The Sport Spy Saturday MLB Report - Winning Information Inside!

JeffMattingly · Apr 24, 2010

San Diego Padres
-The Padres continued their winning ways, taking their 7th straight with a 10-4 victory over the Reds last night. The 7-game winning streak is their longest since winning 10 straight from 5/15-5/25/09.
-SP Kevin Correia once again was the beneficiary of offensive support, as San Diego scored 10 runs in the first 4 innings last night. In his 23 innings of work this season, he has received 29 runs of support.
-Dating back to July 28, 2009, the club has a 47-31 record (.603) that ranks 2nd among NL clubs.
-With 18 stolen bases on the year, the Padres rank 1st in the NL. Seven different Padres have stolen at leastd one base, with Chase Headley leading the way with 5.
-San Diego's pitching staff has posted a 2.90 ERA this year, ranking 1st in the Majors. Padres pitching also rank among the top in opponents batting average (2nd, .224) and strikeouts per 9.0 (5th, 7.8).
-SP Wade LeBlanc is 1-2 with a 5.06 ERA and a .305 opponents batting average over 4 career appearances, three starts, during the day.

JeffMattingly · Apr 24, 2010

Pittsburgh Pirates
-The Pirates have dropped 4 straight games after winning 3 in a row. They have gone 4-5 in their last 9 games.
-Tonight RHP Chris Jakubauskas will become the 7th different pitcher to start for the Pirates this year. The last time the Pirates used 7 different starting pitchers in the first 17 games of the year was 2001.
-CF Andrew McCutchen has gone 6-for-14 (.429) against lefthanders this season. Since breaking into the big leagues last year, Andrew is hitting .325 with 4HR and 14RBI against southpaws.
-Paul Maholm and Zach Duke have been the pitchers in 5 of the last 6 games in which the starter has worked at least 6 innings in a game. The only other Bucco starter to toss at least 6 innings in a game this year was Charlie Morton (4/14).
-Bullpen has produced a 4-0 record in the first 16 games. The Pirates have gone 4-1 in one-run games this season.

JeffMattingly · Apr 24, 2010

Atlanta Braves
-The Braves have dropped a season-high 3 straight games to even their record at 8-8 on the year. During the 3-game losing streak they have been outscored 15-5 and last night they committed a season-high 4 errors. Atlanta ranks 25th in the majors in team batting average (.228), including 22nd versus left-handed pitchers (.223) and 28th against right-handers (.230).
-Four current Braves own batting averages of .350 or higher at Citi Field last season, including Omar Infante (.417), Martin Prado (.391), Matt Diaz (.364) and Yunel Escobar (.361).
-SP Jair Jurrjens is 6-1 with a 2.44 ERA in 8 career starts against the Mets, including 2-0 with a 2.18 mark in 3 career starts at Citi Field. His 6 career victories vs NYM is his most against any major league club.
-Jurrjens has a 14-6 record with a 2.91 ERA and a .225 opponents batting average in 29 starts against NL East opponents.

JeffMattingly · Apr 24, 2010

Los Angeles Dodgers
-The Dodgers have lost 10 of their last 16 games in the District of Columbia. In the 5-1 defeat last night, the club tied a season low with 5 hits.
-OF Matt Kemp has 20 RBI this month and has a chance of breaking the club record for most RBI in the month of April (29).
-Los Angeles leads the Major Leagues with a .302 batting average, 99 runs scored, 176 hits and a .373 on-base percentage.
-Team has grounded into just 7 double plays, which is the fewest in baseball.
-The club ranks 5th in the NL with 63 walks, but has seen 2,604 pitches, ranking 2nd on the Senior Circuit, just behind the Mets (2.623).
-The Dodgers stand at 7-9 in April with just 7 games left to play in the month. The club's last losing March/April was in 2006 when they went 12-13.
-SP Clayton Kershaw is 2-1 with a 3.52 ERA in 4 games (3 starts) in his career against Washington. He has limited the Nationals to a .232 batting average in this career.

JeffMattingly · Apr 24, 2010

Seattle Mariners
-Seattle has been a different team under the lights compared to playing in day games. The Mariners are 8-4 at night and 1-4 in day games.
-The Mariners lost last night to the White Sox on a walk-off home run. The team has won 7 of their last 9 games and 3 straight series.
-3B Chone Figgins is T-4th in the AL with 14 walks, including 1 in 5 consecutive games.
-Seattle is 41-60 all-time at US Cellular Field, as they've dropped 21 of their last 28 games on the South Side.
-After starting the season slowly batting .222 in the first 9 games, Ichiro has heated up to bat .438 over his last 8 games.
-SP Doug Fister recorded the equivalent of a 10-inning no-hitter between his last 2 starts.
-Mike Sweeney is a career .440 hitter (22-for-50) with 4 home runs all-time against Freddy Garcia.
-Fister currently ranks T-3rd in the American League with 3 wins, while his opponent batting average of .176 is 6th.

JeffMattingly · Apr 24, 2010

New York Mets
-SS Jose Reyes has 38 career stolen bases versus the Braves. The total is tied with his 38 swipes against Philadlephia for his highest total against one major league club.
-New York is 4-1 on its current 10-game homestand and has won 5 of its last 7 contests.
-The Mets are tied for the Major League lead with 7 triples along with Milwaukee and Washington.
-Since April 14, New York starting pitchers have posted a 2.02 ERA with 50 strikeouts during that span. Overall, Mets starters are 5-5 with a 3.80 ERA, while the bullpen ranks 5th in the Majors with a 2.81 ERA.
-Pitching staff rank 2nd in the Majors with 141 strikeouts, just behind the Chicago White Sox (144).
-SP Jonathon Niese has allowed a total of 33 baserunners in his 16.2 innings pitched this season for an average of 17.82 per nine innings. That mark is 2nd highest in the National League.

JeffMattingly · Apr 24, 2010

Cleveland Indians
-Cleveland has lost 6 straight games to the A's and they've lost 7 of their last 8 games in Oakland.
-SP Fausto Carmona has limited opponents to a .176 average against, 5th best in the AL.
-SS Asdrubal Cabrera has hit safely in each of his last 8-games, batting .375 with 6 runs scored a HR and 2RBI.
-The Indians have allowed 15 unearned runs, the most in the Majors this season.
-Bullpen has allowed just 3 of 29 inherited runners to score, which leads MLB.
-Dating back to last year, the Indians have lost 22 of their last 25 games on the road.
-Despite making 3 errors last night, the Indians currently rank 7th in the AL in fielding at .984. Indians pitchers have made 3 of the 10 errors.
-The Tribe is hitting .206 with runners in scoring position.
-Carmona is 2-3 with a 6.97 ERA in 7 games (6 starts) in his career versus the Athletics.

JeffMattingly · Apr 24, 2010

Detroit Tigers
-OF Johnny Damon enters tonight's game at Texas having reached base safely in 13 consecutive games dating back to April 10. Damon is batting .415 during that stretch.
-The Tigers also lead all American League clubs with 7.12 runs per game and 1.53 home runs per game at Rangers Ballpark since the start of the 2006 season.
-Relievers have posted a 0.53 ERA over the last 6 games. Overall, the bullpen posted a 5-3 record and a 2.57 ERA through the club's first 17 games this season. Tigers relievers lead the American League with 5 victories and a 2.57 ERA.
-Enter tonight's game leading the AL with a .369 on-base percentage, while the club is tied for the lead with 163 hits and 2nd with a .277 batting average.
-SP Dontrelle Willis is 14-3 with a 3.43 ERA in 26 career starts during April.

JeffMattingly · Apr 24, 2010

Washington Nationals
-The Nationals won their 3rd straight series opener despite making a season-high 3 errors.
-Washington is 6-3 in their last 9 games depite playing Colorado, Milwaukee and Philadelphia.
-In their last 10 games, beginning on April 14, the Nationals are batting .299 with 8HR and 45 walks. Washington's .843 OPS ranks 2nd in MLB over that span. At .916, only Milwaukee has posted a higher OPS in that stretch.
-Team ranks tied for 3rd in the NL having been charged with just 3 unearned runs this season. Last year, through 17 games, Washington had been burdened by 13 unearned runs.
-RP Matt Capps is the MLB's leader with 7 saves in as many opportunities, as he set a club mark for the most consecutive successful save conversions to begin a season.
-The Nats are 4-4 in games started by opposing left-handers this season.
-SP Craig Stammen has walked just 2 batters in 14.1 innings pitched this season. His strikeout-to-walk ratio is tops among Nationals to date.

JeffMattingly · Apr 24, 2010

Chicago White Sox
-The White Sox have lost 6 of their last 8 games, as they continue a 6-game homestand today.
-Chicago posted a 7-6 victory last night as Andruw Jones hit a game-ending home run in the 9th inning.
-Lead the all-time series with the Mariners, 197-180, and are 29-22 since 2004. They have gone 60-41 at US Cellular Field and 16-31 at Safeco Field.
-Sox pen owns a .227 ERA over the last 13 games, including 7 scoreless innings on 4/18 at Cleveland.
-The White Sox are 3-for-22 with runners in scoring position on the homestand and 7-for-47 (.149) in the last 8 games. For the season, Chicago ranks 13th in the AL with a .205 average with RISP.
-Rank 2nd in the AL with 23 home runs this season. Sox pitchers have allowed just 10 home runs, 3rd-fewest in the Majors.
-Team has posted a 21-7 record on Saturday's since the start of the 2009 season, including a 13-1 record at home. IF Gordon Beckham is 13-28 with a HR and 10RBI in 8 career FOX appearances.

JeffMattingly · Apr 24, 2010

Minnesota Twins
-The Twins have won each of their first 5 series of the 2010 season.
-Minnesota has compiled an 8-4 record versus right-handed pitchers and 4-1 versus lefties.
-Team has won 11 of their last 13 games versus the Royals, including 8 of their last 9 at Kauffman Stadium. In games since August 21, 2009, the Twins have gone 11-2 and have outscored the Royals 101-64 while hitting 17 home runs.
-1B Justin Morneau has reached safely in all 17 of the Twins games this season and reached at least twice in 13 of those 17.
-Comes into play today tied with the Tampa Bay Rays for the highest winning percentage (.706) in all of baseball. As a team, they rank 4th in the AL in batting average (.265), 2nd in runs scored (89) and 4th in ERA (3.47).
-Enter play today leading the Major Leagues in walks, as they are averaging 5.1 walks per game.
-SP Nick Blackburn is allowing left-handers to bat .219 this season, while righties are hitting .372.

JeffMattingly · Apr 24, 2010

Texas Rangers
-Texas has lost 3 games in the standings over the last 9 days (2-6) to fall from a first place tie to 4th in the AL West.
-Eight of the Rangers' first 16 games have been decided in the winning team's final at-bat (3-5).
-Played its 3rd consecutive errorless game last night, matching the longest streak of the season.
-Held a lead at some point in 15 of 16 games to begin the year, the exception being on April 17 in New York.
-The club is 1-5 versus left-handed starters this season, with the lone win coming on April 9. Texas has batted .194 against lefties this season, 28th in the majors.
-DH Vladimir Guerrero is batting .519 in Arlington this season, having hit safely in 6 of 7 games with multiple hits in each of the 6.
-Since the beginning of the 2009 season, SP Scott Feldman has gone 18-9 with a 4.11 ERA in 37 games/34 starts.

JeffMattingly · Apr 24, 2010

Philadelphia Phillies
-Enter tonight's game with a streak of 45 innings without a home run. Their current streak is their longest since a 51-inning streak in 2006.
-Philadelphia is 7-3 on the road this season and has won all 3 previous series. They are hitting .290 with 7HR and 60 runs scored (6.0 per game). The pitching staff has compiled a 2.86 ERA on the road, which leads the NL and is the 2nd-best in baseball (TB - 2.23).
-Enter play with a .284 batting average against right-handed pitching, which is 3rd-best in the Majors. LAD leads MLB at .312 and Milwaukee is 2nd at .299.
-SP Nelson Figueroa is 4-15 with a 4.45 ERA in 48 career road games (22 starts).

St. Louis Cardinals
-The Cardinals went 3-4 against the Giants last season and have posted a 13-18 all-time mark at AT&T Park.
-SP Adam Wainwright has faced the Giants five times, three as a starter, going 1-2 with a 3.71 ERA. He was 0-1 with a 2.81 ERA in 2 starts against them last year.
-Pitching staff currently ranks 2nd in the Major Leagues with a team ERA of 2.91, just behind San Diego (2.90). The starting staff leads the majors with a 2.83 ERA in 13 quality starts.

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