The Minnesota Twins and the New York Yankees will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Yankee Stadium in Game 3 of their ALDS.
Brian Duensing will be the starting pitcher for the Twins on this day. Lefthander Duensing was 7-2 this season with a 3.05 ERA.
Starting this game for the Yankees will be Philip Hughes. The righthander had a 4.23 ERA to go along with a 17-8 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Yankees listed as 178-moneyline favorites versus the Twins, while the game's total is sitting at 9.
Lance Berkman homered and drove in a pair of runs on Thursday and the Yankees defeated the Twins 5-2 in Game 2 to go up 2-0 in their ALDS. The Yankees won that game as -120 favorites, while the nine runs went as a PUSH against the posted over/under (9) set by sportsbooks.
Andy Pettitte scattered five hits and two runs over seven innings in the win, while Mariano Rivera closed out the ninth for his second save of the postseason.
Carl Pavano was tagged with the loss for the Twins, allowing 10 hits and four runs over six innings.
Team records:
Minnesota: 94-68 SU
New York: 95-67 SU
Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing NY Yankees are 1-9
After playing NY Yankees are 5-5
After a loss are 3-7
New York most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing Minnesota are 7-3
After playing Minnesota are 8-2
After a win are 3-7
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Minnesota's last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Minnesota's last 11 games when playing NY Yankees
The total has gone OVER in 11 of Minnesota's last 16 games
NY Yankees are 12-1 SU in their last 13 games when playing at home against Minnesota
NY Yankees are 16-2 SU in their last 18 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Yankees's last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees's last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota
Next up:
NY Yankees home to Minnesota, Sunday, October 10
Brian Duensing will be the starting pitcher for the Twins on this day. Lefthander Duensing was 7-2 this season with a 3.05 ERA.
Starting this game for the Yankees will be Philip Hughes. The righthander had a 4.23 ERA to go along with a 17-8 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Yankees listed as 178-moneyline favorites versus the Twins, while the game's total is sitting at 9.
Lance Berkman homered and drove in a pair of runs on Thursday and the Yankees defeated the Twins 5-2 in Game 2 to go up 2-0 in their ALDS. The Yankees won that game as -120 favorites, while the nine runs went as a PUSH against the posted over/under (9) set by sportsbooks.
Andy Pettitte scattered five hits and two runs over seven innings in the win, while Mariano Rivera closed out the ninth for his second save of the postseason.
Carl Pavano was tagged with the loss for the Twins, allowing 10 hits and four runs over six innings.
Team records:
Minnesota: 94-68 SU
New York: 95-67 SU
Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing NY Yankees are 1-9
After playing NY Yankees are 5-5
After a loss are 3-7
New York most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing Minnesota are 7-3
After playing Minnesota are 8-2
After a win are 3-7
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Minnesota's last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Minnesota's last 11 games when playing NY Yankees
The total has gone OVER in 11 of Minnesota's last 16 games
NY Yankees are 12-1 SU in their last 13 games when playing at home against Minnesota
NY Yankees are 16-2 SU in their last 18 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Yankees's last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees's last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota
Next up:
NY Yankees home to Minnesota, Sunday, October 10