Marc Lawrence
ATLANTA BRAVES
Tony George
KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Opposite Action Plays
MINNESOTA TWINS
Lenny Del Genio
MINNESOTA TWINS
JB Sports
UTAH JAZZ
Ron Raymond
Blue Jays/Twins Under
Nick Parsons
OAKLAND ATHLETICS
ROOT
Chairman - Milwaukee Brewers
Millionaire - Kansas City Royals
No Limit - Oakland A's
Kyle Bales
10* NY Yankees/Burnett +110
5* LA Angels/Loux -110
Dr. Bond
12* Atl / Mia Under 191
SEABASS
300* Atlanta
100* 76ers
50* NY Yanks
100* Cinn/Milw Over
100* Arz
Kelso
25 units Utah Jazz
5 units 76er’s
10 units Baltimore/Texas Over
5 units St. Louis Cardinals
EZ Winners
2* Tex Rangers
Teddy Covers
20* Big Ticket: Texas Over 11 -115
Larry Ness
Club-70 Play-MLB (75.6% situation)
The Twins missed the postseason last year, losing a one-game playoff 1-0 at Chicago to the White Sox. If the Twins had won even ONE game vs Toronto last year (Blue Jays won the season series 6-0), the Twins would not have advanced to the postseason. The Blue Jays and Twins met for the first time in 2009 last night in Minnesota and it was deja vu all over again. Toronto's Travis Snider hit two HRs, including a go-ahead two-run shot in the eighth inning, as the Blue Jays rallied (Jays trailed 6-3 after five innings) to beat the Twins 8-6. The win was Toronto's 10th consecutive over Minnesota, which has now been outscored 22-7 during a current three-game losing streak. Unlike the 3-5 Twins, the Jays are off to a 6-2 start and will hand the ball to Ricky Romero. Romero outpitched Rick Porcello of Detroit last Thursday in a 6-2 win. It marked the first matchup of former first-round draft picks making their major league debuts against each other. He allowed two runs and seven hits in six innings, struck out five and walked two, throwing 93 pitches. Now, he'll try to duplicate that success on the road. The Jays will be looking for their 11th straight win over the Twins but it's hard to ignore (despite Minnesota's shaky start) the team's 53-28 home mark last year, when the Twins won more money (plus-$1,854) in their home park than any team in MLB not named the Rays. It's also worth noting that Romero is a lefty and the Twins went 18-5 in home games vs left-handers, averaging 5.3 RPG (Twins are 1-0 vs lefties at home in '09). Toronto would love to rest its bullpen tonight, as its relievers combined to allow 10 ERs in 10.1 innings during the weekend's three-game series in Cleveland and after last night's game, has yielded 12 of its 13 runs on the season over the last four contests. Minnesota will counter Romero with a lefty of its own, Glen Perkins. Perkins made 23 appearances in 2006 and 2007, all out of the bullpen. However, all 26 of his appearances last season (was called up to the majors in early May and stayed the rest of the year) came as a starter and he went a solid 12-4 with a 4.41 ERA (team was 16-10 in his starts). Perkins gave up just one run and five hits over eight innings in his first start of the season last Thursday afternoon against Seattle. He struck out four but that wasn't quite good enough against Jarrod Washburn, who did not allow a run in eight innings of a 2-0 game. Seattle hit Perkins hard in the first inning. Endy Chavez lined out, Franklin Gutierrez missed a homer by about three feet and settled for a double and Mike Sweeney lined out to right field. Beltre followed with an RBI single for a 1-0 lead. However, the lefty settled down after that and never really ran into trouble. Only two Mariners reached second base and Perkins retired 14 of the last 15 hitters he faced. The Twins are counting on Perkins to pitch well again, as Minnesota pitchers have allowed 21 ERs for a 7.56 ERA over the team's three-game slide. Perkins will face a Toronto team which was just 5-12 vs left-handers last year in road night games, while averaging only 3.1 RPG. This will be the first lefty the Blue Jays have faced on the road in 2009. Going against the Blue Jays on the road vs lefties in night games last year gave bettors a 12-5 mark, while backing the Twins vs lefties at home since the beginning of last year gave bettors a 19-5 mark. That's a combined mark of 31-10, or 75.6 percent. Not bad.
Club-70 Play on the Min Twins.