MLB
Write-Up
Thursday, April 22
Hot pitchers
-- Hernandez is 2-0, 0.00 in two starts (16 IP). Jimenez is 3-0, 1.29 in three starts, last of which was no-hitter.
-- Leake has 2.64 RA in his first two starts.
-- Santana is 1-1, 3.00 in three starts this season.
-- Braves are 3-0 in Lowe's starts, scoring 32 runs.
-- Baker is 2-0, 1.93 in his last two starts. Talbot is 1-1, 3.86 in two starts this season.
-- Shields is 1-0, 4.50 in three starts this season.
-- Oakland is 3-0 when Braden starts (2-0, 2.70). Sabathia is 2-0, 0.66 in his last two starts.
Cold pitchers
-- McCutchen is 0-1, 14.73 in two starts. Wolf has 5.89 RA in three starts this season.
-- Padilla has an 8.04 RA in three starts this season.
-- Cubs lost both Gorzelanny starts, scoring total of four runs.
-- Moyer allowed five runs in six IP in both of his '10 starts; all five runs scored in same inning in both games.
-- Sanchez is 0-1, 7.43 in two starts this season. Paulino is 0-1, 7.36 in his two starts.
-- Buchholz is 1-1, 6.30 in his two starts this season. Texas lost both of Wilson's starts (0-1, 3.46), scoring one run in each.
-- Peavy is 0-0, 6.23 in three starts this year.
-- Verlander is 0-1, 6.88 in three starts this season. Saunders is 1-2, 5.21 in his three starts.
Totals
-- Over is 5-2-2 in last nine Milwaukee games.
-- Six of nine Washington home games went over the total.
-- Last six Dodger road games went over the total.
-- Under is 5-1-1 in Mets' last seven games.
-- Six of last seven Atlanta home games stayed under the total.
-- Over is 11-4 in Florida games this season.
-- Seven of eight Cleveland road games stayed under total.
-- Six of eight Bronx road games went over the total.
-- Four of last five Boston home games went over the total.
-- Six of last eight White Sox games stayed under the total.
-- Four of last five Detroit road games stayed under the total.
Hot teams
-- Nationals are 7-4 in their last eleven games.
-- Milwaukee won last three games, scoring 11-8-8 runs.
-- Braves won five of their last seven games.
-- Astros won five of their last six games.
-- Rays won eight of their last nine games.
-- Twins won five of last six games; Royals won four of six.
-- Angels won six of their last eight games.
-- Bronx won last six games, scoring 33 runs.
Cold teams
-- Pirates were outscored 16-1 in their last two games.
-- Reds lost six of their last seven games, allowing 52 runs. Dodgers lost last four of their last five road games.
-- Rockies lost six of their last eight road games.
-- Cubs lost five of their last seven games.
-- Phillies lost four of their last six games.
-- Rangers lost last six games, outscored 35-21.
-- Royals are 4-7 in their last eleven games.
-- White Sox lost five of their last six games.
-- Oakland lost last three games, allowing 18 runs.
-- Tigers lost six of their last nine games.
Umpires
We're early in season, so not ton of data to go by yet, but there are the first umpire trends for 2010.......
-- Mil-Pitt-- Home team won first three Wendelstedt games.
-- Col-Wsh-- Emmel's first two games were 2-1/2-0.
-- LA-Cin-- Last three McClelland games stayed under the total.
-- Phil-Atl-- Underdog won two of first three Barrett games.
-- Chi-NY-- Home team won all three Carlson games.
-- Fla-Hst-- Road team won all three Bucknor games.
-- Clev-Min--All three Timmons games stayed under the total.
-- NY-A's-- Favorites won all three Kulpa games.
-- Tex-Bos-- Underdogs won last two Cuzzi games.
-- TB-Chi-- Totals in Schrieber games this season: 4-11-9.
-- Det-LAA-- Meals' first two games this year were 3-0/2-1.
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