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**Spark** · 08-29-2005, 01:35 PM

Hot pitchers
-- Ramon Ortiz has 2.36 RA in his last four starts.
-- Burnett is 7-1, 2.17 in his last eight starts. Cardinals won Carpenter's last thirteen starts.
-- Patterson is 4-1, 2.43 in his last five starts. Braves are 8-2 in Sosa's last ten starts.

-- Clement has 2.70 RA in his last three starts; four of his last five starts went into extra innings. McClung is 3-0 in his last three starts, with 2.33 RA.
-- Dominguez has 2.38 RA in his last three starts.
-- Saarloos is 4-0, 3.34 in his last five starts.

Cold pitchers
-- Maholm makes big league debut here; he was 7-3 in 22 minor league starts, 16 at AA, six at AAA.
-- JWilliams is 1-3, 4.76 in his last five starts. Dodgers lost last eight Houlton starts (0-5, 4.70).
-- WWilliams is 1-5, 7.49 in his last seven starts. Russ Ortiz is 0-6, 9.35 in his last eight starts.
-- Kim is 0-2, 5.51 in his last three starts. Cain makes his debut for Giants; he was 10-5, 4.39 in 26 starts at AAA

-- Bedard is 1-5, 5.58 in his last eight starts.
-- Elarton is 0-2, 7.91 in his last four starts. Bonderman is 1-4, 5.83 in his last five starts.
-- Buehrle is 4-5, 5.32 in his last ten starts.
-- Baker gave up two runs in five IP on July 5 at Angels, losing 2-1; his only start of season. Carrasco is 0-3, 8.28 in his last five starts.
-- Mussina is 2-3, 5.54 in his last six starts. Franklin is
0-3, 11.15 in his last three starts.

Totals
-- Under is 7-1-2 in last ten Cincinnati road games.
-- Under is 15-2-1 in last 18 Florida home games.
-- Over is 6-1-1 in last eight Atlanta home games.
-- Under is 4-1 in last five Houlton starts.
-- Over is 6-2 in last eight Arizona road games.
-- Under is 8-3 in last eleven Colorado games.

-- Under is 7-3-1 in last eleven Oriole games.
-- Over is 4-0-1 in Elarton's last five starts.
-- Over is 7-2 in Clement's last nine starts.
-- Under is 7-3 in last ten White Sox games.
-- Last six Minnesota road games stayed under total.
-- Seven of last ten Bronx games stayed under total.

Hot teams
-- Reds won eight of their last ten games.
-- Florida won five of last six home games. Cardinals are 4-1 in their last five games.
-- Braves won five of their last seven games.
-- Colorado won four of its last five games.

-- A's are 15-1 in their last sixteen road games.
-- Red Sox are 15-1 in last sixteen home games. Devil Rays are 27-15 in their last 42 games.
-- Indians won nine of their last eleven games.
-- White Sox are 24-10 in last thirty-four road games. Texas won six of its last eight home games.
-- Twins won seven of last ten road games.
-- Bronx won four in row and eight of last ten games.

Cold Teams
-- Pirates lost thirteen of last seventeen home games.
-- Washington is 9-16 in last 25 road games.
-- Cubs are 2-6 in their last eight games.
-- Dodgers are 5-9 in their last fourteen road games.
-- Arizona lost six of their last eight games. Padres lost 13 of their last nineteen home games.
-- Giants lost six of their last nine games, won last two.

-- Orioles lost eight of their last nine games.
-- Tigers lost four of their last five games.
-- Royals are 2-9 in their last eleven home games.
-- Mariners lost six of their last nine games.

**Spark** · 08-29-2005, 01:44 PM

MLB (Baseball) Trends

Monday, August 29th

National League:

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 12:35 EST
Ramon Ortiz (R) vs. Paul Maholm (L)

Ortiz - Cincinnati 10-2 away in August
Maholm - Pittsburgh 5-15 at home in day games

St. Louis at Florida, 7:05 EST
Chris Carpenter (R) vs. A.J. Burnett

Carpenter - 14-1 TSR in night games
Burnett - Florida 4-13 at home with a line of -125 to +125

Washington at Atlanta, 7:35 EST
John Patterson (R) vs. Jorge Sosa (R)

Patterson - Washington 12-41 off 3+ Unders
Sosa - Atlanta 15-3 at home off 5+ road games

Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 EST ESPN
D.J. Houlton (R) vs. Jerome Williams (R)

Houlton - Dodgers 10-20 off a win by 2 runs or less
Williams - Cubs 16-5 after scoring 8+ runs

Arizona at San Diego, 10:05 EST
Russ Ortiz (R) vs. Woody Williams (R)

Ortiz - 50-24 TSR off BB wins
Williams - San Diego 8-17 at home in August

Colorado at San Francisco, 10:15 EST
Byung-Hyun Kim (R) vs. Matt Cain (R)

Kim - Colorado 0-10 as a road underdog of +125 or less
Cain - San Francisco 14-6 off 4+ games scoring 4 runs or less

American League:

Oakland at Baltimore, 3:05 EST
Kirk Saarloos (R) vs. Erik Bedard (L)

Saarloos - 8-1 TSR in day games
Bedard - 0-8 TSR off 3+ losses

Detroit at Cleveland, 7:05 EST
Jeremy Bonderman (R) vs. Scott Elarton (R)

Bonderman - Detroit 2-20 off a loss by 8+ runs
Elarton - Cleveland 10-3 off 7+ road games

Tampa Bay at Boston, 7:05 EST
Seth McClung (R) vs. Matt Clement (R)

McClung - Tampa Bay 5-20 at Boston
Clement - Boston 13-1 at home off BB games scoring 8+ runs

Chicago White Sox at Texas, 8:05 EST
Mark Buehrle (L) vs. Jose Dominguez (R)

Buehrle - White Sox 16-5 away off an Over
Dominguez - Texas 10-21 vs. left-handed starters

Minnesota at Kansas City, 8:10 EST
Scott Baker (R) vs. D.J. Carrasco (R)

Baker - Minnesota 12-3 Under after losing 4 of their last 5 games
Carrasco - Kansas City 4-19 revenging a one-run loss

New York Yankees at Seattle, 10:05 EST
Mike Mussina (R) vs. Ryan Franklin (R)

Mussina - Yankees 5-1 vs. Seattle this season
Franklin - Seattle 11-26 after scoring 8+ runs

**Denotes Time Change
TSR = Team Start Record

**Spark** · 08-29-2005, 01:54 PM

NFL Trends

Monday, August 29th

St. Louis Rams at Detroit Lions, 8:00 ESTABC
St. Louis - 6-0 Under off an ATS loss
Detroit - 1-9 ATS off BB ATS losses

**Denotes Time Change

**Spark** · 08-29-2005, 01:55 PM

Rams @ Lions-- Detroit has Super Bowl this year, and a rare Monday night home game, even in August, should bring out enthusiasm in Motor City club that made Trent Dilfer look like Sonny Jurgensen in home loss to Browns last week. Detroit has weapons on offense, but not very good defense. They also have Torry Holt's brother and Dre Bly, an ex-Ram, so this probably means more to host

Martz Madness will put two TDs on board, but then the backup QBs will play, including Smoker, a Michigan St guy, and there will be dropoff. Martz might not know the score (I'm not joking), he might onside kick at any time, and he really doesn't try to win these games, which is no big deal, although not knowing the score is a red flag.

Week 4 preseason games are so incredibly meaningless, and coached so timidly by most teams. Please, for the love of God, go wager on college football or baseball or horse racing or the CFL. Hell, invest in Laimbeer's team in the WNBA playoffs. Do not invest cash on games that no one cares about, not even the participants.

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