{"id":4676,"date":"2009-06-21T08:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-21T13:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/astros-twins-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-06-21T08:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-21T13:34:00","slug":"astros-twins-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/astros-twins-odds-preview-2\/","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 Sunday when they meet at The Metrodome. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Astros will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Wandy Rodriguez in this game. Rodriguez<\/st2:Sn> has a 5-6 record and a 3.33 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Rodriguez<\/st2:Sn>‘s opponent in this one will be Glen<\/st2:GivenName> Perkins<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Twins righthander has a 5.09 ERA to go along with a 2-3 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Twins listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Astros, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Astros scored four runs in the seventh inning as they defeated the Twins 6-5 on Saturday, as +190 underdogs. The 11 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michael<\/st2:GivenName> Bourn<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led the Astros with a two-run homer, and Ivan<\/st2:GivenName> Rodriguez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> collected a pair of RBIs. Brian<\/st2:GivenName> Moehler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed six innings for the win, and Jose<\/st2:GivenName> Valverde<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> collected his fourth save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jason<\/st2:GivenName> Kubel<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> smacked a two-run homer for the Twins, who were -210 favorites. Sean<\/st2:GivenName> Henn<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up two runs in relief and was tagged with the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 31-35 SU
Minnesota: 35-35 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 5-5
Before playing Kansas City are 7-3
After playing Minnesota are 3-7
After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
Houston is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Houston is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games when playing Minnesota
Minnesota is 13-5 SU in its last 18 games at home
Minnesota is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing Houston
Minnesota is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Houston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Houston<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, June<\/st2:GivenName> 23
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, June 23<\/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 Sunday when they meet at The Metrodome. The Astros will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Wandy Rodriguez in this game. Rodriguez has a 5-6 record and a 3.33 ERA this season. Rodriguez‘s opponent in this one will … 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-4676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4676","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=4676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}