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Chicago White Sox
-The White Sox fell to 1-3 on their current six-game trip, with a 6-4 loss. Chicago was unable to hold a 3-0 lead. 1B Paul Konerko hit his 11th home run, setting a franchise record for April.
-Currently in a stretch of playing 16 straight games without a day off.
-Chicago leads the major leagues with 26 stolen bases this season, including four games with 3 or more.
-Team has lost 6 straight games in New York dating back to 9/16/08 and 12 of its last 14.
-15 of the White Sox' 23 games have been decided by 2 runs or less, including 7 in a row.
-Ozzie Guillen's team is 3-5 versus the AL East this season (2-7 Central, 4-2 West)
-Bullpen leads the Major league in strikeouts per 9.0IP (11.57), ranks 2nd in opponents batting average (.199) and 8th in ERA (3.17).
-The White Sox are 22-7 on Saturday since the start of the 2009 season, including a 14-1 record at home.
-SP John Danks owns a 2-0 record with a 1.20 ERA in 2 starts against the AL East this season. He was 6-2 with a 4.37 ERA and 7 home runs allowed in 8 starts versus the AL East in 2009.
 

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Oakland Athletics
-Oakland has dropped a season-high 4 games, 5 of 6, and 8 of the last 11. The team is now 6-10 over the last 16 games after starting the year 6-2.
-The team posted an even 12-12 mark in April, marking the 3rd time in the last 6 years that Oakland finished April with exactly a .500 record. The team has 15 stolen bases, which are the A's most in the 1st month of the season since swiping 19 bases in 1998.
-Compiled a 11-1 record when scoring 4 or more runs and 1-11 when scoring less than 4.
-The A's are 0-4 on this 6-game road trip and have lost each of their last 6 road games, matching their longest suc streak since Sept 2008/April 2009.
-Lost 14 of their last 17 games to the Blue Jays, including 8 of the last 9 at the Rogers Centre. The team hit .211 against Toronto last year, their lowest mark ever against the Jays.
-SP Gio Gonzalez is 6-6 with a 4.41 ERA over the last 15 starts of his career, after going 3-6 with a 7.52 ERA over his first 19 career appearances, including 13 starts.
 

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Chicago Cubs
-The Cubs begin May with an 11-13 record and in 3rd place, 4.5 games behind NL Central Division leader, St. Louis.
-Bullpen hasn't surrendered an earned run in 6 of the team's last 8 games dating back to April 23. Chicago's relievers have logged a 1.86 ERA in that span.
-Pitching staff has 191 strikeouts this season, tied for the 2nd-most in the majors with the Mets - the Padres have 192.
-Chicago is 10-4 when scoring 4 or more runs in a game, but just 1-9 when plating fewer than 4 runs. Since the start of the 2007 season, Chicago has gone 232-67 when plating 4 or more in a contest.
-Opponents have committed an error in 13 of their last 14 contests dating back to 4/17.
-Starting staff ranks 5th in the National League with a 3.47 ERA (SF,STL,SD,NYM)
-SP Carlos Silva is holding the opponent to a .183 batting average, including a .083 clip to lefties. The right-hander has struck out 15 batters, while issuing just 3 bases on balls.
 

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Arizona Diamondbacks
-The Diamondbacks allowed 4 unearned runs in the 6th inning yesterday in their 11-5 loss to the Cubs, finishing April with an 11-12 record.
-Arizona is 5-3 in their current season-long stretch where they will play 20 games in 20 consecutive days.
-Enter today's game ranked 1st in the NL in home runs (34), runs (134), slugging percentage and OPS.
-Team has scored 63 of 134 runs this season by the home run, which is the 3rd-highest percentage (.470) in the Major Leagues behind the Cardinals and White Sox.
-Currently lead the NL by seeing an average of 4.05 pitchers per plate appearance, after ranking 9th with a 3.83 average.
-SP Dan Haren is 10-11 with a 3.42 ERA in 28 career starts in May with a .233 opponents average against. In 2009, he went 2-1 with a 3.50 ERA, striking out 35 and walking just 4.
 

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New York Yankees
-New York is 15-7 on the year and has the 2nd-best record in baseball behind the 17-6 Tampa Bay Rays. They trail the Rays by 1.5 games, as they are off to their best start since 2003 (18-4).
-The Yankees are 10-4 against right-handed starters and 5-3 against left-handers.
-2B Robinson Cano leads the Majors this season with a .400 batting average and is 2nd with 21 runs scored. In his last 2 Aprils, he's combined to hit .382 with 13HR and 34RBI, trailing only Manny Ramirez (.387).
-OF Marcus Thames leads the Majors with a .625 batting average against left-handed pitching (16AB min).
-Ranked 4th in the AL and tied for 7th in the Majors with 20 SB.
-Yankees batters are ranked 4th in the Majors with 97BB. They have also struck out just 134 times this season and have a 6.42 PA/K ratio, which is 5th-best in the Majors.
-Perfect 12-0 this season when leading after 6 innings, as they were 71-2 in such games in 2009.
-SP Javier Vazquez is the only active pitcher to record at least 10 wins, 30 starts and 150 Ks in each of the last 9 seasons.
 

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Detroit Tigers
-Knocked off the Angels 10-6 last night at Comerica Park, the club's 3rd straight win.
-Detroit is 17-24 all-time against the Angels at Comerica Park.
-Miguel Cabrera batted .344 with 5HR and 25RBI in April. Among the franchise leaders during the season's opening month since 1952, he is 2nd with 11 doubles, tied for 2nd with 59 total bases and 3rd with 25RBI.
-Relievers have posted a 1.18 ERA over the club's last 13 games. For the season, they've compiled an 8-3 record and a 2.23 ERA through the club's first 24 games this season.
-Posted an even 6-6 mark against the AL West this year, while going 8-4 against the AL Central.
-SP Jeremy Bonderman is making his 12th career start against the Angels this afternoon. He has posted a quality start in 7 of his first 11 career outings against the club.
 

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Pittsburgh Pirates
-The Pirates have won 3 of their last 4 games, following their season-high 7 game losing streak. Pittsburgh is 8- when leading after 4 innings.
-C Ryan Doumit has a 10-game hitting streak. Since the streak began on April 21, Doumit is hitting at a .471 clip with 2HR and 8RBI.
-CF Andrew McCutchen ranks 5th among all National League players with a .381 batting average in the first inning, behind Ryan Braun (.478), Cameron Maybin (.450), Martin Prado (.400) and St. Louis Skip Schumaker (.389).
-Southpaw Zach Duke is making his 2nd start of the season against the Dodgers tonight, after winning an 11-5 decision on Opening Day at PNC Park. Duke is 2-0 with a 2.14 ERA in his last 3 outings against the Dodgers.
-Starting staff has posted a 3.24 ERA in their last 4 games.
-Bullpen ranks 3rd in the Majors with 6 wins this year, trailing only Detroit (8) and Cincinnati (7). Pirates relievers lead the Majors in innings pitched and strikeouts.
 

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Houston Astros
-Bullpen has allowed just 3 runs in their last 25 innings combined since April 21.
-Dropped the opener of a three-game series in Atlanta, 4-2 last night at Turner Field. RHP Brett Myers took the loss, allowing 4 runs in 7 innings of work on 6 hits and 4 walks.
-RP Matt Lindstrom has converted all 6 of his save opportunities, all of which have come since 4/17, which are the most in the Majors since that date.
-Today is the Astros 9th day game of the season, as they've tallied a 4-4 mark thus far under the sun.
-LHP Tim Byrdak's .162 opponents average versus LHP is the lowest among all MLB pitchers. Left-handed hitters are just 2-for-17 against him this season.
-SP Wandy Rodriguez is 2-1 with a 4.89 ERA in seven career games against the Braves.
-Rodriguez is 5-1 witha 2.34 ERA in 9 starts against NL Eastern opponents since 2008. Among starters, his ERA is 2nd-best versus the NL East during that time frame (Rich Harden).
 

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St. Louis Cardinals
-The Cardinals pitching staff currently ranks 1st in the Majors Leagues with a team ERA of 2.65. Redbird starters have strung together 7-straight quality starts, beginning with Adam Wainwright's CG last Saturday.
-The starting staff ranks 2nd in the Majors with a 2.73 ERA behind San Francisco (2.64).
-SP Kyle Lohse is the lone starter for the Cardinals without a win this season. He is 2-3 with a 4.96 ERA in 6 starts against Cincinnati.
-As a team, St. Louis has walked 88 times (8th in the NL), but have been put on base intentionally a Major League-leading 17 times.
-St. Louis has hit 28 home runs, tied for 2nd in the NL, with almost half of their runs (52 of 105) due to the long ball.
-The Cardinals are an NL-best 157-112 in March/April games dating back to 2000 (Boston 162-102).
 

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Philadelphia Phillies
-OF Jayson Werth has reached base safely via base hit or walk in each of the Phillies first 22 games of the season.
-The Phillies are 4-4 in day games so far this season. Offensively, the Phils are hitting .257 in day games with 8HR and 43R scored in 8 day games (5.38 rpg). Their 4.13 ERA ranks 7th among NL teams.
-Philadelphia is hitting only .248 with RISP this season, ranking 12th among NL teams. The Phils only have 5 hits in their last 31 at-bats with RISP.
-Currently 7-6 against National League East division rivals this season. In 2009, the team was 44-28 versus the division.
-SP Roy Halladay has pitched at least 7 innings in 8 straight starts and 10 of his last 12. He leads the NL with a 11K/BB ratio (33 K, 3 BB).

Atlanta Braves
-Last night's 4-2 win snapped the Braves season-high nine-game losing streak dating back to April 21. During the nine-game stretch the team was outscored 44-17.
-Atlanta clubbed 12 home runs in the 1st 13 games this season and have hit 3 in their last 2 games.
-INF Martin Prado's .356 batting average ranks 2nd in the National League and 4th in the Majors. His 32 hits are tied for 3rd in the NL, behind Chicago's Ryan Theriot (34) and Milwaukee's Ryan Braun (33).
-Today marks the 2nd start for Tim Hudson at Turnver Field and his 66th overall (29-19 record and 3.55 ERA).
-Hudson has allowed just 1 run in the first 5 innings this year, while allowing 7 earned runs in the 6th and 7th innings combined.
 

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Tampa Bay Rays
-The Rays are off to the best start in club history with the majors' best record. It's the best record (17-6) by a major league team thru 23 games since 2003.
-Tampa Bay is 5-2 on this 9-game, 10-day homestand.
-Since going 3-3 in the season-opening homestand, the Rays are 14-3 and have outscored their opponent 119-46 and pitched a 2.46 ERA.
-Team is 8-5 at Tropicana Field this season. since 2008, TB is 117-58 at home, tied with the Red Sox for the best home record in the majors over the last 3 years.
-Since last season, Tampa Bay has won 10 of 12 against the Royals, while outscoring them 73-31. The Rays 57-43 all-time mark against KC, is their best record against an AL opponent.
-SP David Price is 10-3 with a 2.66 ERA at home in his career. He's allowed only one HR to a LH hitter in his career in 157 at-bats against.
 

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