Monday, July 28, 2008

White Sox-Twins Who will cover?

The fans at The Metrodome will be treated to a game between the Chicago White Sox and the Minnesota Twins when they take their seats on Monday.

The White Sox will give the ball to ace starter Mark Buehrle in this one. Lefthander Buehrle is 8-8 this season with a 3.56 ERA.

Starting this game for the Twins will be Kevin Slowey. The righthander has a 4.41 ERA to go along with a 6-7 record this season.

Newbodog oddsmakers currently have the Twins listed as 115-moneyline favorites versus the White Sox, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

The White Sox lost to Detroit 6-4 as a +105 underdog on Sunday. The 10 runs scored caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over/under total (10).

Jermaine Dye hit a two-run home run for the White Sox, while A.J. Pierzynski added a solo shot in the loss.

The Twins defeated Cleveland 4-2 as a -110 favorite on Sunday. The six runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9.5).

The Twins scored a pair of runs in the ninth inning off the bats of Justin Morneau and Jason Kubel, while Nick Blackburn allowed on run on four hits over seven innings in a no-decision.

Current streak:
Minnesota has won 2 straight games.

Team records:
Chicago: 59-44 SU
Minnesota: 57-47 SU

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Monday are 7-3
Before playing Minnesota are 7-3
After playing Detroit are 6-4
After a loss are 6-4

Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Monday are 6-4
Before playing Chi White Sox are 3-7
After playing Cleveland are 8-2
After a win are 7-3

A few trends to consider:
Chi White Sox are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi White Sox's last 6 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Chi White Sox's last 11 games
Chi White Sox are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games
Minnesota is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games when playing Chi White Sox
Minnesota is 6-2 SU in their last 8 games when playing at home against Chi White Sox
Minnesota is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games

Next up:
Minnesota home to Chi White Sox, Tuesday, July 29

 

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