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Chicago White Sox
-The White Sox were unable to preserve an eight-inning lead against the Indians and suffered their 3rd straight loss, 3-2.
-Rank 2nd in the American League with 16 home runs this season and have hit 12 in their last 7 games. By contrast, Sox pitchers have allowed a major-league low 6 homers, including a streak of 46 IP to open the season.
-The Sox have lost 4 straight games and trail in the season series, 1-4. Chicago's 4-game losing streak vs Cleveland is its longest since dropping 6 in a row in 2003.
-Team is hitting .168 with a 3.20 ERA and have been outscored by the Indians, 19-16.
-Chicago is 13-for-42 (.310) with runners in scoring position in the last seven games. The Sox rank 9th in the AL with a .234 average with RISP for the season.
-SP Gavin Floyd is 9-8 with a 3.09 ERA and a .223 average against in his last 24 starts, including a 6-1 mark with a 2.10 ERA over his last 12 starts at US Cellular.

Tampa Bay Rays
-The Rays have won all five games to begin their 2010 road schedule (3-0 BAL, 2-0 BOS). Dating back to the 2009 road finale win at Texas, the Rays have won 6 straight road games. Over the 5 victories, the Rays have outscored their opponents 31-14 while pitching to a 2.57 ERA.
-Tampa Bay is 18-11 against Boston since June 30, 2008, including the 2008 postseason. Since the 2008 postseason, 3B Evan Longoria is hitting .333 with 13HR and 36RBI in 27 games against the Red Sox.
-Under Joe Maddon (2006), the Rays have stolen 615 bases - tied with the Mets for the most in the majors over the last 5 seasons.
-Team is batting .177 against left-handed pitching - 29th in the majors ahead of Toronto (.159)
-SP Matt Garza is 20-9 with a 2.67 ERA against the AL East, compared to 9-25 with a 5.09 ERA against all other teams.

Baltimore Orioles
-Baltimore looks to avoid being swept by the A's, something that has not happened in a 4-game set since August 2004. SP Jeremy Guthrie has not allowed a 1st inning run this season after posting a 7.99 ERA in the opening frame in 2009.
-RP Mark Hendrickson has allowed the lowest opponents' batting average (.125) among AL relievers (20AB min).
-Starting pitchers lead the AL in strikeouts (65) and trail only the Los Angeles Dodgers in all of baseball. The 69.2 innings pitched is 11th in the majors, after finishing last in 2009 (877.2IP).
-SP Brian Matusz is allowing opponents to bat just .190 against him this year with no extra-base hits.

Atlanta Braves
-The Braves own a 91-54 all-time lead in the series with the Rockies, including a 30-18 advantage at Turner Field.
-In 35 career starts at Turner Field, SP Jair Jurrjens is 14-11 with a 3.10 ERA. Last season at home, he posted a 2.47 ERA combined with a .218 opponents' batting average in 18 starts.
-INF Martin Prado went hitless last night - ending a career-high 14-game hitting streak. Prado owns a MLB-best .442 batting average and ranks second in the majors with a .529 OBP.
-Jurrjens is 4-1 with a 2.94 ERA in 5 career starts against Colorado, striking out 31 batters in 33.2 IP.

Boston Red Sox
-The Red Sox played the 1st of 2 straight day games. Boston is 2-2 in day games this season and posted the 5th-best mark in the AL last season at 25-21.
-Last night's loss snapped a 4-game home winning streak against Tampa Bay. The club is 15-7 vs the Rays at Fenway Park since 9/11/07.
-Boston homered 3 times last night and has gone deep in 8 of 11 games this season. The club ranks 4th in the AL with 14 round trippers overall.
-2B Dustin Pedroia has reached safely in all 11 games this season and 17 in a row dating back to 9/29/09, batting .364 with 7HR and 17RBI during that span. He has reached base safely in 32 consecutive games at Fenway.
-SP Jon Lester is 4-2 with a 4.00 ERA in 8 career starts against Tampa Bay. The left-hander is 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA and 26 strikeouts over his last 3 starts against the Rays.

Chicago Cubs
-Chicago concludes their season-opening six-game homestand with the third of a three-game set against the Houston Astros. The teams have split the first two games. The Cubs next day off is Monday, May 3 - this is the 5th day of 19-straight gamedays.
-Beginning with today's game against the Astros and SP Wandy Rodriguez, Chicago is lsated to face 4 left-handed pitchers in its next five games.
-Including yesterday's game, the Cubs have trotted out their Opening Day lineup 5 times in their first 11 games. Due to injuries last season, this was done just 3 times in 161 games last season.
-Cubs pitchers have tossed 95 innings, tied for the fewest in baseball with the Brewers, Rangers and Yankees. Oakland's pitchers have been the busiest, throwing 115.1 innings.
-SP Ryan Dempster is 4-10 with a 4.44 ERA in 44 games (18 starts) in his career against Houston.

New York Yankees
-Team has won each of their first 4 series of the season for just the third time in franchise history.
-SP AJ Burnett earned the win on Saturday, tossing 7 scoreless innings and improved to 2-0. He also has a 13 inning scoreless streak overall.
-The Yankees are tied for third in the AL with 11 stolen bases.
-SS Derek Jeter is batting .380 in 2010 - his highest batting average through 50 at-bats of a season since 1999. He also leads all leadoff hitters with 9RBI.
-SP Andy Pettitte has gone 27-15 as a Yankee in the month of April - the most April wins in franchise history for any pitcher.

Philadelphia Phillies
-Satuday's loss was their first in a night game this season (5-1).
-Philadelphia leads all MLB teams in runs scored (78) and on-base percentage (.389).
-The Phils are 3-2 at home this season. Among all NL teams in 2010, the Phillies rank 2nd in HR at home (9), 3rd in runs scored (35) and 5th in OBP (.366).
-This season, Philadelphia is 5-3 against the NL EAst and went 44-28 against the division in 2009. Last year's .611 winning percentage was the 2nd-highest in the NL for any team against its own divisional opponents (LAD).
-The Phillies were 10-4 on Sunday home games last season.
-SP Cole Hamels has the lowest ERA by a LHP in the NL since 2006 (3.69). He has gone 20-17 with a 3.64 ERA in 52 career starts against NL East teams.

San Francisco Giants
-Tied for the 2nd-best record in the Majors (8-3) entering today's games, trailing only Minnesota (9-3). The team has been in 1st place in the NL West in each of the 1st 13 days of the season.
-SP Tim Lincecum has worked at least 6 innings in each of his 1st 3 outings, with opponents hitting just .178 with 3 walks and 24 strikeouts. His 3 wins ranked tied for most in the NL, while his 0.90 ERA is 5th-best.
-Giants have 6 different players who are batting at least .300 through their 1st 9 games this season. SF's .295 team batting average is 4th-highest in the Majors. Only the Dodgers, Phillies, and Royals are hitting better.
-Starting rotation's 8 quality starts this season, ranks 3rd-most in the Majors (Oakland/St.Louis).
-SP Barry Zito has tone 7-3 with a 2.75 ERA over his last 16 starts, as the Giants are 12-4 in those outings.

Cleveland Indians
-2B Shin Soo Choo has reached safely in 14 of his last 21 plate appearances. DH Travis Hafner has reached base safely in all 11 games thus far - the only Indian to do so.
-The Indians own 2 of the 8 complete games tossed in the Majors this year to date.
-Starting rotation over the last 10 games owns an ERA of 2.84. Overall on the season, the starters ERA is 3.31 (4th-best in AL).
-Offense is currently 13th in the American League in runs scored with just 38 runs in 11 games. Cleveland ranks 11th in the AL with 8HR and 14th in the league in average.
-SP Fausto Carmona is 5-3 with a 4.50 ERA in 11 games (9 starts) against Chicago. The right-hander is 4-0 against the White Sox since 2008.