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MLB : ATS Matchup
Thursday 4/24/2014Line$ LineOU LineScore
MINNESOTA  NOLASCO )
 
TAMPA BAY  BEDARD )
+1.5  -140

-1.5  +120
+155

-165

7.5un
 
9
Final
7

MINNESOTA (10 - 10) at TAMPA BAY (10 - 11)
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Thursday, 4/24/2014 1:10 PM
RICKY NOLASCO (R) vs. ERIK BEDARD (L)
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
915MINNESOTA+135Ov 8.5,-110+155Ov 7.5,+100
916TAMPA BAY-145Un 8.5,-110-165Un 7.5,-120
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
MINNESOTA - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPRunsAvgOBP
All Games10-10+3.716-45.30.2480.3455.10.2730.339
Road Games5-6+1.810-15.40.2590.3425.60.3000.361
vs Left-handed Starters3-5-1.56-24.60.2270.3155.40.2940.340
Past 7 Games4-3+2.75-25.30.2660.3654.10.2690.325
Dome Games1-1+0.72-04.50.2340.2985.50.2820.349
Day Games7-7+2.611-35.40.2480.3435.10.2700.333
MINNESOTA - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABHEBHR/ABRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games5.30.2480.3452069317255170.0296103188131591811188
Road Games5.40.2590.342113981033380.02555011658711497
Lefty Starters4.60.2270.3158264601960.023434726527463
MINNESOTA - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.451.19470.3272758426565-24450%
Road Games3.671.29641.7171739215293-13350%

TAMPA BAY - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPRunsAvgOBP
All Games10-11-4.411-94.10.2440.3204.00.2390.298
Home Games7-6-29-45.50.2770.3573.80.2260.280
vs Right-handed Starters9-5+2.38-64.90.2660.3402.90.2100.264
Past 7 Games3-4-2.95-25.90.2800.3524.70.2360.289
Dome Games7-6-29-45.50.2770.3573.80.2260.280
Day Games2-6-5.23-52.50.2140.2954.50.2360.301
TAMPA BAY - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABHEBHR/ABRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.10.2440.3202171317460180.0381801467162177148
Home Games5.50.2770.3571345512644120.03675791610911375
Righty Starters4.90.2660.3401447712744120.03645388710895108
TAMPA BAY - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.061.11870.7272453526573-340100%
Home Games2.661.01447.3161434314372-310100%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
MINNESOTA - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
4/10/2014PELFREY(R)OAKLANDSTRAILY(R)1-6L+1258.5 unU34013100
4/11/2014GIBSON(R)KANSAS CITYCHEN(L)10-1W+1158 unO1190571
4/12/2014NOLASCO(R)KANSAS CITYSHIELDS(R)7-1W+1307.5 unO640662
4/13/2014CORREIA(R)KANSAS CITYVARGAS(L)4-3W+1158 unU552741
4/15/2014HUGHES(R)TORONTOMORROW(R)3-9L+1157.5 ovO71111491
4/17/2014GIBSON(R)TORONTODICKEY(R)7-0W+1107.5 unU1082442
4/17/2014PELFREY(R)TORONTOMCGOWAN(R)9-5W+1208 unO81028110
4/18/2014NOLASCO(R)@ KANSAS CITYVARGAS(L)0-5L1357.5 unU8701160
4/19/2014CORREIA(R)@ KANSAS CITYCHEN(L)4-5L1358.5 unO8811080
4/20/2014HUGHES(R)@ KANSAS CITYVENTURA(R)8-3W1708 unO131101181
4/22/2014GIBSON(R)@ TAMPA BAYPRICE(L)3-7L2057.5 unO6301380
4/23/2014PELFREY(R)@ TAMPA BAYODORIZZI(R)6-4W1708.5 unO121019110
4/24/2014NOLASCO(R)@ TAMPA BAYBEDARD(L) 
4/25/2014CORREIA(R)DETROITPORCELLO(R) 
4/26/2014HUGHES(R)DETROITSANCHEZ(R) 
4/27/2014GIBSON(R)DETROITVERLANDER(R) 
4/29/2014PELFREY(R)LA DODGERSGREINKE(R) 
4/30/2014NOLASCO(R)LA DODGERSHAREN(R) 
5/1/2014 LA DODGERS  

TAMPA BAY - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
4/11/2014PRICE(L)@ CINCINNATICUETO(R)2-1W-1157 unU690470
4/12/2014COBB(R)@ CINCINNATISIMON(R)1-0W-1257.5 unU550430
4/13/2014RAMOS(L)@ CINCINNATICINGRANI(L)4-12L1157.5 ovO7811380
4/14/2014ARCHER(R)@ BALTIMORECHEN(L)1-7L-1158 ovP6501370
4/16/2014ODORIZZI(R)@ BALTIMOREGONZALEZ(R)0-3L-1058.5 unU691670
4/17/2014PRICE(L)NY YANKEESSABATHIA(L)2-10L-1706.5 ovO7711671
4/18/2014BEDARD(L)NY YANKEESKURODA(R)11-5W-1107.5 unO1691870
4/19/2014ARCHER(R)NY YANKEESNOVA(R)16-1W-1357.5 evO1660311
4/20/2014RAMOS(L)NY YANKEESNUNO(L)1-5L-1358.5 unU61101093
4/22/2014PRICE(L)MINNESOTAGIBSON(R)7-3W-2257.5 unO1380630
4/23/2014ODORIZZI(R)MINNESOTAPELFREY(R)4-6L-1808.5 unO911012101
4/24/2014BEDARD(L)MINNESOTANOLASCO(R) 
4/25/2014ARCHER(R)@ CHI WHITE SOXJOHNSON(R) 
4/26/2014RAMOS(L)@ CHI WHITE SOXDANKS(L) 
4/27/2014PRICE(L)@ CHI WHITE SOXLEESMAN(L) 
4/28/2014ODORIZZI(R)@ CHI WHITE SOXRIENZO(R) 
4/29/2014BEDARD(L)@ BOSTONLACKEY(R) 
4/30/2014ARCHER(R)@ BOSTONDOUBRONT(L) 
5/1/2014 @ BOSTON  
KEY GAME INFORMATION
MINNESOTA: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The number is staggering. In the past three years, the Minnesota Twins have lost 291 games. Ninety-nine in 2011. Ninety-six each of the last two seasons.
A team that was once viewed as a model for succeeding and competing with modest financial resources has been an afterthought for too long now. They have finished last in the AL Central twice and were fourth last season.
So the Twins shed their frugal ways in the offseason, shelling out $73 million to bring in Ricky Nolasco and Phil Hughes to bolster a lagging rotation. They also brought back manager Ron Gardenhire on a two-year deal and moved Joe Mauer from catcher to first base in an effort to protect their franchise player from injury.
''They made a statement: `We don't want to see this again. We don't want to go through this again this summer,''' Gardenhire said.
The Twins said goodbye to longtime first baseman Justin Morneau late last season when general manager Terry Ryan traded him to the Pirates in a stretch-run deal. There weren't many other changes to an offense that has struggled to score runs, but the upgrades to the rotation have given the holdovers some peace of mind that they won't have to score seven runs a game to have a chance to win.
''It's night and day to be honest with you. Terry went out and spent some money on some good arms in Nolasco and Hughes,'' second baseman Brian Dozier said. ''Hughes had a bad year last year but is an All-Star pitcher and I think moving to this park will help him a lot. I think just getting out of New York to be honest with you. ... So we needed to address our pitching staff and Terry did that, and I'm happy about it.''
TAMPA BAY: ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The Tampa Bay Rays feel they have everything it takes to win the World Series and aren't afraid to say it.
The budget-minded franchise that's played into October four out of the past six seasons boosted payroll instead of cutting back this winter in hopes of making another strong run for the playoffs.
''The goal is to be the team that plays the last game of the year and win,'' third baseman Evan Longoria said.
''I felt like we were really close to breaking through last year,'' the three-time AL All-Star added. ''And with the team that we have this year, I'm really excited to go out and try to prove to ourselves that we are good enough to do that.''
The Rays won 92 games a year ago, including a Game 163 tie-breaker to claim a wild-card spot, and have compiled the second-best record in baseball over the past six seasons.
That's not enough for manager Joe Maddon and a hungry collection of players who reported to spring training feeling as if there's unfinished business to tend to after losing to eventual World Series champion Boston in the AL division round.
''I love that our guys feel and think that way. I think it's great,'' Maddon said.
''You'll hear that rhetoric in a lot of clubhouses, whether it's baseball, football or basketball, but you've got to back it up. You have to really believe it. Not just say it,'' he said. ''Some groups say it because they're supposed to say it. Some groups say it because they believe it. Our guys believe it.''
That confidence was bolstered by the Rays' ability to keep most of the key components from last year's roster together, including lefty David Price, who anchors one of baseball's deepest pitching rotations.
Price and just about everybody else expected the 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner to be traded, however the Rays wound up giving him a $14 million one-year deal, in addition to re-signing first baseman James Loney and landing free agent closer Grant Balfour in moves that represent a big chunk of a club-record payroll of around $80 million.
Andrew Friedman, the team's vice president of baseball operations, also traded for catcher Ryan Hanigan and infielder Logan Forsythe to give Maddon additional flexibility filling out a batting order around Longoria and 2013 AL rookie of the year Wil Myers.
''Talent can't win every game for you, but it's a good start,'' said Loney, who signed a three-year, $21 million deal - largest since Tampa Bay has given to a free agent since Stuart Sternberg became principal owner.
''If we can stay healthy, if we can do the things we're capable of doing,'' second baseman Ben Zobrist add, ''we certainly have as good or better chance than any other team in the league to win it all.''
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (MINNESOTA-TAMPA BAY) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*Twins-Rays Preview* ====================

By TAYLOR BECHTOLD STATS Writer

Minnesota (10-10) at Tampa Bay (10-11), 1:10 p.m. EDT

Minnesota took a chance on Ricky Nolasco in the offseason after he pitched well down the stretch in 2013, but so far the Twins haven't gotten the results they were hoping for.

The right-hander looks to avoid his third loss and a sixth straight defeat against the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday when red-hot Chris Colabello and the Twins try to take two of three at Tropicana Field.

Nolasco (1-2, 6.08 ERA) hasn't won more than 13 games in a season since 2010, but he went 8-3 with a 3.52 ERA in 16 appearances for the Los Angeles Dodgers after they acquired him in a mid-season trade.

The Twins (10-10) signed him to a four-year, $49 million deal in December with the hopes that he could provide a steady presence at the front end of the rotation. Instead, the opening day starter has been knocked around in three of his four outings.

Although he allowed one run over eight innings to win his only home start, Nolasco has gone 0-2 with an 8.62 ERA in three road outings. He surrendered five runs and a season-high 11 hits over 5 2-3 frames in Friday's 5-0 loss at Kansas City.

"It's not tough," Nolasco said. "You just have to go out and keep making pitches."

Nolasco certainly hasn't done much to help a Minnesota rotation that has a 6.16 ERA over its last seven games and owns an AL-worst 5.74 mark on the season. He might have a tough time turning it around since he's posted a 9.82 ERA while losing five consecutive starts versus Tampa Bay (10-11).

Logan Forsythe, Matt Joyce and Ben Zobrist have gone a combined 10 for 17 with three home runs and eight RBIs when facing Nolasco since 2010. However, they went 1 for 10 Wednesday as Minnesota evened the series with a 6-4 victory in 12 innings.

Colabello came up big again for the Twins with his second homer of the series before delivering a go-ahead two-run single in the 12th. The right fielder has batted .441 with 12 RBIs over an eight-game hitting streak.

He also finished with four RBIs, raising his league-leading total to 26 while matching the franchise record for April that Kirby Puckett set in 1994.

"He's made some adjustments and we'll see how long he can keep it going, but he's putting a lot of great swings out there, driving the baseball," manager Ron Gardenhire said.

Tampa Bay's Erik Bedard (0-0, 6.35), who was called up last week to work out of the bullpen, will get another start after an oblique injury to Alex Cobb thinned the rotation.

The veteran left-hander allowed four runs over just 3 2-3 innings in Friday's 11-5 home win over the New York Yankees. He's pitched well against the Twins, going 2-0 with a 2.76 ERA in his last six starts dating to his time with Seattle.

The Rays' Desmond Jennings has gone 5 for 10 in the series after sitting out three games with a groin injury.

Tampa Bay has been all or nothing offensively during a 3-6 stretch, totaling 34 runs with six homers in wins and only 12 runs with three homers in the losses.


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