LENNY DEL GENIO
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20* Minnesota -110
The White Sox were Red Hot going into the All Star break having won 25 of their last 30 games. Can the winning continue? We don’t think so. The worse thing that could have happened for the Sox is the three day break. Tonight they open a big four game series in Minnesota. The Twins now trail these first place White Sox by 3.5 games. Chicago sends lefty Danks to the hill tonight while the Twins counter with Slowey. Danks is coming off a great outing, a complete game shutout over the Angels where he allowed only two hits while striking out seven. However, Danks has struggled a bit on the road this season with a 4-3 TSR and a 4.29 ERA. For the Twins, Slowey has had an up and down season, but at home he’s been very effective this season with a 3.54 ERA and 6-3 TSR. In his last two starts he’s shown excellent control walking only one batter in each outing. This sets up a very strong situation for Slowey as he has a 14-2 TSR after walking one or less batters in his last two starts. The Twins come into this game having lost six of eight games, a situation that they are excellent in posting a 15-3 record over the last two seasons. Minnesota has owned these White Sox winning 16 of the last 20 games and we think they’ll beat them again tonight.