REASONS FOR 8* PLAY

Indiana has 1 of the better home records at 24-11.

Dragic is out and Miami is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 road games against teams with a winning home record.

Miami lost 3 of their last 4 games while the pacers are 7-3 in their last 10.

Miami is 2-8 ATS in their last 10 games as the dog and 3 of their last 4 wins against the pacers were at home.

Take Indiana

                                             REASONS FOR 9* PLAY

Montas is 2-1 with a 1.57 ERA while the A's who are one of the hottest teams in MLB have won 8 of their last 10.

In his last 2 starts he went 7 innings in each allowing just 1 run and 6 hits with 14 K's

Opposing batters are hitting just .175 off him.

In 2019 he was 9-2 with a 2.63 ERA and 4-0 at home and the A's are 5-0 in their last 5 as road favorites.

SF are in last place having lost 7 of their last 10 games.

They lost 3 of their last 4 being outscored 17-7.

Cueto is 1-0 with a 5.40 ERA and hasn't pitched 6 full innings in any of his 4 starts.

Since allowing just 1 run in his 1st game he has allowed at least 3 runs in his next 3.

He has given up 11 runs in his last 14.1 innings pitched.

Take Oakland -1.5 runs

                                       REASONS FOR 8* PLAY

The Rangers have won 2 straight and 5 of their last 6.

They have outscored opponents in those 5 wins 24-12.

Lynn is 2-0 with a 1.16 ERA, pitching at least 6 innings in 3 of his 4 starts.

In 23.1 total innings he allowed just 3 runs while striking out 30.

Lynn won his 1st game this year pitching 6 scoreless innings against the Rockies in a 1-0 win.

Colorado is batting just .238 off him while the Rockies are 0-4 in their last 4 interleague home games.

The Rockies have lost 3 of their last 4 and given up 37 runs in their last 4 games.

Castellani made his 1st career start pitching 4 scoreless innings but will be on a pitch count like his last game.

Lynn is 3-2 with a 2.42 ERA including 1-1 with a 2.84 ERA at Coors lifetime.

Take Texas

                                                   REASONS FOR 8* PLAY

The Cubs have won 9 of their last 10 and are 8-1 at home.

Chatwood is 2-1 with a 5.40 ERA with both wins at home where he pitched 12.2 innings allowing just 1 run while the loss and all of his other runs allowed were on the road.

The Cubs are 5-0 in Chatwood's last 5 home starts against teams with losing records.

They have a 3 game winning streak where they outscored all 3 opponents 18-5.

Milwaukee has lost 2 straight while Chicago has won 3 of their last 4 meetings and 3 of Milwaukee's last 4 wins against the Cubs were home games.

Woodruff is 1-1 with a 2.53 ERA and has pitched well all year except for his 1 loss which was against the Cubs.

In 19.2 total innings against the Cubs in his career he allowed 19 hits and 13 runs.

The Brewers are 3-9 in their last 12 games in Chicago.

Take Chicago