8-19-14

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American League pitcher dominating next opponent
Justin Hartling


Max Scherzer takes to the mound for the Detroit Tigers against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Tigers are 4-0 in Scherzer's last four starts against the Rays.


Scherzer has given up only seven runs in those four starts compared to 32 strikeouts.

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Under bettors profiting when these clubs meet
Stephen Campbell

The New York Yankees and the Houston Astros have been a dream matchup for Under bettors lately. In their last six meetings, the Under is a perfect 6-0 through Monday.

They'll renew acquaintances in the Bronx Tuesday. The Yanks are currently -158 faves with a total of 8.5.

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Interleague action favoring the home team
Justin Hartling

It should come as to no surprise that the home teams have been dominating interleague play in the MLB. In the past seven days home teams have gone 11-4 in interleague action, including an Atlanta Braves three-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics.

There are five games in interleague action Tuesday.

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Braves ice cold behind Harang

The Atlanta Braves have been struggling with veteran Aaron Harang on the mound, dropping all of his last six starts. He'll get the ball once again when the Braves visit the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park Tuesday. The Pirates will counter with Francisco Liriano.

The Bucs are presently -136 faves on the moneyline with an O/U of seven for the NL matchup.

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Under bettors happy to see Quintana face Orioles
Justin Hartling

Jose Quintana has only met the Baltimore Orioles four times in his career, but every game has gone under for bettors.

Quintana has given up nine runs in those four starts and the teams have scored a combined 23 runs in those games (5.75 runs per game).

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Who's Not Hot - AL
By Mike Rose

The plot continues to thicken as we race towards the playoffs in MLB betting action. However, there are some teams that are lagging behind in the American League, all of which were in the playoffs last season.

The three teams haven't changed at the bottom of the AL, but have they gotten any closer?

Texas Rangers (48-76, -$2,972) – In a word for Texas? No. Things aren't getting any better, and they aren't going to get any better. Forget about all of the injuries. Even the men who are playing are playing lousy ball. SS Elvis Andrus, a man who could be counted upon for a .300 average every season, is batting just .272 with 61 runs scored. OF Shin-Soo Choo, a man who figured to kill the ball in the hot air of Arlington, has just 12 homers for the season and is batting .241, and he has struck out 127 times already in 439 at bats. RHP Yu Darvish has been battling injuries, but he is only 10-7 with a 3.06 ERA, numbers which just aren't what we are used to seeing. Manager Ron Washington very well could pay the price for as bad as this year has been.

Boston Red Sox (56-67, -$2,158) – Did you really expect things to get better for the Red Sox after they traded away all of their pitchers? The last time we addressed who was cold in the American League, Boston featured a rotation with Jon Lester, John Lackey, Clay Buchholz, Felix Doubront, and Jake Peavy. Now, the rotation features Rubby De La Rosa, Brandon Workman, Joe Kelly, Allen Webster, and Buchholz. Yikes. The Red Sox underwent a 10-hour period like no team we have ever seen in the bigs with all of the trades that they made to various contending teams, and though we believe that they are setup well for 2015, the rest of this year is probably going to be a disaster without any legitimate starting pitching.

Tampa Bay Rays (61-63, -$1,668) – We give the Rays all sorts of credit. They sold their biggest asset at the trade deadline in LHP David Price, and at least in the immediate, they basically only got back LHP Drew Smyly. Don't get us wrong. We're big time Smyly believers. But he's not David Price. That said, Tampa Bay managed to become the first team in baseball history to improve from 18-games under .500 to get back to the .500 mark at 61-61. That said, two straight losses feel like they have taken the air out of this team just a bit. If the Rays can figure this out and get into the playoffs this year in spite of the bad start to the season and in spite of the fact that they traded away Price, both GM Andrew Friedman and manager Joe Maddon should be enshrined into the Hall of Fame right now. Of the three teams on this list, Tampa Bay is the one with the best shot of getting off of it by the end of the year, but the team is still over nine units away from the closest team, the Detroit Tigers (-$747).

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MLB

National League

Braves-Pirates
Braves lost last six Harang starts (0-1, 3.71).
Liriano is 2-2, 2.13 in his last six starts.

Braves won five of their last six games.
Pittsburgh lost its last six games, allowing 35 runs.

Over is 6-2-1 in last nine Pittsburgh games.

Diamondbacks-Nationals
Anderson is 2-0, 2.19 in his last six starts.
Strasburg is 2-2, 3.12 in his last four starts.

Arizona lost six of its last eight games.
Nationals won ten of their last twelve games.

Under is 4-1-1 in last six Strasburg starts.

Giants-Cubs
Vogelsong is 2-0, 1.64 in his last three starts.
Wada is 2-0, 2.49 in his last four starts.

San Francisco won three of its last four games.
Cubs are 7-9 in their last sixteen 16 home games.

Eight of last ten Cub games stayed under total.

Reds-Cardinals
Simon is 0-5, 6.61 in his last six starts.
Lackey is 1-0, 2.57 in two home starts for St Louis.

Cincinnati lost eight of its last ten games.
St Louis won five of its last six games.

Five of Reds' last six games went over the total.

Padres-Dodgers
Kennedy is 2-1, 3.25 in his last six starts.
Correia is 1-0, 3.00 in his last three starts.

San Diego lost three of its last four games.
Dodgers lost four of their last five games.

11 of 12 Kennedy road starts stayed under total.


American League

Astros-Bronx
Oberholtzer is 2-1, 2.60 in his last five starts.
Capuano is 1-2, 4.26 in his last three starts.

Astros lost seven of their last nine road games.
Bronx is 4-5 in its last nine home games.

Five of last six Houston road games went overl under is 5-1-1 in last seven Bronx games.

Angels-Red Sox
Angels won nine of last 11 Weaver starts (2-2, 5.48 in last four).
Webster is 3-1, 5.23 in four starts for Boston.

Angels won five of their last six games.
Red Sox lost three of their last four games.

Six of last seven Angel games stayed under total.

Tigers-Rays
Scherzer 3-1, 1.66 in his last five starts.
Archer is 2-0, 2.84 in his last three starts.

Tigers lost ten of their last twelve road games.
Tampa Bay lost five of its last seven home games.

Under is 7-1-1 in last nine Tampa Bay games.

Indians-Twins
Bauer is 0-3, 5.59 in his last five starts.
Gibson 3-1, 3.37 in his last four starts.

Indians won five of their last seven games.
Minnesota lost eight of its last twelve games.

Last seven Cleveland games stayed under total.

Orioles-White Sox
Tillman is 2-0, 1.74 in his last three starts.
White Sox lost last three Quintana starts (0-2, 4.67).

Baltimore won 18 of its last 26 games.
White Sox lost six of their last nine home games.

Four of last five White Sox games went over.


Interleague games

Mariners-Phillies
Iwakuma is 3-1, 1.27 in his last four starts.
Burnett is 0-5, 7.67 in his last six starts.

Mariners won 10 of their last 13 games.
Phillies lost seven of their last ten games.


Last six Iwakuma starts stayed under total.

Rangers-Marlins
Mikolas is 0-3, 8.34 in his last four starts.
Cosart is 1-1, 2.92 in two starts for Miami.

Texas lost seven of its last ten games.
Marlins won seven of their last ten games.

Under is 6-1-1 in last eight Texas games.

Blue Jays-Brewers
Happ is 0-3, 3.76 in his last four starts.
Fiers is 2-0, 0.64 in two starts for Milwaukee.

Toronto lost five of its last six games.
Brewers won last four games, scoring 22 runs.

Five of last seven Toronto games went over.

Royals-Rockies
Shields is 3-0, 1.96 in his last three starts.
Matzek is 0-3, 9.60 in his last three starts.

Royals won 16 of their last 19 games.
Colorado won three of its last four games.

Four of last five Colorado games went over total.

Mets-A's
Gee is 0-4, 5.60 in his last six starts.
Kazmir is 1-2, 5.49 in his last three starts.

Mets lost five of their last seven games.
Oakland lost seven of its last eight games.

Five of last six New York games stayed under total.

Teams' record when this starting pitcher starts:
-- Harang 11-13 (lost last six); Liriano 10-11
-- Anderson 9-6; Strasburg 13-13
-- Vogelsong 13-11; Wada 2-4
-- Simon 15-9 (lost last six); Lackey 12-9/2-1
-- Kennedy 12-13; Correia 6-17/1-0

-- Oberholtzer 7-10; Capuano 1-3
-- Weaver 16-10; Webster 3-1
-- Scherzer 17-7; Archer 13-11
-- Bauer 9-9; Gibson 11-12
-- Tillman 17-9 (won last 4); Quintana 9-16

-- Iwakuma 12-8; Burnett 10-16 (lost last six)
-- Mikolas 1-7; Cosart 11-9/1-1
-- Happ 10-8; Fiers 2-0
-- Shields 16-10; Matzek 2-10
-- Gee 6-9 (1-5 last six); Kazmir 17-7

Pitchers allowing runs in first inning:
-- Harang 6-25; Liriano 7-21
-- Anderson 3-16; Strasburg 9-26
-- Vogelsong 5-24; Wada 1-6
-- Simon 7-24; Lackey 6-24
-- Kennedy 8-25; Correia 6-24

-- Oberholtzer 8-17; Capuano 2-4
-- Weaver 5-26; Webster 0-4
-- Scherzer 6-24; Archer 4-24
-- Bauer 7-18; Gibson 6-23
-- Tillman 10-26; Quintana 4-25

-- Iwakuma 4-20; Burnett 8-26
-- Mikolas 2-8; Cosart 9-22
-- Happ 2-18; Fiers 0-2
-- Shields 6-26; Matzek 5-12 (3 of last 3)
-- Gee 4-15; Kazmir 4-24

Umpires
-- Atl-Pitt-- Under is 9-3 in last 12 Carapazza games; dogs won last four.
-- Az-Wsh-- Six of last nine Timmons games went over total.
-- Cin-StL-- Under is 9-4 in last thirteen TWelke games.

-- LA-Bos-- Underdogs won eight of last eleven Woodring games.
-- Balt-Chi-- Under is 5-1-1 in last seven Guccione games.

-- Sea-Phil-- 14 of last 15 Danley games stayed under; dogs won last five.

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MLB

Atl @ Pit

1* Atl +1.5 RL

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Arthur Ralph Sports

Free play Tues

Seattle w/ Iwakumao -160

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Cappers Access

Red Sox +120

Pirates RL -1.5 +145

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Gamblers Data


Free Plays Tuesday


Detroit/Tampa Bay under 7


Seattle -160

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MLB

'Blue Birds'

Toronto's 4-11 mark in August is the American League's worst for the month. At 64-61 overall, the Blue Jays aren't yet in hopeless territory but they're getting close to kissing postseason hopes goodbye. Next up for Blue Birds, a mini two game interleague series vs NL Central leading Milwaukee Brewers. Left-hander J.A. Happ toes the rubber for Toronto, entering the game with an 8-7 record, 4.20 ERA over 18 starts with a 10-8 team start record. In his last outing in Seattle, he was slammed for 2 yard-ball, 5 runs over 6 innings bringing his mark to 4-3 on the road with 5.26 ERA in 11 trips to the mound (5-6 TSR). Happ trades pitches with righty Mike Fiers carrying a 2-1 record, 1.29 ERA over two starts, 4 relief appearance. The hurler has been light's out in the two starts allowing a single run over 14.0 innings of work. Offensively challenged Jays have a tough road ahead as they enter on a 1-8 road skid this month platting 2.67 runs/game with the pitching staff surrendering a whopping 6.33 per/contest. Jays are also 3-10 the past thirteen on the road vs a team with a winning record crossing just 2.77 per/contest. Jays 0-7 in their last seven road games swinging away at a right-handed starter the numbers clearly point to Brew Crew being the choice in this one.

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Hondo

You know what they say: Good pitching beats godawful hitting. That was the theory Hondo put in play Monday at Citi Field where the Cubs flushed the Metamucils to lower the deficit to 1,465 cloningers.

Tuesday night: You can’t go wrong with Aaron as the main man for the Braves, so Mr. Aitch will drop 10 units on Harang. Also, 10 on sure-as-shootin’ Scherzer and the Tigers to make Archer quiver.