Hot pitchers
-- Reds won Leake's last three starts (2-0, 2.70).
-- Lee has a 1.95 RA in his last five home starts.
-- Dickey is 2-1, 1.85 in his last four starts. McDonald is 1-1, 2.78 in his last four starts.
-- Kennedy is 1-1, 2.25 in his last three starts.
-- Carpenter is 0-0, 2.57 in his last couple starts. Milwaukee won last six Greinke starts (3-0, 3.15 last three).
-- Lilly has a 2.37 RA in his last three starts.
-- Lannan is 1-0, 0.90 in his last three starts. Richard has a 2.41 RA
in his last three starts, but San Diego scored a total of four runs in
losing his last four starts.
-- Colon is 2-1, 2.86 in his last four starts. Talbot has a 2.13 RA in his last couple starts.
-- Pineda is 2-1, 1.64 in his last five starts.
-- Price is 2-1, 1.64 in his last three starts.
-- Paulino is 1-0, 1.54 in his first two starts for the Royals.
Cold pitchers
-- Lincecum has a 5.89 RA in his last three starts.
-- Garza is 1-2, 5.57 in his last four starts.
-- Minor is 0-2, 5.16 in three starts this season. Lyles is 0-1, 4.91 in his two starts this season.
-- Vazquez is 1-3, 7.30 in his last seven starts.
-- Colorado lost Hammel's last seven starts (0-4, 5.35 last six).
-- Lackey is 1-2, 11.02 in his last three starts. Morrow is 1-2, 5.57 in his last six starts.
-- Baker is 1-2, 5.05 in his last six starts. Lewis is 1-1, 7.64 in his last three starts.
-- Guthrie is 0-2, 6.30 in his last three starts.
-- Scherzer has a 10.24 RA in his last four starts.
-- Gonzalez, who the White Sox traded TWICE, is 0-2, 4.32 in his last four starts. Danks is 1-3, 6.75 in his last five starts.
-- Pineiro is 0-3, 6.63 in his last three starts.
Totals
-- Over is 11-3 in Mets' last fourteen road games.
-- Under is 11-5-1 in Phillies' last seventeen home games.
-- Under is 10-5-2 in Arizona's last seventeen road games.
-- Seven of last ten Atlanta road games stayed under total.
-- Five of last six games at Miller Park stayed under the total.
-- Over is 10-3-2 in last fifteen games at Coors Field.
-- Under is 12-7 in last nineteen games at Petco Park.
-- Under is 16-3 in San Francisco's last nineteen home games.
-- Six of last seven Seattle road games stayed under the total.
-- Nine of last ten Boston games went over the total.
-- Five of last six games at Camden Yards stayed under total.
-- Over is 9-3 in Cleveland's last twelve road games.
-- Nine of White Sox' last twelve home games went over the total.
-- Four of Twins' last five home games went over the total.
-- Six of Kansas City's last seven road games went over the total.
Hot Teams
-- Phillies won eight of their last twelve home games.
-- Mets won six of their last eight games.
-- Braves won seven of their last nine road games.
-- Milwaukee won 15 of its last 20 games. Cardinals won eight of their last twelve road games.
-- Giants won seven of their last ten games.
-- San Diego won nine of its last fourteen games.
-- Red Sox won nine of their last ten road games.
-- Tampa Bay won three of its last four games. Orioles won five of their last six games.
-- Twins won seven of their last nine games. Texas won six of its last seven road games.
-- White Sox are 9-5 in their last fourteen home games.
-- Detroit won nine of its last twelve games. Mariners are 7-4 in their last eleven road games.
-- Royals won their last two games, allowing four runs.
Cold Teams
-- Arizona lost its last four games, allowing 26 runs. Marlins lost nine of their last eleven games.
-- Cubs lost eleven of their last thirteen games.
-- Pirates are 4-6 in their last ten home games.
-- Astros lost six of their last eight home games.
-- Washington lost 15 of its last 22 games.
-- Colorado lost 13 of its last 20 games. Dodgers are 4-8 in their last 12 road games.
-- Reds lost five of their last six road games.
-- Blue Jays are 4-6 in their last ten games.
-- Indians lost seven of their last eight games. Bronx lost 10 of its last 15 home games.
-- Oakland lost ten of its last eleven games.
-- Angels lost their last six games in a row, scoring a total of 12 runs.
Umpires
-- Cin-SF-- Under is 4-1-1 in last six Nelson games.
-- Chi-Phil-- Four of last five Johnson games went over.
-- NY-Pitt-- Over is 6-4 in Layne's games behind the dish.
-- Atl-Hst-- Eight of last nine Darling games stayed under total.
-- Az-Fla-- Five of last six Miller games stayed under the total.
-- StL-Mil-- Favorites won five of Campos' six games behind plate.
-- LA-Col-- Six of seven Reyburn games stayed under the total.
-- Wsh-SD-- Under is 8-3-1 in Diaz games this season.
-- Clev-NY-- Five of last six Iassogna games went over the total.
-- Bos-Tor-- Underdogs are 5-5 (+$130) in last ten Carlson games.
-- Tex-Minn-- Over is 8-0-1 in last nine Nauert games.
-- TB-Balt-- Five of last seven TWelke games went over total.
-- Sea-Det-- Underdogs won six of last seven Everitt games.
-- A's-Chi-- Five of last six Hickox games stayed under total.
-- KC-LA-- Eight of last nine Davis games went over the total.
For this reason, I decided not to take Toronto again for the third day in a row. I went with Texas -130 instead. I raked over this preview and, while there are some things not to like, there are some good reasons to like the Rangers in this one. TEXAS RANGERS -130 
I don't really
believe there is such a thing as an easy victory, however.
Party on and let's ride! 
I went with 
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