[Jeff Grant]

Boston #RedSox lead all MLB teams with 103 wins at the Rogers Centre (Yankees, 94)

Boston #RedSox are 14-0 in starts by Jon Lester, Clay Buchholz and Felix Doubront this season

Boston #RedSox (12-0) and New York #Yankees (7-0) are the only 2 MLB teams without a loss when scoring first

Boston #RedSox leads the majors with a +40 run differential (Rockies +29)

Boston #RedSox 18-7 record is the best by a team that won 69 or fewer games the previous year since 2001

#BlueJays SP Brandon Morrow has a 8.28 ERA in 18 career games vs the Red Sox - his highest mark vs any team he's faced more than 2 times

#RedSox SP Jon Lester is 6-2 w/2.13 ERA over his L9 road starts vs the Blue Jays

Boston #RedSox pitching staff has set an MLB record for strikeouts (248) in the month of April

Toronto #BlueJays have outhit their opponent in just six of 26 games this season

Toronto #BlueJays will tie a franchise record for losses (18) in the month of April with a defeat Monday

#Mets SP Jeremy Hefner has allowed the 2nd-most HR (7) in the NL this season - trailing only Matt Cain (9)

New York #Mets are hitting .105 (4-38) with RISP over their 5-game losing streak

Matt Harvey threw a career-high 121 pitches Monday night - the third-highest total in the MLB this season #mets

Vance Worley is riding a career-long 6-game losing streak - posting a 6.56 ERA and allowing opponents to hit .359 #twins

Washington #Nationals need a win tonight to post their 8th consecutive winning month dating back to 2012

Gio Gonzalez allowed 7 runs in his last appearance against the Braves - his most in 37 starts with the #Nationals







Texas #Rangers are 21-5 in their L26 home games following a road trip of 7 or more days

Texas #Rangers are 13-2 after getting shut out the L2-plus seasons

#Rangers SP Yu Darvish is 5-0 w/3.45 ERA over his L5 home starts

Big factor in tonight's White Sox vs. Rangers matchup - Pierzynski catching against his former club

#Braves SP Tim Hudson has a 1.28 ERA in 4 career starts w/umpire Tim Timmons behind home plate (28 IP, 4 ER)

In six combined starts w/umpire Gerry Davis, Edwin Jackson and Edinson Volquez have a combined 9.32 ERA (29 IP, 28 ER) #cubs #padres

Chicago #Cubs have had 12 players hit at least 1 HR - the most among all NL clubs (Astros, 13)

Edinson Volquez' 2.21 ERA vs the Cubs is the 4th-best among active pitchers (min. 5 starts) #padres

Edwin Jackson is 0-3 w/3.99 ERA in 6 career starts vs the Padres

#Padres SP Edinson Volquez is 2-0 w/2.70 ERA in 3 starts at Wrigley Field

Edinson Volquez has a 2.21 ERA in 6 career starts vs the Cubs, with his team winning each of those contests #padres

Chicago #Cubs have out-homered opponents by a 13-4 margin at Wrigley Field

AJ not in Texas lineup

McCann is hoping to be back for next week's series in Cincinnati. Fredi said it's a definite possibility.

Delmon Young expected to be in RF tomorrow night.

The #Athletics threw 300 pitches last night, their most in a game since pitch count data has been tracked (1988).

[Jeff Grant]

#Brewers SP Marco Estrada is 3-0 w/1.71 ERA in 5 career starts vs the Pirates (1-0, 1.83 ERA in 3 starts in '12)

Milwaukee #Brewers own the best home record (114-61) in MLB since 2011 - Rangers (109-62), Yankees (112-64)

#Pirates SP James McDonald is 1-3 w/8.17 ERA in 7 appearances (5 starts) at Miller Park

Pittsburgh #Pirates have outscored opponents 47-18 in the final 3 frames this season (7th-9th inning)

Milwaukee #Brewers have outscored opponents 22-6 in the first inning this season

Milwaukee #Brewers are 70-24 against the Pirates since 2007 - the best record by any MLB team against a divisional opponent in that stretch

Pittsburgh #Pirates are 2-7 in series openers, and 13-4 in all other games

Pittsburgh #Pirates are 7-45 in their L52 games at Miller Park






Most innings thrown w/out giving up a HR in MLB: Wainwright (44.1), A. Sanchez (33.2), Darvish (32.2) #rangers

#Rangers SP Yu Darvish has made 4 of his 5 starts following a team loss this season (4-0, 1.01 ERA)

Texas #Rangers are an MLB-best 13-3 in night games

Texas #Rangers are 7-1 in series openers - winning 7 straight since dropping its season opener

#WhiteSox SP Jose Quintana owns the second lowest opponent road batting average against in the AL (.128)

#Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia is 10-5 w/2.38 ERA in 19 career home starts vs NL Central opponents (17 quality starts)

Cincinnati #Reds are 3-23-2 in their L28 series in St. Louis - haven't won a road series in 2013 overall

#Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia is 6-0 w/2.40 ERA in 7 home starts vs the Reds

Kansas City #Royals are 0-5 after a loss by 8 runs or more the L2-plus seasons

#Royals SP James Shields opposed a former All-Star in each of his first 5 starts this season (Sale, Hamels, Dicky, Buchholz, Verlander)

Tampa Bay #Rays have homered in 14 straight games (25 total)