Hot / Cold Starters

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HOT

Brandon Webb (Arizona Diamondbacks) - Webb's campaign for back-to-back Cy Young awards continues tonight when he goes for his seventh straight win. Milwaukee scored two runs against him Wednesday night, but opponents are scoreless against the righty in his previous five. Books have tagged the D-Backs as favorites in five of Webb's last six and the D-Backs cashed in each time. They are favored again tonight when Webb (14-8, 2.63 ERA) takes the mound at Petco Park against the Padres.

Matt Cain (San Francisco Giants) - Cain is on a late-season upswing. He is 3-1 in his last four starts and has won his last two after a dismal summer stretch of just two wins in 14 games from May 19 to August 3. He is 6-13 on the season but has a decent 3.67 ERA and the Giants have played under in Cain's last seven starts. Books have set the total at 8 1/2 today when San Fran hosts Colorado.

COLD

Nate Robertson (Detroit Tigers) - The Tigers' 16-0 assault on the Yankees behind Justin Verlander Monday night is gonna be a hard act to follow for Nate Robertson (7-10, 4.80 ERA). The lefty has just one win in his last seven starts and is 1-7 in his last eight games on the road. Detroit is a -112 road fave against Kansas City tonight. Robertson is an even 4-4 in nine career starts against the Royals.

Ervin Santana (Los Angeles Angels) - Santana hasn't recorded a win since a 9-3 defeat over St. Louis on June 9 and has a 4.30 ERA in that span. Two of Santana's five wins this season came against the Mariners but it's little reprieve from an otherwise disagreeable 5-12 record this season. Santana and the Angels will try to pick up another game in the AL West when they face the M's today as +103 underdogs.

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