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Atlanta-Philly

• Mike Soroka 10-2 2.46, .285 OBP against
  • Last 3: 4.08, .372
  • Stunning 6-0 road, 1.12 ERA, .237
  • Compare to 4.08 and .337
• Phillies Jake Arrieta 5.33 ERA last five starts though just 2 ER last 10.2
• Arrieta .360 OBP against at night compared to 3.96 day, though home road fairly close, though home ERA a bit better
• Braves 2-6 last 8, with .382 slugging percentage last 7
• Phillies won 5-of-6
• Braves 149-141 road since April 15, 2016 +54.6 units and 17.6 ROI
• Phillies 113-213 underdog since May 4 2016 for -54 units and -16.5 ROI

San Francisco-San Diego

• Jeff Samardzija 2.73 ERA last four with .911 WHIP
  • Home/road and day/night numbers very close
• Pads Joey Lucchesi among most pronounced splits in MLB
  • 2.83 ERA home, .260 OBP against, 1.04 WHIP
  • Compare to road where 6.48, .326 and 1.41
  • Night numbers also much better than day
    • .255 OBP night, compared to .344 day
• Giants 10-1 last 11 despite hitting .224 last 7
• Giants 30-17 last 47 for +21.12 units and 42.9 ROI
  • 24-14 road, 20-10 underdogs +17.27 units and 57.5 ROI
• San Diego 53-78 at home since Sept 24, 2017 -29.15 units
  • 26-34 favorite -18.15 -22.6 units since Jun 19 of last year

New York Yankees-Boston

• Just 8^th time in history a team is road favorites off same-series loss of 15 or more
  • 6-1 in history of our database
• NYY James Paxton consistently mediocre though off home game to Colorado
  • 3.1 IP 7 runs, 4 earned
  • 4.78 road, .365 OBP against
• Boston’s Andrew Cashner 10 ER last 11 IP with 1.636 WHIP
  • Home/road splits roughly the same
• Yankees over 40-14 road since Sept 25 of last year
• Boston over 77-48-4 since September 19 of last year
• Though Boston 31-30 at home since September 26 of last year, that’s -18.60 units

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