Los Angeles at Minnesota

The Minnesotta Twins are on a 14-2 run. A lot of our winnings over the past week and a half have come from selective backing hot teams (or fading cold ones) and I like this game here for the same reason. It's hard to believe but the same Twins that found themselves well below .500 earlier this season now own a sturdy 39-35 overall record and a great home record. As bad as they are on the road (15-25), they are a stellar 24-10 at home. They face the Dodgers today who have come off a sweep of the lowly Pirates. But those three games and a win against Seattle aside, they have been struggling, especially on the road where they have lost five of their last six. LA is just 4-11 this season as a small road favorite of -100 to -150. Carlos Silva and young Billingsley are on the mound today, but I expect the more experienced Silva to pitch well. Considering how hot the Twins have been of late and the relative stagnant play of the Dodgers, it is a sound bet here to take the slight home favorite with the Twins and Silva who has been pitching better of last after a rough start. Keep in mind that many of his losses were due to the Twins not scoring runs, which they are now doing. The Twins are 7-0 in their last series of interleague games against right handers while the Dodgers are 0-12 over the past two seasons in interleague play. Twins here.