MLB WRITE-UP
Thursday, August 20
Hot Pitchers
-- Arizona won last five Davis starts (3-0, 2.53). Blanton is 3-2, 2.26 in his last eight starts.
-- Mock is 2-0, 1.50 in his last two starts.
-- Kawakami has 2.79 RA in his last three starts. Santana has 2.30 RA in his last six home starts.
-- Johnson is 5-0, 2.81 in his last seven starts. Rodriguez is 3-0, 1.39 in his last three home starts-- he gave up 10 runs in four IP at Milwaukee in his last start.
-- Cardinals won Pineiro's last eight starts, outscoring foes 51-23.
-- Rowland-Smith is 2-0, 4.01 in his last four starts.
-- Lester has a 2.37 RA in his last three starts. Cecil is 3-1, 2.01 in his last five starts.
-- Lackey is 4-1, 2.41 in his last seven starts.
-- Holland is 3-1, 2.20 in his last four starts.
Cold Pitchers
-- Harang is 1-10, 4.16 in his last fifteen starts. Cain is 0-2, 4.84 in his last three outings.
-- Hammel is 2-3, 6.65 in his last five starts.
-- Stauffer is 0-3, 4.80 in his last three starts.
-- Gorzelanny has 5.27 RA in three starts for the Cubs. Weaver has a 3.76 RA in his last six starts, lasting total of just 26.1 IP.
-- Former Mariner Washburn is 0-1, 5.12 in three starts for Detroit.
-- Matusz is 1-2, 7.43 in his first three big league starts. Shields is 1-4, 5.22 in his last nine starts.
-- Masterson is 0-1, 9.82 in two starts for the Indians.
-- Swarzak is 0-3, 20.25 in his last three starts.
Hot Teams
-- Phillies won six of their last seven games.
-- Nationals won eight of their last nine home games. Rockies won six of their last nine games.
-- Giants won three of their last four games.
-- Braves won seven of their last ten games.
-- Marlins won nine of their last eleven games.
-- Padres won five of their last six home games.
-- Cardinals won nine of their last eleven games.
-- Detroit is 11-4 in its last 15 home games.
-- Tampa Bay won eight of its last ten home games.
-- Angels won 14 of their last 18 road games.
-- Texas is 12-4 in its last 16 home games.
-- Bronx Bombers are 24-8 since All-Star break. A's are 9-6 in their last 15 games.
Cold Teams
-- Diamondbacks lost their last five road games.
-- Mets lost 10 of their last 16 games.
-- Reds lost 12 of last 14 at Great American Ballpark.
-- Pirates lost eight of their last ten home games. Brewers lost four of their last five road games.
-- Astros lost six of their last eight games.
-- Cubs lost six of their last seven road games.
-- Dodgers are 9-14 in their last 23 games.
-- Mariners lost four of their last five games.
-- Orioles lost 14 of their last 18 games.
-- Red Sox lost eight of their last ten road games. Blue Jays lost five of their last six games.
-- Indians lost their last three home games. White Sox are 5-7 in their last twelve games.
-- Royals are 5-9 in their last fourteen road games.
-- Twins lost 12 of their last 17 games.
Totals
-- Under is 9-4-2 in Cincinnati's last 15 home games.
-- Five of last seven Arizona road games went over the total.
-- Over is 7-3-1 in Colorado's last eleven games.
-- Nine of last eleven Atlanta road games went over the total.
-- Six of last nine Florida road games went over the total.
-- Over is 7-2-1 in Cardinals' last ten road games.
-- Over is 10-5-1 in last 16 Los Angeles home games.
-- Under is 5-2-1 in last eight Seattle games.
-- Six of last eight Boston road games stayed under the total.
-- 10 of last 13 Tampa Bay home games stayed under the total.
-- Over is 13-4-1 in Angels' last eighteen road games.
-- Over is 11-1-2 in Minnesota's last fourteen road games.
