The set-up: The Twins took Game 1 of yesterday's double-header by a score of 4-2, while the White Sox would respond in the second with a 6-3 victory. Chicago though sends an erratic starter to the hill, making Minnesota well worth the price of admission in this spot in my opinion.


The pitchers: The White Sox go with Hector Santiago, who is so far 1-2 with a 5.10 ERA. Most recently Santiago would allow three runs off five hits and five walks with one strikeout over 3.1 innings in a loss to the Brewers on Friday. Carlos Rodon is expected to be back from injury soon and when he does, Santiago will be moved back to the bullpen. And that's probably good news for ChiSox fans, as Santiago owns a poor 0-2, 8.50 ERA record in all "night" games this season.


The Twins go with Jake Odorizzi (3-2, 4.14) who was blasted for eight runs off seven hits in a loss to the Indians on Thursday. Previous to that though Odorizzi had given up just five runs over 27.1 innings, so I'm not going to over-react to one poor outing. Odorizzi has to be feeling confident here as well with a 2-1, 3.90 ERA record in all home contests to this point.


The pick: Minnesota has won the "important" contests this season, going 11-6 (+4.6 units) against the division. Chicago on the other hand has been a disaster across the board, especially against clubs with losing records, going just 11-18 (-7.2 units). I like Odorizzi to bounce back here in front of the home town crowd.