{"id":5011,"date":"2009-07-26T06:24:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-26T11:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/twins-angels-odds-preview-3\/"},"modified":"2009-07-26T06:24:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-26T11:24:00","slug":"twins-angels-odds-preview-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/twins-angels-odds-preview-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins-Angels Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Los Angeles Angels will be trying to extend a winning streak on Sunday when they take on the Minnesota Twins at Angel<\/st1:GivenName> Stadium<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Twins will give the ball to starter Anthony<\/st1:GivenName> Swarzak<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> in this one. Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> Swarzak<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 2-3 this season with a 4.15 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, it’ll be Ervin<\/st1:GivenName> Santana<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> who starts for the Angels<\/st1:Sn>. Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> Santana<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 4-5 with a 6.86 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Angels<\/st1:Sn> listed as 140-moneyline favorites versus the Twins, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Angels<\/st1:Sn> won their third straight in the four-game series against Minnesota<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> with an 11-5 rout of the Twins on Saturday, as a -110 pick’em. That game’s 16 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (10). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Maicer<\/st1:GivenName> Izturis<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> belted a three-run homer to lead the Angels<\/st1:Sn>, while Chone<\/st1:GivenName> Figgins<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> homered and drove in a pair of runs. Matt<\/st1:GivenName> Palmer<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> improved to 8-1 with the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jason<\/st1:GivenName> Kubel<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> hit a two-run homer and finished with three runs batted in for the Twins. Nick<\/st1:GivenName> Blackburn<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> surrendered six hits and six runs over 3 2-3 innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Minnesota<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> has lost 4 straight games.
Los Angeles<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 8 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Minnesota<\/st2:place><\/st2:State>: 48-50 SU
Los Angeles<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 58-38 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 6-4
Before playing Chi White Sox are 3-7
After playing LA Angels are 4-6
After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n

Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 6-4
Before playing Cleveland are 4-6
After playing Minnesota are 5-5
After a win are 9-1<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 6 games when playing LA Angels
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 6 games when playing on the road against LA Angels
LA Angels are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Angels’s last 5 games
LA Angels are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games
LA Angels are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Minnesota<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> home to Chi White Sox, Monday, July 27
LA Angels home to Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Monday, July 27<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Los Angeles Angels will be trying to extend a winning streak on Sunday when they take on the Minnesota Twins at Angel Stadium. The Twins will give the ball to starter Anthony Swarzak in this one. Righthander Swarzak is 2-3 this season with a 4.15 ERA. Meanwhile, it’ll be Ervin Santana who starts for … 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-5011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5011","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=5011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}