[Tommy]

Monday, August 8th

National League:

Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 EST
Brandon Claussen (L) vs. Jerome Williams (R)

Claussen - 3-15 TSR against division opponents over the last 2 seasons
Williams - 13-2 TSR against division opponents over the last 2 seasons

St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers, 8:05 EST
Matt Morris (R) vs. Victor Santos (R)

Morris - 12-4 TSR with 3.06 ERA and 1.289 WHIP vs. Brewers since 1997
Santos - 7-0 Under at home this season

Florida Marlins at Colorado Rockies, 3:05 EST
Josh Beckett (R) vs. Sun-Woo Kim (R)

Beckett - n/a
Kim - n/a

Florida Marlins at Colorado Rockies, 6:05 EST
Ismael Valdez (R) vs. Byung-Hyun Kim (R)

Valdez - 43-70 TSR in road games since 1997
Kim - 10-0 Under in day games over the last 2 seasons

American League:

Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees, 7:05 EST
Orlando Hernandez (R) vs. Mike Mussina (R)

Hernandez - White Sox 36-16 in road games this season
Mussina - 12-3 Under when the total is 10 or higher over the last 2 seasons

Texas Rangers at Boston Red Sox, 7:05 EST
Ricardo Rodriguez (R) vs. Wade Miller (R)

Rodriguez - Texas 2-7 at Boston over the last 3 seasons
Miller - 14-5 Under in night games over the last 2 seasons

Detroit Tigers at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:05 EST
Mike Maroth (L) vs. David Bush (R)

Maroth - 0-8 TSR as a road underdog of +100 to +125 over the last 2 seasons
Bush - Toronto 41-29 in night games this sea

Minnesota Twins at Seattle Mariners, 10:05 EST
Carlos Silva (R) vs. Gil Meche (R)

Silva - 3-0 TSR with 1.23 ERA and 1.182 WHIP vs. Seattle
Meche - 0-3 TSR with 7.36 ERA and 1.977 WHIO in last 3 starts

[Tommy]

Hot pitchers
-- Jennings is 2-0, 1.89 in his last three starts, but was on DL, and is making first start since July 20. Vargas is 1-0, 3.18 in his two starts this season.

-- Miller is 2-0, 3.46 in his last two starts.
-- Bush is 2-0, 3.10 in his last three starts.
-- Silva has 2.84 RA in his last five starts.

Cold pitchers
-- Kim is 0-1, 4.79 in his last three starts. Florida is 3-6 in Beckett's road starts.
-- Santos has 8.18 RA in his last nine starts. Morris 1-2, 7.65 in his last three starts.
-- Williams is 2-2, 4.89 in his last six starts. Claussen is 0-2, 11.42 in two starts vs Cubs this season.

-- Rodriguez is 0-3, 6.47 in his last seven starts.
-- Hernandez is 1-3, 5.34 in his last five starts. Mussina is 0-2, 5.68 in his last two starts.
-- Maroth has 9.12 RA in his last five starts.
-- Meche is 2-4, 7.71 in his last seven starts.


Totals
-- Last four Colorado games went over the total.
-- Over is 4-1 in last five Santos starts, after previous 12 starts all went over the total.
-- Under is 6-1 in last seven Wrigley games.

-- Over is 5-2 in last seven Fenway Park games.
-- Over is 4-0-1 in last five White Sox road games.
-- Four of last five Detroit road games went over total.
-- Four of last five Silva starts stayed under the total.

Hot teams
-- Rockies won five of last seven games.
-- Brewers won six of their last eight games. St Louis is 12-6 in its last eighteen road games.
-- Reds won their last five road games.

-- Red Sox won nine of last 11 games, eight in a row at Fenway Park. Texas won six of its last seven road tilts.
-- White Sox are 18-5 in last 23 road games.

Cold Teams
-- Woeful Cubs lost last five games, scoring 13 runs.

-- Tigers lost eight of their last ten games.
-- Minnesota lost twelve of its last sixteen games. Seattle lost four of its last five games.