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MLB Trends July 5th
top dollar 2008-07-05 14:02:19 UTC

Hot Pitchers
- Bergmann has 1.29 RA in his last four starts. Reds are 3-1 in last four Arroyo home starts (2-1, 2.49).
- Sheets is 4-1, 2.70 in his last six starts.
- Lowe has 2.60 RA in his last eight starts. Giants won seven of last eight Sanchez starts.
- Moehler is 1-0, 1.47 in his last three starts. Hudson is 2-0, 1.19 in his last three home starts.
- Looper is 2-0, 2.81 in his last four starts.
- Haren is 3-0, 1.54 in his last six starts.

- Beckett is 1-1, 1.64 in his last three starts.
- Rogers is 2-1, 2.85 in his last seven starts. Bedard is 1-0, 1.83 in his last four starts.
- Guthrie has a 2.22 RA in his last four home starts. Rangers are 9-1 in Padilla road starts, winning his last six on foreign soil.
- Buehrle is 4-0, 1.38 in his last five starts.
- Minnesota is 8-2 in Hernandez home starts.
- Burnett is 2-0, 0.60 in his last two starts.

Cold Pitchers
- Gorzelanny has 6.03 RA in his last seven starts.
- Mets lost last five Santana starts (0-4, 4.22), scoring 10 runs. Happ allowed five runs in four IP in his only 2007 start. He was 5-6, 3.54 in 17 AAA starts this season.
- Reynolds is 1-3, 6.55 in his last four starts. Marlins lost last three Olsen road starts (0-1, 7.05).
- Zambrano comes off DL to start; he was 0-2, 6.20 in his last three starts.
— Baek is 0-2, 6.38 in his last three starts.

- Rasner is 1-6, 5.68 in his last seven starts.
- Royals lost five of last six Bannister road starts. Jackson is
2-3, 5.75 in his last seven starts.
- Blanton is 1-5, 7.75 in his last six starts.
- Cleveland lost eight of Byrd’s nine road starts.
— Weaver is 1-2, 6.38 in his last three home starts.

Hot Teams
- Brewers won six of last seven home games.
- Dodgers won six of their last seven road games.
- Phillies won four of their last five games.
- Cardinals won four of their last six games.

- Detroit won 19 of its last 25 games. Mariners are 7-3 in their last ten games.
- Rays won eight of last nine games. Royals are 7-2 in their last nine road games.
- Orioles won eight of their last eleven games. Rangers are 3-1 in their last four games.
- White Sox are 23-5 in their last 28 home games.
- Twins won 15 of their last 18 games.
- Angels won three of their last four games.

Cold Teams
- Reds lost seven of last nine home games. Nationals lost six of their last seven road games.
- Pirates lost six of their last nine road games.
- Giants lost eight of last twelve home games.
- Mets are 8-8 since they fired Willie Randolph.
- Braves lost nine of last twelve home games. Astros are 6-12 in their last eighteen games.
- Colorado lost eight of its last eleven games. Florida is 6-13 in its last thirteen road games.
- Cubs lost eight of their last ten road games.
- Arizona lost six of its last nine games. San Diego is 1-10 in its last eleven games, scoring one run in last two.

- Bronx lost six of last eight home games. Red Sox are 9-18 in their last 27 road games, lost five of last six games overall.
- A’s are 3-5 in second game of road series if they won opener.
- Indians lost last five games, allowing 32 runs.
- Blue Jays are 3-11 in their last fourteen games.

Totals
- Over is 7-3 in Arroyo’s last ten starts.
- Over is 7-3 in last ten games at Miller Park.
- 10 of last 11 Dodger games stayed under the total.
- Four of Mets’ last five road games went over the total.
- Under is 6-3 in Atlanta’s last nine games.
- Under is 6-2-1 in last nine games at Coors Field.
- Four of last five Cardinal games went over the total.
- Over is 6-3 in last nine Arizona games.

- Under is 8-3 in last eleven Bronx home games, 8-2-1 in last 11 Boston games.
- Three of last four Bedard starts stayed under the total.
- Over is 11-4 in Orioles’ last fifteen games.
- Four of Royals’ last five games went over the total.
- Over is 7-3 in White Sox’ last ten home games.
- Under is 7-3 in last ten Cleveland games.
— Under is 6-3-1 in last ten Burnett starts.