[Jeff Grant]

Chicago Cubs
-Last night’s 9-7 victory snapped a nine-game road losing streak
-Gone 35-42 at the Great American Ball Park since 2003
-Closer Carlos Marmol has converted his last 14 save opportunities (0.68 ERA)
-SP Chris Volstad is looking to snap a 23-start winless skid (0-14, 5.51 ERA)
-Volstad is 1-3 with a 5.16 ERA in five starts against the Reds

Cincinnati Reds
-Gone 17-6 at home since the All-Star break
-The Reds are 23-10 since Joey Votto left the lineup on July 16, the best record in the majors over that span
-SP Mat Latos is 5-1 with a 1.83 ERA in his last 10 starts, third-best ERA in the majors in that span (Felix Hernandez, 1.61 and Ryan Zimmerman, 1.63)

Baltimore Orioles
-The Orioles have won 19 of their last 30 games
-Over Wei-Yin Chen’s last 17 starts, the Orioles have scored three or fewer runs 10 times (57 total)
-Bullpen owns a 1.69 ERA over the last 15 games
-Chen is 4-1 with a 2.52 ERA over his last six road starts (8-3 team record)

Detroit Tigers
-The Tigers have scored 131 runs and hit 31 HRs in their last 22 home games
-Won 17 of the club’s last 21 games at Comerica Park
-Gone 18-17 against AL East teams
-SP Doug Fister is 5-1 with a 1.52 ERA in his last seven starts (53.1 IP, 48 K)
-Fister has won each of his last three home decisions (2.45 ERA)

Texas Rangers
-Scored two or fewer runs in five of six games on its current road trip
-Bullpen owns a 1.50 ERA over the last eight games
-The Rangers are 12-6 in the third and deciding game of a three-game series, winning eight of their last nine rubber games
-Gone 19-11 in day games
-SP Matt Harrison is 0-2 with a 12.00 ERA in five games (four starts) against the Blue Jays
-Harrison owns the fourth-lowest road ERA in the AL (3.12)

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it will be hard to take texas in this one .. harrison sucks vs the jays

[Jeff Grant]

Los Angeles Dodgers
-Hitting .354 with RISP on their current road trip (5.9 rpg)
-Gone 13-6 in its 19 road games since the All-Star break
-Don Mattingly will be serving the final game of his two-game suspension
-SP Chad Billingsley is tied for the NL lead with five wins in the second half (5-0, 1.56 ERA)
-Billingsley has issued just six walks in his last seven starts (46.2 IP)


New York Mets
-Lost five of their last six series to the Nationals since 2011
-Gone 1-8-1 in 10 series since the second half
-Daniel Murphy (.360) and David Wright (.347) own the top two batting averages in the NL during day games
-The Mets are 25-18 in day games this season
-SP Jeremy Hefner is 0-2 with a 3.75 ERA in two career starts versus the Nationals


Washington Nationals
-The Nationals are 5-2 in rubber games this year
-Own a 33-23 (.589) record at home, fourth in the NL, sixth in the majors
-SP Gio Gonzalez has opposed R.A. Dickey in his three previous starts against the Mets
-Gonzalez has allowed just seven home runs this year


Chicago White Sox
-The White Sox have lost 17 of their last 26 games against the Royals
-Chicago is 8-17 at Kauffman Stadium since July 4, 2009, owning a 4.98 ERA in that span
-Trying to avoid getting swept for just the second time this season
-Lead the majors with 31 HRs in August
-SP Jose Quintana is 3-0 with a 3.09 ERA in nine road games (eight starts)
-Own a 25-16 record in day games, tied for the second-most wins in the AL
-Quintana owns a 1-0 record and 0.53 ERA in six day games (four starts)

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