{"id":4775,"date":"2009-06-27T07:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-27T12:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/twins-cardinals-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-27T07:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-27T12:39:00","slug":"twins-cardinals-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/twins-cardinals-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins-Cardinals Lines 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 St. Louis Cardinals will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Saturday when they take on the Minnesota Twins at Busch Stadium. <?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\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Kevin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Slowey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Twins on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Slowey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 10-2 this season with a 4.04 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>Todd<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wellemeyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Cardinals in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wellemeyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 6-7 with a 5.53 ERA so far this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <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> had two hits and drove in one run to help the Twins defeat the Cardinals 3-1 on Friday. The Twins won the game as a -110 pick&#8217;em, while the four 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>Glen<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Perkins<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed seven innings for the win, allowing four hits and one run. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Joe<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Nathan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> pitched one inning of relief to earn his 18<sup>th<\/sup> save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Rick<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ankiel<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had two hits and drove in one run for the Cardinals. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Adam<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wainwright<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered seven hits and three runs over seven innings in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:Street><st1:address>38-37 SU<br \/>St.<\/st1:address><\/st1:Street> <st2:GivenName>Louis<\/st2:GivenName>: 40-35 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 Saturday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing St. Louis are 5-5<br \/>After playing St. Louis are 2-7<br \/>After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Minnesota are 6-4<br \/>After playing Minnesota are 4-5<br \/>After a loss 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 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road<br \/>Minnesota is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against St. Louis<br \/>Minnesota is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing St. Louis<br \/>St. Louis is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Minnesota<br \/>St. Louis is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Minnesota<br \/>St. Louis is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games at home<br \/>St. Louis is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Sunday, June 28<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 St. Louis Cardinals will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Saturday when they take on the Minnesota Twins at Busch Stadium. Kevin Slowey will be the starting pitcher for the Twins on this day. Righthander Slowey is 10-2 this season with a 4.04 ERA. It&#8217;ll be Todd Wellemeyer toeing the rubber for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/twins-cardinals-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Twins-Cardinals Lines 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-4775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4775","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=4775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}