Sunday Trends and Indexes

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Sunday, September 3rd MLB Trends

National League:

Arizona at Washington, 1:05 EST
Brandon Webb (R) vs. Tony Armas Jr (R)
Webb: Arizona 7-20 SU after losing 4 of their last 5 games
Armas: Washington 18-6 SU at home off a one-run win

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 1:35 EST GAME ONE
Tim Hudson (R) vs. Jamie Moyer (L)
Hudson: Atlanta 17-2 SU revenging a road loss by 8+ runs
Moyer: Philadelphia 5-13 SU at home off a combined score of 17+ runs

NY Mets at Houston, 2:05 EST
Orlando Hernandez (R) vs. Roy Oswalt (R)
Hernandez: 7-1 TSR as an underdog of +150 or less
Oswalt: Houston 17-32 SU after losing 2 of their last 3 games

Florida at Milwaukee, 2:05 EST
Scott Olsen (L) vs. Tomo Ohka (R)
Olsen: 7-1 TSR after allowing 1 or 0 runs last start
Ohka: Milwaukee 21-7 Under at home off an Over

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 2:15 EST
Ian Snell (R) vs. Anthony Reyes (R)
Snell: Pittsburgh 3-20 SU away off 3+ division games
Reyes: St. Louis 23-7 SU off a combined score of 3 or less runs

San Francisco at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 EST WGN
Jason Schmidt (R) vs. Angel Guzman (R)
Schmidt: 21-8 TSR after allowing 2+ home runs last start
Guzman: Cubs 11-26 SU after losing 4 of their last 5 games

Cincinnati at San Diego, 4:05 EST
Eric Milton (L) vs. David Wells (L)
Milton: 21-9 TSR as a road underdog of +125 or less
Wells: San Diego 1-8 SU at home off a win by 4+ runs

Colorado at LA Dodgers, 4:10 EST
Byung-Hyun Kim (R) vs. Aaron Sele (R)
Kim: Colorado 4-19 SU away off 3+ Overs
Sele: 22-4 TSR at home on Sundays


American League:

(TC) LA Angels at Detroit, 8:05 EST ESPN
Kelvim Escobar (R) vs. Wilfredo Ledezma (L)
Escobar: Angels 6-0 SU away after blowing a save
Ledezma: Detroit 19-40 SU in September

Minnesota at NY Yankees, 1:05 EST
Matt Garza (R) vs. Darrell Rasner (R)
Garza: Minnesota 31-13 SU after allowing 2 runs or less
Rasner: Yankees 32-14 Under off 3+ home games

Seattle at Tampa Bay, 1:15 EST
Felix Hernandez (R) vs. Brian Stokes (R)
Hernandez: Seattle 7-14 SU in dome stadiums
Stokes: Tampa Bay 10-5 Under revenging a one-run loss

Cleveland at Texas, 2:05 EST
Paul Byrd (R) vs. Kevin Millwood (R)
Byrd: 4-15 TSR away with a total of 10 or more runs
Millwood: Texas 17-6 SU at home on Sundays

(TC) Toronto at Boston, 4:05 EST
Gustavo Chacin (L) vs. Josh Beckett (R)
Chacin: Toronto 5-16 SU off a division win allowing 1 or 0 runs
Beckett: Boston 15-1 SU after hitting .225 or worse in a five-game span

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 2:10 EST
Freddy Garcia (R) vs. Mark Redman (L)
Garcia: 14-3 TSR away in day games
Redman: Kansas City 4-27 SU off 5+ games stranding 7 or less runners on base

Baltimore at Oakland, 4:05 EST
Hayden Penn (R) vs. Esteban Loaiza (R)
Penn: Baltimore 27-57 SU as an underdog
Loaiza: Oakland 25-8 SU after winning 4 of their last 5 games


Write-In Game:

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 4:35 EST GAME TWO
TBD vs. TBD
TBD:
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** (TC) Denotes Time Change
** TSR: Team Start Record

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TOTAL WATCH

Atlanta at Philadelphia - under 10 ½

Rain, rain. Go away. The Braves and Phills play four in two days.

Thanks to the leftovers of Hurricane Ernesto, Atlanta and Philadelphia are cramming four days of baseball into one soggy, action packed weekend. After Friday’s series opener was postponed, the clubs agreed to play two on both Saturday and Sunday. The teams split yesterday’s contests.

The Braves and Phillies will go deep into their rosters for this marathon series, leaving both managers with questionable lineup adjustments.

“We`ve got a better bench and we`ve got some guys we can put out there now that can definitely do the job,” Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel told reporters.

If weather permits the teams will play Game 1 of the second doubleheader at 1:35 p.m. ET and then take the field for Game 2 at 4:35 p.m. ET.

Baltimore Oakland – under 9 ½

They say prison changes a man.

In the case of Esteban Loazia, it was for the better. Loaiza was arrested for a DUI in June of this year, but has bounced back to give the A’s a much needed boost in the rotation. Oakland is 22-6 since Aug. 2.

Loazia has won four straight starts, posting a 1.21 ERA and allowing one earned run in his last 30 2/3 innings pitched. The right-hander has given up only one walk in 22 2/3 innings and has made a bundle for under bettors with eight of his last 10 starts playing below the total.

"Right now, I`m playing good ball and feeling great," Loaiza told reporters. "Whatever was said in April and May was said. I don`t read the newspapers."

Los Angeles at Detroit – under 9

The Angels expect another lengthy performance from their staff workhorse when Kelvim Escobar takes the bump today against the Detroit Tigers.

Escobar, 9-12 this season with a 3.79 ERA, is 6-0 in his last seven starts with six of his last eight playing under the total. The right-hander has pitched an average of almost seven innings in his last 10 appearances, with the under cashing in five of his last six starts.

"One of the keys was trusting my stuff a little bit more. Sometimes, I tend to overthrow the ball," Escobar said of his recent success.

Los Angels will try to give its red-hot hurler some backup, but the Angels have scored three or fewer runs in nine of Escobar’s 12 losses this year.

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LINE WATCH

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City – Royals +141

Kansas City Royals pitching coach Bob McClure turned to football to help today’s starter Mark Redman halt a seven-game losing streak.

McClure approached the 32-year old veteran a couple of weeks ago about the prospects of adding a cut fastball to his repertoire, but Redman said he had never tried to use one before.

“Then he asked me if I`d ever thrown a football,” Redman told the San Diego Union Tribune. “Well, I was a quarterback. That was my love. He told me to hold it and throw it like a football. Don`t do anything with your wrist. Just throw it like a football. And . . . it just cuts.”

The results of McClure’s teachings were evident in Redman`s last start. Using his new pitch, Redman tossed a complete game, five-it shutout in Kansas City’s 2-0 win over the Minnesota Twins.

Cincinnati at San Diego – Padres -127

If nothing else David Wells is a competitor.

For that reason alone, the San Diego Padres had no hesitation in trading for the 44-year old pitcher at last week’s trade deadline.

“He`s definitely the kind of guy you want on your team at the end of the year and in the playoffs,” second baseman Mark Bellhorn told the San Diego Union-Tribune. “He`s been in this game a long time and pitched in a lot of huge games.”

Of course, Wells` current form made the decision much easier for the Padres, who sit just one game up on Philadelphia and 1 ½ up on Cincinnati in the NL wild-card race. Wells, a San Diego native, has lasted at least six innings and has given up more than two runs only once in his last five starts.

“(This is) just an opportunity to pitch and try to help a team win and try to go to the playoffs,” Wells told reporters this week. “That`s when I shine. I`ve done it my whole career. I love the ball in a big game.”

Colorado at Los Angeles Dodgers – Dodgers –155

Nomar Garciaparra may have found his hitting stroke.

The Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman, who continues to be plagued by a knee injury, went 2-for-4 with six RBIs in the team’s 14-5 pasting of the Colorado Rockies Saturday.

But the former All-Star stayed away from any suggestion a slump that has seen him hit .205 since the All-Star break is over.

“I did my job,” Garciaparra told the Los Angeles Times. “I`m concerned about winning. That`s all I care about.”

All told, the Dodgers have now won seven games in a row and have owned the Rockies this season, winning 12 of 15 meetings.

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Hot Pitchers
-- Braves won four of Hudson's last five starts (2-1, 3.24).
-- Olsen is 2-0, 2.57 in his last two starts.
-- Astros won six of Oswalt's last eight starts. Mets are 6-02 in last eight starts by OHernandez.
-- Pirates won eight of Snell's last ten road starts.
-- Reds won six of Milton's last eight road starts. DWells had a 2.89 RA in last four starts with Red Sox.
-- Dodgers are 6-2 in Sele home starts, but this is his first start snce August 1.

-- Ledezma is 1-0, 1.64 in two starts for Detroit.
-- Garza has 2.89 RA in his last three starts.
-- Indians won six of Byrd's last eight starts. Texas won five of last seven Millwood home starts.
-- Loaiza is 4-0, 1.45 in his last five starts.

Cold Pitchers
-- Webb is 1-2, 7.50 in his last four road starts. Nationals are 2-9 in last eleven Armas starts.
-- Moyer was on losing side in eight of his last eleven starts.
-- Cubs are 0-7 in Guzman starts (0-4, 9.71). Giants are 1-6 in last seven Schmidt road starts.
-- Reyes has 5.47 RA in five home starts.
-- Ohka has 6.88 RA in his last six starts.
-- Kim is 0-4, 9.00 in his last five starts.

-- Angels lost seven of Escobar's last ten road starts.
-- Rasner makes first start for Bronx; he was 4-0, 2.76 in 10 starts in AAA.
-- Seattle lost four of last five Hernandez road starts. Stokes is making big league debut; he was 7-7, 4.11 in 23 AAA starts.
-- Beckett is 0-3, 10.70 in his last three home starts. Chacin is 0-2, 9.00 in his last four starts.
-- Garcia has 7.23 RA in his last three starts. Royals are 2-5 in Redman's last seven starts.
-- Penn makes first strart of year for Orioles; he was called up in May, but had appendicitis day before he was supposed to start. He was 7-4, 2.26 in fourteen starts in AAA.

Totals
-- Over is 5-3 in Giants' last eight road games.
-- Ten of last thirteen Nationals' games went over the total.
-- Six of last eight Atlanta games went over the total.
-- Under is 8-3-1 in last twelve games at Minute Maid Park.
-- Five of last six Olsen starts went over the total.
-- Under is 9-2-1 in Pirates' last twelve road games.
-- Four of last five Milton starts went over the total.
-- Under is 6-4-1 in last eleven Colorado road games.


-- Under is 9-4-2 in Detroit's last fifteen home games.
-- Over is 14-6-1 in last twenty-one games at Fenway.
-- Eight of last ten Minnesota road games stayed under.
-- Ten of last twelve Tampa Bay games stayed under total.
-- Over is 9-6 in White Sox' last fifteen road games.
-- Over is 6-2 in Rangers' last eight home games.
-- Over is 8-1-1 in Orioles' last ten road games.


Hot Teams
-- Braves won five of their last seven games. Phillies are 11-6 in last seventeen home games.
-- Mets won 13 of their last 15 games. Astros won six of their last eight games, but lost last two.
-- Florida eleven of its last thirteen games.
-- Cardinals won six of last eight games.
-- Padres won eight of their last twelve games.
-- Dodgers won sixteen of last eighteen home games.

-- Twins are 15-4 in last nineteen away games. Bronx won four of their last six games.
-- Devil Rays are 21-17 in last 38 home games.
-- Indians won eleven of their last thirteen games. Texas is 9-6 in its last fifteen home games.
-- Royals are 9-9 in their last eighteen games.
-- A's are 17-3 in last twenty home games, 10-1 in last eleven.

Cold Teams
-- Cubs lost seven of their last eight games.
-- Arizona lost ten of its last twelve games. Nationals lost nine of their last thirteen games, but wept twinbill Saturday.
-- Pirates lost nine of their last thirteen road games.
-- Milwaukee lost its last nine games.
-- Reds lost seven of their last eight games.
-- Colorado lost eleven of their last twelve road games.

-- Tigers lost ten of their last fifteen games. Angels are 6-8 in their last fourteen road games.
-- Mariners are 1-12 in their last thirteen road games.
-- Red Sox lost fifeen of their last twenty games. Toronto is 2-8 in its last ten games.
-- White Sox are 11-13 on road since All-Star break.
-- Orioles lost eight of last twelve road games.

Umpires
-- (Az-Wsh) Underdog is 9-6 in last fifteen Bucknor games.
-- (Atl-Phil) Over is 14-6 in last twenty Everitt games.
-- (NY-Hst) Host won Barry's first two games behind plate.
-- (Fla-Mil) Favorite is 7-1 in last eight Randazzo games.
-- (Pitt-StL) Last five Cuzzi games all went over the total.
-- (SF-Chi) Under is 5-1, home team 5-1 in last six Miller games.
-- (Cin-SD) Seven of last ten BWelke games went over the total.
-- (Col-LA) Underdog won five of last six Schrieber games.

-- (LA-Det) Favorite won last seven Darling games.
-- (Min-NY) Under is 11-6 in last seveneen Danley games.
-- (Sea-TB) Under is 8-1 in last nine Reininger games.
-- (Cle-Tex) Seven of last ten Kulpa games stayed under total.
-- (Tor-Bos) Favorite is 9-1 in last ten Marsh games.
-- (Chi-KC) Underdog is 6-3 in Cousins' last nine games.
-- (Blt-A's) Favorite is 16-2 in last eighteen Layne games

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