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Won-Lost & Net Units (one per game) STD: 72-67; .518; -3.08u
Won-Lost & Net Units (one per game) Yesterday: 3-4; .429; -1.46u

Az +120 CUBS

Diamondbacks are 8-1 in their last 9 games following a loss.
Diamondbacks are 5-2 in their last 7 games as a road underdog.
Diamondbacks are 25-10 in their last 35 during game 2 of a series.
D-backs: Scherzer made his Major League debut on April 29 and set the baseball world buzzing as he retired all 13 batters he faced in relief of Edgar Gonzalez. Scherzer, who was the team's No. 1 pick in the 2006 First-Year Player Draft, struck out seven and his electric fastball reached 98 mph at times during the dominating performance. The D-backs put Scherzer in the rotation in place of Gonzalez and he struggled a bit in his first start against the Phillies, allowing five runs (two earned) on seven hits over four innings.
Cubs are 0-5 in their last 5 games following a win.
Cubs: Dempster is coming off his first loss of the season. He was charged with five runs -- none earned -- on four hits over six innings against the Reds.

MIL -170 Stl

Cardinals are 7-19 in their last 26 games as a road underdog.
Cardinals are 7-21 in their last 28 games as an underdog of +151 to +200.
Cardinals: Pineiro lasted only three innings and three batters Monday in Colorado, leaving the game after failing to retire a hitters in the fourth, yielding three hits and two runs -- one earned -- that inning after already allowing five hits and two runs in the first three innings. His problems were compounded by his fourth inning at bat, when he swung and missed at a pitch that struck his right forearm as he completed his swing. He had trouble keeping his breaking pitches down in his first Coors Field start, and he left too many pitches over the middle of the plate.
Brewers are 22-6 in their last 28 games as a favorite of -151 to -200.
Brewers are 6-0 in Sheets' last 6 starts vs. a team with a winning record.
Brewers are 8-2 in Sheets' last 10 home starts.

Nyy +119 DET

Yankees are 4-1 in their last 5 games as an underdog.
Yankees: Rasner was called up from Triple-A Scranton to make his first 2008 start in the Majors in a game against Seattle on Sunday. He gave up two runs on two hits in the first inning, and then settled in to pitch five scoreless innings, during which he gave up only three hits.
Tigers are 2-5 in their last 7 games vs. a starter with a WHIP less than 1.15.
Tigers are 2-5 in their last 7 games as a favorite.
Tigers are 1-4 in their last 5 home games vs. a right-handed starter.
Tigers are 1-4 in Bondermans last 5 home starts vs. a team with a losing record.

Night games posted later in the pm.