{"id":5439,"date":"2009-09-02T06:03:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T11:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/white-sox-vs-twins-baseball-handicapping\/"},"modified":"2009-09-02T06:03:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-02T11:03:00","slug":"white-sox-vs-twins-baseball-handicapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/white-sox-vs-twins-baseball-handicapping\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sox vs Twins Baseball Handicapping"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Chicago White Sox and the Minnesota Twins will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at The Metrodome. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The White Sox will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace lefthander Mark<\/st1:GivenName> Buehrle<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> in this game. Buehrle has a 11-7 record and a 3.89 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, it’ll be Brian<\/st1:GivenName> Duensing<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> who starts for the Twins. Lefthander<\/st1:GivenName> Duensing<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 2-0 with a 2.65 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the White Sox listed as 160-moneyline favorites versus the Twins, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jose Morales’ pinch-hit, run-scoring single in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Twins over the White Sox 4-3 on Tuesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Minnesota<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> cashed as +115 home underdogs, while the game played UNDER the 9-run total posted by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michael<\/st1:GivenName> Cuddyer<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> was 2-for-4 with two dingers for the Twins, as Jon<\/st1:GivenName> Rauch<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> picked up the win in relief of starter Jeff Manship for Minnesota<\/st2:place><\/st2:State>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Gordon<\/st1:GivenName> Beckham<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> hit a two-run blast for Chicago<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, while Matt<\/st1:GivenName> Thornton<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> took the loss after coming in following White Sox starter John<\/st1:GivenName> Danks<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Chicago<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> has lost 5 straight games.
Minnesota<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Chicago<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 64-69 SU
Minnesota: 67-65 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 2-8
Before playing Boston are 2-8
After playing Minnesota are 5-5
After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n

Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 4-6
Before playing Cleveland are 5-5
After playing Chi White Sox are 7-3
After a win are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Chi White Sox are 0-5 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Chi White Sox are 0-5 SU in their last 5 games when playing Minnesota
Chi White Sox are 0-5 SU in their last 5 games on the road
Chi White Sox are 0-5 SU in their last 5 games
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Chi White Sox
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing Chi White Sox
Minnesota is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chi White Sox home to Boston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, Friday, September 4
Minnesota<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> at Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Friday, September 4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Chicago White Sox and the Minnesota Twins will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at The Metrodome. The White Sox will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace lefthander Mark Buehrle in this game. Buehrle has a 11-7 record and a 3.89 ERA this season. Meanwhile, it’ll be … Continue reading White Sox vs Twins Baseball Handicapping<\/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-5439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439","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=5439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}