**Rockies (Cook) at Reds (Volquez)**
-Caesars Palace installed Cincinnati as a $1.45 home ‘chalk’ over Colorado, with the total set at 8 ½ ‘under’ (minus $1.20). This National League matchup is slated to start at 7:10 p.m. ET.
-Colorado right-hander Aaron Cook (12-6, 3.58 ERA) heads to the hill for the first time since Sunday’s victory over Pittsburgh as a $1.90 home favorite, 11-3. The 29-year-old went seven innings, allowing three runs on five hits with a walk and two strikeouts.
-The combined 14 runs toppled the 10-run closing total. The ‘over/under’ has alternated his last four starts.
-Cook beat the Reds last year as a $1.30 road underdog, 9-7, tossing 5 1/3 innings while being reached for five runs on 10 hits (one home run) with three walks and four strikeouts. The combined 16 runs soared ‘over’ the 8 ½-run closing total.
-Cincinnati’s Edinson Volquez (12-2, 2.53 ERA) is off Sunday’s no-decision against New York after surrendering four runs on eight hits (one home run) with three walks and three strikeouts over five innings.
-The Reds ended up dropping that affair as a $1.35 home favorite, 7-5, while the combined 12 runs eclipsed the nine-run closing total. The ‘over’ has cashed his last four starts.
-Volquez, a four-year veteran, has never started against the Rockies.
**Diamondbacks (Haren) at Giants (Sanchez)**
-Caesars Palace opened Arizona as a $1.35 road favorite over San Francisco, with the total listed at seven ‘under’ (minus $1.20). This NL West contest is scheduled to start at 10:15 p.m. ET.
-Arizona pitcher Danny Haren (9-5, 2.58 ERA) beat Los Angeles Saturday as a $1.30 home ‘chalk,’ 3-2, tossing seven scoreless innings on four hits with two walks and seven strikeouts.
-The combined five runs failed to topple the 7 ½-run closing total, helping the ‘under’ improve to 4-1 his last five games.
-The Pepperdine product fell to the Giants May 27 as a $1.60 home favorite, 6-3, going six innings while being tagged for five runs on nine hits (two home runs) with a walk and seven strikeouts. The combined nine runs eclipsed the eight-run closing total.
-San Francisco southpaw Jonathan Sanchez (8-5, 4.10 ERA) finagled a no-decision against Milwaukee Saturday despite tossing a lackluster 5 1/3 innings. The 25-year-old surrendered four runs on seven hits with two walks and eight strikeouts.
-The Giants eventually dropped that affair as a $1.28 home underdog, 8-5, while the combined 13 runs eclipsed the 7 1/2-run closing total. The ‘over’ is now 3-1 his last four starts.
-Sanchez is 1-0 against the D’backs this season in two starts, going a combined 11 innings while allowing six runs (five earned) on 12 hits (one home run) with five walks and nine strikeouts. The Giants prevailed as a $1.20 home underdog, 5-4, and as a $1.50 road ‘dog, 11-3. The ‘over’ cashed in both contests.
**Yankees (Chamberlain) at Red Sox (Beckett)**
-Caesars Palace lists Boston as a $1.25 home ‘chalk’ over New York, with the total set at eight ‘over’ (minus $1.20). This American League East affair is slated to start at 7:05 p.m. ET.
-New York’s Joba Chamberlain (1-1, 2.64 ERA) is searching for his first victory in a month after going 0-1 his last four outings. The former Nebraska Cornhuskers hurler picked up a no-decision against Oakland Saturday, tossing six solid innings while yielding one run on six hits with a walk and eight strikeouts.
-The Yankees eventually prevailed as a $2.00 hoe favorite, 4-3, while the combined seven runs went ‘under’ the 8 ½-run closing total. The ‘under’ is 5-2 his last seven starts.
-Chamberlain notched a no-decision against the Red Sox July 6, pitching six innings while allowing three runs on four hits with four walks and five strikeouts. The Yankees eventually won that contest as a $1.70 home ‘chalk,’ 5-4. The combined nine runs slithered ‘over’ the 8 ½-run closing total.
-Boston hurler Josh Beckett (9-6, 3.98 ERA) had his personal two-game winning streak halted with Saturday’s setback to Los Angeles as a $1.20 road favorite, 4-2. The 6-foot-5 hurler went eight innings, yielding four runs on nine hits (one home run) with a walk and six strikeouts.
-The combined six runs went below the eight-run closing total, ending back-to-back ‘over’ outings for the right-hander.
-The 28-year-old is 3-0 against the Yankees this season in three starts, going a combined 20 2/3 innings while surrendering nine runs on 15 hits with four walks and 14 strikeouts. The Red Sox triumphed as a $1.65 home favorite, 4-3, as a $1.30 road ‘chalk,’ 7-5, and as a $1.27 road favorite, 6-4. The ‘over’ went 2-1 during those three games.
**Rangers (Padilla) at Athletics (Gallagher)**
-Caesars Palace opened Oakland as a $1.25 home favorite over Texas, with the total listed at 8 ½ ‘under’ (minus $1.20). First pitch for this AL West affair is scheduled for 10:05 p.m. ET.
-Texas hurler Vicente Padilla (11-5, 4.41 ERA) had dropped consecutive contests before upending Minnesota Sunday as a $1.30 road underdog, 1-0. The veteran right-hander tossed seven scoreless innings on three hits with two walks and no strikeouts.
-The lone run never seriously threatened the nine-run closing total. The ‘over’ had cashed his previous two outings.
-The Nicaragua native beat the Athletics May 2 as a $1.35 road underdog, 4-3, going 5 2/3 innings while allowing three runs (one earned) on five hits (one home run) with four walks and six strikeouts. The combined seven runs went ‘under’ the 8 ½-run closing total.
-Oakland righty Sean Gallagher (4-4, 4.19 ERA) has been a solid home pitcher this season, going 4-0 in five starts with a 3.30 ERA. The two-year veteran is off Saturday’s no-decision against New York, tossing five innings while yielding two runs on seven hits with four walks and seven strikeouts.
-The Athletics eventually dropped that contest as a $1.80 road underdog, 4-3, while the combined seven runs went ‘under’ the 8 ½-run closing total. The ‘over’ had cashed his previous four outings.
-Gallagher has never started against the Rangers in his brief major league career.
Brad Young can be reached at byoung@vegasinsider.com.
