{"id":4739,"date":"2009-06-25T08:36:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T13:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/twins-brewers-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-06-25T08:36:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-25T13:36:00","slug":"twins-brewers-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/twins-brewers-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins-Brewers Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Minnesota Twins and the Milwaukee Brewers will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Miller<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:middlename>Scott<\/st2:middlename> <st2:Sn>Baker<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Twins to start this game. <st2:Sn>Baker<\/st2:Sn> is 4-6 this season with a 5.22 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Mike<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Burns<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Brewers in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Burns<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA so far this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Twins listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Brewers, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Brewers evened their three-game series with a 4-3 victory over the Twins on Wednesday, as +100 underdogs. The seven runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jason<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kendall<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-3 at the plate and drove in two runs to lead the Brewers. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Todd<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Coffey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> earned the win in relief, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Trevor<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hoffman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> notched his 17<sup>th<\/sup> save of the season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jason<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kubel<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered for the Twins, who were -120 favorites in that contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Nick<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Blackburn<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up 11 hits and four runs in a complete-game loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 36-37 SU<br \/>Milwaukee: 38-33 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Minnesota most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing St. Louis are 4-5<br \/>After playing Milwaukee are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing San Francisco are 6-4<br \/>After playing Minnesota are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Milwaukee<br \/>Minnesota is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee<br \/>Minnesota is 8-17 SU in its last 25 games on the road<br \/>Milwaukee is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against Minnesota<br \/>Milwaukee is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games at home<br \/>Milwaukee is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Milwaukee is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Minnesota<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, June 26<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, June 26<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><span style=\"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase\"><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Twins and the Milwaukee Brewers will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Miller Park. Righthander Scott Baker will take the mound for the Twins to start this game. Baker is 4-6 this season with a 5.22 ERA. It&#8217;ll be Mike Burns toeing the rubber for the Brewers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/twins-brewers-odds-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Twins-Brewers Odds Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-4739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4739","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=4739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}