MLB
Write-up
Wednesday, June 25
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AL teams were 10-4 yesterday, are 109-76 against NL this year. Over is 67-70-7 since over last 12 days in interleague games.
Hot Pitchers
-- Wakefield has 2.75 RA in his last five starts.
-- Jays won three of last four Halladay home starts.
-- Cardinals won six of last seven Lohse starts. Tigers are 9-2 in Galarraga's starts, 4-1 at home.
-- Duke is 2-0, 2.70 in his last four starts; Pirates won five of his last six home outings. Chamberlain has 1.54 RA in his last two starts for Bronx- he still hasn't won in four starts.
-- Tucker is 2-1, 4.50 in his first three big league starts; the loss was 7-3 to Rays at the Trop (five runs in five IP).
-- Nationals won Redding's last eight starts. Santana is 3-1, 3.28 in his last five starts.
-- Cubs won Lilly's last three starts (1-0, 2.79).
-- Colorado won six of Cook's last eight road starts.
-- Phillies are 10-2 in Kendrick's last dozen starts. Smith has 2.73 RA in his last five home starts.
-- Padres won last six Maddux home starts. Minnesota is 5-2 in last seven Perkins starts.
-- Stults won his first start, at Cincinnati (three runs in six IP). White Sox won last five Floyd starts, scoring 45 runs.
Cold Pitchers
-- Braves lost last three Campillo starts (0-2, 4.12). Brewers lost four of last five Suppan road starts.
-- Zito is 1-3, 9.52 in his last four starts, but Giants have won his last three road starts. Sowers is 0-2, 6.66 in five starts in 2008.
-- Cincinnati lost Harang's last six road starts.
-- Rangers are 0-5 in Feldman's road starts.
-- Burres has 10.42 RA in his last five starts.
-- Arizona lost four of Johnson's five road starts.
-- Mets lost Maine's last three home starts (0-1, 6.23). Mariners are 1-5 in Batista's road starts this season.
-- Rays lost five of last six Shields road starts.
-- Hochevar is 1-4, 6.64 in his last seven starts.
-- Oswalt is 2-4, 5.56 in his last seven starts.
Hot Teams
-- Brewers won eight of their last nine games.
-- Pirates are 11-5 in their last sixteen home games.
-- Blue Jays scored 22 runs in winning last two games, after a seven-game losing streak that cost Gibbons his job.
-- Tigers won eight of their last ten home games. Cardinals won three of their last four games.
-- Marlins won six of their last nine home games.
-- Angels won 14 of their last 17 road games.
-- Mariners won first two games of series at Shea, outscoring the Mets 16-2.
-- Cubs are 14-1 in their last fifteen games at Wrigley.
-- Royals won nine of their last ten games.
-- Twins won their last seven games, allowing total of 13 runs.
-- Oakland won seven of its last ten games.
Cold Teams
-- Braves are 6-12 in their last 18 games.
-- Indians lost five of their last seven games.
-- Bronx lost three of its last four games.
-- Arizona is 7-18 in its last 25 road games. Red Sox lost three of their last five games.
-- Reds lost seven of their last nine games.
-- Rays lost seven of their last eleven road games.
-- Nationals are 5-17 in their last twenty-two home games.
-- Mets lost three of their last four games.
-- Astros lost seven of their last nine home games.
-- Orioles lost four of their last six road games.
-- Rockies lost their last three games, allowing 18 runs.
-- Padres lost seven of their last eight games.
-- Phillies lost six in row, eight of last nine games.
-- White Sox lost nine of their last ten road games. Dodgers lost
Totals
-- Five of seven Campillo starts stayed under the total.
-- Eight of last ten Indian home games went over the total.
-- Four of last five Bronx games stayed under the total.
-- Five of last six Arizona games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 10-5-1 in Cardinals' last sixteen road games.
-- Five of last seven Cincinnati games stayed under the total.
-- Over is 5-0-1 in last six Florida games.
-- Under is 5-2-1 in last eight Washington home games.
-- Over is 5-1-1 in Mariners' last seven games.
-- Over is 7-3-1 in last eleven games at Minute Maid Park.
-- Four of last six Wrigley games stayed under the total.
-- Seven of last eight Kansas City home games went over total. .
-- Five of last seven Maddux home starts stayed under total.
-- Under is 8-2 in Phillies' last ten road games.
-- Over is 4-0-1 in Floyd's last five starts.
Umpires
-- Mil-Atl-- Underdog is 5-2 in last seven Cooper games.
-- SF-Clev-- Under is 5-0-1 in last six Kulpa games.
-- Cin-Tor-- Underdog won last five Rapuano games; under is
5-2-1 in his last eight games behind plate.
-- Az-Bos-- Home team is 13-2 in Dimuro games, with favorites winning his last six games behind dish.
-- StL-Det-- Under is 13-1-2 in Bell games this season.
-- NY-Pitt-- Not enough info for ump Causey to give any help.
-- Sea-NY-- Over is 7-2-1 in Barry's last ten games.
-- TB-Fla-- Over is 10-4 in last 14 Darling games, with underdog winning four of his last five games behind plate.
-- LAA-Wsh-- Four of last five Fairchild games went over total.
-- Tex-Hst-- Seven of last nine Dreckman games went over.
-- Balt-Chi-- Favorite won last nine Hudson games.
-- Col-KC-- Last four Nauert games stayed under the total.
-- Phil-A's-- Under is 9-5 in last fourteen Johnson games.
-- Min-SD-- Four of last five Layne games went over total, with underdog winning five of his last seven games.
-- Chi-LA-- Home side won seven of last nine Barrett games.