05/13/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Minnesota Twins will try to continue their solid play at home tonight, as they begin a three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays at the Metrodome.
The Twins have won 10 of their last 11 as the host and are 14-7 in Minnesota this year. The club is hitting .271 at home in 2008, the fifth-best average in the American League, and is third in the league with a 3.41 team earned run average as the host.
Minnesota won Monday's finale of a four-game set with Boston by a 7-3 margin, giving it three wins in the series. Delmon Young finished 2-for-4 with two RBI, as Minnesota overcame an early three-run deficit.
Craig Monroe also drove in two runs for the Twins, who have won four of six overall. Justin Morneau and Michael Cuddyer added an RBI each. Livan Hernandez (6-1) cruised to the win despite early trouble, allowing 10 hits and three runs over six full frames.
The Twins lead the AL Central by 1 1/2 games over Cleveland.
Kevin Slowey will make his third start of the season and second since coming off the disabled list due to a right biceps strain. In his return, Slowey gave up three runs on four hits in five innings of a setback to the Chicago White Sox on Thursday. The defeat dropped Slowey to 0-2 on the season with a 6.48 ERA.
Slowey faced Toronto once last year and got a no-decision at home. He yielded five runs (4 earned) on six hits over five frames while striking out five. Slowey will be thankful he doesn't have to face Vernon Wells, who has a hit in all three career at-bats against Slowey with a homer and three RBI. Wells is expected to miss the next 6-8 weeks due to a broken left wrist, however. Toronto's Alex Rios has also homered off of Slowey.
Jesse Litsch will shoot for his third straight winning decision tonight for Toronto. The right-hander defeated Kansas City and the Chicago White Sox in back-to-back outings before getting a no-decision on Thursday against Tampa Bay. Litsch gave up three runs on five hits in seven innings, and served up a pair of home runs for the second straight outing.
The righty is 4-1 on the season with a 4.24 ERA.
The second-year hurler has made two career starts against the Twins, going 1-0 with a 3.18 ERA. In his lone start in Minnesota, Litsch recorded a no-decision after yielding three runs in just 4 1/3 innings of work.
Toronto split a doubleheader with Cleveland on Monday. The Blue Jays lost the first game by a 3-0 count for their fourth straight loss. A.J. Burnett (3-4) was saddled with the defeat despite holding Cleveland to three runs on five hits over 7 2/3 innings, while racking up seven strikeouts.
However, the Blue Jays' pitching dominated the second game, as Shaun Marcum, B.J. Ryan and Scott Downs combined on a 10-inning, three-hit shutout to lead Toronto to a 3-0 victory of its own.
Ryan (1-0) earned the win with a scoreless ninth, Marcum struck out five and allowed just two hits over eight innings, while Downs notched his fourth save.
Shannon Stewart drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly, and Aaron Hill went 2-for-3 with a two-run single, as Toronto overcame Asdrubal Cabrera's unassisted triple play for Cleveland in the fifth inning.
Toronto won six of its 10 matchups with Minnesota last year and is 11-6 versus the Twins since the start of the 2006 season. The Blue Jays are 6-5 at the Metrodome in that span.
<< Athletics head to Cleveland to take on Indians
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Oakland Athletics hope to continue their early-season
success against the Cleveland Indians when the teams square off again tonight
at Progressive Field in the opener of a three-game series.
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<< O's, Red Sox renew rivalry at Camden Yards
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A pair of American League East rivals will get together for
the first time this season tonight at Baltimore's Camden Yards, where the
Orioles start up a brief two-game series with the mildly-slumping Boston Red
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<< Nationals, Mets continue four-game set at Shea
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Right-hander John Maine tries for a second win over
Washington this season when the New York Mets host the Nationals tonight in
the second of a four-game series at Shea Stadium.
Maine, a surprise 15-game winner for the Met
<< NL East rivals start series in Philly
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - California-born left-hander Jo-Jo Reyes looks for a third
start without a loss tonight when the Atlanta Braves open a three-game series
with their National League East Division rival Philadelphia Phillies at
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Weaver leads Angels vs. White Sox >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jered Weaver hopes to bounce back from one of the worst
starts in his career this evening when the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
resume their four-game series with the Chicago White Sox at Angel Stadium.
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(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Having completed the first quarter of the season, there is
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start.
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Red-hot Berkman, Astros square off against Giants >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Both Lance Berkman and his Houston Astro teammates aim to
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four consecutive clashes with the San Francisco Giants tonight at AT&T Park.
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D'Backs try to stop slide vs. Rockies >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Suddenly, the Diamondbacks are a team that can be beat.
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of a three-game series against the Colorado Rockies at Chase Field.
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The Ottawa Senators and Detroit Red Wings remain on top of the odds charts after an impressive start in the preseason. Betting lines opened for both teams at 6-1 in June. Since then the Sens have fallen to 7-1 and the Red Wings are now caught in a pack including the defending champion Carolina Hurricanes, the San Jose Sharks and the Anaheim Ducks, all at 10-1.
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