Trends Monday

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Monday, August 1st

National League:

Pittsburgh Pirates at Atlanta Braves, 1:05 EST
Zach Duke (L) vs. Tim Hudson (R)

Duke - Pittsburgh 14-50 as a road underdog of +150 or more over the last 2 seasons
Hudson - 70-22 TSR as a home favorite of -110 or higher since 1997

Florida Marlins at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:10 EST
Ismael Valdez (R) vs. Jason Marquis (R)

Valdez - 11-1 Over in road night games over the last 2 seasons
Marquis - 11-15 TSR as a home favorite of -150 or more since 1997

American League:

Chicago White Sox at Baltimore Orioles, 12:35 EST
Mark Buehrle (L) vs. Bruce Chen (L)

Buehrle - 16-4 TSR in day games over the last 2 seasons
Chen - Baltimore 6-12 vs. White Sox over the last three seasons

Oakland Athletics at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 EST
Joe Blanton (R) vs. Johan Santana (L)

Blanton - n/a
Santana - n/a

[Spark]

Hot pitchers
-- Hudson is 1-0, 2.37 in his last three starts. Rookie sensation Duke is 3-0, 0.38 his last four starts.

-- Santana is 3-0, 3.32 in his last three starts.

Cold pitchers
-- Valdes pitched three shutout innings (64 PT) in first '05 start; Marlins won the game, 3-1. Marquis is 1-5 in his last eight starts, with 6.10 RA.

-- Cabrera is 0-1, 4.50 in his last three starts; he pitched 1.1 innings Saturday, but left after being hit on hand by a line drive. Buehrle is 1-3, 7.24 in his last five starts.
-- Blanton is 0-3, 4.44 in his last four starts.


Totals
-- Under is 4-1 in Duke's starts this season.
-- Last five Florida games stayed under the total.

-- Over is 4-1 in last five Oriole games.
-- Last six Santana starts went over the total.

Hot teams
-- Braves allowed 20 runs in winning last six games.
-- Florida is 8-3 in their last eleven games.

-- White Sox are 17-5 in last 22 road games.
-- A's won seventeen of their last twenty games.

Cold Teams
-- Pirates lost their last five games in a row.
-- Cardinals are 6-6 in their last dozen games.

-- Orioles starters lasted total of 14 innings in their last five games; they've lost eleven of last twelve games.
-- Twins lost eight of their last nine games.