{"id":4981,"date":"2009-07-24T09:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/twins-angels-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-24T09:50:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-24T14:50:00","slug":"twins-angels-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/twins-angels-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins-Angels Lines 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 Friday when they meet at Angel<\/st2:GivenName> Stadium<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ace Francisco<\/st2:GivenName> Liriano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Twins on this day. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Liriano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 4-9 this season with a 5.33 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Liriano’s opponent in this one will be John<\/st2:GivenName> Lackey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Angels<\/st2:GivenName> ace righthander has a 4.39 ERA to go along with a 5-4 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Angels<\/st2:Sn> listed as 155-moneyline favorites versus the Twins, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kendry Morales drove in the winning run in the 10th<\/sup> inning as the Angels<\/st2:Sn> defeated the Twins 6-5 in Thursday’s opener, as -165 favorites. That game’s 11 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jason<\/st2:GivenName> Kubel<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a two-run homer and finished with three RBIs for the Twins, who were +145 underdogs. Jesse<\/st2:GivenName> Crain<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up the winning run and was saddled with the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 6 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 48-48 SU
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 56-38 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing LA Angels are 5-5
After playing LA Angels are 4-6
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
Minnesota is 2-6 SU in their last 8 games when playing on the road against LA Angels
Minnesota is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Minnesota is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
LA Angels are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games
LA Angels are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games at home
LA Angels are 6-2 SU in their last 8 games when playing at home against Minnesota<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
LA Angels<\/st2:Sn> home to Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, July 25<\/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 Friday when they meet at Angel Stadium. Ace Francisco Liriano will be the starting pitcher for the Twins on this day. Lefthander Liriano is 4-9 this season with a 5.33 ERA. Liriano’s opponent in this one will be John … Continue reading Twins-Angels Lines 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-4981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4981","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=4981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}