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Wednesday April 11 Matchup<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Preview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n PITCHING MATCHUP:<\/strong>\u00a0Angels RH Jered Weaver (1-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Twins RH Carl Pavano (0-1, 5.14 ERA)<\/p>\n Anaheim<\/strong><\/p>\n After a rare Tuesday off day the Angels are giving the ball to Jered Weaver in what will be another lopsided pitching matchup for the Twins. \u00a0Weaver had the most impressive opening start of anyone last week pitching 8 innings while giving up just 4 hits, 0 runs and striking out 10. \u00a0He didn\u2019t walk anybody either. \u00a0Good luck Minnesota.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, manager Mike Scioscia is still waiting for his lineup to catch fire. \u00a0Albert Pujols was the big get but it\u2019s the players he kicked away from first base who have been doing some damage early – Marc Trumbo and Kendyrs Morales are both off to good starts. \u00a0In four games this team has hit just one homer, by Vernon Wells, and Erick Aybar is leading the team in RBI. \u00a0Given the histories of their players that is bound to change quickly. [dfads params=’groups=10&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n Minnesota<\/strong><\/p>\n The Twins have gotten off to a bad start, there is just no other way to put it. \u00a0This was going to be a lean year unless a lot of things broke right and that seems unlikely to happen. \u00a0No team in the Majors has scored fewer runs than the Twins\u2019 6 through 4 games. \u00a0They are batting a combined .165 and that is with Justin Mourneau appearing to be ready to contribute with an early average over .300. \u00a0Only three players on the roster have an average over .167. I know it is early but still.<\/p>\n Things haven\u2019t been much better on the mound. \u00a0Starter Carl Pavano is getting his second turn and looking to improve on a mediocre performance against Baltimore. \u00a0One thing he has going for him is a winning career record against the Angels, but it is hard to win without any run support. \u00a0At some point the Twins will collect their first victory but this doesn\u2019t look like the right spot.<\/p>\n O\/U Pick: \u00a0Over Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2-2) vs Minnesota Twins (0-4) The Angels are looking to build on their series opening win against Minnesota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":22895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[31060,54520,54519,108,3882,111,502,622,11216,54521,14228,27450,3775,691,1028,1266],"class_list":["post-50345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb-baseball","tag-angels","tag-angels-twins","tag-angels-twins-gambling","tag-baseball-handicapping","tag-baseball-lines","tag-baseball-picks","tag-gambling-lines","tag-la","tag-la-angels","tag-la-angels-vs-minnesota-twins","tag-mlb-baseball-previews","tag-mlb-free-pick","tag-mlb-odds","tag-mlb-predictions","tag-predictions","tag-twins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50345"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107940,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50345\/revisions\/107940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTarget Field – Minneapolis, MN
\n8:10PM
\nMoneyline: \u00a0Anaheim -160, Minnesota +170
\nO\/U: \u00a07.5<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nScore Prediction: \u00a0Angels 6 – Twins 2<\/strong><\/p>\nView The MLB Cappers Leaderboard For 2011 \u00a0– Picks Packages for 2012 On Sale! \u2014\u2013><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"