[Jeff Grant]

Tuesday MLB Recap
-Giants SP Madison Bumgarner struck out a season-high 12 batters
-San Francisco had gone 16 consecutive games at AT&T Park without a home run before Bumgarner went deep
-Orioles OF Adam Jones is 14 for 33 (.424) in interleague play this year
-The Nationals five-game win streak matches a season best
-Toronto has lost five of its last six games to fall to .500 on the season, but hasn’t fallen below that mark all year
-The Yankees had been 10 for 67 (.149) with the bases loaded this year until Alex Rodriguez tied Lou Gehrig
-Reds had numerous players getting IVs before Tuesday’s game
-Red Sox SP Clay Buchholz is 4-1 with a 2.83 ERA over his last seven starts
-Since the start of the 2010 season, Mets SP Chris Young has made only 10 starts, going 4-0 with a 1.81 ERA over that stretch
-The Cubs snapped a seven-game losing streak against the Tigers
-Chicago fired hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo, as the team came into the day ranked 27th in the majors with a .304 on-base percentage
-Brewers OF Ryan Braun has a 17-game hitting streak in interleague play
-The Twins have won 10 of their last 13 games, scoring 10 or more runs in three of the last seven
-Chicago White Sox have won eight straight road games and is a major league-best 17-6 since May 17
-Cardinals SS Rafael Furcal is hitless on the team’s current homestand (0-15)
-Colorado has lost all seven of its interleague games this year

[Jeff Grant]

Washington Nationals at Toronto Blue Jays (Betting Odds - Matchup)
-Nationals SP Stephen Strasburg is 3-1 with a 1.84 ERA in five interleague outings
-Blue Jays OF Jose Bautista has hit six of his 18 home runs over the past 10 games
-Blue Jays SP Kyle Drabek is 3-2 with a 1.95 ERA in five home starts, allowing one HR in 32.1 IP
-Strasburg is 4-0 with a 2.19 ERA in six road starts (37 IP, 55 K)
-Washington will be trying to complete its first-ever 6-0 sweep since relocating to the nation’s capitol
-Nationals OF Bryce Harper is hitting .405 in June
-The Nationals are 13-8 in day games (Blue Jays, 12-10)
-The Nationals rank 19th in the league with a .243 daytime batting average, while the Blue Jays are 11th (.254)
-Strasburg allowed three runs and seven hits in 5.2 IP against the Reds on July 21, 2010, in his only career start with umpire Gary Cederstrom behind home plate
-The “over” is 10-4 in Cederstrom’s 14 assignments in 2012

[Jeff Grant]

New York Yankees at Atlanta Braves (Betting Odds - Matchup)
-Braves SP Tim Hudson is 1-3 with a 3.78 ERA in 10 career regular-season starts against the Yankees (Rodriguez is 14-for-39, with 3 HRs off him)
-Hudson is 4-0 with a 1.29 ERA in his last four interleague home starts
-Yankees SP Hiroki Kuroda is 1-4 with a 2.10 ERA in five starts against the Braves, with the Los Angeles Dodgers offense providing him just four runs of support
-Kuroda is 4-8 with a 3.93 ERA in 12 career interleague starts
-New York is 9-2 in June, outscoring opponents by a 58-28 margin
-The Yankees are 2-4 as a road underdog of +100 to +125, while the Braves are 6-5 at home with a money line of -100 to -125
-Hudson’s teams have split his four starts in umpire Brian O’Nara’s strike zone (2-2 Over/Under)
-The “over” is 10-3 in O’Nara’s assignments behind home plate this year, with an average of 2.31 HRs

Read an SBR Forum preview of this contest on ESPN

Pittsburgh Pirates at Baltimore Orioles (Betting Odds - Matchup)
-Orioles 2B Brian Roberts returned to the lineup last night for the first time since 5/16/11
-Baltimore OF Adam Jones is batting .424 with three HRs and seven RBIs in seven games against NL opponents
-Orioles SP Brian Matusz is 0-5 with a 7.49 ERA in six interleague starts, surrendering 11 HRs in 33.2 IP
-Pittsburgh hasn’t lost back-to-back games since May 22-23
-Pirates SP Kevin Correia is 5-6 with a 4.09 ERA in 14 career interleague starts
-Correia has allowed 11 home runs this year, while averaging only 3.43 strikeouts per nine innings
-Matusz has allowed 3 ER in 13 career innings with umpire Victor Carapazza behind home plate, with both starts coming against the Rays this year

Cleveland Indians at Cincinnati Reds (Betting Odds - Matchup)
-Cincinnati has scored 29 runs in Matt Latos’ last four starts
-Latos is 2-2 with a 3.48 ERA in five career starts against AL opponents, including a 1-3 mark and 5.21 ERA at the Great American Ball Park
-Reds 1B Joey Votto is batting .517 with four HRs and 13 RBIs over his last 16 games
-Indians SP Derek Lowe is 0-2 with a 7.04 ERA in his last three starts against the Reds
-Lowe is 2-2 with a 5.09 ERA in four career starts at GABP
-The Indians are 5-5 as a road underdog of +125 to +150, while the Reds are 8-5 as a home favorite of -125 to -150
-The “over” is 8-4-1 in umpire Paul Nauert’s 13 assignments behind home plate (10.08 rpg)

Early thoughts: Slight lean to the "over" right now - will have to check lineups due to Reds' players being ill on Tuesday night

[kramerthekid]

whats your record on here pal?

[Jeff Grant]

New York Mets at Tampa Bay Rays (Betting Odds - Matchup)
-Mets SP R.A. Dickey is 7-0 with a 1.55 ERA in his last nine starts, including an active 24.2 scoreless innings streak
-New York was batting .199 in its previous seven games before collecting 14 hits and scoring 11 runs on Tuesday
-Rays SP David Price is 4-1 with a 0.96 ERA in five home starts, 2nd-lowest home ERA in the majors (Weaver, 0.83)
-Price is 5-5 with a 4.18 ERA in 11 interleague starts, but has never faced the Mets
-Rays closer Fernando Rodney is one of just six pitchers in MLB history to record at least 18 saves and have an ERA below 1.00 by June 12
-The Mets are 7-15 versus left-handed pitchers this year, ranking 14th in the league with a .249 average against southpaws
-The road team has won all six games with umpire Lance Barrett behind the dish in 2012 (4-2 over)

Read more about this matchup in an SBR Forum article


Boston Red Sox at Miami Marlins (Betting Odds - Matchup)
-Boston has scored three or fewer runs in a season high-tying four straight games, while hitting .217 and averaging 3.0 runs over the last nine contests
-Miami is hitting .205 and has scored a combined 15 runs in its first eight games of a nine-game homestand
-Marlins 3B Hanley Ramirez may be given a day off on Wednesday, as he’s batting .115 (3 for 26) over the last eight games
-The Red Sox are 24-15 as road underdogs of +100 to +125 the last two-plus seasons, while the Marlins are 18-19 at home with a money line of -100 to -125 over the same span
-Red Sox SP Felix Doubront is 1-1 with a 9.00 ERA in two career interleague starts
-Marlins SP Ricky Nolasco has gone 2-4 with a 6.23 ERA over his last six starts
-The Marlins have won three of Nolasco’s four outings with umpire Jim Wolf behind home plate
-The “under” is 5-0-1 in the last six meetings in this series

Read an SBR Forum preview on this interleague affair


Houston Astros at San Francisco Giants (Betting Odds - Matchup)
-San Francisco has won the last seven games that SP Matt Cain has started, as he’s gone 6-0 with a 2.45 ERA in that stretch
-Cain is 1-3 with a 4.93 ERA in six starts against the Astros, including an 0-2 mark and 5.68 ERA in four games since 5/13/08
-Giants IF Pablo Sandoval has a .342 career average with 15 RBIs in 20 games against the Astros
-Astros SP J.A. Happ is 0-2 with a 3.75 ERA in two starts against the Giants, getting one run of support in those contests
-Happ is 2-6 with a 5.45 ERA in 13 career June starts, his worst record and ERA of any month (min. three starts)
-The Astros are 1-6 as a road underdog of +175 to +200 this year, while the Giants are 4-3 as a home favorite of -200 to -225 the last two-plus seasons


Detroit Tigers at Chicago Cubs (Betting Odds - Matchup)
-Chicago has scored 28 runs during its current four-game home winning streak
-Cubs SP Matt Garza has allowed two runs or fewer in four of his last six starts, but the team has dropped all six of those games, scoring a total of four runs
-Garza is 1-5 with a 4.60 ERA in eight career starts against the Tigers
-The Tigers have won seven of their last eight games against the Cubs, while posting a 4-3 record in interleague play this season
-Tigers 1B Prince Fielder is batting .571 (12-for-21) with RISP since May 25
-Detroit SP Rick Porcello is 6-3 with a 4.88 ERA in 12 career interleague starts
-Porcello is surrendering 11.51 hits per nine innings, the highest total among all league pitchers
-Garza is 1-0 with a 1.91 ERA in four home starts
-The Tigers are 4-4 as a road underdog of +100 to +125, with the “over” going 6-2 in those contests
-The “under” is 9-3 in umpire Larry Vanover’s 12 assignments behind home plate (6.00 rpg)
-Vanover’s strike zone, Garza (13.2 IP, 7 ER), Porcello (12.1 IP, 4 ER)

[LoneStar]

Jeff thanks for the info, now that I read it...I'm sitting here Whats your pick or who do you like?

[scottsins]

Jeff thanks for the info, now that I read it...I'm sitting here Whats your pick or who do you like?

Some of the info is just provided to help us with our capping.
When he feels that a play is merited under his analysis, he posts, "Pick...."

[Jeff Grant]

Arizona Diamondbacks at Texas Rangers (Betting Odds - Matchup)
-Texas averaged 3.1 runs and batted .251 during their recent 10-game road trip, but scored nine runs and collected 16 hits last night at home
-Rangers SP Matt Harrison is 4-0 with a 1.76 ERA over his last four starts
-Harrison is 3-2 with a 3.17 ERA in 11 career interleague games (seven starts)
-Diamondbacks SP Wade Miley has a 6.65 run-support average, which is second-best in the NL
-Miley is 3-1 with a 2.43 ERA in five road starts
-The Rangers are 9-3 against the Diamondbacks at home, including six straight wins
-The Diamondbacks are 11-13 against left-handed starters (Rangers, 11-8)
-The Rangers lead the majors with a .293 BA versus LHP, while the Diamondbacks are third (.271)
-Harrison has made three career starts with umpire Jeff Kellogg behind home plate (19 IP, 7 ER)


Philadelphia Phillies at Minnesota Twins (Betting Odds - Matchup)
-Minnesota matched a season high in scoring 11 runs last night, while hitting three home runs among its 17 hits
-Philadelphia has dropped nine of 10 games, with its starting rotation posting a 5.98 ERA over that span
-Phillies SP Cole Hamels is 4-0 with a 2.50 ERA in five road outings
-Twins SP P.J. Walters has a 6.46 ERA and .377 opponents batting average over his last three outings
-Hamels is 10-16 with a 3.65 ERA in 34 career starts in June, his worst record of any month (min. 3 starts)
-Since April 22, the Phillies rank sixth in the majors in averaging 4.74 runs per game, but 24th in ERA (4.74)
-The Phillies have won both games this year after allowing 10 runs or more (7-4, L10)
-The Twins are 4-12 as a home underdog of +125 to +150
-Hamels has made three starts in umpire Phil Cuzzi’s strike zone (21 IP, 4 ER)


Milwaukee Brewers at Kansas City Royals (Betting Odds - Matchup)
-Royals SP Jonathan Sanchez is 1-1 with a 6.82 ERA in six starts against the Brewers
-Brewers SP Randy Wolf is 10-13 with a 3.99 ERA in 31 interleague starts
-The home team is 10-3 in umpire Dale Scott’s 13 home plate assignments
-Sanchez’s teams have won three of his four starts with Scott behind the plate


Chicago White Sox at St. Louis Cardinals (Betting Odds - Matchup)
-Cardinals SP Lance Lynn has allowed three runs or fewer in 11 of his 12 starts
-Lynn will be making his first interleague start, but has given up seven runs in 11.2 innings in eight relief appearances against AL teams
-Chicago SP Jake Peavy is 6-0 with a 1.81 ERA in seven interleague outings (six starts) since moving to the AL
-Peavy is 6-0 with a 1.44 ERA in his last eight road starts
-Peavy is 1-1 with a 2.77 ERA in two starts at the new Busch Stadium
-The White Sox are 6-3 as a road underdog of +100 to +125, while the Cardinals are 2-7 as a home favorite of -125 to -150
-The home team is 8-1 in umpire Chris Guccione’s nine home plate assignments this year (7-2 over)
-The “over” is 3-0 in Peavy’s three career starts with Guccione behind the dish (20.1 IP, 11 ER)

Pick: Over 8

[Jeff Grant]

More MLB Items (Part I)
-The White Sox have won 21 of their last 25 interleague road games, while winning 11 consecutive series in that situation, outscoring opponents by a 114-61 margin
-Since May 14, Chicago leads the majors in average (.287), runs scored (162) and runs per game (6.2)
-White Sox starters are 6-0 with a 1.51 ERA during their current eight-game road winning streak


-Baltimore is 5-2 in interleague play this year, tied for the third-best record (Yankees, Nationals)
-Bullpen leads the majors with a 2.42 ERA
-In eight interleague starts, SP Jake Arrieta is 2-4 with a 8.08 ERA
-Arrieta is 1-5 with a 7.85 ERA in seven home starts in 2012


-A win tonight will give the Red Sox wins in all four of their road series against the Marlins, and victories in eight of their nine sets overall
-Doubront is second among all MLB qualifying left-handers with an average of 9.77 strikeouts per 9.0 innings
-Doubront ranks fourth among MLB qualifiers with 7.06 runs of support per 9.0 innings


-For just the third time in 192 games at Target Field, Minnesota had three players hit a home run
-The Twins are batting .331 in interleague play this season, which ranks first in baseball
-In 24 games since May 16, Minnesota is batting .299 with RISP, ranking second in baseball over that span


-The Yankees are 12-8 in series finales this season, winning five of their last six
-New York is batting .162 with the bases loaded, which is 28th in the majors. The club hit .337 in that situation last year and .344 in 2010
-The club is 9-2 in June, outscoring opponents 58-28, while out-homering them by a 19-6 margin
-Kuroda has allowed 12 of his 32 total runs this season in the first frame


-Oakland hit a season-high four home runs last night, the club’s first such games since 6/3/10. The Athletics have 53 HRs this year, had 50 at the All-Star break in 2011
-The Athletics have lost 20 of their last 26 games in NL parks
-SP Tommy Millone has allowed nine of his 10 HRs on the road


-Seattle has held a lead in 19 of 36 losses, leading the majors
-The Mariners have posted at least a .500 record in interleague play in 12 straight seasons (4-3 this year)
-SP Hector Noesi is 2-3 with a 3.62 ERA in five home starts (0-3, 8.15 ERA on the road)
-Noesi ranks eighth in the AL in holding opponents to a .233 batting average


-Texas pitching staff has gone 3-1 wit ha 1.29 ERA over its past four games
-The Rangers lead the majors with a plus-79 run margin, leading the Dodgers (53), Cardinals (50), Yankees (45) and White Sox (40)
-The Rangers have won all five games this month when scoring three-plus runs
-Harrison is 3-1 with a 1.72 ERA in five interleague starts since 2011


-Over the last 23 games (8-15 record), Philadelphia’s staff has gone 5-12 with a 5.62 ERA
-Hamels is 5-2 with a 2.55 ERA in seven starts following a Phillies loss this season (36-28, 3.38 ERA in his career)
-Hamels is 6-10 with a 4.19 ERA in 20 career interleague starts
-Philadelphia has won all five of Hamels’ starts on the road (4-0, 2.50 ERA)