{"id":5094,"date":"2009-07-31T06:29:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T11:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/angels-twins-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-31T06:29:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-31T11:29:00","slug":"angels-twins-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/angels-twins-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels-Twins Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Los Angeles Angels will be trying to extend a winning streak on Friday when they take on the Minnesota Twins at The Metrodome. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Angels<\/st2:Sn> will give the ball to starter Ervin<\/st2:GivenName> Santana<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Santana<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 4-6 this season with a 7.31 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Twins will counter Santana with Nick<\/st2:GivenName> Blackburn<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Righthander Blackburn has a 3.75 ERA to go along with a 8-5 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Twins listed as 150-moneyline favorites versus the Angels<\/st2:Sn>, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
John<\/st2:GivenName> Lackey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> fanned eight batters while tossing a three-hitter over seven innings on Wednesday, and the Angels<\/st2:Sn> scored five runs in the fifth inning to defeat the Indians 9-1 in the rubber match. The Angels<\/st2:Sn> won the game as -190 favorites, and the 12 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Howie<\/st2:GivenName> Kendrick<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a two-run homer and drove in five runs to lead the Angels<\/st2:Sn>. Lackey improved to 7-4 with the victory. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Twins scored a pair of runs in the second inning as they got past the White Sox 3-2 on Wednesday for a sweep of the three-game set, as a -110 pick’em. That game’s five runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Alexi<\/st2:GivenName> Casilla<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in two runs to lead the Twins, while Jesse<\/st2:GivenName> Crain<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed two innings of relief for the win. Joe<\/st2:GivenName> Nathan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> closed out the game for his 29th<\/sup> save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 60-40 SU
Minnesota: 52-50 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing Minnesota are 6-4
After playing Cleveland are 7-3
After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n

Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Friday are 8-2
Before playing LA Angels are 4-6
After playing Chi White Sox are 6-4
After a win are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
LA Angels are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Angels’s last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of LA Angels’s last 7 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Angels’s last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Minnesota’s last 7 games when playing LA Angels
Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Minnesota’s last 9 games when playing at home against LA Angels<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to LA Angels, Saturday, August 1<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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The Los Angeles Angels will be trying to extend a winning streak on Friday when they take on the Minnesota Twins at The Metrodome. The Angels will give the ball to starter Ervin Santana in this one. Righthander Santana is 4-6 this season with a 7.31 ERA. The Twins will counter Santana with Nick Blackburn. … Continue reading Angels-Twins 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-5094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5094","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=5094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5094\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}