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**StarDust Bum** · 08-15-2018, 01:30 PM

Wednesday's Diamond Notes
Kevin Rogers

Hottest team: Cardinals (9-1 last 10)

Less than a month ago, St. Louis sat with a .500 record at 51-51 after dropping two of three at Cincinnati. The Cardinals have caught fire ever since by winning 14 of their last 18 games, including seven consecutive victories. St. Louis pulled off a three-game sweep of rival Kansas City last weekend, followed by a pair of home wins over a fading Washington squad to pull within four games of first place Chicago in the NL Central.

The Redbirds have done most of their damage of late from the plate by scoring at least six runs in each of their last six wins. Austin Gomber takes the mound for the Cardinals in the third game of their four-game set with the Nationals tonight as the southpaw is coming off a five-inning scoreless effort against Kansas City in his past start.

Coldest team: Astros (0-5 last five)

The wheels are falling off the wagon for the defending champion Astros, who haven’t won a home game since July 14. Amazingly, Houston hasn’t picked up a victory at Minute Maid Park in the second half of the season by compiling an 0-8 mark in its last eight home contests. The latest setback came in Tuesday’s 5-1 loss to the Rockies as a -200 favorite, marking eight units lost by Houston in the last four home games alone.

Houston’s offense can take blame for this recent skid by scoring three runs or less in seven of the past eight games, while Jose Altuve and George Springer remain sidelined. The Astros try to pick up a split of their two-game set with the Rockies as Gerrit Cole looks to not only end the team’s skid, but his own personal slump. Cole is winless in his last three starts, while allowing seven earned runs in his past two outings.

Hottest pitcher: Robbie Erlin, Padres (2-3, 3.36 ERA)

San Diego is coming off a successful series against Philadelphia this past weekend, but the Padres are on the verge of getting swept by the Angels at home. Erlin is coming off a pair of solid performances as a road underdog as the Padres beat the Cubs and Brewers on their recent road trip. The southpaw tossed five innings in each of those two starts, including allowing two hits and one earned run in a 6-1 victory at Chicago. Erlin is seeking his first win at Petco Park since September 2015 against Arizona, but the Padres are 2-6 this season when trying to avoid a home sweep.

Coldest pitcher: Jose Urena, Marlins (3-12, 4.74 ERA)

Urena won 14 games last season, but has dropped 12 decisions in 2018 as he seeks his fourth win of the season tonight in Atlanta. The Miami right-hander has yielded 16 hits and 10 earned runs in his past two starts, losses to division rivals New York and Philadelphia. Urena was knocked around by Atlanta the last time he faced them in late July by giving up five earned runs in a 12-1 defeat. In three starts this season against the Braves, Urena is 0-3, but the Marlins are 4-3 in his past seven outings.

Biggest OVER run: Reds (5-1 last six)

Cincinnati’s offense carried them from June through July, but the runs are drying up. The Reds have been limited to six runs in the last three losses to the Diamondbacks and Indians after scoring six against Arizona last Saturday. The reason for this recent OVER run has been poor pitching as the Reds have given up 9, 10, and 8 runs the past three games. The Reds try to avoid the sweep against the Indians tonight as Robert Stephenson makes his second start this season for Cincinnati. Stephenson lasted four innings in an 8-0 loss to the Mets his last time out, while he opposes Cleveland’s Shane Bieber, who is riding a three-start UNDER streak.

Biggest UNDER run: Twins (6-1 last seven)

Minnesota bounced back from a tough road trip to rally past Pittsburgh, 5-2 on Tuesday to cash its fourth straight UNDER. The offense didn’t produce more than four runs in any of their previous seven games prior to last night’s victory. Minnesota seeks the two-game sweep of Pittsburgh as both teams send out strong right-handers to the mound as Jose Berrios opposes Chris Archer. Berrios has suffered plenty of ups and downs since late June as the Twins are 3-5 in his past eight starts, while the OVER has hit in his last two home outings.

Matchup to watch: Giants vs. Dodgers

The heated rivalry between San Francisco and Los Angeles reached another boiling point on Tuesday as Dodgers’ outfielder Yasiel Puig was ejected after starting a benches-clearing brawl following a scuffle with Giants’ catcher Nick Hundley. The Giants knocked off the Dodgers for the second straight night with a ninth-inning rally as San Francisco broke a 1-1 tie to pick up a 2-1 victory as +175 underdogs.

The Giants seek the sweep of the Dodgers tonight at Chavez Ravine as San Francisco has won each of Derek Holland’s last three starts. Holland wasn’t sharp in his past outing against Pittsburgh by giving up 10 hits and five runs in 6.1 innings of a 13-10 victory. The Giants have dropped two of Holland’s three starts against the Dodgers this season, but San Francisco has won five of nine matchups at Los Angeles.

Los Angeles is in the midst of a five-game skid as Hyun-Jin Ryu tries to put the Dodgers back on the winning track. Ryu is making his first start since May 2 as he has been sidelined with a groin injury. The left-hander put up a solid 2.12 ERA in his first six starts of the season, which included a no-decision against the Giants in a 6-4 loss on April 27. The Dodgers are looking to avoid their second home sweep of the season as Cincinnati pulled the broom on Los Angeles in a four-game set back in May.

Betcha didn’t know: The Mets were tripped up by the Orioles on Tuesday, but New York sends out right-hander Zack Wheeler to the mound tonight. Wheeler is undefeated in his last six starts for New York, while tossing at least seven innings in four of his past five outings. The last time Wheeler faced the Orioles at Citi Field earlier this season, he scattered three hits in seven scoreless innings, but the Mets dropped a 1-0 decision.

Biggest public favorite: Braves (-220) vs. Marlins

Biggest public underdog: Phillies (+105) vs. Red Sox

Biggest line move: Padres (-115 to -125) vs. Angels

**StarDust Bum** · 08-15-2018, 01:31 PM

Diamond Trends - Wednesday
Vince Akins

SU Play ON Trend of the Day:

-- The Orioles are 17-0 SU in the last game of a series vs a team that is not on a five-plus game winning streak when they are off a home game in which they scored more runs off the bullpen than they did off the starter and it is post All-Star break

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day:

-- The Pirates are 0-12 SU as a dog in the last game of a series when their starters have produced quality starts for three straight and it is post All-Star break.

Hitter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The Indians are 13-0 SU as a road 140+ favorite after a game as a road favorite in which Jose Ramirez hit a home run. Since July, Cleveland has outscored their opponent by an average of 10.8 to 3.2 runs

Starter-Based Trend of the Day:

-- The Dodgers are 10-0 SU when Hyun Jin Ryu starts as a 140+ favorite and he had more strikeouts than hits allowed in his last start. LA is 8-0 their last 8 on the run-line in this spot.

**StarDust Bum** · 08-15-2018, 01:32 PM

MLB

Wednesday, August 15

Streaking and Slumping Starting Pitchers

Streaking: Zack Wheeler, New York Mets (7-6, 3.82 ERA, $-138)

Winning games as a starting pitcher for the New York Metropolitans is hard, just ask Jacob deGrom, so that fact that Zack Wheeler has won five consecutive starts (team wins in six straight) is truly impressive. From an individual stats perspective he's been "lights out" in his last three outings with an ERA of 0.90, a WHIP of 0.75, an opponent's on-base percentage of .200, and 24 strikeouts with only three walks.

Wheeler and the Mets have another winnable game today as -130 favorites in Baltimore against Dylan Bundy and the Orioles.

Slumping: Jose Urena, Miami Marlins (3-12, 4.74, $-889)

The Miami Marlins are who we thought they were - terrible at, pretty much, every aspect of baseball. Jose Urena is supposed to be their ace but it must be really difficult with Double-A players at almost every position on the field. Urena will mix in a gem occassionally, like he did against the Nationals a couple of weeks ago, but mostly things have not gone well for the righty. Over his last five starts, including six innings of shutout pitching against the Nats, he's dealing with an ERA of 7.40 and a WHIP of 1.6438.

Urena will hope to have one of his "don't forget about me" outings today as a +195 underdog in Atlanta against Kevin Gausman and the Braves.

Amazing Acuña

It’s hard to fathom just how hot Braves rookie Ronald Acuña Jr. is right now. The 20-year-old in his first big league season has hit eight home runs in the last eight games and is the youngest player ever to homer in five consecutive games, which includes a leadoff dinger in the last three games. Oh, and over the last eight games he’s hitting a measly .471 with a 1.749 OPS!!! Just, wow.

That doesn’t bode well for today’s slumping starter Jose Urena, who has a first inning ERA of 4.30. We like Acuña and the NL East leading Braves to stay hot, making Bottom 1st Run: Yes (+150) a strong (and fun) play here.

Houston, We Have a (Home) Problem

What is going on in Houston? The Astros have now lost nine consecutive games at Minute Maid Park and lead the surging A’s by just one game in the AL West. The Astros starters haven’t been as ridiculously good as they were early on, but they’re not the problem here as it’s Houston’s bats that have gone silent.

During the home losing skid, the are scoring just 2.8 runs per game and since the All-Star break the Astros rank 27th in runs scored and OPS, and 28th in batting average. With the Astros bats in a funk and Gerrit Cole on the bump, look at the Under 7.5 in the Astros matchup with Rockies tonight.

Hell(ickson) of an Under Run

Nationals starter Jeremy Hellickson has found at least some of the form from his early days in Tampa Bay, producing his lowest ERA since 2012. The result? The Under is 14-2 in his last 16 starts.

Hellickson’s ERA is solid at 3.54, but it’s his WHIP that’s really impressive at 1.07 as he is once again creating the soft contact that made him so successful in the past. The Under First 5 Innings is always the play in Hellickson’s starts so to avoid the awful Nats bullpen. Today against the Carindals Under 5 is -130.

**StarDust Bum** · 08-15-2018, 01:40 PM

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

PIT at MIN 01:10 PM
PIT +112
U 8.0

CHW at DET 01:10 PM
CHW -104
U 9.0

MIL at CHC 02:20 PM
CHC -138
U 9.0

SEA at OAK 03:35 PM
OAK -117
O 8.5

BOS at PHI 07:05 PM
PHI -102
O 8.5

NYM at BAL 07:05 PM
NYM -106
U 8.5

TB at NYY 07:05 PM
TB +181
U 9.0

CLE at CIN 07:10 PM
CLE -164
O 9.0

MIA at ATL 07:35 PM
MIA +205
O 8.5

COL at HOU 08:10 PM
COL +179
U 7.5

TOR at KC 08:15 PM
TOR -140
O 9.5

WAS at STL 08:15 PM
WAS +100
U 9.0

LAA at SD 09:10 PM
SD -125
O 8.5

SF at LAD 10:10 PM
SF +162
U 8.0

**StarDust Bum** · 08-16-2018, 03:31 AM

SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY AUGUST 16, 2018
Time (ET) Away Home Site
1:05 PM Tampa Bay Rays New York Yankees Yankee Stadium
4:05 PM New York Mets Philadelphia Phillies Citizens Bank Park
7:05 PM Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh Pirates PNC Park
7:05 PM New York Mets Philadelphia Phillies Citizens Bank Park
7:15 PM Washington Nationals St. Louis Cardinals Busch Stadium
7:35 PM Colorado Rockies Atlanta Braves SunTrust Park
8:05 PM Los Angeles Angels Texas Rangers Globe Life Park in Arlington
8:10 PM Detroit Tigers Minnesota Twins Target Field
8:15 PM Toronto Blue Jays Kansas City Royals Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium
10:10 PM Arizona Diamondbacks San Diego Padres PETCO Park

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DATE W-L-T % UNITS.......( ALL BETS )

08/15/2018 12-16-0 42.85% -23.05
08/14/2018 13-15-2 46.43% -8.60
08/13/2018 10-8-0 55.56% +13.45
08/12/2018 16-12-2 57.14% +25.70
08/11/2018 15-15-0 50.00% +1.70
08/10/2018 15-12-0 55.56% +14.20
08/09/2018 5-12-1 29.41% -47.75
08/08/2018 15-11-2 57.69% +10.05
08/07/2018 17-15-0 53.13% +8.25
08/06/2018 9-8-1 52.94% +1.05
08/05/2018 13-14-1 48.15% -3.70
08/04/2018 13-18-0 41.94% -30.70
08/03/2018 9-17-0 34.62% -49.60
08/02/2018 3-11-0 21.43% -44.90
08/01/2018 6-12-0 33.33% -26.50

TOTALS........171-196-3.......46.59%.....-159.80

BEST BETS DOGS AND TOTALS ONLY

date............................ats............... ...units.....................o/u......................units.............total

08/15/2018...............1 - 5..................-20.95.................5 - 9....................-24.50..........-45.45
08/14/2018...............4 - 4..................+10.15................7 - 6....................+2.00...........+12.15
08/13/2018...............3 - 3..................+10.65................6 - 3 ...................+13.50.........+24.15
08/12/2018...............4 - 6..................-1.30...................7 - 6....................+2.00...........+0.70
08/11/2018...............5 - 6..................+2.30..................9 - 7...................+6.50............+8.80
08/10/2018...............4 - 3..................+13.20................9 - 6...................+15.00..........+28.20
08/09/2018...............0 - 5..................-25.00.................4 - 4....................-2.00.............-27.00
08/08/2018...............3 - 6..................-11.30................10 - 2...................+39.00..........+27.70
08/07/2018...............3 - 4..................+5.25..................8 - 8....................-4.00............+1.25
08/06/2018...............0 - 5..................-25.00..................5 - 4...................+3.00............-22.00
08/05/2018...............4 - 7..................-6.90....................6 - 7...................-8.50.............-15.40
08/04/2018...............2 - 7..................-18.50..................7 - 9...................-14.50............-33.00
08/03/2018...............2 - 6..................-16.45..................4 - 8...................-24.00............-40.45
08/02/2018...............1 - 3..................-7.35....................2 - 7...................-38.50............-45.85
08/01/2018...............1 - 5..................-18.00..................4 - 7....................-18.50............-36.50

TOTALS..................37 - 75.................-109.20..............93 - 93....................-53.50.............-162.70

**StarDust Bum** · 08-16-2018, 03:33 AM

Thursday’s 6-pack

From ***********: The six worst baseball teams to bet on this season:

30. Orioles (36-84) $-4,084

29. Royals (36-83) $-3,169

28. Dodgers (64-57) $-2,614

27. Nationals (60-60) $-2,182

26. White Sox (43-76) $-1,790

25. Mets (50-67) $-1,718

Quote of the Day
“I think (Josh) Allen is trash. I don’t care what nobody say. He’s trash. And it’s gonna show too. That’s a stupid draft pick to me. We play them this year, and I’m excited as hell. I hope he’s their starting quarterback. He played at Wyoming. Every time they played a big school — like, they played Iowa State, which is not a big school in my opinion because I went to Florida State, and he threw five interceptions, and they lost by a couple touchdowns or something like that. He never beat a big school…..”
Jaguars CB Jalen Ramsey…..I’m sure Tom Coughlin loved reading this

Thursday’s quiz
Eldrick Woods won the 1997 Masters and his first PGA Tour money title; what golfer won the money title the year before, in 1996?
(Hint: He still plays on the Senior Tour)

Wednesday’s quiz
Mets’ OF Austin Jackson is the only current major leaguer whose first name and last name are both state capitals.

Tuesday’s quiz
Matt Nagy (Bears), Jay Gruden (Redskins) are NFL head coaches who used to play QB in the Arena League.

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Thursday’s List of 13: Doing some thinking out loud…..

13) By the end of the week, Colorado Rockies will have played their last 46 games against teams with an above .500 record, which will tie the all-time NL record. The all-time major league record is 51 games in a row.

Rockies play San Diego on Tuesday, which will end their streak.

12) Umpire Joe West has now worked 5,164 major league games, passing Bruce Froemming for second place on the all-time list.

Bill Kelm holds the all-time record, at 5,369.

11) Long time ago (1989-90), I worked in a county courthouse for 10 months; my job was a court assistant, swearing in witnesses, keeping track of evidence, stuff like that.

One of the things I remember hearing people say around the courthouse was this: In a criminal trial, the jury (for the most part) wants to see the defendant get on the stand and say he or she is not guilty. If the defendant does not do that, it generally is bad news for him/her.

10) Chicago Cubs have used 33 pitchers this season, most in the majors; five of the 33 guys are position players.

9) New Jersey’s three casinos and two racetracks took in $40.6M in sports bets in July, the first full month sports wagering was legal in the Garden State.

New York took in zero dollars, because their politicians have their heads up their butts.

8) Mets got off to an 11-1 start this year, but are now 50-67; there’s a chance they could wind up with the worst record ever, for a team that started out 11-1.

Right now, the ’02 Indians hold that mark- they finished 74-88 after their 11-1 start.

7) Modern baseball: Oakland A’s went from June 10-August 11 without any of their starting pitches getting an out after the 7th inning.

The ’89 A’s threw 17 complete games; the ’74 A’s threw 49 complete games.

6) One odd part of Hard Knocks so far was in the first episode, when Hue Jackson was telling his offensive coordinator Todd Haley that WR Josh Gordon would be out of camp for a while. Haley asked why he would be out, and Jackson wouldn’t tell him.

Now maybe/probably Jackson didn’t want the answer on camera/national TV and he told Haley when they were off camera. but maybe he didn’t, and that would be unusual.

5) Ever hear of Gale Gilbert? He was a journeyman QB who started four NFL games (0-4) in an 11-year career that included stops in Seattle, Buffalo, San Diego.

The thing is this; Gilbert was the #3 QB in Buffalo during their 49-15 run from 1990-93, when they won the AFC title all four years, but lost all four Super Bowls. Then Gilbert moved on to San Diego in 1994; Chargers started that season 0-4, then won the AFC West and the AFC title before getting crushed in the Super Bowl.

Gilbert is the only player to go to the Super Bowl five years in a row; his son Garrett Gilbert is listed as the #2 QB on the Carolina Panthers’ depth chart this year.

4) Furman QB Harris Roberts is enrolled in a cooperative educational partnership program between Furman and Clemson that has allowed him to continue playing for the Paladins while pursuing an engineering degree at Clemson. The schools are 30 miles apart.

Furman’s first football game this season is against……..Clemson, so the Tigers will be facing a QB who goes to their own engineering school.

3) Last week, LSU had a 4-way QB competition; today, two of those four guys have transferred out of Baton Rouge, leaving sophomore Myles Brennan and Ohio State transfer Joe Burrow to battle it out for the starting job, with not a whole lot of depth behind them.

To twist around an old quote by Garry Templeton, the Padres’ shortstop a long time ago, “If I ain’t starting, then I’ll be departing.” Could be a similar situation at Alabama pretty soon.

2) From ***********: the six best teams to bet on this season (thru Tuesday)

1. Red Sox (86-35) +$3,384
2. A’s (72-48) +$3,002
3. Braves (67-51) +$1,994
4. Mariners (69-52) +$1,219
5. Phillies (65-53) +$1,198
6. Brewers (68-54) +$1,092

1) Political/reality show trivia: Omarosa Manigault also worked in Vice President Al Gore’s office during the Clinton administration. Gore’s office administrator, Mary Margaret Overbey, said that Omarosa “was the worst hire we ever made”.

Finally, Democrats and Republicans agree on something.

**StarDust Bum** · 08-16-2018, 03:35 AM

LEADING OFF: Braves-Marlins melee, Cards soaring, Lester up
August 16, 2018

A look at what's happening around the majors Thursday:

HOT TEMPERS

Suspensions could be on deck after Wednesday night's melee between the Braves and Marlins. Ronald Acuna's chance to extend his home run streak was put on hold when Miami pitcher Jose Urena hit the rookie slugger in the left elbow with his first pitch, a 97 mph fastball that left Acuna in obvious pain. The benches and bullpens for both teams emptied twice. Urena and Atlanta manager Brian Snitker were ejected, and Snitker had angry words for the pitcher. The 20-year-old Acuna exited in the second inning - the Braves said X-rays were negative and results of further tests would be announced Thursday. Atlanta won 5-2 to complete a four-game sweep.

REDBIRDS SOARING

Marcell Ozuna and the Cardinals try to extend their season-best winning streak to nine games when they go for a four-game sweep of fading Washington. St. Louis, which is 18-9 since the All-Star break, hopes to have Matt Carpenter back in the lineup. On a major tear at the plate, Carpenter was removed from Wednesday night's game as a precaution after being hit on the hand by a pitch in the seventh inning. X-rays were negative, and Carpenter doesn't expect to miss any time. ''The pain and swelling started to go down a bit,'' he said. ''I definitely dodged a bullet there.'' Before leaving, Carpenter extended his on-base streak to 33 games. He has 17 homers and 30 RBIs during the run.

TRYING TO FIND IT

Struggling lefty Jon Lester and the first-place Cubs visit Pittsburgh in the opener of a four-game series between NL Central rivals. Lester (12-5, 3.89 ERA) is 0-3 with a 10.32 ERA in five starts since the All-Star break. Ivan Nova (7-6, 4.42) gets the ball for the Pirates.

LET'S PLAY FIVE

Philadelphia hosts the New York Mets in an odd five-game series that begins with a single-admission doubleheader and ends with a ''home'' game about 180 miles northeast of Citizens Bank Park. The doubleheader Thursday includes the makeup of a May 12 rainout. Aaron Nola (13-3, 2.28 ERA) starts the opener for the Phillies, who trail first-place Atlanta by two games in the NL East. Steven Matz is set to come off the disabled list for New York. Zach Eflin opposes Mets rookie Corey Oswalt in the nightcap. The teams then have a 6:05 p.m. start time Friday because of a postgame concert. They play a late-afternoon game Saturday before traveling to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, for Sunday's Little League Classic.

IF YOU CAN MAKE IT THERE ...

Tampa Bay has lost 12 consecutive series at Yankee Stadium dating to September 2014, but Blake Snell and the Rays can end that dubious streak in the finale of a three-game set. Snell (13-5, 2.18 ERA) makes his second start after a stint on the disabled list because of left shoulder fatigue. He faced Toronto in his previous outing and was perfect through five innings before being pulled. Masahiro Tanaka (9-3, 4.08) pitches for New York.

**StarDust Bum** · 08-16-2018, 03:38 AM

Thursday’s games

National League

Mets (51-67) @ Phillies (66-53)
Matz is 1-4, 7.40 in his last five starts; his last four starts went over. Team in his starts: 10-11, 4-6 away
5-inning record: 7-12-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 7-21

Oswalt is 1-1, 3.86 in his last five starts (over 3-3-1). Team in his starts: 2-5, 1-2 away
5-inning record: 3-2-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 0-7

Eflin is 1-2, 4.94 in his last five starts; under is 8-3 in his last 11. Team in his starts: 9-7, 5-2 home
5-inning record: 11-4-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-16

Suarez allowed four runs in five IP (75 PT) in his first MLB start, on July 26. Team in his starts: 1-0, 0-0 home
5-inning record: 1-0 Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-1

Mets won five of their last seven games; they’re 11-8 in road series openers, 12-17 vs lefty starters- under is 6-4 in their last ten road games. Phillies are 3-5 in their last eight games, 12-7 in home series openers; they’re 14-12 vs lefty starters. Over is 3-1 in their last four home games.

Cubs (69-50) @ Pirates (61-60)
Lester is 0-3, 10.72 in his last five starts; over is 8-1 in his last nine. Team in his starts: 17-7, 8-3 away.
5-inning record: 12-8-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-24

Nova is 3-0, 4.50 in his last six starts; over is 3-0-1 in his last four. Team in his starts: 13-9, 5-5 home
5-inning record: 12-5-5 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-22

Cubs are 7-4 in their last 11 games, 2-5 in last seven road series openers. Under is 5-2-1 in their last eight road games. Pittsburgh lost four of its last five games; they’re 13-7 in home series openers, 15-18 vs lefty starters. Over is 4-1 in their last five home games.

Nationals (60-61) @ Cardinals (66-55)
Roark is 4-0, 1.21 in his last four starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Team in his starts: 9-14, 5-7 away.
5-inning record: 8-13-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-23

Flaherty is 2-0, 1.38 in his last two starts; over is 6-1 in his last seven starts. Team in his starts: 8-11, 3-5 home
5-inning record: 11-6-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-19

Nationals lost seven of their last eight road games; under is 5-3 in their last eight road games. St Louis won its last eight games; over is 10-5 in their last 15 home games.

Rockies (64-56) @ Braves (68-51)
Gray is 2-0, 2.80 in his last five starts; over is 8-3 in his last 11. Team in his starts: 13-9, 6-4 away
5-inning record: 11-9-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 9-22

Teheran is 1-0, 3.78 in his last three starts; under is 6-2 in his last eight. Team in his starts: 13-10, 8-3 home
5-inning record: 9-11-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 11-23 (4 of last 4)

Rockies won four of their last five games; they’re 14-6 in road series openers. Four of their last five games stayed under. Atlanta won eight of its last ten games; five of their last eight home games went over.

Diamondbacks (66-55) @ Padres (48-74)
Buchholz is 4-1, 2.67 in his last five starts; under is 4-2 in his last six. Team in his starts: 6-5, 3-4 away.
5-inning record: 9-1-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-11

Nix allowed four hits, no runs in six IP (88 PT) in his MLB debut last week (under 1-0). Team in his starts: 1-0, 1-0 home
5-inning record: 1-0 Allowed run in 1st inning: 0-1

Arizona is 5-3 in its last eight road games, 14-6 in road series openers. Under is 6-1-2 in their last nine games. Padres lost four of their last five games; they’re 2-17 in home series openers. Over is 8-4 in their last dozen games.

American League

Rays (61-59) @ New York (75-45)
Snell is 5-1, 1.33 in his last seven starts; under is 9-2 in his last 11. Team in his starts: 13-9, 7-6 away
5-inning record: 13-5-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-22

Tanaka is 2-1, 2.55 in his last four starts; over is 10-5-2 in his last 17. Team in his starts: 12-7, 4-3 home.
5-inning record: 11-4-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-19

Rays lost five of their last eight road games; under is 9-3 in their last 12 games. New York won seven of its last ten games; over is 6-4-2 in their last 12 home games.

Angels (62-60) @ Rangers (53-69)
Team in his starts: away
5-inning record: Allowed run in 1st inning:

Jurado is 2-2, 5.66 in his four starts (over 3-1). Team in his starts: 2-2, 1-2 home.
5-inning record: 2-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-4

Angels won seven of their last nine games; they’re 5-10 in last 15 road series openers. Texas lost seven of its last ten games; they’re 7-13 in home series openers. Under is 3-0-1 in their last four games.

Tigers (50-71) @ Twins (56-63)
Liriano is 0-2, 4.50 in his last two starts; his last four stayed under. Team in his starts: 7-12, 3-9 away.
5-inning record: 7-8-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-19

Santana is 0-1, 6.53 in his four starts (over 2-2). Team in his starts: 3-1, 2-0 home
5-inning record: 2-1-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-4

Tigers are 3-9 in their last 12 games, 5-15 in road series openers. Under is 8-3-1 in their last 12 games. Minnesota won three of its last four games; under is 6-2 in their last eight games. Twins are won their last six home series openers.

Blue Jays (55-65) @ Royals (36-84)
Gaviglio is 0-2, 6.59 in his last three starts (over 9-6-1). Team in his starts: 6-10, 4-4 away
5-inning record: 5-7-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-16

26-year old Sparkman is making his first MLB start; he is 0-1, 5.06 in eight relief stints this year, is 4-1, 4.58 in 10 AAA starts this year. Team in his starts: 0-0 home.
5-inning record: 0-0 Allowed run in 1st inning: 0-0

Toronto won three of its last four games; over is 10-3 in their last 13 road games. Royals lost 11 of their last 13 games; over is 11-5-1 in their last 17 games.

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Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/15
Ariz 31-21-8……30-21-9……..61-42
Atl 27-27-7…..29-20-9………56-47
Cubs 21-24-13……28-26-8…….49-50
Reds 18-36-4……21-31-9….…39-67
Colo 30-20-14……31-21-6……60-42
LA 30-22-8…….28-23-13……59-45
Miami 21-31-8…..26-26-12…….47-57
Milw 25-29-9…..31-23-6…….56-52
Mets 27-27-4……23-25-13…..50-50
Philly 24-24-13…..30-17-10……54-41
Pitt 28-25-6……28-22-12……..56-47
StL 30-25-8……25-27-6………55-52
SD 20-34-9……19-32-8…….39-66
SF 27-26-11…..23-23-12……50-49
Wash 27-25-11..…27-24-7………54-49

Orioles 17-33-11……19-33-10……36-66
Boston 32-21-13……35-15-6……..67-36
W Sox 18-37-6…..…17-33-10……35-70
Indians 25-22-13……37-15-9……62-37
Det 19-31-9…..…27-27-11.……46-58
Astros 30-17-14……31-20-11…….61-36
KC 18-33-8…….22-31-10…..40-64
Angels 26-24-10……27-28-8……53-52
Twins 19-32-11……29-25-8…..48-57
NYY 29-21-9……37-18-7…….66-38
A’s 23-29-10……25-23-11…..48-52
Seattle 31-26-8……28-19-14…….59-43
TB 27-23-12……26-24-8……53-46
Texas 21-30-8…..24-33-6…….45-63
Toronto 18-30-11……20-28-14……38-58

%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 8/15)
Ariz 26-60…….22-61…..…48
Atl 19-60……24-58………43
Cubs 12-58……..19-59……..31
Reds 14-58……..14-63……..28
Colo 21-63…….23-58.……..44
LA 20-60……..23-62..…..43
Miami 14-60……..19-63…….33
Milw 22-62…..…21-61…….43
Mets 23-57……..19-61…….42
Philly 13-61……..19-58…….32
Pitt 15-59……..19-63…….34
StL 21-63……..18-58…….39
SD 16-63……..15-60…….31
SF 12-62………18-61..…..30
Wash 23-63……..18-58……..41

Orioles 19-61……..18-61………37
Boston 19-65……22-57………41
White Sox 17-60……16-59…….33
Clev 17-59…….25-60……..42
Detroit 18-59……..18-63….…36
Astros 17-60…..…14-62………30
KC 15-59..…….19-61…….34
Angels 16-58…..….18-63…….32
Twins 14-60………13-59…….27
NYY 13-59……..25-61………38
A’s 17-64…..…..15-59…….32
Seattle 23-63………19-61…..…42
TB 18-62..……19-57……..37
Texas 9-59…….…16-62…..…25
Toronto 14-59………13-61….….27

Interleague play- 2018
NL @ AL– 64-61 NL, favorites +$127
AL @ NL– 60-52 NL, favorites -$481
Total: 124-113 NL, favorites -$354

**StarDust Bum** · 08-16-2018, 12:28 PM

MLB

Thursday, August 16

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Trend Report
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Tampa Bay Rays
Tampa Bay is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Tampa Bay is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games
Tampa Bay is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games when playing NY Yankees
Tampa Bay is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing NY Yankees
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Tampa Bay's last 12 games when playing NY Yankees
Tampa Bay is 4-14 SU in its last 18 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees
New York Yankees
NY Yankees is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games
NY Yankees is 16-8 SU in its last 24 games at home
NY Yankees is 2-7 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Tampa Bay
NY Yankees is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games when playing Tampa Bay
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of NY Yankees's last 12 games when playing Tampa Bay
NY Yankees is 14-4 SU in its last 18 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Yankees's last 5 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay

New York Mets
NY Mets is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 games
NY Mets is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
NY Mets is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
NY Mets is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of NY Mets's last 8 games when playing Philadelphia
NY Mets is 11-5 SU in its last 16 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Mets's last 7 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia is 11-3 ATS in its last 14 games
Philadelphia is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Philadelphia's last 16 games
Philadelphia is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Philadelphia is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Philadelphia's last 8 games when playing NY Mets
Philadelphia is 5-11 SU in its last 16 games when playing at home against NY Mets
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 7 games when playing at home against NY Mets

Chicago Cubs
Chi Cubs is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chi Cubs's last 8 games
Chi Cubs is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Chi Cubs is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chi Cubs's last 8 games on the road
Chi Cubs is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chi Cubs's last 6 games when playing Pittsburgh
Chi Cubs is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
Chi Cubs is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 17 of Chi Cubs's last 25 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
Pittsburgh is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Pittsburgh is 10-5 SU in its last 15 games at home
Pittsburgh is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games at home
Pittsburgh is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games when playing Chi Cubs
Pittsburgh is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs
Pittsburgh is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs
The total has gone OVER in 17 of Pittsburgh's last 25 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs

Washington Nationals
Washington is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
Washington is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games on the road
Washington is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing St. Louis
Washington is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Washington's last 12 games when playing St. Louis
Washington is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
Washington is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
St. Louis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis's last 5 games
St. Louis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of St. Louis's last 7 games at home
St. Louis is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Washington
St. Louis is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Washington
The total has gone OVER in 8 of St. Louis's last 12 games when playing Washington
St. Louis is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Washington
St. Louis is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Washington

Colorado Rockies
Colorado is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Colorado is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Colorado's last 5 games
Colorado is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Colorado is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Atlanta
Colorado is 18-7 SU in its last 25 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Colorado's last 16 games when playing Atlanta
Colorado is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
Colorado is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
Colorado is 8-17 SU in its last 25 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Colorado's last 5 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
Atlanta Braves
Atlanta is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Atlanta is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Atlanta is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Atlanta is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Atlanta is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Colorado
Atlanta is 7-18 SU in its last 25 games when playing Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Atlanta's last 16 games when playing Colorado
Atlanta is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Colorado
Atlanta is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games when playing at home against Colorado
Atlanta is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing at home against Colorado

New York Mets
NY Mets is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 games
NY Mets is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
NY Mets is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
NY Mets is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of NY Mets's last 8 games when playing Philadelphia
NY Mets is 11-5 SU in its last 16 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Mets's last 7 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia is 11-3 ATS in its last 14 games
Philadelphia is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Philadelphia's last 16 games
Philadelphia is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Philadelphia is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Philadelphia's last 8 games when playing NY Mets
Philadelphia is 5-11 SU in its last 16 games when playing at home against NY Mets
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 7 games when playing at home against NY Mets

Los Angeles Angels
LA Angels is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games
LA Angels is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games
LA Angels is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
LA Angels is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
LA Angels is 8-16 SU in its last 24 games on the road
LA Angels is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Texas
LA Angels is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Angels's last 5 games when playing Texas
LA Angels is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Texas
LA Angels is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Texas
The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Angels's last 6 games when playing on the road against Texas
Texas Rangers
Texas is 14-6 ATS in its last 20 games
Texas is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Texas is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
Texas is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 games at home
Texas is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games at home
Texas is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing LA Angels
Texas is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing LA Angels
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas's last 5 games when playing LA Angels
Texas is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against LA Angels
Texas is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against LA Angels
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Texas's last 6 games when playing at home against LA Angels

Detroit Tigers
Detroit is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Detroit is 3-9 SU in its last 12 games
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Detroit's last 12 games
Detroit is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Detroit is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit's last 6 games on the road
Detroit is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing Minnesota
Detroit is 16-5 ATS in its last 21 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Detroit is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Detroit is 17-6 SU in its last 23 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Detroit is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Minnesota Twins
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games
Minnesota is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games at home
Minnesota is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Detroit
Minnesota is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 5 games when playing Detroit
Minnesota is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Detroit
Minnesota is 5-16 ATS in its last 21 games when playing at home against Detroit
Minnesota is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Detroit
Minnesota is 6-17 SU in its last 23 games when playing at home against Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit

Toronto Blue Jays
Toronto is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Toronto's last 20 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 6 games
Toronto is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Toronto is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Toronto's last 13 games on the road
Toronto is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Kansas City
Toronto is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Kansas City
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 6 games when playing Kansas City
Toronto is 1-8 ATS in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Kansas City
Toronto is 4-9 SU in its last 13 games when playing on the road against Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Toronto's last 10 games when playing on the road against Kansas City
Kansas City Royals
Kansas City is 2-11 SU in its last 13 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City's last 5 games
Kansas City is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City's last 5 games at home
Kansas City is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Toronto
Kansas City is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City's last 6 games when playing Toronto
Kansas City is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing at home against Toronto
Kansas City is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games when playing at home against Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Kansas City's last 10 games when playing at home against Toronto

Arizona Diamondbacks
Arizona is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Arizona's last 9 games
Arizona is 8-4 ATS in its last 12 games on the road
Arizona is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Arizona's last 9 games on the road
Arizona is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing San Diego
Arizona is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing San Diego
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona's last 5 games when playing San Diego
Arizona is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against San Diego
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona's last 5 games when playing on the road against San Diego
San Diego Padres
San Diego is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
San Diego is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of San Diego's last 10 games
San Diego is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games at home
San Diego is 2-14 SU in its last 16 games at home
San Diego is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Arizona
San Diego is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Diego's last 5 games when playing Arizona
San Diego is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Diego's last 5 games when playing at home against Arizona

**StarDust Bum** · 08-16-2018, 12:29 PM

MLB
Long Sheet

Thursday, August 16

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NY METS (51 - 67) at PHILADELPHIA (66 - 53) - 4:05 PM
COREY OSWALT (R) vs. RANGER SUAREZ (L)
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
NY METS is 5-3 (+2.4 Units) against PHILADELPHIA this season
7 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL this season . (Under=+6.1 Units)

COREY OSWALT vs. PHILADELPHIA since 1997
OSWALT is 0-1 when starting against PHILADELPHIA with an ERA of 4.50 and a WHIP of 0.667.
His team's record is 0-1 (-1.0 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 1-0. (+1.0 units)

RANGER SUAREZ vs. NY METS since 1997
No recent starts.

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NY METS (51 - 67) at PHILADELPHIA (66 - 53) - 7:05 PM
STEVEN MATZ (L) vs. ZACH EFLIN (R)
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
NY METS is 5-3 (+2.4 Units) against PHILADELPHIA this season
7 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL this season . (Under=+6.1 Units)

STEVEN MATZ vs. PHILADELPHIA since 1997
MATZ is 0-1 when starting against PHILADELPHIA with an ERA of 2.53 and a WHIP of 1.406.
His team's record is 1-1 (+0.4 units) in these starts. The OVER is 0-2. (-2.3 units)

ZACH EFLIN vs. NY METS since 1997
EFLIN is 0-2 when starting against NY METS with an ERA of 5.06 and a WHIP of 1.172.
His team's record is 1-3 (-1.3 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 3-1. (+2.0 units)

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CHICAGO CUBS (69 - 50) at PITTSBURGH (61 - 60) - 7:05 PM
JON LESTER (L) vs. IVAN NOVA (R)
Top Trends for this game.
CHICAGO CUBS are 1764-1812 (-267.1 Units) against the money line in all games since 1997.
CHICAGO CUBS are 285-328 (-66.4 Units) against the money line in August games since 1997.
CHICAGO CUBS are 124-99 (-18.7 Units) against the money line against right-handed starters over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO CUBS are 36-33 (-11.5 Units) against the money line after a win this season.
PITTSBURGH is 28-19 (+10.5 Units) against the money line against division opponents this season.
PITTSBURGH is 656-582 (+65.6 Units) against the money line in home games in night games since 1997.
PITTSBURGH is 435-443 (+40.4 Units) against the money line in home games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1997.
LESTER is 28-7 (+17.6 Units) against the money line when the total is 8 to 8.5 over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)

Head-to-Head Series History
PITTSBURGH is 5-6 (+1.2 Units) against CHICAGO CUBS this season
6 of 11 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL this season . (Under=+0.8 Units)

JON LESTER vs. PITTSBURGH since 1997
LESTER is 7-6 when starting against PITTSBURGH with an ERA of 3.59 and a WHIP of 1.370.
His team's record is 8-8 (-3.7 units) in these starts. The OVER is 8-8. (-0.6 units)

IVAN NOVA vs. CHICAGO CUBS since 1997
NOVA is 4-1 when starting against CHICAGO CUBS with an ERA of 3.63 and a WHIP of 1.010.
His team's record is 4-1 (+5.0 units) in these starts. The OVER is 2-4. (-2.4 units)

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WASHINGTON (60 - 61) at ST LOUIS (66 - 55) - 7:15 PM
TANNER ROARK (R) vs. LUKE WEAVER (R)
Top Trends for this game.
WASHINGTON is 60-61 (-23.1 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
WASHINGTON is 15-23 (-14.8 Units) against the money line when the total is 8 to 8.5 this season.
WASHINGTON is 30-33 (-8.2 Units) against the money line in road games this season.
WASHINGTON is 37-37 (-10.3 Units) against the money line in night games this season.
WASHINGTON is 47-40 (-6.7 Units) against the money line against right-handed starters this season.
WASHINGTON is 28-30 (-9.6 Units) against the money line after a loss this season.
WASHINGTON is 28-32 (-11.1 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
WASHINGTON is 5-14 (-12.5 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
ROARK is 3-10 (-9.8 Units) against the money line when the total is 8 to 8.5 this season. (Team's Record)
ROARK is 4-10 (-8.3 Units) against the money line in night games this season. (Team's Record)
ST LOUIS is 12-2 (+9.5 Units) against the money line in August games this season.
ST LOUIS is 114-106 (-34.3 Units) against the money line in home games over the last 3 seasons.
ST LOUIS is 46-48 (-19.5 Units) against the money line in home games in night games over the last 2 seasons.
ST LOUIS is 53-51 (-16.0 Units) against the money line in home games against right-handed starters over the last 2 seasons.
ST LOUIS is 52-58 (-30.9 Units) against the money line in home games after a win over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
ST LOUIS is 3-0 (+3.0 Units) against WASHINGTON this season
2 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL this season . (Over=+0.9 Units)

TANNER ROARK vs. ST LOUIS since 1997
ROARK is 1-2 when starting against ST LOUIS with an ERA of 6.92 and a WHIP of 2.000.
His team's record is 1-2 (-1.0 units) in these starts. The OVER is 1-0. (+1.0 units)

LUKE WEAVER vs. WASHINGTON since 1997
No recent starts.

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COLORADO (64 - 56) at ATLANTA (68 - 51) - 7:35 PM
JON GRAY (R) vs. JULIO TEHERAN (R)
Top Trends for this game.
COLORADO is 335-452 (-106.6 Units) against the money line on the road when the money line is +125 to -125 since 1997.
ATLANTA is 68-50 (+22.6 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
ATLANTA is 34-21 (+13.6 Units) against the money line when the total is 8 to 8.5 this season.
ATLANTA is 43-34 (+10.5 Units) against the money line in night games this season.
ATLANTA is 50-32 (+21.8 Units) against the money line against right-handed starters this season.
ATLANTA is 35-26 (+16.4 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
COLORADO is 64-56 (+9.7 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
COLORADO is 33-29 (+13.2 Units) against the money line in road games this season.
COLORADO is 48-32 (+18.0 Units) against the money line in night games this season.
COLORADO is 50-48 (+12.3 Units) against the money line in road games against right-handed starters over the last 2 seasons.
COLORADO is 38-29 (+13.2 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
COLORADO is 24-14 (+13.9 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
TEHERAN is 18-29 (-14.5 Units) against the money line in home games over the last 3 seasons. (Team's Record)
TEHERAN is 20-37 (-18.4 Units) against the money line in night games over the last 3 seasons. (Team's Record)

Head-to-Head Series History
ATLANTA is 2-1 (+1.8 Units) against COLORADO this season
2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL this season . (Under=+0.7 Units)

JON GRAY vs. ATLANTA since 1997
GRAY is 3-0 when starting against ATLANTA with an ERA of 1.04 and a WHIP of 1.115.
His team's record is 3-1 (+2.0 units) in these starts. The OVER is 1-3. (-2.3 units)

JULIO TEHERAN vs. COLORADO since 1997
TEHERAN is 5-1 when starting against COLORADO with an ERA of 2.21 and a WHIP of 0.983.
His team's record is 6-3 (+2.8 units) in these starts. The OVER is 3-5. (-2.3 units)

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ARIZONA (66 - 55) at SAN DIEGO (48 - 75) - 10:10 PM
CLAY BUCHHOLZ (R) vs. JACOB NIX (R)
Top Trends for this game.
ARIZONA is 21-25 (-11.7 Units) against the money line when the total is 8 to 8.5 this season.
ARIZONA is 160-127 (+17.6 Units) against the money line in all games over the last 2 seasons.
ARIZONA is 34-26 (+9.3 Units) against the money line in road games this season.
ARIZONA is 75-55 (+14.6 Units) against the money line against division opponents over the last 2 seasons.
ARIZONA is 48-34 (+8.6 Units) against the money line in night games this season.
ARIZONA is 91-68 (+14.1 Units) against the money line after a win over the last 2 seasons.
ARIZONA is 37-22 (+10.2 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a losing record this season.
BUCHHOLZ is 31-19 (+13.4 Units) against the money line in road games against division opponents since 1997. (Team's Record)
SAN DIEGO is 19-41 (-16.2 Units) against the money line when the total is 8 to 8.5 this season.
SAN DIEGO is 21-39 (-18.0 Units) against the money line in home games this season.
SAN DIEGO is 8-21 (-13.3 Units) against the money line at home when the total is 8 to 8.5 this season.
SAN DIEGO is 14-30 (-15.9 Units) against the money line in home games in night games this season.
SAN DIEGO is 14-27 (-13.4 Units) against the money line in home games against right-handed starters this season.
SAN DIEGO is 12-25 (-13.7 Units) against the money line in home games after a loss this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
ARIZONA is 7-3 (+2.4 Units) against SAN DIEGO this season
5 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL this season . (Over=+0.6 Units)

CLAY BUCHHOLZ vs. SAN DIEGO since 1997
BUCHHOLZ is 2-0 when starting against SAN DIEGO with an ERA of 2.92 and a WHIP of 1.378.
His team's record is 2-0 (+2.0 units) in these starts. The OVER is 1-1. (+0.0 units)

JACOB NIX vs. ARIZONA since 1997
No recent starts.

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TAMPA BAY (61 - 59) at NY YANKEES (75 - 45) - 1:05 PM
BLAKE SNELL (L) vs. MASAHIRO TANAKA (R)
Top Trends for this game.
NY YANKEES are 43-14 (+19.8 Units) against the money line at home when the total is 8 to 8.5 over the last 2 seasons.
NY YANKEES are 17-3 (+11.8 Units) against the money line in home games after a loss this season.
NY YANKEES are 87-58 (+20.4 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
TAMPA BAY is 61-59 (+6.1 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
TAMPA BAY is 36-23 (+15.3 Units) against the money line after a win this season.
TAMPA BAY is 29-31 (+9.1 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
SNELL is 15-9 (+8.3 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
NY YANKEES are 27-25 (-13.9 Units) against the money line against division opponents this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
TAMPA BAY is 7-7 (+5.6 Units) against NY YANKEES this season
10 of 14 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL this season . (Under=+5.1 Units)

BLAKE SNELL vs. NY YANKEES since 1997
SNELL is 2-4 when starting against NY YANKEES with an ERA of 4.89 and a WHIP of 1.630.
His team's record is 3-7 (-3.6 units) in these starts. The OVER is 4-5. (-1.5 units)

MASAHIRO TANAKA vs. TAMPA BAY since 1997
TANAKA is 8-2 when starting against TAMPA BAY with an ERA of 3.62 and a WHIP of 0.935.
His team's record is 10-2 (+7.8 units) in these starts. The OVER is 7-5. (+1.7 units)

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LA ANGELS (62 - 60) at TEXAS (53 - 69) - 8:05 PM
TAYLOR COLE (R) vs. ARIEL JURADO (R)
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
LA ANGELS is 5-1 (+3.3 Units) against TEXAS this season
4 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL this season . (Under=+1.9 Units)

TAYLOR COLE vs. TEXAS since 1997
No recent starts.

ARIEL JURADO vs. LA ANGELS since 1997
No recent starts.

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DETROIT (50 - 71) at MINNESOTA (56 - 63) - 8:10 PM
FRANCISCO LIRIANO (L) vs. ERVIN SANTANA (R)
Top Trends for this game.
DETROIT is 114-169 (-37.0 Units) against the money line in all games over the last 2 seasons.
DETROIT is 48-92 (-29.4 Units) against the money line in road games over the last 2 seasons.
DETROIT is 6-26 (-17.8 Units) against the money line in road games in night games this season.
DETROIT is 77-131 (-41.7 Units) against the money line against right-handed starters over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 141-141 (+2.7 Units) against the money line in all games over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 27-16 (+12.6 Units) against the money line in August games over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 91-82 (+11.4 Units) against the money line in night games over the last 2 seasons.
SANTANA is 46-25 (+17.2 Units) against the money line in August games since 1997. (Team's Record)
LIRIANO is 15-10 (+7.8 Units) against the money line after a loss over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
MINNESOTA is 101-127 (-45.6 Units) against the money line in home games when playing on Thursday since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
DETROIT is 5-4 (+1.9 Units) against MINNESOTA this season
8 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL this season . (Under=+6.8 Units)

FRANCISCO LIRIANO vs. MINNESOTA since 1997
LIRIANO is 3-2 when starting against MINNESOTA with an ERA of 5.58 and a WHIP of 1.435.
His team's record is 4-2 (+1.4 units) in these starts. The OVER is 3-3. (-0.3 units)

ERVIN SANTANA vs. DETROIT since 1997
SANTANA is 10-6 when starting against DETROIT with an ERA of 3.56 and a WHIP of 1.167.
His team's record is 14-9 (+5.5 units) in these starts. The OVER is 6-16. (-11.6 units)

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TORONTO (55 - 65) at KANSAS CITY (36 - 84) - 8:15 PM
SAM GAVIGLIO (R) vs. GLENN SPARKMAN (R)
Top Trends for this game.
TORONTO is 131-151 (-26.0 Units) against the money line in all games over the last 2 seasons.
TORONTO is 28-36 (-11.2 Units) against the money line when the total is 9 to 9.5 this season.
TORONTO is 78-95 (-21.0 Units) against the money line in night games over the last 2 seasons.
TORONTO is 53-77 (-28.7 Units) against the money line after a win over the last 2 seasons.
TORONTO is 41-36 (+6.5 Units) against the money line against right-handed starters this season.
KANSAS CITY is 36-84 (-32.7 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
KANSAS CITY is 17-48 (-28.4 Units) against the money line when the total is 9 to 9.5 this season.
KANSAS CITY is 8-20 (-12.5 Units) against the money line at home when the money line is +125 to -125 this season.
KANSAS CITY is 17-44 (-25.5 Units) against the money line in home games this season.
KANSAS CITY is 13-33 (-18.5 Units) against the money line at home when the total is 9 to 9.5 this season.
KANSAS CITY is 13-29 (-15.4 Units) against the money line in August games over the last 2 seasons.
KANSAS CITY is 21-53 (-23.9 Units) against the money line in night games this season.
KANSAS CITY is 22-58 (-28.3 Units) against the money line against right-handed starters this season.
KANSAS CITY is 12-32 (-18.2 Units) against the money line in home games after a loss this season.
KANSAS CITY is 359-374 (-78.1 Units) against the money line in home games when playing against a team with a losing record since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
TORONTO is 5-1 (+3.8 Units) against KANSAS CITY this season
4 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL this season . (Over=+2.9 Units)

SAM GAVIGLIO vs. KANSAS CITY since 1997
No recent starts.

GLENN SPARKMAN vs. TORONTO since 1997
No recent starts.

**StarDust Bum** · 08-16-2018, 12:30 PM

MLB
Dunkel

Thursday, August 16

NY Mets @ Philadelphia

Game 951-952
August 16, 2018 @ 4:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
NY Mets
(Oswalt) 14.266
Philadelphia
(Suarez) 17.648
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Philadelphia
by 3 1/2
11
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Philadelphia
-150
9
Dunkel Pick:
Philadelphia
(-150); Over

NY Mets @ Philadelphia

Game 953-954
August 16, 2018 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
NY Mets
(Matz) 15.812
Philadelphia
(Eflin) 16.775
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Philadelphia
by 1
11
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Philadelphia
-165
8 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Philadelphia
(-165); Over

Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh

Game 955-956
August 16, 2018 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Chicago Cubs
(Lester) 15.005
Pittsburgh
(Nova) 16.952
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Pittsburgh
by 2
8
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Pittsburgh
-110
8 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Pittsburgh
(-110); Under

Washington @ St. Louis

Game 957-958
August 16, 2018 @ 7:15 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Washington
(Roark) 15.373
St. Louis
(Weaver) 17.881
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
St. Louis
by 2 1/2
8
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
St. Louis
-135
8 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
St. Louis
(-135); Under

Colorado @ Atlanta

Game 959-960
August 16, 2018 @ 7:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Colorado
(Gray) 15.671
Atlanta
(Teheran) 14.156
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Colorado
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Colorado
-115
8 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Colorado
(-115); Under

Arizona @ San Diego

Game 961-962
August 16, 2018 @ 10:10 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Arizona
(Buchholz) 16.232
San Diego
(Nix) 14.881
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Arizona
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Arizona
-130
8
Dunkel Pick:
Arizona
(-130); Under

Tampa Bay @ NY Yankees

Game 913-914
August 16, 2018 @ 1:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Tampa Bay
(Snell) 16.108
NY Yankees
(Tanaka) 15.014
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Tampa Bay
by 1
9
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
NY Yankees
-185
8
Dunkel Pick:
Tampa Bay
(+165); Over

LA Angels @ Texas

Game 965-966
August 16, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
LA Angels
(Cole) 16.305
Texas
(Jurado) 14.743
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
LA Angels
by 1 1/2
13
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Texas
-135
11
Dunkel Pick:
LA Angels
(+115); Over

Detroit @ Minnesota

Game 967-968
August 16, 2018 @ 8:10 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Detroit
(Liriano) 16.034
Minnesota
(Santana) 13.539
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Detroit
by 2 1/2
10
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota
-160
9
Dunkel Pick:
Detroit
(+140); Over

Toronto @ Kansas City

Game 969-970
August 16, 2018 @ 8:15 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Toronto
(Gaviglio) 11.889
Kansas City
(Sparkman) 15.451
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Kansas City
by 3 1/2
11
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Toronto
-135
9 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Kansas City
(+115); Over

**StarDust Bum** · 08-16-2018, 12:32 PM

Column: Suspend Urena for rest of season for plunking Acuna
August 16, 2018

ATLANTA (AP) Ronald Acuna Jr. is good for baseball.

Jose Urena and his defenders are not.

Jose, take the rest of the season off.

And while you're at it, take Keith Hernandez with you.

In a nod to the bad ol' days when it was apparently acceptable to plunk a guy who was playing too well, Urena unleashed a 97 mph fastball to Acuna's left forearm with his very first pitch of Wednesday night's game in Atlanta .

Fortunately, it appears Acuna escaped serious injury. The Braves said X-rays on his elbow were negative and results of further tests would be announced on Thursday.

Nevertheless, Major League Baseball should act swiftly to show that this sort of barbarism will not be tolerated in the national pastime.

Urena deserves to be suspended for the rest of the season.

Nothing less.

Urena apparently thought it was perfectly acceptable to assault - hey, let's call it what it was - one of the game's shining young stars, a 20-year-old who plays the game with pure joy and great skill for the first-place Braves.

Acuna's crime?

Going deep four times in the previous three games against the woeful Miami Marlins (and homering in five straight games overall), a remarkable run that included one of baseball's rarest feats - a pair of leadoff homers in Monday's doubleheader sweep by Atlanta.

Acuna started Tuesday's game with his third straight leadoff homer.

Urena made sure the streak didn't reach four before the Marlins left town.

''This young man is just playing the game, doing what he loves to do,'' said Brian Snitker, the Braves' manager. ''It's a damn shame.''

Urena was ejected. So was Snitker for leading his team onto the field to confront the Miami pitcher.

After the game, won by the Braves 5-2 to complete a four-game sweep, the manager was still fuming.

''It's beyond ... I don't know,'' Snitker said, struggling to find words in the non-profanity category. ''I've had three hours to calm down and all of a sudden I'm not real good right now.''

Snitker's counterpart, Miami manager Don Mattingly, hardly came to his pitcher's defense .

''This kid's swinging the bat good. We've got to figure out how to get him out,'' Mattingly said. ''That's what we said to Jose. I don't want to see this kid get hit. He's a great player. He's going to be great for a long time. He's beat us up. But this is not the way we want to handle that situation.''

He wasn't the least bit surprised that Snitker and his players came storming out of the dugout.

''I understand,'' Mattingly said. ''If we were on the other side and our guy was hitting homers all over the place and that happens, you're going to be fired up.''

Laughably, and with a completely straight face, Urena tried to make himself out as the real victim in all this .

''It seems like people get upset and things like that,'' he said. ''But I get upset, too. I've got to wait five days to just go out there, make one pitch and get kicked out of the game? That don't make sense.''

Actually, it makes perfect sense.

Now, baseball must take it to the next level.

Instead of a typical suspension that might cost Urena a start or two, the lords of discipline at MLB need to really bring the hammer down. Send a message, once and for all, that this sort of Neanderthal-like behavior will no longer be tolerated.

Even if the players' union appeals, even if it succeeds in overturning a rest-of-the-season ban, baseball would be sending a much-needed message and, hopefully, sparking a long-overdue dialogue to stamp out this sort of brutality.

It won't be easy.

Hernandez, a former All-Star first baseman and NL MVP who now works as a New York Mets broadcaster, quickly threw his support to Urena based on that ridiculous code of ethics passed down through the ages , the one that supposedly allows a pitcher to take the law into his own hands when a guy keeps hitting the ball into the seats.

''You've lost three games. He's hit three homers. You've got to hit him,'' Hernandez said during the Mets-Orioles game, sounding like someone who needs to be led gently into a pasture and left there. ''I'm sorry. People are not going to like that, but you've got to hit him. Knock him down (at least). I mean, seriously knock him down if you don't hit him.''

Then, stressing there's a proper way to carry out this painful but necessary justice, Hernandez offered a caveat.

''Never throw at anybody's head,'' he said, delivering a spot-on impression of that crazy uncle going on some nonsensical rant around the Thanksgiving table while everyone else stares at their food in uncomfortable silence. ''Never throw at anybody's head or neck. Hit him in the back. Hit him in the fanny.''

Here's the thing:

Maybe that's what Urena was trying to do - hit Acuna in the back or fanny, as was so eloquently stated in The World According To Keith. But sometimes, a guy throwing a baseball almost 100 mph doesn't put it exactly where he wants. Or maybe the batter reacts in a way that the pitcher wasn't expecting, ducking into a pitch instead of leaping away. All of which points to the ludicrousness of anyone, even someone such as Hernandez who spent 17 years in the big leagues, trying to brush this off as just part of the game.

Urena claimed he was merely trying to work inside against Acuna, apparently relying on the fact that he's hit 11 batters overall this season, tied for the most in the National League.

''I try to get something inside and move his feet,'' the right-hander insisted. ''Then we can go back outside, because he's been hot.''

Once MLB dismisses that ludicrous defense - Urena's defiant reaction on the mound hardly indicated that the pitch got away and he was really, really sorry about it - there's another issue to consider.

Baseball isn't exactly flourishing at the moment, especially with young people.

A thrilling player such as Acuna could help to reverse that trend, but not if he has to step to the plate after every homer wondering if he's going to get plunked again. Not if he's laid up with a broken arm. Not if he's driven from the game by a fractured skull.

Acuna is the future of baseball.

Urena and Hernandez are best left in the past.

**StarDust Bum** · 08-16-2018, 12:48 PM

THURSDAY, AUGUST 16
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

TB at NYY 01:05 PM
TB +165
U 8.0

NYM at PHI 04:05 PM
PHI -150
U 9.0

CHC at PIT 07:05 PM
PIT +112
O 8.5

WAS at STL 07:15 PM
STL -120
O 8.5

NYM at PHI 07:30 PM
PHI -155
U 8.5

COL at ATL 07:35 PM
ATL +108
U 8.5

LAA at TEX 08:05 PM
LAA +104
U 11.0

DET at MIN 08:10 PM
DET +151
U 9.0

TOR at KC 08:15 PM
TOR -129
U 9.5

ARI at SD 10:10 PM
SD +132
U 8.0

**StarDust Bum** · 08-17-2018, 02:35 AM

Rockies snap Acuna's HR streak, beat Braves 5-3
August 16, 2018

ATLANTA (AP) Colorado snapped Ronald Acuna Jr.'s home run streak and Atlanta's five-game winning streak, rallying for three unearned runs in the ninth inning to beat the Braves 5-3 on Thursday night.

David Dahl homered in the third and capped the winning rally with a two-out, two-run single off Brad Brach (1-3). The Rockies took advantage of an error by shortstop Danby Swanson leading off the ninth to win for the fifth time in six games.

One night after being plunked in the left arm by Miami's Jose Urena, Acuna was back in the lineup looking to extend his homer streak to six games. Wearing a red protective guard, the 20-year-old slugger received a standing ovation his first time up and lined the second pitch - one more than he saw the previous game - into center field for a single, extending his hitting streak to nine games.

That was the highlight of his night. Acuna finished 1 for 4, lining out to right in the eighth in his last chance to become the first player in Braves franchise history to homer in six straight games.

Seunghwan Oh (5-3) earned the win and Wade Davis worked a scoreless ninth for his 33rd save.

RANGERS 8, ANGELS 6

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Jurickson Profar started an especially rare triple play and homered to help Texas rally from an early five-run deficit for a victory over Los Angeles.

Rougned Odor singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth after an out call that would have ended the inning was reversed. Nomar Mazara went deep in his return from the disabled list, and Joey Gallo also homered for the Rangers.

Texas turned the sixth triple play in franchise history in the fourth. With the bases loaded, David Fletcher hit a low liner toward third base that Profar picked on a short hop. Playing near the bag, Profar stepped on third to force out Eric Young Jr. and then tagged Taylor Ward, who had stumbled off the base into foul territory. Profar then threw to Odor, and the second baseman tagged Kole Calhoun between first and second.

It was the majors' first triple play without retiring the batter since June 3, 1912, when the Brooklyn Dodgers turned the trick against the Cincinnati Reds.

NATIONALS 5, CARDINALS 4

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Bryce Harper had three hits and drove in three runs, and a beleaguered bullpen held on as Washington snapped a four-game losing streak.

The Nationals won for just the third time in their last 10 games and snapped the Cardinals' season-high, eight-game winning streak.

Tanner Roark (8-12) gave up four runs, three earned, in six innings.

A bullpen that had blown two leads to start the losing streak took care of the rest. Justin Miller pitched two scoreless innings and Koda Glover earned the save in the first opportunity since Ryan Madson was placed on the disabled list on Tuesday.

Just two of the four runs Luke Weaver (6-11) allowed in his 3 2/3 innings were earned. He gave up seven hits, including two to Roark, who scored both times.

METS 24, PHILLIES 4, 1ST GAME

PHILLIES 9, METS 6, 2ND GAME

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Rhys Hoskins hit a three-run homer, Scott Kingery had a solo shot and Philadelphia beat New York to split their doubleheader.

In the first game, Jose Bautista hit a grand slam and had a career-high seven RBIs as the Mets set a franchise record for runs, prompting the Phillies to use two position players to pitch the final three innings of a 24-4 rout.

The Mets kept on hitting in the nightcap with three straight doubles on Zach Eflin's first four pitches. Michael Conforto's two-run double made it 2-0.

But then Hoskins crushed one high off the foul pole to give the Phillies a 3-2 lead in the bottom half against Steven Matz (5-10), just activated from the disabled list. Hoskins, who went deep in both ends of the twinbill, has 11 of his 25 homers since the All-Star break - and three in the last four games.

In the opener, Corey Oswalt (2-2) allowed four solo homers in six innings, Amed Rosario hit a leadoff homer and had three RBIs and the Mets took advantage of four errors to score 11 unearned runs.

CUBS 1, PIRATES 0

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Jon Lester pitched six innings to win for the first time in just over a month and Ian Happ homered as Chicago beat Pittsburgh.

Lester (13-5) allowed five hits, struck out eight and had no walks while improving to 3-1 against the Pirates this season. His previous victory came July 15 at San Diego and he had gone 0-3 with a 10.32 ERA in five starts since the All-Star break.

Steve Cishek, Carl Edwards Jr. and Pedro Strop each pitched one inning to complete the six-hitter. Strop hit David Freese with a pitch with two outs in the ninth but converted his 10th save in 13 opportunities.

Happ connected with one out in the fourth inning off Ivan Nova (7-7) for his 13th home run, a drive deep into the right-center seats that was the game's only extra-base hit. There was a fair share of cheers while Happ rounded the bases as he is from suburban Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania.

RAYS 3, YANKEES 1

NEW YORK (AP) - Rookie left-hander Adam Kolarek pitched out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the ninth inning to lift Tampa Bay over New York to win its first series at Yankee Stadium since 2014.

Tampa Bay had lost 12 straight series in the Bronx, a record since the ballpark opened in 2009.

The Rays' bullpen mostly cruised following Blake Snell's five sharp innings until Sergio Romo allowed consecutive singles to Didi Gregorius and Gleyber Torres in the ninth - Torres' bloop ended his 0-for-17 skid. Romo walked Neil Walker on four pitches, then was replaced by Kolarek, a side-arming lefty who earned his first career save.

Tommy Pham helped the Rays jump on Masahiro Tanaka (9-3) with an RBI double during a two-run first inning, and Snell (14-5) and the bullpen took over from there.

TWINS 15, TIGERS 8

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Logan Forsythe had a career-high five hits and Jorge Polanco drove in four runs as Minnesota outslugged Detroit.

The teams combined for seven homers, with Polanco's three-run shot accounting for one of three by the Twins. Miguel Sano and Ehire Adrianza also went deep for Minnesota, which broke the game open with a seven-run sixth inning.

Forsythe raised his batting average to .449 (22 for 49) since joining the Twins in a trade that sent Brian Dozier to the Dodgers.

Minnesota chased Tigers lefty Francisco Liriano (3-8) in the second. A two-run, opposite-field homer by Sano ended Liriano's night after he allowed eight runs, four earned.

**StarDust Bum** · 08-17-2018, 02:41 AM

SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY AUGUST 17, 2018
Time (ET) Away Home Site
6:05 PM New York Mets Philadelphia Phillies Citizens Bank Park
7:05 PM Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh Pirates PNC Park
7:05 PM Miami Marlins Washington Nationals Nationals Park
7:05 PM Toronto Blue Jays New York Yankees Yankee Stadium
7:10 PM Baltimore Orioles Cleveland Indians Progressive Field
7:10 PM San Francisco Giants Cincinnati Reds Great American Ball Park
7:10 PM Tampa Bay Rays Boston Red Sox Fenway Park
7:35 PM Colorado Rockies Atlanta Braves SunTrust Park
8:05 PM Los Angeles Angels Texas Rangers Globe Life Park in Arlington
8:10 PM Detroit Tigers Minnesota Twins Target Field
8:10 PM Kansas City Royals Chicago White Sox Guaranteed Rate Field
8:15 PM Milwaukee Brewers St. Louis Cardinals Busch Stadium
10:05 PM Houston Astros Oakland Athletics Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
10:10 PM Arizona Diamondbacks San Diego Padres PETCO Park
10:10 PM Los Angeles Dodgers Seattle Mariners Safeco Field

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DATE W-L-T % UNITS.......( ALL BETS )

08/16/2018 7-13-0 35.00% -34.20
08/15/2018 12-16-0 42.85% -23.05
08/14/2018 13-15-2 46.43% -8.60
08/13/2018 10-8-0 55.56% +13.45
08/12/2018 16-12-2 57.14% +25.70
08/11/2018 15-15-0 50.00% +1.70
08/10/2018 15-12-0 55.56% +14.20
08/09/2018 5-12-1 29.41% -47.75
08/08/2018 15-11-2 57.69% +10.05
08/07/2018 17-15-0 53.13% +8.25
08/06/2018 9-8-1 52.94% +1.05
08/05/2018 13-14-1 48.15% -3.70
08/04/2018 13-18-0 41.94% -30.70
08/03/2018 9-17-0 34.62% -49.60
08/02/2018 3-11-0 21.43% -44.90
08/01/2018 6-12-0 33.33% -26.50

TOTALS........178-209-3.......45.99%.....-194.00

BEST BETS DOGS AND TOTALS ONLY

date............................ats............... ...units.....................o/u......................units.............total

08/16/2018...............1 - 5..................-16.75.................5 - 5....................-2.50...........-19.25
08/15/2018...............1 - 5..................-20.95.................5 - 9....................-24.50..........-45.45
08/14/2018...............4 - 4..................+10.15................7 - 6....................+2.00...........+12.15
08/13/2018...............3 - 3..................+10.65................6 - 3 ...................+13.50.........+24.15
08/12/2018...............4 - 6..................-1.30...................7 - 6....................+2.00...........+0.70
08/11/2018...............5 - 6..................+2.30..................9 - 7...................+6.50............+8.80
08/10/2018...............4 - 3..................+13.20................9 - 6...................+15.00..........+28.20
08/09/2018...............0 - 5..................-25.00.................4 - 4....................-2.00.............-27.00
08/08/2018...............3 - 6..................-11.30................10 - 2...................+39.00..........+27.70
08/07/2018...............3 - 4..................+5.25..................8 - 8....................-4.00............+1.25
08/06/2018...............0 - 5..................-25.00..................5 - 4...................+3.00............-22.00
08/05/2018...............4 - 7..................-6.90....................6 - 7...................-8.50.............-15.40
08/04/2018...............2 - 7..................-18.50..................7 - 9...................-14.50............-33.00
08/03/2018...............2 - 6..................-16.45..................4 - 8...................-24.00............-40.45
08/02/2018...............1 - 3..................-7.35....................2 - 7...................-38.50............-45.85
08/01/2018...............1 - 5..................-18.00..................4 - 7....................-18.50............-36.50

TOTALS..................38 - 80.................-125.95..............98 - 98....................-56.00.............-181.95

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