{"id":14686,"date":"2011-04-05T15:50:42","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T20:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=14686"},"modified":"2011-04-05T15:50:42","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T20:50:42","slug":"game-ii-of-twins-yankees-betting-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/game-ii-of-twins-yankees-betting-preview-14686\/","title":{"rendered":"Game II of Twins – Yankees Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minnesota Twins (1-3)\u00a0 AT New York Yankees\u00a0 (3-1)<\/strong>
\nApril 5, 2011 at 7:05 PM EST<\/strong>
\nSP:\u00a0 Minnesota – B. Duensing \/ NYY – C.C. Sabathia<\/strong>
\nOpening runline:\u00a0 NYY -1.5<\/strong>
\nMoneyline:\u00a0 NYY -210 \/ MIN +180<\/strong>
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 9<\/strong>
\nCurrent Total: 8.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mauer is 1 of 11 at the plate this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Minnesota lost the opening game of the series to the Yankees due to the Yankees getting off in innings one and two, scoring 4 runs, 4 that would never be eclipsed by the Twins.\u00a0 Robinson Cano went 2 of 4 and Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada both drove home 2 RBIs, Rodriguez aided by a 1st inning homer with 2 outs.<\/p>\n

Justin Morneau had a decent game for the Twins, hitting 2 of 4 from the plate and scoring a run, while Jim Thome hit a two run double.\u00a0 Ivan Nova picked up the win for the Yankees.\u00a0 PECOTA predicts Nova to go 6-8 this season with a 5.23 ERA.\u00a0 Part of the reason for the poor numbers may be attributed to Nova going down the wrong path at the end of the season, however.<\/p>\n

Sabathia is a different story than Nova, of course, as one of the aces of the Yankees’ staff.\u00a0 Sabathia has beat the Twins his last 7 starts against them and Sabathia’s PECOTA renders him with a 15-9 record and a 3.26 ERA, which would again rank him near the top of the best starting pitchers in the AL.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve just played a little better than they have the last couple of years,\u201d Sabathia told the Yankees\u2019 official website.<\/p>\n

Duensing, a southpaw, has been a boon for the Twins staff.\u00a0 Last season his 10-3 record and 2.62 ERA made him one of the Twins best rotation pitchers, though PECOTA isn’t as optimistic this season, projecting an 8-7 W-L for Duensing with a 4.37 ERA.\u00a0 The reasons for the decline are hard to pin point, as Duensing has an array of effective pitches, though his fastball tops out in the low 90s.\u00a0 Also worth noting are the struggles he had in the post season last year when he posted an 11.25 ERA over two starts, hinting that he may be over rated afterall.\u00a0 This will be the Yankees’ first game of the season against a left handed pitcher, as well.<\/p>\n

Some betting trends:<\/p>\n

Minnesota is 1-7 SU in their last 8 games and the total has gone UNDER in 5 of their last 6 games.\u00a0 The total has also gone UNDER in 5 of their last 6 on the road.\u00a0 Minnesota is 2-9 SU in their last 11 on the road and they are 2-18 SU in their last 20 against the Yankees.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in 7 of their last 9 games against the Yankees and the total has also gone UNDER in 6 of their last 7 road games at Yankee Stadium.\u00a0 Lastly, Minnesota is 1-14 SU in their last 15 road games against the Yankees.<\/p>\n

New York is 4-2 SU over their last 6 games and the total has gone OVER in 6 of their last 8 games.\u00a0 The total has also gone OVER in 6 of their last 7 at home.\u00a0 The Yankees are 4-1 SU in their last 5 at home and they are 18-2 SU in their last 20 against the Twins.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in 7 of their last 9 against Minnesota and the total has gone UNDER in 6 of the last 7 at home against the Twins.\u00a0 New York is 14-1 SU in their last 15 at home against the Minnesota Twins.<\/p>\n

For Minnesota to win, their top players are going to have to step up.\u00a0 Joe Mauer is 1 of 11 this season; Justin Morneau is 3 for 14; and Delmon Young is 2 of 16.\u00a0 The inefficiency has rendered the Twins with a .208 batting average through their first four games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Minnesota Twins (1-3)\u00a0 AT New York Yankees\u00a0 (3-1) April 5, 2011 at 7:05 PM EST SP:\u00a0 Minnesota – B. Duensing \/ NYY – C.C. Sabathia Opening runline:\u00a0 NYY -1.5 Moneyline:\u00a0 NYY -210 \/ MIN +180 Opening Total:\u00a0 9 Current Total: 8.5 Minnesota lost the opening game of the series to the Yankees due to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":4777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[675,265,990,240,149],"class_list":["post-14686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-alex-rodriguez","tag-cc-sabathia","tag-joe-mauer","tag-minnesota-twins","tag-new-york-yankees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14687,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14686\/revisions\/14687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}