Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: White Sox +110 / Twins -120 / Over/Under 8.5 runs
Time: 8:10 PM EST Tuesday August 17, 2010
The Minnesota Twins come into the opening game of this series winning their last 4 and have a 7 game lead over the visiting White Sox. Chicago has lost their last 2 games and can’t afford to fall any further behind the Twins if they’re going to have any chance of winning the AL central. This is a huge series for both clubs. These 3 games will have a late September feel to them as every game is so important.
This season the Twins are 36-20 at home and the White Sox are 30-29 on the road.
In their last games the Twins beat Oakland 4-2 on Sunday and the White Sox lost to the Detroit 13-8 on Sunday.
The Twins are number 1st in team batting average and hits in the league. they are also 5th in runs scored, 5th in RBI's and 15th in HR's.
The White Sox are 2nd in the majors for stolen bases, 6th in HR's' 12 in RBI's and are 10th in team batting average.
Scott Baker (10-9 4.76 ERA) takes the hill tonight for the Twins, in his last start he went 6 innings and gave up 4 earned runs for the win aginst the White Sox. Baker is 5-4 with 1 no-decision in his last 10.
John Danks (12-8 3.19 ERA) is on the mound for the White Sox, in his last outing he pitched 8 innings, struck out 7 gave up 1 earned run for the win against tonight's opponent the Twins. Danks is 6-3 in his last 10 games with 1 no-decision. He only gave up 1 earned run in his previous start going 7 innings against Baltimore.
Betting Trends
The White Sox are 1-4 in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record. Chicago has gone over the posted total 6 out of the last 7 times when Danks has pitched on the road against a team with a winning record. Danks is 1-6 in last 7 road starts against the Twins.
The Twins are 44-17 in last 61 against lefties. and are 14-5 in last 19 home game that Baker has started. Minnesota are 4-0 in Bakers last 4 home starts against Chicago.
Our Selection : Another big game in American League tonight have the 2 top teams in the central going at it. The Twins have won their last 4 and would love to win this series against Chicago, thus putting even more distance bewteen them and their closest rival for the central divison crown.
It's tought to pick a side here, so our money will be on the total. The over/under opened at 8.5 runs but the public quickly pushed it down to 7.5. We like the over in a game that both teams want and need and the historical stats seem to point that way.
The White Sox have gone over in 7 of last 9 games following a day off. Chicago has gone over in 5 out of 7 games Danks started on the road against teams with a winning record. The Twins have gone over in 5 of last 6 at home against teams with a winning record and gone over 15 times in last 20 in first game of a series. With general public betting down this total early we can see the sharps coming in and pushing the number back up to 8 by game time.
Take over 7.5 runs at 5Dimes.
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