{"id":5113,"date":"2009-08-01T08:28:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-01T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/angels-twins-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-08-01T08:28:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-01T13:28:00","slug":"angels-twins-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/angels-twins-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels-Twins Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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A winning streak will be on the line for the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday when they battle the Minnesota Twins at The Metrodome. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Angels<\/st2:Sn> will give the ball to starter Joe<\/st2:GivenName> Saunders<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Saunders<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 8-6 this season with a 5.02 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Anthony<\/st2:GivenName> Swarzak<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Twins in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Swarzak<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 3-3 with a 3.74 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Twins listed as 145-moneyline favorites versus the Angels<\/st2:Sn>, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Angels<\/st2:Sn> scored six runs in the 11th<\/sup> inning to defeat the Twins 11-5 on Friday, as +145 underdogs. The combined score sailed OVER the posted over\/under (10). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Bobby<\/st2:GivenName> Abreu<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered and drove in four runs to lead the Angels<\/st2:Sn>. Kevin<\/st2:GivenName> Jepsen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> posted the win with two scoreless innings of relief. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Joe<\/st2:GivenName> Mauer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a three-run dinger in a losing cause for the Twins, who were -165 favorites. Bobby<\/st2:GivenName> Keppel<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up three runs and took the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 61-40 SU
Minnesota: 52-51 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6
Before playing Minnesota are 7-3
After playing Minnesota are 5-5
After a win are 9-1<\/p>\n

Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 7-3
Before playing LA Angels are 4-6
After playing LA Angels are 4-6
After a loss are 4-6<\/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 5 of LA Angels’s last 5 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 6 of LA Angels’s last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 5 games when playing LA Angels
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Minnesota’s last 9 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to LA Angels, Sunday, August 2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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A winning streak will be on the line for the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday when they battle the Minnesota Twins at The Metrodome. The Angels will give the ball to starter Joe Saunders in this one. Lefthander Saunders is 8-6 this season with a 5.02 ERA. It’ll be Anthony Swarzak toeing the rubber for … Continue reading Angels-Twins 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-5113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5113","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=5113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}