[Jeff Grant]

Early Saturday MLB Info (Betting Odds - Matchups)

-Red Sox SP Clay Buchholz is 3-2 with a 2.41 ERA in six career starts at Tropicana Field
-White Sox SP Jake Peavy is 1-4 with a 2.54 ERA over his last seven starts, receiving 2.36 runs of support
-Indians SP Ubaldo Jimenez is 1-0 with a 3.46 ERA in two career starts versus the Blue Jays, limiting them to a .136 batting average
-Yankees SP Freddy Garcia has lost just one of his last 15 starts versus the Angels going back to 2003, going 8-1 with a 2.42 ERA over that stretch
-Athletics SP Tommy Milone has the fourth highest road ERA in the AL (5.98)
-Mariners SP Felix Hernandez is 4-4 with a 3.20 ERA in his last eight overall starts against the Rangers
-Rangers SP Yu Darvish has a 1-1 record and 8.38 ERA in two starts versus the Mariners this year, his highest ERA against any club
-Cardinals SP Kyle Lohse is 1-0 with a 0.69 ERA in his two starts against the Reds this year
-Lohse has allowed just six earned runs in his last six starts versus Cincinnati (34 IP, 1.59 ERA)
-Padres SP Edinson Volquez has received a 2.52 run support average in 18 starts while in the game, lowest in the majors
-Orioles SP Wei-Yin Chen has now won at home since June 12, and has gone 0-3 with a 5.96 ERA over his last four starts overall
-Cubs SP Ryan Dempster was 0-2 with a 13.50 ERA in two starts against the Diamondbacks in 2011
-Diamondbacks SP Joe Saunders is 0-2 with a 7.27 ERA in two career starts versus the Cubs, with both outings at Wrigley Field

[leafs_ducks]

will look at this once all of tonights games are done

[Jeff Grant]

will look at this once all of tonights games are done

Sounds like a perfect time

[pattymayo]

I hope you get paid to compile all of these essentially meaningless stats every day..

[Winning oasis]

I like 'em. Thanks for posting.

[Jeff Grant]

Friday MLB Recap

-The Cubs have 10 wins in their last 14 games
-Yankees closer Rafael Soriano picked up his 21st save in 22 chances
-New York 2B Robinson Cano extended his hitting streak to a season-high 16 games
-Baltimore has lost seven of 10 and is 6-14 in its last 20 games
-The Blue Jays have scored just three runs in Ricky Romero’s last three starts, and haven’t scored in his past 13 innings
-A home run has been hit at the Great American Ball Park in 66 consecutive games
-Cardinals 1B Lance Berkman is expected to come off the DL Saturday, he has 23 HRs at GABP, the most by a visiting player
-Nationals SP Jordan Zimmerman is one of two pitchers who has pitched at least six innings in each of his starts this season (Justin Verlander)
-Rays SP Jeremy Hellickson has dropped six consecutive decisions
-Mets pitchers issued a season-high 11 walks and allowed 10 hits
-White Sox/Royals game lasted 5 hours, 23 minutes
-Milwaukee improved to 40-6 against Pittsburgh at Miller Park since 2007
-Brewers OF Ryan Braun has four multihomer games this year
-Twins SP Francisco Liriano’s 15 strikeouts were the second most in team history
-Philadelphia has dropped five straight and 11 of 12
-The Phillies lost for just the third time in their last 13 games at Coors Field
-Dodgers OF Matt Kemp was 2 for 4 after missing 51 of the team’s previous 53 games
-The Padres have lost four consecutive games after a season-high six-game win streak
-Los Angeles is 24-12 this season when Kemp and Ethier are in the starting lineup

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[gshock1]

Great post. Appreciate good input like this.

[a4u2fear]

going over for cubs game.

[CHR1S]

Dempsters two outing vs ARI last year were in April of last year. Seems like a whole nother kind of pitcher this year. with 1.99 ERA

[okbyme123]

I hope you get paid to compile all of these essentially meaningless stats every day..

Unnecessary!

Thank you Jeff. Your efforts are appreciated by many!

[Jeff Grant]

Chicago Cubs
-Despite an 8-18 record against left-handed starters, the Cubs are 4-1 in their last five such contests
-SP Ryan Dempster has tossed 27 consecutive shutout innings
-Dempster has a 3.26 ERA in six home outings (1.06 ERA on the road)


New York Yankees
-Lead the majors with 28 come-from-behind victories (Marlins, 25)
-Scored in the first inning in eight of 11 games, combining to score 23 runs and going 7-4 in that span
-Recorded a winning record in the month of July in each of the last 19 seasons
-Won 13 of their last 18 home games against the Angels


Arizona Diamondbacks
-Bullpen has a 2.34 ERA over the last 17 games
-Arizona had the second-best NL record after the All-Star break in 2011 (45-25)
-The Diamondbacks are 16-10 in day games, fourth-best daytime record in the NL
-SP Joe Saunders 1.82 ERA (39.2 IP, 8 ER) on the road would rank second in the NL if he qualified


Cleveland Indians
-Averaging 4.7 runs per game on the road, fifth-best in the AL, seventh in the majors
-Starting rotation has a 3.34 ERA in July, which is third-best in the AL
-One of 10 teams in baseball that own records above the .500 mark both at home and on the road
-Averaging 6.08 rpg since June 28, third-most in the majors behind the Pirates (7.08) and White Sox (6.36)
-Indians SP Ubaldo Jimenez has a 2.93 ERA over his last seven starts
-Jimenez is 2-1 with a 2.05 ERA in his last four road starts
-1B Casey Kotchman is 9-for-10 in his career against Aaron Laffey

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