Twins at Diamondbacks Odds, Line, Total, Favorite and Predictions – Free MLB Picks 5-20-11

Free MLB Picks and Odds: Minnesota Twins at Arizona Diamondbacks Favorite, Moneyline, Total and Predictions 5/20/11: And the surge continues. The Minnesota Twins seem to finally be breaking out of their early season funk and have managed to string together three consecutive wins. Yesterdays win was their most dominant of the season as they pounded in 11 runs, while giving up 1. Justin Morneau connected on a two run shot to straight away centre, a sign that the Canadian all-star might be ready to break loose. The Twins will send Brian Duensing to the mound tonight in hopes of an opening game win. Duensing has regressed in his ability and production from a season past and he is no longer the lethal threat on the mound as he once was. He will enter tonight’s tilt owning a 2-3 record and an ERA of 4.26, numbers that he has never been accustomed too. He is offering up to many hittable pitches and his velocity is extremely down.

The Arizona Diamondbacks are set to kick off the interleague schedule in top form, the baseball club has been hitting the ball at top level over the past week and are currently on a three game winning streak. Tonight the Diamondbacks will send their coveted young ace in Ian Kennedy to the mound who will be looking for his 5th win on the season. The south-paw hurler has a 4-1 record on the season with a 3.05 ERA and 53 strike-outs. He loves to work quickly and is quite good at keeping men on the bases. He also seems to be getting increasingly lethal, he owns a 1.50 ERA over his last 6 starts. The Diamondbacks, who do not possess a lethal hitting unit, must rely on sound pitching this season to put them in the mix come late September.

Tonight we will recommend a play on the Arizona Diamondbacks on home field(Get the latest line at BetGuardian). Whenever the American League travels to the National League it always favors the home National League club. Reasons being, American League clubs are just not mentally prepared to sacrifice their designated hitter for their pitcher. American League pitchers are also not as well groomed in the batting box as their counterparts on the National League side and we often see easy outs accumulated. The Minnesota Twins, for all of their recent success, are still not a good ball club this year and have glaring needs all over the field. Pitching has been a huge concern for this Twins club, they are in the bottom five in team pitching and are dead last in base on balls average. The Diamondbacks have been playing pretty solid lately and are clawing their way back up the NL West ranks. The throw out a well rounded line up on each given night and their pitching rotation in one of the units to watch for as the season progresses. Minnesota is 3-9 SU in its last 12 games and is 3-7 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Arizona. Arizona is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games and is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home. We will consider the Diamondbacks kicking off the three game set with a win here tonight. Cheers!

Free Pick: Arizona Diamondbacks -160(moneyline)

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