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MLB Matchup
Rays vs Twins Game Time: 8:10 p.m. ET Stadium: Metrodome Surface: Turf

Tampa Bay
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
4/18/09		Cws	3-8	N/t	-160	-165	8.0-120	8.0-130	Kazmir,sc	L	O
4/19/09		Cws	2-12	D/t	-160	-170	9.0+100	9.0-110	Garza,ma	L	O
4/21/09	At	Sea	2-4	N/g	-117	+100	8.5-115	8.5+100	Sonnanstine	L	U
4/22/09	At	Sea	9-3	N/g	+110	+102	9.0-120	9.0-110	Niemann,je	W	O
4/23/09	At	Sea	0-1	D/g	-120	+100	7.5-110	7.5-110	Shields,ja	L	U
4/24/09	At	Oak	8-2	N/g	+115	+120	8.5+105	8.0-105	Kazmir,sc	W	O
4/25/09	At	Oak	2-5	D/g	+105	+105	8.5+100	8.5-110	Garza,ma	L	U
4/26/09	At	Oak	1-7	D/g	+105	-105	9.0-125	9.0-105	Sonnanstine	L	U
4/27/09	At	Min	7-1	N/t	-120	-115	9.5-105	9.5+105	Niemann,je	W	U
4/28/09	At	Min	3-4	N/t	-102	+110	8.0-110	8.0+100	Shields,ja	L	U
Minnesota
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
4/17/09		Laa	11-9	N/t	-125	-112	9.0-120	9.0+105	Blackburn,ni	W	O
4/18/09		Laa	9-2	N/t	-130	-125	9.5+100	9.0-110	Slowey,ke	W	O
4/19/09		Laa	3-1	D/t	-140	-140	9.0-110	9.0-110	Perkins,gl	W	U
4/22/09	At	Bos	3-7	N/g	-135	-130	9.0-130	9.5-120	Liriano,fr	L	O
4/22/09	At	Bos	1-10	D/g	-160	-150	9.5-110	9.5-105	Baker,sc	L	O
4/24/09	At	Cle	5-1	N/g	-135	-145	10.5-110	10.0-110	Blackburn,ni	W	U
4/25/09	At	Cle	7-1	N/g	-125	-125	10.0-130	10.5+100	Slowey,ke	W	U
4/26/09	At	Cle	2-4	D/g	-120	-133	9.0-125	9.0-135	Perkins,gl	L	U
4/27/09		Tb	1-7	N/t	-120	-115	9.5-105	9.5+105	Baker,sc	L	U
4/28/09		Tb	4-3	N/t	-102	+110	8.0-110	8.0+100	Liriano,fr	W	U

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
4/16/08	Tb	6-5	N/t	-115	+110	8.0-120	8.5+100	Rincon,ju	W	O
4/17/08	Tb	3-7	N/t	-130	-120	9.0-110	9.0-120	Hammel,ja	L	O
9/18/08	Min	8-11	N/t	-170	-160	8.0-120	8.5+100	Guardado,ed	L	O
9/19/08	Min	11-1	N/t	+110	-121	9.0-120	9.0-135	Jackson,ed	W	O
9/20/08	Min	7-2	D/t	-180	-155	8.0+100	8.0-110	Kazmir,sc	W	O
9/21/08	Min	1-4	D/t	-105	-105	8.5+110	8.0-120	Liriano,fr	L	U
4/27/09	Tb	1-7	N/t	-120	-115	9.5-105	9.5+105	Niemann,je	L	U
4/28/09	Tb	4-3	N/t	-102	+110	8.0-110	8.0+100	Nathan,jo	W	U

W/L Record Comparison

Tampa Bay
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		2-5	-455	6-8	-208	8-13	-663
Last	10	0-2	-335	3-5	-255	3-7	-590
Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		7-6	-40	3-5	-135	10-11	-175
Last	10	4-1	+295	2-3	-50	6-4	+245
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Tampa	Bay	2-6	6-7	5-7	3-6	5-8	3-3
Minnesota		1-5	9-6	3-5	7-6	5-6	4-5

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Tampa Bay
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		5-2	+280	4-10	-655	9-12	-375
Last	10	2-0	+200	2-6	-430	4-6	-230
Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		7-6	+50	3-5	-260	10-11	-210
Last	10	2-3	-115	2-3	-145	4-6	-260

Value Index

 
                            LV MONEY LINE
                            OPEN  CURRENT  VALUE INDEX  VI LINE   VI EDGE
(KAZMIR,SC)    - TB         -125   -127       -180                   
(BLACKBURN,NI) - MIN                          -180       -105        22

                            LV OVER/UNDER
                            OPEN  CURRENT  VALUE INDEX  VI EDGE
OVER/UNDER                  8.0    8.0         8.0        PK

Away Pitcher

TAMPA BAY RAYS -- KAZMIR,SCOTT (L)
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Day		Ngt		Grs		Trf
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Away	2	2	0	12.0	7	1	1	6	6	0.75	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
Home	2	1	1	10.2	11	9	9	6	11	7.59	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Total	4	3	1	22.2	18	10	10	12	17	3.97	0	0	3	1	2	0	1	1

2009 BULLPEN FOR KAZMIR,SCOTT
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4	13.1	7	7	4.73	12	7	11	1	0	0	1	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/08/09	at BOS	7-2	W	6.0	1	1	5	3	4	0	-140	-145	8.5-120	8.5-105
4/13/09	NYY	15-5	W	6.2	3	3	6	0	6	1	-125	-153	9.0-105	9.0+105
4/18/09	CWS	3-8	L	4.0	6	6	5	6	5	2	-160	-165	8.0-120	8.0-130
4/24/09	at OAK	8-2	W	6.0	0	0	2	3	2	0	+115	+120	8.5+105	8.0-105

VS. Opponent ( Last 5 Starts - Since 1997)
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
9/20/08	MIN	7-2	W	6.0	0	0	5	1	5	0	-180	-155	8.0+100	8.0-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4/24/09	at OAK	3.0	2	2	6.00	3	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
4/25/09	at OAK	2.1	1	1	3.86	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
4/26/09	at OAK	4.0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/27/09	at MIN	3.1	0	0	0.00	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
4/28/09	at MIN	2.0	1	1	4.50	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

MINNESOTA TWINS -- BLACKBURN,NICK (R)
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Day		Ngt		Grs		Trf
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Away	2	1	1	13.0	12	5	4	1	5	2.77	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Home	2	0	0	11.1	16	8	8	5	4	6.35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	4	1	1	24.1	28	13	12	6	9	4.44	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR BLACKBURN,NICK
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4	10.2	8	8	6.75	12	3	11	1	2	0	1	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/07/09	SEA	6-5		5.0	4	4	8	3	1	0	-120	-105	8.0-120	8.0-105
4/12/09	at CWS	1-6	L	6.0	4	3	6	1	1	1	-135	-145	8.5-115	9.0+100
4/17/09	LAA	11-9		6.1	4	4	8	2	3	0	-125	-112	9.0-120	9.0+105
4/24/09	at CLE	5-1	W	7.0	1	1	6	0	4	0	-135	-145	10.5-110	10.0-110

VS. Opponent ( Last 5 Starts - Since 1997)
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
9/19/08	at TB	1-11	L	1.1	6	6	6	3	0	0	+110	-121	9.0-120	9.0-135

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4/24/09	at CLE	2.0	0	0	0.00	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
4/25/09	at CLE	1.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4/26/09	at CLE	3.0	0	0	0.00	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
4/27/09	TB	3.0	3	3	9.00	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
4/28/09	TB	2.1	1	1	3.86	2	2	3	1	1	0	0	1

Updated Wed, Apr 29 4:05 PM EST

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