{"id":4884,"date":"2009-07-17T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T13:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/twins-rangers-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-17T08:40:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-17T13:40:00","slug":"twins-rangers-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/twins-rangers-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins-Rangers Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Texas Rangers will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Friday when they take on the Minnesota Twins at Rangers Ballpark. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Twins will give the ball to starter Glen<\/st2:GivenName> Perkins<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Perkins<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 4-5 this season with a 4.71 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rangers will counter Perkins<\/st2:Sn> with ace Vicente<\/st2:GivenName> Padilla<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Padilla<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 4.53 ERA to go along with a 7-4 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Rangers listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Twins, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Twins defeated the White Sox 13-7 as a -135 favorite on Sunday. The 20 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Carlos<\/st2:GivenName> Gomez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-4 with a home run and five RBI for Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, while Denard Span and Brendan<\/st2:GivenName> Harris<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> both homered and drove in three runs in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rangers lost to Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> 5-3 as a +140 underdog on Sunday. The eight runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Hank Blalock hit a two-run home run for Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and Nelson<\/st2:GivenName> Cruz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> delivered a solo homer. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 45-44 SU
Texas: 48-39 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing Texas are 5-5
After playing Chi White Sox are 4-6
After a win are 3-7<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Minnesota’s last 10 games when playing Texas
Minnesota is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Texas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas’s last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Texas’s last 10 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Texas’s last 19 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, July 18<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Texas Rangers will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Friday when they take on the Minnesota Twins at Rangers Ballpark. The Twins will give the ball to starter Glen Perkins in this one. Righthander Perkins is 4-5 this season with a 4.71 ERA. The Rangers will counter Perkins with ace Vicente Padilla. … Continue reading Twins-Rangers 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-4884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884","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=4884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}