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The Minnesota Twins and the Tampa Bay Rays will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Tropicana Field.
Nick Blackburn will be the starting pitcher for the Twins on this day. Righthander Blackburn is 10-9 this season with a 3.89 ERA.
It’ll be Edwin Jackson toeing the rubber for the Rays in this contest. Righthander Jackson is 11-11 with a 4.33 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Rays listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the Twins, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Twins scored five runs in the ninth inning to come back and defeat the Rays 11-8 as a +150 underdog on Thursday. The combined 19 runs sailed OVER the posted over/under (8.5).
Joe Mauer went 3-for-4 at the plate with three RBIs to lead the Twins. Eddie Guardado earned the win in relief, and Joe Nathan closed out the game with his 37th save.
Evan Longoria cracked three home runs in a losing effort for the Rays, who were favored at -160 in that game. Dan Wheeler surrendered four runs in relief to take the loss.
Team records:
Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Friday are 9-1 Before playing Tampa Bay are 5-5 After playing Tampa Bay are 2-8 After a win are 3-7 Tampa Bay most recently: A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Minnesota’s last 11 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota’s last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay Minnesota is 19-6 SU in its last 25 games when playing Tampa Bay The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 7 games The total has gone OVER in 9 of Tampa Bay’s last 10 games at home The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay’s last 6 games The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tampa Bay’s last 5 games when playing Minnesota Tampa Bay is 16-7 SU in its last 23 games at home Next up:
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