{"id":5302,"date":"2009-08-17T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-17T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/twins-rangers-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-08-17T06:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-17T11:45:00","slug":"twins-rangers-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/twins-rangers-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins-Rangers Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Texas Rangers will be trying to extend a winning streak on Monday when they take on the Minnesota Twins at Rangers Ballpark. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Francisco<\/st2:GivenName> Liriano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Twins on this day. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Liriano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 5-11 this season with a 5.39 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Starting this game for the Rangers will be Tommy<\/st2:GivenName> Hunter<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The righthander has a 2.26 ERA to go along with a 5-2 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Rangers listed as 140-moneyline favorites versus the Twins, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Twins lost to Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> 7-4 as a -140 favorite on Sunday. The 11 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Delmon<\/st2:GivenName> Young<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a two-run home run for Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and Nick<\/st2:GivenName> Blackburn<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was ripped for six runs on six hits in 2 1-3 innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rangers defeated Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 4-3 as a -140 favorite on Sunday. The seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (10). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ian<\/st2:GivenName> Kinsler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 2-3 with a home run and two RBI for Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, while Dustin<\/st2:GivenName> Nippert<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed two runs on six hits over six innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 56-61 SU
Texas: 66-50 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Monday are 5-5
Before playing Texas are 7-3
After playing Cleveland are 2-8
After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n

Texas most recently:
When playing on Monday are 5-5
Before playing Minnesota are 2-8
After playing Boston are 7-3
After a win are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 6 games when playing Texas
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Minnesota’s last 11 games on the road
Minnesota is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Texas
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Minnesota’s last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Texas’s last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas’s last 6 games when playing Minnesota
Texas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Texas is 11-3 SU in its last 14 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Tuesday, August 18<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Texas Rangers will be trying to extend a winning streak on Monday when they take on the Minnesota Twins at Rangers Ballpark. Francisco Liriano will be the starting pitcher for the Twins on this day. Lefthander Liriano is 5-11 this season with a 5.39 ERA. Starting this game for the Rangers will be Tommy … Continue reading Twins-Rangers 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-5302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5302","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=5302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}