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The Minnesota Twins and the Cleveland Indians will meet on the field at Progressive Field on Thursday in a battle of division rivals. The Twins will give the ball to starter Nick Blackburn in this one. Righthander Blackburn is 8-5 this season with a 3.83 ERA. Meanwhile, it'll be Fausto Carmona who starts for the Indians. Righthander Carmona is 2-6 with a 7.13 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Twins listed as 148-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Indians banged out 11 hits and scored an 8-1 victory over the Twins on Wednesday, as a -110 pick'em. That game's nine runs went UNDER the posted over/under (9.5). Grady Sizemore, Asdrubal Cabrera, and Shin-Soo Choo all drove in a pair of runs for the Indians. Aaron Laffey pitched eight innings for the win, allowing six hits and one run. Francisco Liriano gave up eight hits and four runs over five innings in the loss. Team records: Minnesota: 53-54 SU Cleveland: 45-62 SU Minnesota most recently: When playing on Thursday are 2-8 Before playing Detroit are 6-4 After playing Cleveland are 4-6 After a loss are 4-6 Cleveland most recently: When playing on Thursday are 4-6 Before playing Chi White Sox are 1-9 After playing Minnesota are 7-3 After a win are 4-6 A few trends to consider: Minnesota is 8-15 SU in its last 23 games when playing on the road against Cleveland Minnesota is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road Minnesota is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games Cleveland is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games Cleveland is 15-8 SU in its last 23 games when playing at home against Minnesota Cleveland is 7-14 SU in its last 21 games at home Next up: Minnesota at Detroit, Friday, August 7 Cleveland at Chi White Sox, Friday, August 7