Saturday MLB Handicapper Report - 7/28

[Jeff Grant]

Early Saturday MLB Info

-Cubs SP Jeff Samardzija is 1-0 with a 3.86 ERA in two starts against the Cardinals this season
-Athletics SP Bartolo Colon was 1-1 with a 1.52 ERA in four games (three starts) versus the Orioles last year
-Orioles SP Tommy Hunter is 5-0 with a 4.03 ERA in seven career starts versus the Athletics, while his teams are 7-0 in those outings
-Red Sox SP Jon Lester has lost his last three decisions against the Yankees, after winning his previous five outings
-Lester is 6-2 with a 3.75 ERA in 10 career starts in the Bronx
-White Sox SP Philip Humber has yet to record a decision (1.69 ERA) in three career games versus the Rangers (5.1 IP)
-Indians SP Justin Masterson is 1-1 with a 2.25 ERA in four career starts at Target Field
-Masterson has received an average of 2.94 runs of support in his 11 career starts versus the Twins
-Angels SP C.J. Wilson is winless in his last five starts (0-2), owns a 4-1 record and 2.30 ERA in 18 career appearances against the Rays
-Padres SP Ross Ohlendorf’s only career win against the Marlins came in his first start (1-3, 5.73 ERA in four starts)
-Marlins SP Nathan Eovaldi went 1-1 with a 2.93 ERA in his last three starts with the Dodgers
-Eovaldi has received 1.44 runs of support this season, lowest mark in the NL by more than a run
-Rangers SP Matt Harrison is 3-1 with a 1.82 ERA in four starts against AL Central teams this year
-Giants SP Barry Zito is 1-1 with a 2.08 ERA in two outings against the Dodgers this season
-Yankees SP CC Sabathia was 1-4 with a 6.39 ERA in five starts against the Red Sox last year, the first time in his career that he lost four times to a single team in one season

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[Jeff Grant]

Friday MLB Recap

-The Orioles are now 41-1 when leading after eight innings
-Oakland’s bullpen has a 7-0 record and 1.96 ERA since the All-Star break coming into Friday night
-Cardinals streak of having a starting pitcher last at least six innings ended at 21 games
-St. Louis OF Matt Holliday is batting .434 with eight HRs and 31 RBIs over his last 34 games
-Detroit has won nine of 14 since the All-Star break, but are 3-4 away from home in that time
-Former Miami Hurricanes’ stars Yonder Alonso and Yasmani Grandal had over 200 family members combined at Marlins Park
-Braves C Brian McCann has eight HRs and 19 RBIs in his last 15 games
-Phillies SP Cole Hamels walked a career high six batters
-Rangers OF Josh Hamilton is batting .145 this month
-Houston tied a franchise record by dropping its 11th straight game in a single season
-The Pirates have homered in 17 straight road games
-Brewers SP Mike Fiers has allowed four earned runs over his last 47 innings (0.77 ERA)
-The Twins are just 5-11 since July 7 and have fewer wins than they did at this point in last year’s 99-loss campaign
-Arizona had 10 runs scored in its four previous games against the New York Mets
-Mets OF Jason Bay is hitless in his last 15 at-bats and is 4-for-30 since returning from the DL on July 17
-Tampa Bay was 0 for 7 with RISP, batting .183 in that situation since the break
-Seattle has hit .327 against Kansas City this year
-Dodgers 3B Hanley Ramirez is batting .364 since being acquired from the Marlins