Monday, August 29, 2011

AL Central Preview: Minnesota Twins vs. Chicago White Sox

The Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at U.S. Cellular Field.

The Twins will give the ball to starter Kevin Slowey in this one. Righthander Slowey is 0-2 this season with a 9.57 ERA.

It'll be Mark Buehrle toeing the rubber for the White Sox in this contest. Lefthander Buehrle is 10-6 with a 3.19 ERA so far this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the White Sox listed as 200-moneyline favorites versus the Twins, while the game's total is sitting at 8½.

In their last action, Minnesota was a 11-4 winner at home against the Tigers. Bettors on Minnesota at +106 on the moneyline collected their winnings from that game, while the total score (15) sent OVER bettors home happy as well.

The White Sox were a 9-3 winner in their most recent outing on the road against the Mariners. That made winners of bettors who got Chicago at -117 on the moneyline, while the total score (12) was good news for OVER bettors.

Current streak: Chicago has won 3 straight games.

Team records: Minnesota: 56-77 SU Chicago: 66-65 SU

Minnesota most recently: When playing on Monday are 5-5 Before playing Chi White Sox are 5-5 After playing Detroit are 4-6 After a win are 1-9

Chicago most recently: When playing on Monday are 6-4 Before playing Minnesota are 4-6 After playing Seattle are 9-1 After a win are 6-4

A few trends to consider: Minnesota is 9-1 SU in their last 10 games when playing on the road against Chi White Sox The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games when playing Chi White Sox Minnesota is 17-6 SU in their last 23 games when playing Chi White Sox Minnesota is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games on the road Chi White Sox are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Minnesota The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chi White Sox's last 5 games when playing Minnesota Chi White Sox are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chi White Sox's last 6 games

Next up: Chi White Sox home to Minnesota, Tuesday, August 30

AL Central Preview: Minnesota Twins vs. Chicago White Sox

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