{"id":4820,"date":"2009-07-03T10:41:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T15:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/tigers-twins-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-03T10:41:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-03T15:41:00","slug":"tigers-twins-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/tigers-twins-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers-Twins Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Minnesota Twins will be trying to extend a winning streak on Friday when they take on the Detroit Tigers at The Metrodome. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Lucas<\/st2:GivenName> French<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Tigers on this day. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> French<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 0-0 this season with a 0.00 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Kevin<\/st2:GivenName> Slowey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Twins in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Slowey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 10-3 with a 4.41 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Twins listed as 162-moneyline favorites versus the Tigers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Tigers lost 5-1 to the A’s in the series rubber match last time out, as -135 favorites. That game’s six runs went UNDER the day’s posted over\/under (7.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Gerald<\/st2:GivenName> Laird<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in the only run, while Justin<\/st2:GivenName> Verlander<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered four runs off six hits over six innings of work. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Twins capitalized on two errors as they defeated the Royals 5-1 in the series rubber match on Wednesday, as a -110 pick’em. The six runs went UNDER the day’s posted over\/under (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michael<\/st2:GivenName> Cuddyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a solo home run and finished with two RBIs. Glen<\/st2:GivenName> Perkins<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed 10 hits and one run over seven innings in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 43-35 SU
Minnesota: 41-39 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Detroit most recently:
When playing on Friday are 3-7
Before playing Minnesota are 3-7
After playing Oakland are 5-5
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit’s last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit’s last 6 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Detroit is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 6 games when playing at home against Detroit
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit
Minnesota is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Detroit<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, July 4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Minnesota Twins will be trying to extend a winning streak on Friday when they take on the Detroit Tigers at The Metrodome. Lucas French will be the starting pitcher for the Tigers on this day. Lefthander French is 0-0 this season with a 0.00 ERA. It’ll be Kevin Slowey toeing the rubber for the … Continue reading Tigers-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-4820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4820","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=4820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}