{"id":4835,"date":"2009-07-07T09:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T14:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/yankees-twins-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-07T09:43:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-07T14:43:00","slug":"yankees-twins-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/yankees-twins-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees-Twins 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\">A winning streak will be on the line for the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday when they battle the New York Yankees at The Metrodome. <?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\">Ace lefthander <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>CC<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Sabathia<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Yankees to start this game. Sabathia is 7-5 this season with a 3.85 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Twins will counter Sabathia with <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Scott<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Baker<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Baker<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 4.99 ERA to go along with a 6-6 record 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>Nick<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Swisher<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-4 with two runs batted in for <st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in its 7-6 loss to <st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Monday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as +130 road underdogs as the teams played OVER the 9.5-run total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Twins defeated <st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 6-2 as a -145 favorite on Sunday. The eight runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Nick Blackburn pitched a complete-game seven-hitter, allowing only one earned run for Minnesota and Justin Morneau hit a two-run home run in the win. <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.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 48-34 SU<br \/>Minnesota: 43-40 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Minnesota are 8-2<br \/>After playing Toronto are 8-2<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing NY Yankees are 2-8<br \/>After playing Detroit are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>NY Yankees are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games on the road<br \/>NY Yankees are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games when playing Minnesota<br \/>NY Yankees are 10-2 SU in their last 12 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Yankees&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Minnesota&#8217;s last 9 games <br \/>Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Minnesota is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against NY Yankees<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota&#8217;s last 7 games at home<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> home to NY Yankees, Wednesday, July 8<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/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>A winning streak will be on the line for the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday when they battle the New York Yankees at The Metrodome. Ace lefthander CC Sabathia will take the mound for the Yankees to start this game. Sabathia is 7-5 this season with a 3.85 ERA. The Twins will counter Sabathia with Scott &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/yankees-twins-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Yankees-Twins 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-4835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4835","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=4835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}