runs in a losing effort for the Twins, who were -200 favorites. Francisco<\/st1:GivenName> Liriano<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> gave up eight hiuts and four runs over seven innings of work. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Pittsburgh<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 31-34 SU
Minnesota: 33-34 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 4-6
Before playing Colorado are 3-7
After playing Minnesota are 4-6
After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
Pittsburgh<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
Pittsburgh<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota<\/st2:place><\/st2:State>
Minnesota<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing <\/font>Pittsburgh<\/st2:City>
Minnesota<\/st2:State><\/st2:place> is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Pittsburgh<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> at Colorado<\/st2:place><\/st2:State>, Friday, June 19
Minnesota<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> home to Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Friday, June 19<\/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 Thursday when they meet at The Metrodome. The Pirates will give the ball to starter Zach Duke in this one. Lefthander Duke is 7-4 this season with a 3.10 ERA. Starting this game for the Twins will be Nick Blackburn. … Continue reading Pirates-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-4626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4626","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=4626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}