{"id":5832,"date":"2009-09-29T06:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-29T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-betting-twins-vs-tigers\/"},"modified":"2009-09-29T06:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-29T11:55:00","slug":"mlb-betting-twins-vs-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-betting-twins-vs-tigers\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Betting: Twins vs Tigers"},"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 Minnesota Twins and the Detroit Tigers will meet on the field at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Comerica<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> on Tuesday afternoon in the first game of a doubleheader. <?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\">The Twins will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Nick Blackburn in this game. <st1:place>Blackburn<\/st1:place> has a 11-11 record and a 4.18 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be Rick Porcello who starts for the Tigers. Righthander Porcello is 14-9 with a 4.14 ERA so far this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Michael Cuddyer drove in the lone run for <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in its 4-1 loss to <st1:City><st1:place>Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Sunday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as -175 home favorites, while the teams played UNDER the 8-run total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Curtis Granderson went 3-for-4 with a big fly for the Tigers in their 8-4 loss to the White Sox on Sunday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as +130 home underdogs, while the teams played OVER the 8.5-run total posted by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 81-74 SU<br \/>Detroit: 83-72 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Minnesota most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Detroit are 7-3<br \/>After playing Kansas City are 7-3<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Detroit most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Minnesota are 3-7<br \/>After playing Chi White Sox are 6-4<br \/>After a loss 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 \/>Minnesota is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games <br \/>Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Detroit&#8217;s last 7 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>Detroit is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Detroit is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Minnesota<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Tuesday, September 29<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><b><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/b><\/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 Minnesota Twins and the Detroit Tigers will meet on the field at Comerica Park on Tuesday afternoon in the first game of a doubleheader. The Twins will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Nick Blackburn in this game. Blackburn has a 11-11 record and a 4.18 ERA this season. Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-betting-twins-vs-tigers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MLB Betting: Twins vs Tigers<\/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-5832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5832","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=5832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}