The New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at The Metrodome.
Mike Mussina will be the starting pitcher for the Yankees on this day. Righthander Mussina is 15-7 this season with a 3.27 ERA.
The Twins will counter Mussina with Nick Blackburn. Righthander Blackburn has a 3.60 ERA to go along with a 9-6 record this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Yankees listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Twins, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
Adam Everett hit a two-run home run in the second inning that proved to be the difference as the Twins shut out the Yankees 4-0 on Monday night.
The Twins were winners as +104 home underdogs in that matchup, while the combined score went well UNDER the day’s posted total (9.5).
Twins starter Glen Perkins pitched a gem for that win, only allowing four hits while notching four strikeouts in eight innings of work.
Current streak:
Team records:
Minnesota: 66-52 SU New York most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 8-2 Before playing Minnesota are 7-3 After playing Minnesota are 6-4 After a loss are 3-7 Minnesota most recently: A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 12 of NY Yankees’s last 17 games NY Yankees are 11-5 SU in their last 16 games when playing Minnesota The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees’s last 6 games The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees’s last 6 games on the road Minnesota is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games at home Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games The total has gone OVER in 6 of Minnesota’s last 8 games Minnesota is 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing at home against NY Yankees Next up:
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