[Tommy]

Saturday, August 26th

National League:

Washington at Atlanta, 1:20 EST
Pedro Astacio (R) vs. John Smoltz (R)
Astacio: Wash 15-33 after having lost 2 of their last 3 games
Smoltz: 38-9 TSR as a favorite of -175 to -250

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 1:20 EST
Rich Hill (L) vs. Chris Carpenter (R)
Hill: CHC 17-4 Over Away when the total is 8 to 8.5
Carpenter: 26-4 TSR working on 5 or 6 days rest

Cincinnati at San Francisco, 4:05 EST
Bronson Arroyo (R) vs. Noah Lowry (L)
Arroyo: Cin 6-0 Away after a game where they had 4 or less hits
Lowry: 17-6 Over when the total is 9 to 9.5

Milwaukee at Florida, 6:05 EST
Doug Davis (L) vs. Dontrelle Willis (L)
Davis: 13-4 TSR working on 5 or 6 days rest
Willis: 10-0 Under in August

Houston at Pittsburgh, 7:05 EST
Andy Pettite (L) vs. Zach Duke (L)
Pettite: 0-7 TSR after giving up 1 or less earned runs last outing
Duke: 10-1 TSR in home night games

Philadelphia at NY Mets, 7:10 EST
Jon Lieber (R) vs. Oliver Perez (L)
Lieber: 3-0 TSR, 1.99 ERA L3 starts
Perez: 2-14 TSR this season

San Diego at Colorado, 8:05 EST
Clay Hensley (R) vs. Jason Jennings (R)
Hensley: SD 0-7 after a game with a combined score of 17+ runs
Jennings: 29-9 TSR as a home favorite of -110 or higher

LA Dodgers at Arizona, 9:40 EST
Derrick Lowe (R) vs. Miguel Bautista (R)
Lowe: LAD 0-8 off 7+ Away games
Bautista: Ari 6-1 at home vs. Dodgers

American League:

Kansas City at Toronto, 4:05 EST
Runelvys Hernandez (R) vs. Roy Halladay (R)
Hernandez: KC 3-32 Away vs. AL East
Halladay: 22-4 TSR on artificial turf

NY Yankees at LA Angels, 4:05 EST
Corey Lidle (R) vs. Erwin Santana (R)
Lidle: NYY 7-0 Over Away revenging a one run loss
Hernandez: 3-0 TSR, 2.65 ERA L3 starts

Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 4:35 EST
James Shields (R) vs. Erik Bedard (L)
Shields: TB 1-18 Away 2nd half of the season
Bedard: 1-9 TSR in August

Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 7:05 EST
Johan Santana (L) vs. Jose Contreras (R)
Santana: 23-2 TSR off BB Minnesota wins
Contreras: CHW 10-3 Over vs. Minnesota

Detroit at Cleveland, 7:05 EST
Justin Verlander (R) vs. Jake Westbrook (R)
Verlander: Det 9-0 Under off a division loss as a favorite
Westbrook: Cle 34-13 at home off BB wins

Oakland at Texas, 8:05 EST
Joe Blanton (R) vs. Adam Eaton (R)
Blanton: Oak 11-0 Over off 7+ road games
Eaton: 8-0 Over on Saturday

Boston at Seattle, 10:05 EST
David Wells (L) vs. Gil Meche (R)
Wells: 13-2 Over when the money line is -100 to -150
Meche: 0-3 TSR, 9.53 ERA L3 starts

[Tommy]

Hot Pitchers
-- Braves won last four Smoltz home starts (3-0, 1.91).
-- Carpenter is 2-0, 1.06 in his last two starts.
-- Arroyo is 1-0, 2.07 in his last two starts. Lowry has 2.05 RA in his last four starts.
-- Florida won last three Willis starts (2-0, 3.00). Brewers are 5-1 in last six Davis starts.
-- Pettitte has 1.93 RA in his last five starts. Pirates won eight of last ten Duke home starts.
-- Phillies won last three Lieber starts (2-0, 2.38).
-- Jennings has 1.64 RA in his last six starts. Hensley has 2.97 RA in his last six starts.
-- Batista is 1-0, 1.89 in his last three starts. Lowe is 4-1, 2.78 in his last five starts.
-- Halladay is 3-0, 2.95 in his last three starts.
-- JSantana is 3-0, 1.63 in his last three starts; Twins are 21-2 in his last twenty-three starts.
-- Indians won three of last four Westbrook starts.
-- Blanton is 3-2, 3.38 in his last five starts. Eaton is 2-0, 2.77 in his last two home starts.
-- DWells is 2-1, 3.00 in his last three starts.
-- Angels are 8-4 in ESantana's home starts. Lidle has 2.82 RA in his first four starts for Bronx.

Cold Pitchers
-- Astacio has 6.07 RA in his last five starts.
-- Hill is 0-4, 11.09 in his four road starts.
-- Oliver Perez makes first start for Mets; he was 0-5, 10.41 in his last five Pirate starts, last of which was June 23.
-- RHernandez is 1-2, 7.13 in his last four starts.
-- Verlander is 1-2, 5.50 in his last three starts.
-- Bedard is 0-3, 5.32 in his last four starts. Devil Rays lost last six road starts by Sheilds.
-- White Sox lost six of last eight Contreras starts.
-- Meche is 0-5, 12.30 in his last six starts.

Totals
-- Under is 13-0-1 in last fourteen Pirate home games.
-- Eight of last eleven Philly road games stayed under the total.
-- Seven of last eight Atlanta games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 9-3 in last dozen Willis starts.
-- Over is 11-5-1 in last seventeen Cub road games.
-- Seven of last nine games at Coors Field went over the total.
-- Last six Jennings starts stayed under the total.
-- Under is 7-3-1 in Cincinnati's last eleven games.
-- Under is 9-3 in Baltimore's last twelve home games.
-- Seven of last eight Detroit road games stayed under the total.
-- 11 of last fifteen Toronto games stayed under the total.
-- 11 of last fourteen Oakland road games stayed under total.
-- Seven of last nine White Sox home games stayed under total.
-- Last six Boston road games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 6-2 in last eight games at Anaheim.

Hot Teams
-- Pirates are 13-7 at home since the All-Star break.
-- Mets are 11-1 in last twelve home games. Phillies won six of their last seven games.
-- Marlins won their last five games, scoring 29 runs. Brewers won six of their last nine games.
-- Padres won four of their last five games.
-- Cincinnati won five of their last seven games. Giants are 8-3 in their last eleven games.
-- White Sox won six of their last nine home games. Twins won thirteen of their last fifteen road games.
-- Indians won their last seven home games.
-- A's won twenty of their last twenty-five games.
-- Seattle won six of their last seven home games.
-- Angels won eight of their last ten home games.

Cold Teams
-- Astros lost ten of their last fourteen games.
-- Braves lost four of their last five games. Nationals lost five of their last six games.
-- Cubs lost last five games, outscored 21-12. Cardianls are 6-10 in their last sixteen games.
-- Rockies lost six of their last seven games.
-- Arizona lost four of their last five games. Dodgers lost six of their last eight games.
-- Orioles are 6-11 in their last seventeen home games. DRays are 1-18 in their last nineteen road games.
-- Detroit lost six of their last eight road games.
-- Texas lost four of their last five games.
-- Royals lost five of last six games, allowing 44 runs.
-- Red Sox lost eight of their last eleven games.
-- Bronx lost three of their last four games.

Umpires
-- (Wsh-Atl) Seven of eight Muchlinski games stayed under
-- (Chi-StL) Underdog is 8-6 in last fourteen Bucknor games.
-- (Cin-SF) Home side won last five Diaz games; last four stayed under the total.
-- (Mil-Fla) Under is 4-0-1 in last five Gibson games.
-- (Hst-Pit) Favorite 16-5 in last 21 Dreckman games.
-- (Phil-NY) Under is 6-1-1, home side 7-1 last eight Marsh tilts
-- (SD-Col) Six of seven Reininger games stayed under total.
-- (LA-Az) Favorite won last six Crawford games.
-- (KC-Tor) Last six West games went over the total.
-- (NY-LA) Under is 3-1-1 in last five Foster games.
-- (TB-Blt) Favorite is 9-2 in last 11 Cederstrom games; four of his last five games stayed under total.
-- (Min-Chi) Underdog is 11-5 in last sixteen Fletcher games.
-- (Det-Cle) Over is 5-1-1 in last seven Cooper games; underdog is 19-7 in his last 26 games.
-- (A's-Tex) Four of last five Everitt games went over the total.
-- (Bos-Sea) Seven of last eight Iassogna games stayed under.