{"id":5147,"date":"2009-08-04T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-04T12:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/twins-indians-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-04T07:29:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-04T12:29:00","slug":"twins-indians-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/twins-indians-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins-Indians Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Minnesota Twins and the Cleveland Indians will meet on the field at Progressive Field on Tuesday in a battle of division rivals. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Scott<\/st2:GivenName> Baker<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Twins on this day. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Baker<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 8-7 this season with a 4.86 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, it’ll be David<\/st2:GivenName> Huff<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> who starts for the Indians. Lefthander Huff is 5-5 with a 6.39 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Twins listed as 140-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Twins lost to the Angels<\/st2:Sn> 13-4 as a -105 favorite on Sunday. The 17 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (10). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Justin Morneau and Orlando Cabrera hit solo home runs for Minnesota, while Glen Perkins was roughed up for eight earned runs on 12 hits in four innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Indians defeated Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 11-1 as a +115 underdog on Sunday. The 12 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Asdrubal<\/st2:GivenName> Cabrera<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-5 with a home run and two RBI for Cleveland<\/st2:Sn> and Carl<\/st2:GivenName> Pavano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed only one run on six hits over eight innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 52-53 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Cleveland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 44-61 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 7-3
Before playing Cleveland are 4-6
After playing LA Angels are 4-6
After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n

Cleveland most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 6-4
Before playing Minnesota are 5-5
After playing Detroit are 5-5
After a win are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Minnesota’s last 11 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 7 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota’s last 6 games when playing Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Cleveland’s last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Cleveland’s last 9 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland’s last 7 games when playing at home against Minnesota
Cleveland is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Cleveland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Wednesday, August 5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Minnesota Twins and the Cleveland Indians will meet on the field at Progressive Field on Tuesday in a battle of division rivals. Scott Baker will be the starting pitcher for the Twins on this day. Righthander Baker is 8-7 this season with a 4.86 ERA. Meanwhile, it’ll be David Huff who starts for the … Continue reading Twins-Indians 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-5147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5147","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=5147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}