Chicago is having a huge turnaround as it closed the first half of the WNBA season with five wins over its last six games including impressive road victories over Minnesota and Los Angeles as a double-digit underdog. Overall, the Sky have covered nine of 11 games on the road and for the season, the home team is just 5-16 ATS in their 21 games. That points to a play on Chicago here but we will be going the contrarian route against that as the time off because of the All-Star Break hurt any sort of positive momentum it had going. Connecticut also is having a big turnaround and its run has been longer as after a 0-4 start, the Sun have gone 12-5 over their last 17 games and are tied with Washington atop the Eastern Conference. They are coming off a bad loss against New York in their last game before the break as they lost by 16 points as a slight road favorite. They return home where they are 5-3 but the favorite playing at Mohegan Sun Arena is 7-1 straight up and 6-2 against the number. The lone straight up loss as a favorite came in the season opener against Atlanta which also resulted in an ATS loss while the other non-cover came against San Antonio when they were favored by 14.5 points and won by 14 points. While the Sky are on a big roll against the number, the Sun are 16-5 ATS in their last 21 games against teams with a losing straight up record. 10* (606) Connecticut Sun

The Dodgers shook off a pair of losses against Atlanta last week and are back to their winning ways as they have won three straight following a come-from-behind win last night. Los Angeles scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning which was its 42nd home win of the season to maintain its 11.5-game lead in the National League West. They were surprisingly shut down by Bartolo Colon on Monday and while recent run has been impressive, looking back at the starters they have faced shows they have faced some weak starting pitching along the way. Minnesota is back to .500 and sits 3.5 games behind Cleveland in the American League Central but is still a solid eight games over .500 on the road. The Twins are not getting nearly the same underdog price they got last night but the pitching matchup difference is the reason. Jose Berrios is one of the top pitching prospects in the organization and while that did not show last season when he posted an 8.02 ERA in 14 starts but a lot of the struggles came early before a late season call-up. This season, he is 9-3 with a 3.50 ERA and 1.15 WHIP and Minnesota has won 10 of his last 14 starts going back to last season. The Dodgers counter with Kenta Maeda who is having a good but not great season with a 4.23 ERA. Only three of 15 starts have been quality outings and the Twins are 21-7 in their last 28 road games against right-handed starters. 10* (929) Minnesota Twins

The Astros offense took it to the Phillies last night following a lengthy rain delay to improve to 3-1 on this current roadtrip. Houston has been exceptional on the road all season so picking the spots to go against them is the key and one of those occurs tonight. The Astros scored double-digit runs and picked up at least 15 hits for the sixth time this month but this was the first time in their last nine games. Philadelphia backers were out of it early last night which has not been the case a lot this season as it has hung around a great deal of the time as 41 percent of their losses have been by one run as their 26 losses by a single run are by far the most in baseball. We get a pitching matchup tonight that is skewed toward Houston overall but there is a reason for that. Nick Pivetta takes the hill for the Phillies and while his 5.58 ERA is ugly, the damage has been done on the road. He has a 6.65 ERA in nine road starts while posting a 3.60 ERA in just four home starts, the last three of which have been quality performances. Clearly, the scheduling has played a big part in his overall number. The same is true for Charlie Morton. He has a 3.45 ERA in nine home starts while putting up a 5.40 ERA in only four road outings so his scheduling has been just the opposite of his counterpart. 10* (924) Philadelphia Phillies

After a miserable 1-5 roadtrip to open the second half of the season, Cleveland has won four straight home games following a win yesterday against Cincinnati in a makeup from a May 25 rainout. The Indians are over .500 at home for the first time since their home opener so while they do have momentum, they have been a betting nightmare at Progressive Field. The Angels went 4-4 on their most recent homestand and going back, they have won 11 of their last 20 road games which seems average but they have been significant road underdogs in all those wins and are catching a similar number tonight. Jesse Chavez gets the ball for Los Angeles and he has been on a solid run despite going winless over his last four starts. He has not gotten much run support as he has received just 2.0 rpg over his last four outings and the normally reliable bullpen has allowed nine runs over those four games, matching the number of runs he has allowed over that span. Mike Clevinger has been on a solid run as well as he has tossed four straight quality games but Cleveland is just 2-2 as he too has gotten limited run support. In five home starts, he has received only 2.2 rpg with the Indians going just 1-4 in those games, dropping 5.5 units in the process. 10* (913) Los Angeles Angels