MLB Baseball
2011-08-17 - Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers
A Sports Betting Pick by Addicted
Baseball : North America : MLB
Tuesday, August 17th, 2011, 7:05PM US
(12:05AM GMT)
PREVIEW
Detroit got back into the win column last night with a win over the Twins, and will seek to continue their dominance over Minnesota with another tonight. Detroit have won 9 of the last 11 against the Twins this season.
Detroit have levelled the series and will send out Brad Penny to help them win it. Penny is 8-9 with a 4.99ERA and the concerns with him are the 4 runs he has given up at the very least in his last 4 games. However, this game is played at home in Detroit, where Penny has been much better. In 13 home starts, Penny is working to a 3.98ERA.
Penny is 2-1 with a 5.64ERA against the Twins in 5 career starts.
The Minnesota Twins start Carl Pavano tonight. He is 6-9 with a 4.55ERA and although he pitched well in his last 2 games, he is now on the road, where he has not been good at all. Away from home, Pavano is working to a 5.77ERA through 14 starts. Also, despite pitching well in those last 2 games, he did not pick up a win. This is a problem with the Minny offence, that is not helping him out.
In his last start against Detroit was this season, and he got hit for 5 runs in 6 innings. Overall, he is 5-3 with a 4.12ERA against the Tigers.
TEAM STATS
Minnesota Twins
Overall 53-68, Streak L1
Detroit Tigers
Overall 65-57, Streak W1
BETTING VERDICT
The Tigers seem to have the Twins number, and should be able to build on that 7-1 win last night. Minnesota have lost 11 of their last 13 matches in Detroit so I shall go with the home team.
The Pick :
Detroit Tigers
