{"id":5185,"date":"2009-08-07T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-07T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/twins-tigers-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-07T08:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-07T13:45:00","slug":"twins-tigers-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/twins-tigers-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins-Tigers Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Minnesota Twins and the Detroit Tigers will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Comerica<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Anthony<\/st2:GivenName> Swarzak<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Twins on this day. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Swarzak<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 3-4 this season with a 4.25 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Armando<\/st2:GivenName> Galarraga<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Tigers in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Galarraga<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 5-10 with a 5.22 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Tigers listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the Twins, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michael<\/st2:GivenName> Cuddyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scored the only Twins run off a wild pitch in a 2-1 loss to the Indians in the series finale on Thursday, as -155 favorites. The team’s played UNDER that game’s posted over\/under (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Nick<\/st2:GivenName> Blackburn<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered both runs and fell to 8-6 with the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Tigers clinched their four-game set with a 7-3 win over the Orioles in the series finale on Thursday, as -130 favorites. That game’s 10 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Brandon<\/st2:GivenName> Inge<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 at the plate for the Tigers, driving in two runs along the way. Rick<\/st2:GivenName> Porcello<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> reached the 10 win mark, allowing just four hits and two runs over 5 2-3 innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 53-55 SU
Detroit: 57-50 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Friday are 2-8
Before playing Detroit are 6-4
After playing Cleveland are 4-6
After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n

Detroit most recently:
When playing on Friday are 8-2
Before playing Minnesota are 4-6
After playing Baltimore are 6-4
After a win are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Detroit
Minnesota is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Detroit
Minnesota is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games on the road
Minnesota is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
Detroit is 19-6 SU in its last 25 games at home
Detroit is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
Detroit is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Minnesota
Detroit is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Minnesota<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, August 8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Minnesota Twins and the Detroit Tigers will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Comerica Park. Anthony Swarzak will be the starting pitcher for the Twins on this day. Righthander Swarzak is 3-4 this season with a 4.25 ERA. It’ll be Armando Galarraga toeing the rubber for the Tigers … Continue reading Twins-Tigers 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-5185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5185","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=5185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}