MLB
Write-up
Wednesday, August 12
Hot Pitchers
-- Lincecum is 2-0, 1.88 in his last three starts.
-- Marlins won last four Nolasco starts (2-0, 1.65). Norris is 2-0, 1.38 in his two major league starts.
-- Lowe is 4-0, 2.97 in his last six starts.
-- Carpenter is 6-0, 2.04 in his last seen starts.
-- Jimenez is 3-0, 3.44 in his last five starts. Hart is 3-0, 3.52 in his last four starts.
-- Burnett is 5-1, 2.91 in his last eight starts. Toronto won five of last six Romero road starts.
-- Rays won 12 of last 15 Niemann starts.
-- Hunter is 4-1, 2.73 in his last six starts. Indians won both Carmona starts (0-0, 2.45) since he came back from a stint in the minors.
-- Beckett is 2-0, 1.81 in his last three starts.
Cold Pitchers
-- Garland is 1-2, 4.76 in his last five starts. Perez is 0-1, 4.45 in his last five starts.
-- Weaver has 4.24 RA in five starts (23.1 IP).
-- Stammen is 0-1, 16.40 in his last three starts.
-- Martinez makes first start for Phillies; he was 1-1, 5.11 in three minor league outings-- he was 5-6, 5.61 in 20 starts for the Mets last season. Samardzija was 5-3, 3.72 in 12 starts at AAA; this is his first start in the major leagues.
-- Villanueva us 0-2, 5.79 in three starts this season. Correia has a 7.29 RA in his last four road starts.
-- Bailey is 1-3, 9.79 in his last five starts.
-- Orioles lost 11 of Berken's last 13 starts. Mazzaro is 1-8, 7.85 in his last eleven starts.
-- Bell was 3-4, 3.15 in his 11 starts at AAA level.
-- Galarraga is 1-3, 6.10 in his last five starts.
-- Bannister is 1-1, 5.65 in his last five starts. Liriano is 0-3, 6.91 in his last five starts.
-- Buehrle is 0-3, 8.84 since pitching his perfect game. Hernandez is 1-1, 6.75 in his last three starts.
Hot Teams
-- Marlins won their last five games, scoring 38 runs.
-- Nationals won eight of their last nine games. Braves are 12-3 in their last fifteen home games.
-- Cardinals won ten of their last fourteen games.
-- Padres won ten of their last fourteen games.
-- Colorado won eight of its last twelve games.
-- Diamondbacks won nine of their last thirteen games.
-- Dodgers spanked Giants in first two games of this series, 4-2/9-1.
-- Indians won seven of their last nine games.
-- Bronx Bombers are 19-6 since the All-Star break.
-- A's won six of their last nine games.
-- Angels are 11-4 in their last fifteen home games.
-- Seattle won five of its last seven home games.
Cold Teams
-- Astros are 5-11 in their last sixteen games.
-- Reds lost nine of their last thirteen games.
-- Cubs lost five of their last six games. Phillies lost eight of their last twelve games.
-- Pirates lost 17 of their last 21 road games.
-- Brewers are 5-10 in their last 15 home games.
-- Mets lost nine of their last twelve games.
-- Giants lost four of their last five games.
-- Rangers are 6-9 in their last fifteen road games.
-- Toronto lost 15 of its last 21 road games.
-- Orioles lost nine of their last twelve games.
-- Red Sox lost six of their last eight games, but won last two. Tigers are 2-11 in their last thirteen road games.
-- Royals lost five of their last seven road games. Twins lost eight of their last ten games.
-- Tampa Bay lost four of its last five games.
-- White Sox lost four of their last six games.
Totals
-- Seven of last eight Florida games went over the total.
-- 12 of last 14 Washington road games went over the total.
-- Under is 7-1-1 in Phillies' last nine road games.
-- Eight of Brewers' last nine home games went over the total.
-- Under is 9-3-2 in last fourteen Cincinnati games.
-- Under is 4-0-2 in Pirates' last six away games.
-- Under is 5-1-1 in Arizona's last seven home games.
-- Six of Dodgers' last nine road games stayed under the total.
-- Over is 11-4-1 in last sixteen Cleveland games.
-- Nine of last ten Oakland road games went over the total.
-- Over is 6-2-2 in last ten Toronto games.
-- Last six games at Fenway Park all went over the total.
-- Under is 14-7-2 in Royals' last 23 road games.
-- Over is 16-4-1 in Angels' last 21 games.
-- Eight of White Sox' last nine road games stayed under the total.
Umpires
-- NY-Az-- Over is 4-1-1 in last six Everitt games.
-- LA-SF-- Under is 10-4 in Emmel's last 14 games behind plate.
-- Hst-Fla-- Eight of last nine Joyce games stayed under the total.
-- Wsh-Atl-- Eight of last eleven Holbrook games stayed under total.
-- Phil-Chi-- Four of last five Meals games stayed under the total.
-- SD-Mil-- Road team won eight of last 11 Wendelstedt games.
-- Cin-StL-- Five of last seven Fairchild games stayed under total.
-- Pitt-Colo-- Under is 5-2-1 in last eight Guccione games.
-- Tor-NY-- Underdog is 12-9 in last 21 West games.
-- A's-Balt-- Last seven Barrett games stayed under the total.
-- TB-LA-- Underdog is 14-9 in Reilly games this season.
-- Tex-Clev-- Five of last seven Drake games went over the total.
-- Det-Bos-- Over is 11-5-2 in Crawford games this season.
-- KC-Min-- Under is 6-1-1 in last eight Hoye games.
-- Chi-Sea-- All three Moser games this season stayed under total.
