[Jeff Grant]

Saturday MLB Early Info

-Marlins SP Carlos Zambrano has gone 0-3 with a 8.59 ERA in his last five starts, with the team losing each of those contests
-Red Sox SP Franklin Morales has posted the three largest strikeout totals of his career over the last three starts
-Morales is 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA in four career appearances against the Yankees (3.1 IP, ER)
-White Sox SP Gavin Floyd is 0-5 wit ha 7.26 ERA in seven career games (five starts) versus the Blue Jays
-Floyd is 2-1 with a 1.93 ERA in his last three starts
-Royals SP Bruce Chen is 2-3 with a 5.81 ERA in his career at Comerica Park
-Yankees SP Freddy Garcia is 6-2 with a 5.09 ERA over his last 15 games (14 starts) versus the Red Sox
-Yankees SP Phil Hughes is 2-5 with a 6.65 ERA in 16 career games (eight starts) versus the Red Sox, his lowest win percentage versus any divisional foe
-Athletics SP Jarrod Parker has allowed one or fewer runs in seven of his last eight starts (1.71 ERA)
-Mariners SP Jason Vargas is 1-3 with a 3.55 ERA in seven games (six starts) in Oakland
-Rays SP Matt Moore is 4-0 with a 3.29 ERA since the beginning of June
-Rangers SP Derek Holland went 0-2 with a 6.00 ERA in a pair of rehab starts against Triple-A Round Rock
-Diamondbacks SP Trevor Cahill has surrendered five HRs over his last three starts (three in his first 13 outings)
-Cubs SP Jeff Samardzija is 0-1 with a 9.00 ERA in seven games (one start) against the Mets (11 ER, 11 IP)
-Reds SP Homer Bailey is 3-0 with a 3.48 ERA in five starts versus the Padres
-Astros SP Wandy Rodriguez was 0-2 with a 3.00 ERA in three starts versus the Brewers in 2011
-Brewers SP Zack Greinke is 4-0 with a 2.00 ERA in four career starts versus the Astros (3-0, 1.71 ERA in three outings at MMP)
-Mets SP Dillon Gee is 1-1 with a 6.55 ERA in two career starts versus the Cubs
-Pirates SP James McDonald went 1-1 with a 2.25 ERA in two starts against the Giants last year
-Padres SP Clayton Richard is 5-3 wit ha 2.58 ERA over his last 10 starts
-Giants SP Ryan Vogelsong is 1-2 with a 4.76 ERA in three games (two starts) versus the Pirates

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[Jeff Grant]

Friday MLB Recap

-Detroit returned to .500 for the first time since May 15 (42-42)
-Royals SP Jonathan Sanchez hasn’t won a game in 10 starts
-The Tigers are 67-47 against the Royals since manager Jim Leyland took over in 2006
-Nationals 3B Ryan Zimmerman has five HRs in his last 12 games
-Since 2B Chase Utley returned to the lineup, the Phillies are 1-8
-Braves 2B Dan Uggla was dropped to seventh in the batting order
-Giants pitcher Sergio Romo is 5-for-5 in save opportunities this year
-Yankees 2B Robinson Cano drove in a run for the ninth consecutive game
-Mets SP Johan Santana was tagged for a career high-tying 13 hits in only 4.2 innings
-Cubs closer Carlos Marmol has 28 walks in 25.2 innings
-Cubs 1B Anthony Rizzo has reached base safely in all 10 games he’s played in
-Brewers SP Yovani Gallardo beat the Astros for the eighth straight time
-The Astros are 10-29 in their last 39 games, dropping to an MLB-worst 32-52 mark
-The Blue Jays are 24-10 against the White Sox since 2008
-St. Louis went 2 for 16 with RISP
-Cardinals SS Rafael Furcal was removed in the ninth inning with a shin injury
-The Angels lost for the first time with C.J. Wilson on the mound since May 17
-Angels OF Mark Trumbo hit his first 50 HRs in a club-record 232 games
-Oakland climbed to .500 for the first time since May 22
-Cincinnati scored more than one run for the first time in four games

[NYSportsGuy210]

Tigers/Royals OVER 9

Nats RL

Blue Jays ML

Mets -Cubs OVER 8.5

[Jeff Grant]

New York Yankees
-In Friday’s 10-8 win, No. 1-5 hitters were 10-for-21 with nine runs scored and six RBI
-New York has gone 13-1-15 in doubleheaders since 2000, getting swept only once by the Boston Red Sox on Sept. 17, 2006
-Hit a major league-high 126 HRs, second-highest total through 82 games in franchise history (128 in 2002)
-The Yankees are 3-0 against the Red Sox to start a season series for the first time since 1994
-SP Freddy Garcia has lost just two of his last 15 games (14 starts) versus the Red Sox, going 6-2 with a 5.09 ERA over that stretch
-Garcia is 57-25 (.695) in day games, the fourth-highest win percentage among active pitchers (min. 50 starts)


Pittsburgh Pirates
-Pittsburgh has gone 11-2 in Saturday games this year, including a perfect 7-0 mark at home
-SP James McDonald has posted a 1.73 ERA in his first nine home starts this year, while going 13-4 with a 2.65 ERA in 31 starts at PNC Park as a member of the team
-Averaging a major league-high 7.3 runs over the last 10 games, leading the Nationals (7.11) and Mets (7.00)
-McDonald has the fourth-best ERA (2.47) in the NL since May 17, sitting behind R.A. Dickey (1.67), Ryan Vogelsong (2.00) and Mike Fiers (2.31)

[JMon]

We have seen the under come in 14 out of 18 time the first game of a Yankees double header since June of 2004

[Jeff Grant]

Detroit Tigers
-The Tigers have won 15 of their last 21 games against the Royals
-Bullpen has a 2.04 ERA over the last 47 games
-Detroit is 15-14 against divisional opponents this year
-SP Doug Fister is 5-3 with a 2.87 ERA in 11 career starts at Comerica Park
-Fister has compiled a 10.05 ERA over his current three-game losing streak
-Fister is 1-2 with a 3.64 ERA in five career games (four starts) versus the Royals


Boston Red Sox
-When playing two games in one day, the Red Sox have swept 495, split 830 and been swept 444 times
-Boston is 2-6 in its last eight games, but six of those contests have been decided by two runs or less
-1B Adrian Gonzalez has hit .368 during his season-high 16-game hit streak, the longest active streak in the majors
-Leads the AL with 243 runs scored at home, trailing only the Rockies (264) for the MLB lead
-Bullpen has a 2.14 ERA since April 23
-SP Felix Doubront is second among MLB left-handers in averaging 9.13 Ks per 9 innings (Gio Gonzalez, Nationals, 10.54)
-Leads MLB qualifiers with 8.03 runs of support per nine innings
-In five career appearances (one start) against the Yankees, Doubront has a 2.53 ERA, his fourth-lowest against any MLB club

[italianbandit]

Fun stuff Jeff, thanks for sharing. Take a look at SIERA or WHIP. ERA is can be misleading.