Thursday MLB Betting Favors Minnesota Twins at Home

11th June, 2010 - Posted by tang - No Comments

The Twins are favored in Baseball wagering on Thursday as they host the Kansas City Royals in the climax of a three-game series.

The Twins try for their 7th straight win at home and a three-game sweep of the American League Central competitor Kansas City Royals tonight in the series climax from Target Field.

Bruce Chen is anticipated to be be featured going for the Royals versus Minnesota’s Scott Baker in the baseball wagering matchup.

Scott Baker has fared well at Target Field. Regardless of the location, he has always pitched well versus the Kansas City Royals. Baker granted 4 runs over 7 1-3 innings in a 5-4, 11-inning win at Oakland on Friday.

More often than not in their new home the Minnesota Twins are favored by MLB wagering probabilities. Target Field has been good to the Minnesota Twins as thus far the Minnesota Twins have been just as good at their new field as they were in the Metrodome. Scott Baker is anticipated to get the start on Thursday. He’s 5-4 on the season with a 4.52 ERA. He went 7 1/3 innings past time out versus Oakland and gave up 4 runs on six hits and had three strikeouts. He gave up only 2 runs and seven hits the past time he pitched versus the Kansas City Royals. Baker is much better at home this year than on the road. His road ERA is 5.66 whereas his road ERA is 3.49 ERA.

Minnesota Twins DH Jason Kubel is 4 for 7 with three RBIs in this series and rookie third baseman Danny Valencia is 4 for 8.

Chen is 2- for the season with a 2.95 ERA. He has been playing in place of the injured Gil Meche and doing quite nicely. He’s 1- with 3.00 ERA in his 2 starts. Last time out he went five innings and granted just 2 earned runs on 4 hits. The veteran left-hander has played 10 relief appearances to go with his lone career start versus the Minnesota Twins in 2004. He has a 5.75 ERA versus Minnesota.

In the past, the Kansas City Royals have not had a lot of success versus Minnesota against the MLB wagering probabilities. Before this series commenced they had lost 15 of the past 20 versus the Minnesota Twins. The teams competed in 2 series in April, one in Minnesota and one in Kansas City. The Minnesota Twins won 4 of the six games. 5 of those six games went over the total in MLB wagering.

In baseball wagering, the Royals have not been quite good at home or on the road. Since their prices are higher on the road, they actually have a little more value there. The Royals have lost eight from 11 overall and 4 straight on the road. It’s hard to take Kansas City, despite having their huge prices, since they’re below average in hitting and in pitching.

Minnesota continues to be quite good at home and just .500 on the road. That could be good enough though to win the American League Central. The Twins are around average in hitting but their pitching has been sound, ranking in the top 10 in the league.


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