Minnesota Twins at San Diego Padres Preview 6/24/08
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Minnesota Twins (40-36) at San Diego Padres (32-45)
Tuesday, 10:05 pm Eastern
The red-hot Minnesota Twins head into San Diego on Tuesday to begin a series with the Padres. The Twins have won six straight and eight of nine to move just 1.5 games back of the White Sox for first place in the American League Central. To continue that streak they will have to defeat Jake Peavy on Tuesday night.
Check out the current line for this game at SBG Global.
The Twins are now 9-3 in Interleague play and seem better suited to take on National League teams. “We kind of match up a little better,” manager Ron Gardenhire said, “We are a team that can bunt, we are a team that can scratch out runs, we don’t rely on the big home runs. So we kind of can play National League baseball.” The Twins send Kevin Slowey to the mound on Tuesday. He is 4-6 with a 4.37 ERA. He gave up one run and seven hits in six innings last Wednesday in an 11-2 win over Washington.
San Diego continues to struggle and even Jake Peavy is barely above .500 despite a 2.88 ERA. His 5-4 record is indicative of the lack of run support he receives. He also has not been the same since going on the DL. He went just four innings last Wednesday against the Yankees and gave up four runs and six hits. “His stuff was good,” manager Bud Black said. “His velocity was there.” Peavy has pitched against the Twins only once in his career, giving up three runs in 6 2/3 innings. Overall the Padres have lost six of their last seven games. The Twins and Padres have split six meetings in their history with each team winning two of three on the road.
Here are the MLB betting stats for Tuesday’s game. The Twins are 4-0 in their last 4 games vs. a right-handed starter. The Twins are 6-0 in their last 6 overall. The Twins are 7-2 in their last 9 vs. the National League West.
The Twins are 37-14 in their last 51 Interleague games. The Twins are 3-7 in their last 10 games as a road underdog.
The Padres are 5-1 in their last 6 home games vs. a right-handed starter. The Padres are 8-3 in their last 11 games as a home favorite. The Padres are 4-9 in their last 13 vs. the American League Central. The Padres are 3-10 in their last 13 Interleague home games. The Padres are 1-6 in their last 7 overall. The Padres are 2-6 in Peavy’s last 8 starts.
The Under is 5-1 in the Twins last 6 vs. the National League West. The Over is 8-2 in the Twins last 10 road games. The Over is 9-3 in the Twins last 12 games as an underdog. The Over is 11-5 in the Twins last 16 overall.
The Over is 4-1-1 in the Padres last 6 vs. the American League Central. The Under is 20-8 in the Padres last 28 games as a home favorite. The Over is 5-1 in Peavy’s last 6 starts vs. the American League Central. The Over is 4-1 in Peavy’s last 5 starts overall. The Under is 20-7-2 in Peavy’s last 29 starts as a home favorite.
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The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) June 26, 1988 | Peter Hotton, Globe Staff Q. How can I paint my new, primed, insulated steel door outside and in? — Nancy Daggett, Holliston.
A. Three choices outside: Latex house paint or trim paint; oil-based house paint; oil-based indoor-outdoor enamel. Color: Primary colors are best, to contrast with the rest of the house and to say “welcome” to visitors: yellow, orange, bright red, barn red, moss green, even black. Avoid pastels, violet, purple and blue. Inside: The paint you used for the woodwork.
Q. How can I get rid of ants in my yard? I don’t want to use Diazinon because it is dangerous to animals. — Karol McLaughlin, Reading.
A. Boiling water will keep you ahead of ants, but it won’t do the grass much good. You will kill the grass. If you have a lot of ants on a brick patio, then the boiling water will be effective. If you do use boiling water, use it consistently, twice a day, for as long as there are ants around. A bonus is the killing of weeds between the bricks. here how to paint
Q. My house has a crawl space 50 by 25 by 3 feet high. At one end is a 5,000-watt blower. I’d like to partition off the area where the water pipes are. Without a partition, I would have to heat the whole area. I want the partition portable so I could take it down in the spring. I need ventilation because I have a moisture problem. What can I use for the partition walls? — R.J.M, Kennebunkport, Maine.
A. You’re heating 3,750 cubic feet of space for little good reason. You’ll be better off not heating the crawl space; then insulate the pipes, if they come up through the ground and into the crawl space, with heavy foam tube insulation. Where the pipes go under the ceiling (floor above), you can insulate them with foam insulation, and also on the outside of the pipes. In fact, insulating the entire crawl space ceiling would help save heat, and if the pipes are between insulation and the ceiling, they won’t freeze. Cover the vents during winter, and open them in April. Partition walls don’t sound very practical, but, if necessary, build them by constructing a 2 x 3 frame covered with 1/4-inch tempered hardboard. They’ll be light in weight and easily moved.
Q. Over the last four years, I made the mistake of waxing my parquet floors and the bathroom tile floor. Needless to say, I have wax buildup, the floors scratch easily and are discolored. How can I revive the floors? When I moved into my apartment, they said it was fine to use wax, but it’s not. Help! — B.M., Boston.
A. Clean the wax from the parquet floors with paint thinner. Flood the floor, let it sit there 15 to 30 seconds, scrub and wipe dry with a dry cloth. Repeat if necessary. The parquet should come out clean but dull. You might be able to restore shine by polishing with a dry cloth. If the dullness remains, sand the parquet lightly and apply two coats of high-gloss urethane varnish. If the bathroom tiles are ceramic, remove wax with paint thinner and do not treat the ceramic with anything. If they are resilient tiles (vinyl, for instance), apply a thin coat of Future.
Q. I had wood clapboards installed 1 1/2 years ago. The installer insisted that he blind nail them; that is, he installed nails near the top of the clapboard, then covered the nails with the next clapboard. Now they are curling. The electrician tried to nail some of them down after doing electrical work, and split them. I can put them back in place when I lean on them. How can I nail them properly without splitting them? — Deborah Dunham, Wakefield. in our site how to paint
A. First, get on that installer like ugly on an ape. He should redo the job entirely, properly, installing nails about 3/4 inch from the bottom of each clapboard. If that is not possible, predrill small holes in the clapboards 3/ 4 inch from the bottom, every 16 inches. Have someone press the clapboards in place, and drive 4- or 6-penny galvanized box nails in the holes. The el RESET DTE HOTTON;05/27 NKELLY;06/27,22:44 HANDY26 Peter Hotton, Globe Staff
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