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Major League Baseball Trends
Monday, September 20

National League:

St. Louis (-240) at Milwaukee (9.5), 7:35 ET
Morris (R) vs. De La Rosa (L)
(Matchup)
MORRIS is 11-3 OVER when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season
MILWAUKEE is 0-7 against the money line in home games as an underdog of +175 to +250

Chicago Cubs (7.5) at Florida (-120), 1:05 ET (Game 1)
Prior (R) vs. Pavano (R)
(Matchup)
PRIOR is 10-3 UNDER in road games when pitching in day games
PAVANO is 14-2 against the money line when pitching in day games

Chicago Cubs (NL) at Florida (NL), 4:05 ET (Game 2)
Clement (R) vs. Bump (R)
(Matchup)
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American League:

Baltimore (10) at Boston (-210), 7:05 ET
Riley (L) vs. Wakefield (R)
(Matchup)
BALTIMORE is 24-14 against the money line in road games against division opponents
WAKEFIELD is 8-2 UNDER vs. division opponents this season

Cleveland (10) at Detroit (-125), 7:05 ET
Elarton (R) vs. Marouth (L)
(Matchup)
ELARTON is 10-3 UNDER in the second half of the season
MAROTH is 17-5 UNDER in home games when pitching in night games

Kansas City (10) at Tampa Bay (-160), 7:15 ET
Anderson (L) vs. Brazelton (R)
(Matchup)
ANDERSON is 9-2 OVER when playing against a team with a losing record
BRAZELTON is 1-8 against the money line after giving up 2 or more home runs last outing

Minnesota (9) at Chicago White Sox (-145), 8:05 ET
Silva (R) vs. Buehrle (R)
(Matchup)
SILVA is 10-3 UNDER in road games
CHI WHITE SOX are 4-13 against the money line revenging a 3 game sweep

Seattle (9) at Anaheim (-245), 10:05 ET
Franklin (R) vs. Lackey (R)
(Matchup)
FRANKLIN is 15-4 UNDER when the total is 8.5 to 10
LACKEY is 8-0 against the money line as a home favorite of -200 or more

Toronto (NL) at NY Yankees (NL), 7:05 ET
Lilly (L) vs. Vazquez (R)
(Matchup)
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Hot pitchers
-- Pavano is 5-1, 3.19 in his last six starts.
-- Riley has 1.29 RA in his last two starts, but Orioles scored total of one run in the two games, and lost both.
-- Royals scored 39 runs in winning Anderson's last four starts.
-- Silva is 2-0, 1.88 his last five starts, but Twins lost eight of his last ten road starts. Buehrle is 3-2, 3.34 in his last five starts; White Sox lost five of his last seven home starts.
-- Lackey has 1.71 RA in his last three starts. Anaheim is 5-2 in his last seven home starts.

Cold pitchers
-- Prior is 1-2, 9.00 in his last three starts. Clement is
0-1, 5.54 in his last three starts. Cubs are 1-4 in Prior's last five road starts, 4-7 in Clement's.
-- De la rosa is 0-2, 12.15 in two '04 starts.
-- Wakefield is 0-2, 10.91 in his last three starts, 0-1, 7.82 vs Orioles this year.
-- Tigers scored ten runs in losing last five Maroth starts (0-4, 4.54); he is 2-0, 2.95 vs Indians this year, and Tigers are 9-3 in his home starts this season. Indians are 1-7 on road with Elarton.
-- Vazquez has 6.65 RA in his last four home starts, but Bronx is 10-1 in his last eleven home outings.
-- Brazelton is 0-3, 7.81 his last three starts, but Devil Rays are 8-2 in his home starts this season.
-- Seattle lost Franklin's last eight road starts.

Hot teams
-- Cubs won six of last seven road series (16-7) and 8 of last ten games overall.
-- Orioles are 11-2 in their last thirteen road openers. Boston is 20-5 in its last 25 Fenway games.
-- Bronx won seven of their last eight home games.
-- White Sox won five of last six home games. Twins are 10-2 in their last twelve games.


Cold teams
-- Marlins lost five of last six home games.
-- Brewers scored total of seven runs during six-game losing streak. Cardinals are 5-7 in their last 12 games.
-- Indians lost eleven of last fourteen road games. The Tigers lost six of last seven at home.
-- Toronto lost last seven series openers and 21 of last 29 road games.
-- Royals lost eleven of last fifteen road series openers. Tampa Bay is 1-8 in its last nine home games.
-- Angels got shut out each of last two days, but won their last five home series openers. Seattle is 8-15 in road series openers.

Totals
-- Under is 9-6 last 15 Florida home games. Over is
6-1 in Clement's last seven starts.
-- Last six Brewer games stayed under the total.
-- Over is 8-3 last eleven Wakefield starts, 6-3 in last nine Riley starts.
-- Under is 11-2 in last thirteen Maroth starts, 6-2 last eight Detroit home games.
-- 17 of last 23 Toronto games went over total.
-- Over is 5-2 in last seven Brazelton starts.
-- Over is 11-4 in last fifteen Buehrle starts.
-- Under is 10-6 last sixteen Mariner road games, 7-4 in last eleven Franklin starts