Twins-White Sox Pointspread Pointers

If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Saturday when the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox meet at U.S. Cellular Field. The Twins will give the ball to starter Livan Hernandez in this one. Righthander Hernandez is 6-2 this season with a 4.81 ERA. It'll be ace Mark Buehrle toeing the rubber for the White Sox in this contest. Lefthander Buehrle is 2-6 with a 5.20 ERA so far this season. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the White Sox listed as 165-moneyline favorites versus the Twins, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The White Sox scored six runs in the fifth inning to defeat the Twins 10-6 as a -175 favorite on Friday. The game's 16 runs sailed OVER the posted over/under (8.5). Joe Crede belted two home runs and was a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate for the White Sox. Javier Vazquez tossed 5 1-3 innings for the win, allowing four runs off nine hits. Alexi Casilla hit a two-run homer and finished 2-for-5 at the plate for the Twins, who were +165 underdogs. Nick Blackburn gave up seven runs off eight hits in four innings in the loss. Current streak: Minnesota has lost 2 straight games. Chicago has won 4 straight games. Team records: Minnesota: 31-30 SU Chicago: 34-26 SU Minnesota most recently: When playing on Saturday are 1-9 Before playing Chi White Sox are 3-7 After playing Chi White Sox are 8-2 After a loss are 6-4 Chicago most recently: When playing on Saturday are 4-6 Before playing Minnesota are 7-3 After playing Minnesota are 3-7 After a win are 7-3 A few trends to consider: Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 6 games when playing Chi White Sox The total has gone OVER in 12 of Minnesota's last 18 games The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota's last 6 games when playing on the road against Chi White Sox Chi White Sox are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games at home Chi White Sox are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games Chi White Sox are 8-3 SU in their last 11 games when playing at home against Minnesota The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chi White Sox's last 6 games when playing Minnesota Next up: Chi White Sox home to Minnesota, Sunday, June 8