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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

MLB Betting: White Sox vs Twins

 

 

Courtesy of OddsShark.com:

The Chicago White Sox and the Minnesota Twins will meet on the field at Target Field on Wednesday in a battle of division rivals.
The White Sox will trot John Danks out to the mound in this one. Lefthander Danks has a 3-1 record and a 1.98 ERA this season.
It'll be Carl Pavano toeing the rubber for the Twins in this contest. Righthander Pavano is 3-3 with a 3.43 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Twins listed as 133-moneyline favorites versus the White Sox, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
Freddy Garcia allowed two runs over seven innings to get the victory, as the White Sox upset the Twins 5-2 on Tuesday night.
Chicago won as +160 road underdogs, while the game played UNDER the 9-run total set by oddsmakers.
A.J. Pierzynski and Alexei Ramirez drove in two runs apiece for the White Sox, who also got a run batted in from Andruw Jones in the win.
Justin Morneau went 2-for-3 with a homer for Minnesota, while Kevin Slowey was ripped for five runs over 4 2-3 innings to take the loss for the Twins.
Team records:
Chicago: 14-19 SU
Minnesota: 21-12 SU
Chicago most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 6-4
Before playing Kansas City are 3-7
After playing Minnesota are 6-4
After a win are 2-8

Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 6-4
Before playing NY Yankees are 3-7
After playing Chi White Sox are 6-4
After a loss are 8-2
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi White Sox's last 5 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi White Sox's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Chi White Sox's last 13 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Chi White Sox's last 13 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 5 games when playing at home against Chi White Sox
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games at home
Minnesota is 16-4 SU in their last 20 games when playing at home against Chi White Sox
Next up:
Chi White Sox at Kansas City, Friday, May 14
Minnesota at NY Yankees, Friday, May 14

Stevie Vincent is the former Executive Editor of the scorephone Tailgate Parties, which were the reports every gambler flocked to in the pre-Internet days. A pro gambler since 1993, his picks went public in 2007. He is the founder of groundbreaking forensic sports handicapping.