8/4/2008 MLB Public Betting Trends, Odds, Spread & Pitching Matchups

Check out top public betting trends and tips, as well as find out which teams and pitchers are both hot and cold. Also, be sure to check out up to the minute live odds from online sports book SBG Global.

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Hot Pitchers
-- Reds won six of last seven Arroyo home starts.
-- Dempster is 2-0, 0.82 in his last three starts.
-- Cook is 3-0, 2.89 in his last four starts.
-- Haren is 5-1, 1.71 in his last eight starts.
-- Jurrjens is 4-0, 0.30 (1 run/29.1 IP) in last four road starts. Cain has a 1.86 RA in his last four starts.

-- Halladay has 2.40 RA in his last two starts, but Toronto lost three of his last four starts at Rogers Centre.
-- Lee has 2.30 RA in his last four road starts. Garza is 6-1, 1.43 in his last eight home starts.
-- Chamberlain is 2-0, 1.42 in his last three starts. Rangers won Padilla's last three starts (1-0, 3.60).
-- Meche is 3-0, 1.31 in his last three starts.
-- Angels are 8-2 at home when Saunders starts.
-- Perkins is 6-1, 4.21 in his last eight starts.

Cold Pitchers
-- Parra is 1-2, 5.33 in his last four starts.
-- Moehler has 5.40 RA in his last five starts.
-- Nationals lost Redding's last four road starts (0-2, 4.70).
-- Herrera is 1-1, 9.00 in four starts this season.

-- Smith is 0-3, 8.10 in his last three starts.
-- Red Sox are 1-6 on road when Buchholz starts.
-- Sarfate allowed five runs in four IP in his first '08 start.
-- Batista is 0-3, 7.03 in his last five starts.

Hot Teams
-- Cubs won seven of their last eight games. Astros won six of their last seven games.
-- Nationals won their last three games, but are 2-12 in their last 14 on road. Colorado is 11-2 in its last thirteen home games.
-- Diamondbacks are 9-4 in their last thirteen games.

-- Rays are 39-9 in last 48 home games.
-- Rangers are 8-5 in their last thirteen home games. Bronx won its last two games, scoring 22 runs.
-- Red Sox allowed just five runs in winning last three games. Royals won six of their last seven games.
-- Orioles won five of their last seven games. Angels are 14-4 in their last eighteen games.
-- Minnesota won seven of its last nine games.

Cold Teams
-- Brewers lost six of their last eight games. Reds lost eight of their last nine games.
-- Pirates are 3-6 since the Nady/Marte trade.
-- Braves lost seven of their last nine games. Giants lost seven of last ten home games.

-- Oakland is 2-15 in its last seventeen games. Blue Jays lost five of their last seven games.
-- Indians lost eight of their last twelve games.
-- Mariners lost eleven of their last fifteen games.

Totals
-- Under is 4-1 in Arroyo's last five home starts.
-- Six of last eight Cub games went over the total.
-- Four of last five Cook starts went over the total.
-- Under is 6-2 in last eight Haren home starts.
-- Under is 7-2 in Giants' last nine games.

-- Last nine Smith starts stayed under the total.
-- Over is 5-2-1 in Lee's last eight road starts.
-- Over is 8-1 in last nine Bronx games.
-- Over is 7-2-1 in last ten Buchholz starts.
-- Over is 20-6-1 in Orioles' last 27 road games.
-- Five of last six Perkins starts stayed under the total.

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