{"id":6606,"date":"2009-05-14T07:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-14T12:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/tigers-twins-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-14T07:13:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-14T12:13:00","slug":"tigers-twins-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/tigers-twins-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers-Twins Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins will meet on the field at The Metrodome on Thursday in a battle of division rivals. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ace righthander Justin<\/st2:GivenName> Verlander<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Tigers to start this game. Verlander is 3-2 this season with a 4.50 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Verlander’s opponent in this one will be Scott<\/st2:GivenName> Baker<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Twins righthander has a 6.83 ERA to go along with a 1-4 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Twins listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the Tigers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Twins scored four runs in the 13th<\/sup> inning to get past the Tigers 14-10 on Wednesday, as -160 favorites. That game’s 24 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (10). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Joe<\/st2:GivenName> Crede<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-7 at the plate, including a three-run blast with four RBIs in leading the Twins. Jesse<\/st2:GivenName> Crain<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> threw two scoreless innings of relief for the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Brandon<\/st2:GivenName> Inge<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had three hits and went deep for a two-run blast for the Tigers. Brandon<\/st2:GivenName> Lyon<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered five runs over 2 2-3 innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 17-15 SU
Minnesota: 17-17 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Detroit most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 5-5
Before playing Oakland are 6-4
After playing Minnesota are 6-4
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
Before playing NY Yankees are 3-7
After playing Detroit are 5-5
After a win are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Detroit is 6-14 SU in its last 20 games when playing Minnesota
Detroit is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Minnesota is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Detroit
Minnesota is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games when playing Detroit<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, May 15
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at NY Yankees, Friday, May 15<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins will meet on the field at The Metrodome on Thursday in a battle of division rivals. Ace righthander Justin Verlander will take the mound for the Tigers to start this game. Verlander is 3-2 this season with a 4.50 ERA. Verlander’s opponent in this one will be Scott … Continue reading Tigers-Twins Lines Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6606","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=6606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6606\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}