Hot pitchers
-- Simon is 4-1, 3.52 in his last five starts.
-- Santana is 1-0, 2.77 in his last couple starts.
-- Hudson is 2-0, 1.42 in his last three starts.
-- Volquez is 2-1, 3.68 in his last four starts.
-- Niese is 0-0, 2.61 in his last three starts. Brewers are 9-3 in last 12 games started by Lohse. -- Buehrle is 3-1, 2.20 in his last four starts.
-- Sale is 2-0, 2.16 in his last four starts.
-- Elias is 2-0, 2.16 in his last couple starts. Whitley is 1-0, 2.25 in his last two.
Cold pitchers
-- Greinke is 1-1, 4.91 in his last four starts.
-- Stults is 0-4, 7.30 in his last five starts. Kendrick is 0-1, 5.44 in his last two.
-- Chacin is 0-4, 5.35 in seven starts this season.
-- Washington is 0-3 when Treinen starts (0-2, 3.78).
-- Samardzija has a 7.41 RA in his last three starts.
-- Gausman is 1-1, 4.91 in his two starts this year.
-- Lester is 1-3, 5.02 in his last five starts. Tomlin is 1-2, 5.11 in his last four.
-- Scherzer is 0-2, 6.84 in his last four starts.
-- Feldman is 1-3, 11.65 in his last four starts. Miley is 0-3, 4.41 in his last five.
Pitchers allowing runs in first inning:
-- Greinke 2-13; Simon 4-12
-- Stults 4-13; Kendrick 7-12 (6 of last 7)
-- Santana 3-11; Chacin 3-7
-- Treinen 0-3; Hudson 0-12
-- Samardzija 6-13 (5 of last 8); Volquez 5-12
-- Lohse 6-13; Niese 4-12
-- Buehrle 2-13; Gausman 0-2
-- Tomlin 1-6; Lester 5-12 (4 of last 5)
-- Scherzer 4-13; Sale 0-8
-- Whitley 1-5; Elias 3-13
-- Miley 2-14; Feldman 2-10
Totals
-- Seven of Cubs' last ten road games went over.
-- Under is 7-0-1 in last eight Dodger road games.
-- Over is 12-2-1 in last fifteen Brewer games.
-- Nine of last eleven San Diego games stayed under.
-- Under is 6-3-2 in last eleven games at Coors Field.
-- Under is 8-3-1 in last twelve Washington road games.
-- Over is 8-5 in last thirteen Baltimore home games.
-- Under is 10-3-1 in last fourteen Boston games.
-- Ten of last fourteen White Sox home games stayed under; over is 6-0-1 in last seven Detroit games.
-- Under is 11-5 in last sixteen Bronx road games.
-- Four of last five Houston games stayed under.
Hot teams
-- Cubs won six of their last nine games.
-- Brewers won three of their last four games.
-- Dodgers won eight of their last twelve road games.
-- Washington won ten of its last twelve games.
-- Baltimore is 7-4 in its last eleven games.
-- Indians won nine of their last twelve games.
-- White Sox won six of their last eight home games.
-- Bronx won seven of its last ten road games.
-- Astros won five of last seven games. Arizona won six of its last nine.
Cold teams
-- Pirates lost three of their last five games.
-- Mets lost seven of their last eight games.
-- Cincinnati is 3-8 in its last eleven home games.
-- Phillies lost eight of their last eleven games, but won last two. San Diego lost seven of last nine.
-- Colorado lost 11 of its last 12 games. Braves lost four of their last seven.
-- San Francisco lost its last three games.
-- Toronto lost four of its last five games.
-- Boston lost seven of its last nine games.
-- Detroit lost nine of its last twelve road games.
-- Mariners lost four of their last six home games.
Umpires
-- Chi-Pitt-- Favorites won eight of ten Kellogg games.
-- SD-Phil-- Seven of last ten Tichenor games went over.
-- Mil-NY-- Last four Hernandez games went over total.
-- LA-Cin-- Seven of last ten Gonzalez games went over.
-- Atl-Col-- Favorites won last seven Baker games.
-- Wsh-SF-- Five of last seven Davis games stayed under.
-- Det-Chi-- Six of last eight Carlson games went over total.
-- NY-Sea-- Underdogs won six of last seven Wegner games.
-- Hst-Az-- Over is 8-2-1 in West games this season.