{"id":4648,"date":"2009-06-19T08:23:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T13:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/astros-twins-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-19T08:23:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-19T13:23:00","slug":"astros-twins-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/astros-twins-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros-Twins Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Houston Astros and the Minnesota Twins will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at The Metrodome. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ace righthander Roy<\/st1:GivenName> Oswalt<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> will take the mound for the Astros to start this game. Oswalt is 3-3 this season with a 4.19 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oswalt’s opponent in this one will be Kevin<\/st1:GivenName> Slowey<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. The Twins righthander has a 4.23 ERA to go along with a 9-2 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Twins listed as 148-moneyline favorites versus the Astros, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Astros avoided a three-game sweep by defeating the Rangers 5-3 on Thursday, as -160 favorites. The game’s eight runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (11). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michael<\/st1:GivenName> Bourn<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> went 2-for-5 at the plate and drove in one run. Alberto Arias tossed the win, and Jose<\/st1:GivenName> Valverde<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> sealed the deal with his third save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Brian<\/st1:GivenName> Buscher<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> belted a two-run homer as the Twins defeated the Pirates 5-1 in the rubber match on Thursday, as -160 favorites. That game’s six runs went UNDER the day’s posted over\/under (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michael<\/st1:GivenName> Cuddyer<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> went dep for the Twins, and finished 2-for-4 at the plate. Nick<\/st1:GivenName> Blackburn<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> tossed a complete-game, allowing just six hits and one run. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 30-34 SU
Minnesota: 34-34 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston most recently:
When playing on Friday are 4-6
Before playing Minnesota are 4-6
After playing Texas are 3-7
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Friday are 8-2
Before playing Houston are 5-5
After playing Pittsburgh are 8-2
After a win are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Houston’s last 9 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston’s last 6 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Houston is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Minnesota’s last 9 games when playing Houston
Minnesota is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing Houston
Minnesota is 12-4 SU in its last 16 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota’s last 6 games when playing at home against Houston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Minnesota<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> home to Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Saturday, June 20<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Houston Astros and the Minnesota Twins will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at The Metrodome. Ace righthander Roy Oswalt will take the mound for the Astros to start this game. Oswalt is 3-3 this season with a 4.19 ERA. Oswalt’s opponent in this one will be Kevin Slowey. … Continue reading Astros-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-4648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4648","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=4648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}