Sunday Trends and Indexes 8/17

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MLB
Short Sheet


Sunday, August 17th

National League

Chicago Cubs at Florida, 1:10 ET WGN
Ryan Dempster (R) vs. Chris Volstad (R)
Dempster: 38-17 TSR when the money line is -100 to -150
Volstad: FLA 8-17 at home in August

St Louis at Cincinnati, 1:15 ET
Kyle Lohse (R) vs. Edinson Volquez (R)
Lohse: STL 5-13 after having won 6 or 7 of their last 8
Volquez: 10-1 TSR after a team loss

NY Mets at Pittsburgh, 1:35 ET
Johan Santana (L) vs. Jeff Karstens (R)
Santana: 44-9 TSR after 2+ consecutive wins
Karstens: PIT 21-47 on sundays

San Francisco at Atlanta, 1:35 ET
Tim Lincecum (R) vs. Charlie Morton (R)
Lincecum: 3-0 TSR against Atlanta
Morton: ATL 6-15 at home in the second half

Colorado at Washington, 1:35 ET
Aaron Cook (R) vs. Odalis Perez (L)
Cook: COL 15-6 against Nationals
Perez: Wash 17-41 against NL West

Arizona at Houston, 2:05 ET
Randy Johnson (L) vs. Roy Oswalt (R)
Johnson: ARI 9-17 AWAY when the total is 8 to 8.5
Oswalt: 8-0 TSR in August

Philadelphia at San Diego, 8:05 ET
Cole Hamels (L) vs. Cha Seung Baek (R)
Hamels: 0-3 TSR in last three games
Baek: 13-7 TSR in night games

Milwaukee at LA Dodgers, 4:10 ET
Jeff Suppan (R) vs. Clayton Kershaw (L)
Suppan: MIL 51-31 when the total is 8 to 8.5
Kershaw: 6-0 UNDER in day games

American League

Kansas City at New York Yankees, 1:05 ET
Brian Bannister (R) vs. Mike Mussina (R)
Bannister: 13-5 TSR in day games
Mussina: NYY 18-28 after 3+ consecutive unders

LA Angels at Cleveland , 1:05 ET FOX
Joe Saunders (L) vs. Jeremy Sowers (L)
Saunders: 11-1 TSR when the total is 9 to 9.5
Sowers: 2-13 TSR as an underdog of +100 or higher

Baltimore at Detroit, 1:05 ET
Garrett Olson (L) vs. Zach Miner (R)
Olson: BAL 2-17 on Sundays
Miner: DET 51-28 against left-handed starters

Toronto at Boston, 1:35 ET
Shaun Marcum (R) vs. Josh Beckett (R)
Marcum: 11-5 TSR as a road underdog of +100 or higher
Beckett: 4-9 TSR when the total is 7 to 8.5

Seattle at Minnesota, 2:10 ET
Ryan Feierabend (L) vs. Glen Perkins (L)
Feierabend: SEA 6-23 after 2+ consecutive overs
Perkins: MIN 16-4 at home in second half

Chicago White Sox at Oakland, 4:05 ET
Javier Vazquez (R) vs. Gio Gonzalez (L)
Vazquez: CHW 42-20 as a favorite of -110 or higher
Gonzalez: OAK 11-29 in second half

Tampa Bay at Texas, 8:05 ET
Scott Kazmir (L) vs. Vicente Padilla (R)
Kazmir: TB 28-75 AWAY in second half
Padilla: 10-3 TSR after a team win

** (TC) Denotes Time Change

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MLB
Write-Up


Sunday, August 17

Hot Pitchers
-- Dempster is 3-1, 1.65 in his last five starts. Volstad is 2-0, 2.45 in his last couple starts.
-- Santana is 1-0, 1.93 in his last five starts. Karstens is 2-1, 1.71 in three starts for the Pirates.
-- Lincecum is 1-0, 2.39 in his last four starts.
-- Perez is 2-0, 2.79 in his last three starts.
-- Johnson is 4-1, 1.35 in his last five starts. Astros are 8-3 in the last eleven Oswalt home starts.
-- Kershaw is 2-0, 1.44 in his last four starts. Suppan is 3-0, 2.05 in his last three starts.

-- Mussina is 2-0, 2.14 in his last three starts.
-- Angels are 8-3 on road when Saunders starts.
-- Miner is 1-0, 2.25 in his last two starts.
-- Beckett is 2-0, 1.84 in his last couple starts. Marcum won his last to starts, with a 2.07 RA.
-- Twins won six of last seven Perkins home starts.
-- Vazquez is 2-1, 3.00 in his last three starts. Gio Gonzalez has 4.09 RA in his first two starts-- he pitches here against White Sox, the team that traded him twice.

Cold Pitchers
-- Reds lost five of last six Volquez home starts. Lohse is 1-3 in his last five starts, with a 6.35 RA.
-- Braves are 1-6 at home when Morton starts.
-- Cook is 1-2, 8.35 in his last three starts.
-- Hamels is 0-3, 5.00 in his last seven starts. Baek is 0-4, 7.52 in his last four starts at Petco Park.

-- Bannister is 0-4, 7.97 in his last eight starts.
-- Sowers is 0-1, 5.68 in his last three starts.
-- Olsen is 1-2, 7.41 in his last three starts.
-- Feierabend is 1-7, 6.92 in 11 big league starts; this is his first start this season.
-- Kazmir is 0-1, 5.21 in his last four starts (only 19 IP). Padilla is 0-1, 7.04 in his last four starts.

Hot Teams
-- Cubs are 15-4 in their last nineteen games.
-- Rockies won three of their last four games.
-- Cardinals won five of their last six games.
-- Mets won their last five games, outscoring weak foes 34-11.
-- Brewers won nine of their last eleven games. Dodgers are 12-4 in last sixteen home games.
-- Astros won last eight of their last ten games. Arizona is 8-3 in its last eleven road games- they scored 39 runs in last 3 games. .

-- Angels are 10-4 in their last fourteen road games.
-- Toronto won eight of its last eleven road games. Red Sox won four of their last five games.
-- Rays won eight of their last eleven games.
-- Twins won seven of their last nine games.
-- White Sox won five of their last seven games.

Cold Teams
-- Pirates lost ten of their last fourteen games.
-- Reds lost nine of last eleven games.
-- Marlins lost five of their last seven home games.
-- Braves lost eleven of last fourteen home games. Giants lost 13 of their last 18 road games.
-- Nationals lost last eight games, outscored 58-19.
-- Padres lost seven of their last nine home games.
-- Phillies lost five of their last six games.

-- Bronx lost six of its last eight games. Royals lost eight of their last ten games.
-- Indians are 5-7 in their last twelve home games.
-- Tigers are 5-11 in their last sixteen games.
-- Rangers lost eight of their last ten games.
-- Mariners lost six of their last seven games.
-- Oakland lost ten of its last thirteen home games.

Totals
-- Over is 8-4 in Mets' last twelve road games.
-- Five of last seven Cincinnati games stayed under the total.
-- Seven of last nine Florida home games stayed under total.
-- Under is 8-3 in last eleven San Francisco road games.
-- Under is 7-3-1 in last eleven Washington games.
-- Over is 12-4 in Houston's last sixteen games.
-- Under is 9-3-2 in last thirteen Philadelphia games.
-- Under is 11-5 in last sixteen Dodger home games.

-- Over is 11-4 in Baltimore's last fifteen road games.
-- Under is 9-3 in last twelve Toronto games.
-- Six of Indians' last nine home games went over the total.
-- Seven of last eight Royal road games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 13-3-1 in last seveneen Tampa Bay road games.
-- Under is 5-3 in Minnesota's last eight home games.
-- Under is 13-5 in Oakland's last eighteen games.

Umpires
-- Chi-Fla-- Over is 11-3 in last fourteen Darling games.
-- StL-Cin-- Favorite won last nine Gibson games, under is 5-1-1 in his last seven games behind the dish.
-- NY-Pitt-- Four of last five Hickox games stayed under total.
-- SF-Atl-- There are no solid trends for rookie umpire Beal
-- Col-Wsh-- Under is 10-4 in last fourteen Estabrook games.
-- Az-Hst-- Home side is 11-2 in last thirteen Everitt games.
-- Phil-SD-- Last four Nauert games stayed under total.
-- Mil-LA-- Five of last six Tichenor games went over the total.

-- KC-NY-- Over is 7-3-1 in last eleven Diaz games.
-- LA-Clev-- Five of last six Reilly games went over total, with the visitor winning all six.
-- Blt-Det-- Three of four Causey games went over the total.
-- Tor-Bos-- Under is 12-6-2 in last twenty Wolf games.
-- Sea-Min-- Over is 6-3 in last nine Kellogg games.
-- Chi-A's-- Over is 6-1-1 in last eight Johnson games.
-- TB-Tex-- Underdog is 8-5 in last thirteen Culbreth games.

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NFL
Write-Up


Sunday, August 17

I'm not a big fan of investing in summer games, especially early in preseason. But people have asked for some insight so here goes, as little as it is............

-- Bengals won 20-17 at Green Bay on national TV Monday; now have home opener vs Lion squad that beat Giants 13-10 at home, in lackluster game last week. Bengals lost 27-26 at Ford Field last summer- they've won four of last five summer home games.

-- Patriots lost 13-10 at Tampa last year; Patriots got beat 16-15 in their opener vs Baltimore- they lost three of last four road games in summer. Bucs won their opener 17-6 vs Miami, their fourth win in last five summer games. Tampa has better QB depth.