[Jeff Grant]

#Marlins SP Wade LeBlanc has allowed 8 of his 12 runs in the 1st inning this season

Baltimore #Orioles are 1-1-6 in their L8 doubleheaders dating back to 2010

#Royals SP James Shields has a .727 winning % (16-6) in April - tied w/Jered Weaver for the best in baseball (min. 20 starts)

#RedSox SP Clay Buchholz has won his L3 starts vs the Royals (0.96 ERA)

Boston Red Sox (10-0), Atlanta Braves (10-0) and the New York Yankees (6-0) are the only 3 MLB teams that haven't lost when scoring first

Boston #RedSox have won all 5 of their series-opening contests this season

#Yankees SP Hiroki Kuroda has a 7.84 ERA at the Rogers Centre - highest ERA at any venue w/at least 2 starts

#BlueJays SP Mark Buehrle is 1-8 w/6.38 ERA in his career against the Yankees

New York #Mets have scored 91 runs in their first 15 games - most in franchise history after 15 games of any season

#Nationals SP Gio Gonzalez was 2-0 w/0.69 ERA in two starts at Citi Field in 2012

Washington #Nationals are the only MLB team with a winning record (9-7) and negative run differential (-13)

Gio Gonzalez is 9-3 w/2.22 ERA when pitching on five days' rest as a member of the Washington #Nationals