{"id":5289,"date":"2009-08-15T08:33:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-15T13:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/indians-twins-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-15T08:33:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-15T13:33:00","slug":"indians-twins-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/indians-twins-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Indians-Twins Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The division rival Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins are set to renew hostilities on Saturday when they meet at The Metrodome. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Lefthander David Huff will take the mound for the Indians to start this game. Huff is 6-6 this season with a 6.72 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Twins will be <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Anthony<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Swarzak<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. The righthander has a 5.44 ERA to go along with a 3-5 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Twins listed as 165-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Scott<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Baker<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> tossed a two-hit complete-game shutout on Friday, as the Twins defeated the Indians 11-0. The Twins won the game as -180 favorites, while the 11 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Jason<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Kubel<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> belted a two-run homer and drove in five runs to lead the Twins. <st1:Sn>Baker<\/st1:Sn> improved to 10-7 with the victory. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Justin<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Masterson<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> gave up seven runs over 3 1-3 innings in the loss for the Indians, who were +160 underdogs. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> has lost 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 49-66 SU<br \/>Minnesota: 56-59 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Cleveland most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Minnesota are 4-6<br \/>After playing Minnesota are 7-3<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Cleveland are 5-5<br \/>After playing Cleveland are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Cleveland is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>Cleveland is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Cleveland is 2-10 SU in its last 12 games when playing on the road against Minnesota<br \/>Minnesota is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against Cleveland<br \/>Minnesota is 4-9 SU in its last 13 games <br \/>Minnesota is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:State><st2:place>Minnesota<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> home to <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Sunday, August 16<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The division rival Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins are set to renew hostilities on Saturday when they meet at The Metrodome. Lefthander David Huff will take the mound for the Indians to start this game. Huff is 6-6 this season with a 6.72 ERA. Starting this game for the Twins will be Anthony Swarzak. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/indians-twins-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Indians-Twins Odds Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-5289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5289","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=5289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}