A'S @ ORIOLES

Gossett pitches for Oakland with a 3-6 record and a 5.17 ERA. He pitched a great game his last start allowing 1 run and 3 hits in SF for the win. It was just the 2nd time he pitched past 6 innings in his last 7 starts and in July gave up 17 runs and 35 hits in only 26 innings while he lost 3 of 4 decisions and Oakland had lost 6 of his 9 starts up until then. He is 3-3 on the road with a 4,83 ERA and 2-3 in the day with a 6.37 ERA. Oakland has lost 4 of their last 6 games and scored 3 runs or less in 4 of their last 5. They are 18 -38 in their last 56 road games and are 2-7 in their last 9 meetings in Baltimore. Bundy takes the mound for Baltimore with a 12-8 record and a 4.17 ERA. After skipping a start in mid July to rest, he has won 4 straight decisions and allowed 3 runs or less in 4 of the 5 starts, In his last 2 he allowed a total of 5 runs and 12 hits in 13 innings while striking out 10 batters in each game. He is 6-4 at home with a 3.82 ERA and Baltimore is 5-0 in his last 5 starts and 9-4 in his last 13 home starts.

Take Baltimore - 1.5 runs

                                                  DIAMONDBACKS @ METS

Godley pitches for Arizona with a 5-6 record and a 3.13 ERA. He wasn't sharp his last time out as he allowed 4 runs and 9 hits in 5.1 innings losing his 2nd straight game. But he has allowed 3 runs or less in 15 of his 18 starts this year and Arizona has won 4 of his last 6. That last game was on the road but in his 2 prior road starts pitched a total of 13 scoreless innings and allowed just 7 hits. He is 3-4 on the road with a 3.06 ERA and 4-3 at night with a 2.53 ERA. He gave up 1 run in 6.2 innings in his only start against the Mets this year and is 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA against them lifetime. Arizona has won 6 straight meetings and 10 of 11 overall against the Mets. Flexen takes the mound for NY with a 2-2 record and a 6.55 ERA. He started 5 games in his 1st season and hasn't pitched a full 6 innings in any. He is 1-1 at home with a 4.91 ERA and 1-2 at night with a 7.41 ERA. He has also walked 16 batters in 22 total innings pitched.The Mets are reeling having lost 7 of their last 8 at home and 8 of 9 overall while going further they lost 19 of their last 26.

Take Arizona

                                                       MARLINS @ PHILLIES

Nicolino pitches for Miami with a 2-1 record and a 4.11 ERA. He has started 7 games this year and allowed 3 runs or less in 6 of them and 1 run or less in 5. In his last 2 games he only allowed 1 run in each while giving up 12 hits in 10.1 total innings winning both. Miami has won 5 of his 7 starts and he is 10-5 in night games in his career and 1-0 against Philly. Miami has won 6 of their last 8 meetings with Philadelphia and have scored 19 runs in the first 2 games of the series. They are 8-1 in their last 9 games against righties. Leiter takes the mound for Philadelphia with a 1-3 record and a 4.38 ERA. He was hammered in his last start as he allowed 8 runs (4 earned) and 7 hits in 5 innings. It was just his 4th start in 20 appearances and he has lost his last 2. In jus 2.1 innings this year against Miami he allowed 5 runs and 6 hits and is 0-1. They have lost 5 of their last 6 home games and have dropped 8 of 10 overall.

Take Miami

                                                          PADRES @ CARDS

Chacin pitches for SD with an 11-8 record and a 3.98 ERA. He has allowed 2 runs or less in 11 of his last 13 starts going 7-3. He allowed just 1 run in each of his last 2 starts but came away with no decisions in both. He got his pitch count up with 4 walks in each of those games and was out after 5 innings in both. He is 4-6 on the road with a 6,90 ERA but has allowed 3 runs or less in 5 of his last 6 road games as half of the 46 runs he allowed on the road were all in 3 games in April and May. He is 8-6 at night with a 3.67 ERA and SD has won 5 of their last 8 games and are 5-1 in their last 6 against righties. Weaver takes the mound for St Louis with a 1-1 record and a 3.31 ERA. This is his 2nd year and he has a 2-5 lifetime record including last season. He has 2 starts in 5 appearances this year and pitched a total of 11.1 innings and allowed 6 runs and 10 hits with 2 HR's and 4 walks. He is 0-1 at home with a 4.50 ERA and St Louis has lost 4 of his last 5 starts and 6 of their last 8 overall.

Take San Diego

                                                           BLUE JAYS @ RAYS

Stroman pitches for Toronto with an 11-6 record and a 2.99 ERA. He won 3 of his last 4 decisions and allowed 2 runs or less in 8 of his last 10 starts including his last 3. He beat the Rays his last time out when he pitched 6.2 innings and allowed 2 runs and 6 hits while striking out 7. It was his 3rd start against them this year and he is 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA including a win in Tampa Bay. He is 6-2 on the road with a 3.42 ERA. They have won 4 of their last 6 meetings and are 13-6 in his last 19 starts. Pruitt takes the mound for Tampa Bay with a 6-4 record and a 5.37 ERA. He has made 6 starts out of 23 appearances and has started his last 5, The Rays have lost 4 of those starts and he has lost 3 of his last 4 decisions. In his last start he was hit hard giving up 6 runs and 11 hits in 7 innings and threw 107 pitches. In his last 2 home starts he allowed 9 runs and 15 hits in 13 total innings and has a 3-3 record with a 5.13 ERA at home. Fatigue could be a factor as he has started 3 straight games increasing his pitch count dramatically. Tampa Bay has lost 7 of their last 10 games to righties and 5 of their last 7 at home. They have dropped 7 of their last 10 overall.

Take Toronto

                                                           NATS @ ASTROS

Jackson pitches for Washington with a 4-2 record and a 3.43 ERA. Since joining Washington he has started 6 games and allowed 3 runs or less in 5 of them while Washington has won 4 of the 6. He has won his last 2 starts and allowed 1 run in each and 13 total hits in 13 innings pitched. It was the 3rd time in 4 starts he allowed just 1 run in a game. He is 2-1 on the road with a 3,80 ERA and 4-1 at night with a 2,92 ERA. Washington has won 9 straight meetings with Houston including 7 straight at Houston while winning 6 of their last 8 overall. They have won a total of 18 of the last 22 meetings with the Astros. Fiers takes the mound for Houston with a 7-8 record and a 4.32 ERA. He has lost 4 straight decisions and Houston lost 5 of his last 8 starts. He hasn't pitched a full 7 innings in 5 straight starts and Houston lost 4 of them. Over those 5 games he pitched a total of 25.2 innings and allowed 21 runs and 29 hits with 15 walks and 9 HR's. He allowed 2 HR's in each of his last 4 starts. He is 2-5 at home with a 3.66 ERA and a 5.00 ERA at night. Houston has struggled recently and has lost 2 straight games while scoring 3 runs or less in 5 straight.

Take Washington

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