[Jeff Grant]

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Detroit Tigers
-Hitting .330 with 64 runs scored in August
-The Tigers are 9-14 versus AL East opponents
-The Tigers are 15-3 on Sundays this year (30-18 in day games)
-SP Rick Porcello has won each of his last two starts against the Rangers in the Lone Star State (12 IP, 2 ER)
-Porcello has allowed just two home runs over a stretch of 83 innings
-Detroit has averaged 6.1 runs in Porcello’s last six outings

Texas Rangers
-SP Yu Darvish is 1-3 with a 7.76 ERA in his last five outings
-Home teams are 17-6 in Lance Barksdale’s 23 home plate assignments this year (14-9 under, 7.09 rpg)
-The UNDER is 32-15-4 in Barksdale’s last 51 Sunday games

Boston Red Sox
-SP Jon Lester is 0-5 with a 7.49 ERA in his last seven starts
-The Red Sox are 10-15 without designated hitter David Ortiz
-Pitching staff has a 3.83 ERA on the road, fifth-best in the AL
-Win the season series against the Tribe with a victory, won six of the last 10 season series
-Gone 20-15 versus AL Central teams, dropped just three of nine series
-Lester is 2-0 with a 4.33 ERA in six outings at Progressive Field

Cleveland Indians
-Top three hitters average-wise are a combined 4 for 27 (.148) against Lester
-The Indians are 8-3 in their last 11 home games against the Red Sox
-Gone 9-20 since the All-Star break, lowest win percentage in AL
-Batting .293 versus left-handed starters over the last eight games, winning their last three

Los Angeles Dodgers
-3B Hanley Ramirez has 10 hits in his last 31 at-bats (.323)
-SP Chris Capuano is 1-6 with a 4.59 ERA in his last eight starts
-Capuano is 0-3 with a 5.65 ERA in his last five outings against the Marlins
-Capuano has lost both of his career starts with Hernandez behind home plate
-Capuano is 6-15 with a 5.11 ERA in 33 August appearances

Miami Marlins
-SP Wade LeBlanc is 1-6 with a 4.80 ERA in eight career starts versus the Dodgers
-1B Carlos Lee is batting .485 (16-for-33) with RISP for his new team
-LeBlanc has a 1.37 ERA in two starts with umpire Angel Hernandez behind home plate (13.1, 2 ER)
-Won eight of 13 against the Dodgers
-Bullpen has a 1.83 ERA over its last 17 home games
-LeBlanc has allowed two-or-fewer runs in each of his last five starts, dating back to 9/17/11

St. Louis Cardinals
-SP Lance Lynn has allowed 18 first-inning runs (53 overall)
-Gone 14-7 against losing teams during the second half of the season
-Own the best record in August among NL teams since 2000 (200-144)
-Carlos Beltran (82) and Matt Holliday (79) rank 1-2 in the NL in RBIs
-Gone 14-14 all-time at Citizens Bank Park
-Lynn leads the NL with a 6.77 run support average

Philadelphia Phillies
-Gone 1-9 as a home underdog of +100 to +125 (6-13 on Sundays overall)
-Won eight of their last 12 home games, five-one run decisions in that span
-Posted a 16-8 record against NL Central teams
-Bullpen has a NL-best .177 opponents BA over the last 19 games
-SP Vance Worley is 0-2 with a 6.86 ERA in his last four home starts
-Worley is 3-5 with a 4.52 ERA in 18 career day games (2.69 ERA at night)
-Worley is 3-1 with a 3.48 ERA in 10 career starts versus NL Central foes

New York Yankees
-SP Phil Hughes is 0-1 with a 2.92 ERA in two starts in the series this year
-Hughes is 0-3 with a 4.67 ERA in his last three road efforts
-Posted an AL-best 24-14 record against left-handed starters
-Won four consecutive games for the first time since the All-Star break
-Won eight of 10 as a road favorite of -150 to -175
-The Yankees are 17-29 on artificial turf since 2010
-The Yankees are 24-12 in series finales, including 10 of 11 their last 11 on the road
-Hughes is 16-7 with a 4.23 ERA in day games since 2009

Toronto Blue Jays
-Lost five straight, scoring 10 runs and batting .168
-Without four players that have accounted for 60 of the team’s 154 HRs
-Happ has allowed nine earned runs in 11.2 innings (two starts) in today’s strike zone
-Lost 11 of their last 15 meetings with the Yankees

San Diego Padres
-Won 11 straight games at PNC Park, longest active win streak of any team in an opponent’s ballpark
-SP Ross Ohlendorf is 0-2 with a 9.56 ERA in four road starts
-Won seven of eight games after shutting out their opponent
-Ohlendorf has six losses in August, tied for most losses in any month

Pittsburgh Pirates
-Possess the second-best home record in baseball
-SP Erik Bedard is 4-0 with a 1.63 ERA in four career starts versus the Padres
-Bedard is 5-11 with a 4.42 ERA in 27 career August starts, worst record of any month
-OF Andrew McCutchen is hitless in his last nine at-bats
-Gone 24-14 in day games
-Lead the NL with 90 HRs since June 1
-Bedard has held opponents to a .192 average at home (.307 on the road)

Kansas City Royals
-Won eight of 12, pitching staff owns a 3.39 ERA
-SP Bruce Chen is 2-2 with a 5.26 ERA in Baltimore
-Chen is 2-5 with a 8.10 ERA in nine daytime starts
-Tied a club record with four HRs in Baltimore last night
-The Royals are 8-13 as road underdogs of +100 to +125

Baltimore Orioles
-OF Adam Jones is batting .329 over a 19-game hit streak against the Royals
-Gone 21-12 in day games, 9-7 at home
-Posted a 22-6 mark in one-run games this year, winning 11 straight
-The Orioles are 9-9 at home with a money line of -100 to -125
-Home team is 10-3 in Angel Campos’ 13 home plate assignments this year (37-15 L52)

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