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The San Francisco Giants and the Chicago Cubs have been among the hottest teams in baseball coming out of the All-Star break. 

The Giants are in a bad spot here though after needing 47 innings to take three of four from the NY Mets to close out last week. Here they hand the ball to Shaun Anderson (3-2, 4.87 ERA) who has allowed 13 runs through his last three outings and made it through the fifth inning just once in his last six starts. 

With a depleted bullpen another short outing could spell disaster tonight, especially as the Cubs have averaged a healthy 5.2 rpg through nine games since the All-Star festivities. 

The Cubs counter with Alec Mills (0-0, 4.50 ERA) who limited the Reds to three runs on five hits over six innings in his season debut last week. The Giants have much like the Cubs been swinging hot bats of late, and I expect this contest to fly over the total with ease. 

8* play on OVER. 

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The San Francisco Giants and the Chicago Cubs have been among the hottest teams in baseball coming out of the All-Star break. 

The Giants are in a bad spot here though after needing 47 innings to take three of four from the NY Mets to close out last week. Here they hand the ball to Shaun Anderson (3-2, 4.87 ERA) who has allowed 13 runs through his last three outings and made it through the fifth inning just once in his last six starts. 

With a depleted bullpen another short outing could spell disaster tonight, especially as the Cubs have averaged a healthy 5.2 rpg through nine games since the All-Star festivities. 

The Cubs counter with Alec Mills (0-0, 4.50 ERA) who limited the Reds to three runs on five hits over six innings in his season debut last week. 

Free pick on Chicago Cubs. 

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The reeling Texas Rangers travel to Seattle off their seventh straight defeat following a 5-3 setback at Houston on Sunday. Here they'll face an almost equally struggling Seattle team that has dropped eight of its past nine games, but I like the home team to come through with a win in a high-scoring game Monday night. 

Left-hander Marco Gonzales (10-8, 4.48 ERA) will toe the slab for the Mariners. He was roughed up at Oakland last time out and owns a 5.46 ERA in 10 home starts on the season, but I expect the M's bats to bail him out against Texas right-hander Adrian Sampson (6-6, 4.92 ERA) who was tagged with five runs in just 1 1/3 innings out of the bullpen last time out. Sampson has made just one starts this season, one the 27-year-old  probably rather forget as he was reached for seven runs in 3 1/ 3 innings of a 15-6 loss at Minnesota. 

The Rangers are 1-7 in their last 8 road games. Over is 5-1-1 in the last 7 meetings in Seattle.

8* play on Over. 

MLB 3-PACK

The reeling Texas Rangers travel to Seattle off their seventh straight defeat following a 5-3 setback at Houston on Sunday. Here they'll face an almost equally struggling Seattle team that has dropped eight of its past nine games, but I like the home team to come through with a win in a high-scoring game Monday night. 

Left-hander Marco Gonzales (10-8, 4.48 ERA) will toe the slab for the Mariners. He was roughed up at Oakland last time out and owns a 5.46 ERA in 10 home starts on the season, but I expect the M's bats to bail him out against Texas right-hander Adrian Sampson (6-6, 4.92 ERA) who was tagged with five runs in just 1 1/3 innings out of the bullpen last time out. Sampson has made just one starts this season, one the 27-year-old  probably rather forget as he was reached for seven runs in 3 1/ 3 innings of a 15-6 loss at Minnesota. 

The Rangers are 1-7 in their last 8 road games. Over is 5-1-1 in the last 7 meetings in Seattle.

8* play on Seattle Mariners. 

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Both the New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins rank in the top three for runs scored per game in 2019. I expect to see a real slugfest here in the opener of a three-game set between the two American League foes. 

The Yanks hand the ball to CC Sabathia (5-4, 4.06 ERA) who sports an impressive 3.09 ERA in 39 career starts against Minnesota, but keep in mind that the Twins of this season are more lethal than in many years. This looks like a good time for them to do some damage off the veteran southpaw home at Target Field as Sabathia has a 5.84 ERA on the road this season. At the same time, one must certainly like the Yankees to keep scoring runs against lefty Martin Perez (8-3, 4.10 ERA) who owns a bloated 9.68 ERA in four career starts against the club. 

Over is 7-1 in Sabathia's last 8 starts overall. Over is 8-1 in Perez's last 9 starts overall.

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