{"id":4964,"date":"2009-07-23T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/twins-angels-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-23T07:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T12:55:00","slug":"twins-angels-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/twins-angels-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins-Angels Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Minnesota Twins and the Los Angeles Angels will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Angel<\/st2:GivenName> Stadium<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Twins will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Scott<\/st2:GivenName> Baker<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Baker<\/st2:Sn> has a 8-7 record and a 5.10 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, it’ll be Jered<\/st2:GivenName> Weaver<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> who starts for the Angels<\/st2:Sn>. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Weaver<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 10-3 with a 3.48 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Angels<\/st2:Sn> listed as 156-moneyline favorites versus the Twins, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Twins were pounded 16-1 by the A’s last time out, as a -110 pick’em. The 17 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Glen<\/st2:GivenName> Perkins<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was rocked for eight runs off six hits in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Angels<\/st2:Sn> scored five runs in the eighth inning to come-from-behind and defeat the Royals 9-6 on Wednesday, as -120 favorites. That game’s 15 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chone<\/st2:GivenName> Figgins<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 4-for-5 at the plate with a pair of RBIs. Justin<\/st2:GivenName> Speier<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> improved to 4-2 with the win in relief, and Brian<\/st2:GivenName> Fuentes<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> notched his 30th<\/sup> save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 5 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 48-47 SU
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 55-38 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
Before playing LA Angels are 6-4
After playing Oakland are 6-4
After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n

Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 8-2
Before playing Minnesota are 5-5
After playing Kansas City are 7-3
After a win are 8-2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Minnesota’s last 12 games on the road
Minnesota is 5-2 SU in their last 7 games when playing LA Angels
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota’s last 6 games when playing LA Angels
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota’s last 6 games
LA Angels are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Angels’s last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of LA Angels’s last 8 games at home
LA Angels are 6-2 SU in their last 8 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
LA Angels<\/st2:Sn> home to Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, July 24<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Minnesota Twins and the Los Angeles Angels will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Angel Stadium. The Twins will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Scott Baker in this game. Baker has a 8-7 record and a 5.10 ERA this season. Meanwhile, it’ll be Jered Weaver … Continue reading Twins-Angels 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-4964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4964","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=4964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}