{"id":552,"date":"2024-05-08T10:56:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T14:56:11","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-05-08T10:56:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T14:56:11","slug":"seattle-mariners-vs-minnesota-twins-game-preview-for-may-8-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betutahsports.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/08\/seattle-mariners-vs-minnesota-twins-game-preview-for-may-8-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Mariners vs Minnesota Twins Game Preview for May 8, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the evening of May 8, 2024, the Seattle Mariners are set to battle the Minnesota Twins at Target Field, with first pitch scheduled for 7:40 PM under clear skies. George Kirby will take the mound for Seattle, entering the game with a 3.757 ERA, while Chris Paddack will pitch for Minnesota, sporting a 4.781 ERA.<\/p>\n<p>The Mariners currently sit 6th in the AL West Division with a 16-13 record, a .550 winning percentage, and a strong showing of 7 wins in their last 10 games. The Twins, on the other hand, are placed 8th in the AL Central Division, with a record of 15-13 and a .540 winning percentage, backed by a recent surge that includes 9 wins in their last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of betting odds, the game is set with a point spread of 1.5 and an over\/under total of 7.5 runs. The odds favor the Mariners slightly, with an away team money line of -117, compared to the home team\u2019s -103. These odds suggest a tight match, indicating that bettors expect a closely contested battle, potentially with a narrow margin or lower-scoring outcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the evening of May 8, 2024, the Seattle Mariners are set to battle the Minnesota Twins at Target Field, with first pitch scheduled for 7:40 PM unde<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betutahsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betutahsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betutahsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betutahsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betutahsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betutahsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betutahsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betutahsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betutahsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betutahsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}