posted June 18, 2008 at 17:38 in MLB Betting Trends
MLB Baseball Betting - Washington Nationals vs. Minnesota Twins
The Twins have been on fire lately. They will be looking to secure their fifth sports betting victory in seven games when they take on the last place Washington Nationals in the second of a three-game interleague betting series. The Twins won Tuesday night’s game by a 2 to 1 score. They send pitcher Kevin Slowey to the mound for this game. Slowey doesn’t have a winning record at 3 and 6 and his ERA isn’t all that great at 4.70 but the Nationals are a terrible team. For baseball betting fans, Slowey presents a somewhat interesting dilemma. He’s not that good but he faces a bad team. Will he show up? If he does, then he might be a very good online betting option.
The Washington Nationals counter with pitcher Jason Bergmann. As awful as Slowey has been this season, Bergmann has been worse. Bergmann’s record is 1 and 4. His ERA is an atrocious 5.48. MLB betting fans can’t seriously think about making an online wager on Jason Bergmann, can they?
Here are the BetUS online betting MLB odds for this game.
Washington Nationals
Jason Bergmann – R + 1 ½ - 150 + 135 O 8 ½ - 120
Minnesota Twins
Kevin Slowey – R - 1 ½ + 130 - 155 U 8 ½ Ev
Here are a few online wagering trends that might help us find a good online bet in this game:
The Washington Nationals are 4 and 1 in their last 5 interleague games.
The Washington Nationals are 1 and 4 in Jason Bergmann’s last 5 starts on the road.
The Minnesota Twins are 3 and 7 in Kevin Slowey’s last 10 overall starts.
The Minnesota Twins are 32 and 12 in their last 44 interleague games.
The Twins look to dominate the Nationals in this game. Last night’s affair ended at 2 to 1, but I expect the Twins to put up a few more runs against Jason Bergmann then they did versus John Lannan last night.
Lannan is the National’s top pitcher. Bergmann isn’t that good.
Because of that it makes sense to go ahead and give up the 1 ½ runs on Kevin Slowey to keep this game close while his teammates hit Bergmann for a good 3 or 4 runs. Slowey isn’t dominating, but the odds justify the online bet.
I’ll be making an online wager on Kevin Slowey for the Minnesota Twins to keep the Washington Nationals off the board today at – 1 ½ runs and + 130.
I’m going to need help from the Nationals’ bats, but I think I’ll get it.
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