LOS ANGELES ANGELS @ MINNESOTA TWINS
Baseball : United States : MLB Regular Season
Friday, August 20th 2010 - Start 8:10PM ET
(1:10AM GMT)

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LOS ANGELES ANGELS

The Angels are 60-61 and are, a distinctly average team. The bullpen leaks runs, with a 4.19ERA and the team ranks 14th in the MLB in scoring runs. Danny Haren pitches for the visitors tonight.

Haren comes in with a 8-11 record and a 4.37ERA, which, again, is average. In his last 3 starts, he has looked weary, with a ratio of 24 hits allowed while only 10 strikeouts. In his last 2 games, he had double the number of fly ball outs than ground ball outs. Not a good sign at all. He looks far too vulnerable and is very likely to get hit for a few big runs.

MINNESOTA TWINS

Brian Duensing goes for the Twins and he fills me with confidence. He has a 6-1 record with a 2.00ERA for the season, including 3-0 and a 2.43ERA in his 5 starts. As a starter, he has pitched 33.1 innings and allowed only 7 walks, 2 homeruns and has 52 ground ball outs against 27 fly ball outs. He will not get hit easily.

The offence he faces isn't that familiar with his pitching, which works in his favour. Behind him is a Minnesota bullpen that is very well rested, thanks to last night's tonking of the Chicago White Sox.

BETTING VERDICT

The Twins have a 38-21 record at home this season (making this a value pick too!) and I can see them meting out some serious punishment to the Angels. Take the Twins to win this one.

The Pick :

Minnesota to win!

FIXED ODDS BETTING :

Take the Minnesota Twins @ 1.70 (Pinnacle) - MAIN BET