MLB
Write-Up
Tuesday, April 12
Hot pitchers
-- Phillies won Blanton's last eight starts, scoring 61 runs.
-- Correia is 2-0, 2.08 in two starts this season.
-- Volstad is 3-0, 2.02 in his last four starts.
-- Myers has a 2.70 RA in his first two '11 starts.
-- Carpenter has a 2.77 RA in his first two '11 starts.
-- Richard is 3-1, 4.10 in his last five starts.
-- Lincecum has a 1.29 RA in his first two '11 starts.
-- Tillman is 1-0, 3.38 in his two starts this season. Burnett is 2-0, 4.09 in two starts this season.
-- Lester is 2-0, 1.38 in his last two Fenway starts.
-- Francis has a 1.98 RA in his first two starts for the Royals.
-- Cahill is 1-0, 1.42 in two starts this season. EJackson is 2-0, 2.57 in two starts this season.
-- Haren is 1-0, 1.23 in two starts this season.
-- Pineda allowed three runs in six IP at Texas in his impressive major league debut last week. Romero has a 2.63 RA in his first two '11 starts.
Cold pitchers
-- LHernandez has a 4.77 RA in his first two '11 starts.
-- Hanson is 0-2, 7.00 so far this season.
-- Marcum is 1-1, 5.06 in two starts this season.
-- Rogers is 1-2, 6.63 in his last four starts. Niese is 0-1, 6.55 in his two starts this season.
-- Cubs' Russell has pitched 51 innings in 59 career games; this is his first big league start.
-- Galarraga is 1-4, 7.54 in his last five starts.
-- Lecure is 0-4, 5.01 in his last six starts.
-- Billingsley is 1-1, 8.00 in two starts this season.
-- Penny has an 11.17 RA in his first two starts for Detroit. Wilson has a 4.97 RA in two starts this season.
-- Price is 0-2, 4.85 in two starts this season.
-- Duensing is 0-2, 7.48 in his last four starts.
-- Carmona is 0-1, 9.00 in two starts this season.
Totals
-- Four of last five Philly games went over the total.
-- Five of last seven Pittsburgh games stayed under the total.
-- Over is 7-1-1 in Mets' last nine games.
-- Six of nine Florida games went over the total.
-- Five of last six Cub games went over the total.
-- Six of last eight St Louis games stayed under the total.
-- Four of six San Diego home games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 11-2-3 in last sixteen Billingsley starts.
-- Last three Texas games stayed under the total.
-- Seven of ten Tampa Bay games stayed under the total. Three of last four Boston games went over.
-- Baltimore's three road games all stayed under the total.
-- Five of last seven Kansas City games went over the total.
-- Four of White Sox' five home games stayed under total.
-- Four of last five Angel games stayed under the total.
-- Six of last nine Toronto games stayed under the total.
Hot teams
-- Colorado won seven of its last eight games.
-- Phillies won seven of their first nine games. Washington won three of its last four games.
-- Brewers won five of their last six games.
-- Reds won seven of their first ten games.
-- Cardinals won their last two games, 6-1/8-2.
-- Dodgers won three of their last four games.
-- Rangers won nine of their first ten games.
-- Orioles won six of their first nine games. Bronx is 4-2 at home.
-- Royals won six of their last eight games.
-- White Sox won four of their last six games. A's won four of five.
-- Indians won their last eight games, allowing 14 runs. Angels won four of their last six games.
Cold teams
-- Mets lost five of their last six games.
-- Pirates lost three of their last four games.
-- Braves lost five of their last six games.
-- Astros lost eight of their first ten games.
-- Padres lost four of their last five games.
-- Giants lost their last two games, both by 6-1 scores.
-- Detroit lost its last three games, scoring six runs.
-- Red Sox, Rays both lost eight of their first ten games.
-- Twins lost three of their last four games.
-- Mariners lost seven of their last eight games. Toronto lost four of its last five games, and blew a 7-0 7th inning lead last night.