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Baltimore Orioles
-Baltimore will play its first doubleheader since September 23, 2008. The Orioles are 5-23 in their last 28 road games.
-The Orioles lead the season series, 1-0. The Birds won the season series, 3-2, in 2009 as the Orioles went 2-0 in Baltimore and 1-2 in the Metrodome.
-Of the 30 teams he has faced in his 14-year career, the Twins are one of 3 teams that SP Kevin Milwood has never beaten (0-7 in 12 starts).
-In their 8 wins, the Orioles are 27-for-73 (.370) with RISP. In their 21 losses, they are batting .118 (17-for-144) with RISP.
-OF Nick Markakis is batting .412 in his last 13 games, with 7 multi-hit efforts over that span.
-Milwood has received just 16 runs of support in his 6 starts and the Orioles have scored just 11 runs while he was in the game.
-Milwood is 0-2 with a 4.26 ERA in 3 road starts this year.
-Game 2 SP Jeremy Guthrie is mired in a career-high 8-game losing streak. His last win was 9/6/09 against Texas.

Atlanta Braves
-The Braves and Phillies play the 2nd game of a 3-game weekend series and 5th of 18 meetings bwtween the two clubs this season. Atlanta won 10-of-18 games last season.
-Dropped its 13th road contest last night, as Philadelphia SP Jamie Moyer tossed a complete game shutout.
-RHP Kris Medlen starts today in place of injured Jair Jurrjens. The start is the fifth in his career and first since July 12, 2009 against Colorado, an 8-7 Braves loss at Coors Field. As a starter, Medlen is 1-2 with a 6.38 ERA in four career outings.
-Medlen is 1-1 with a 3.34 ERA in 15 day game appearances (2 starts), including a 0-1 with a 2.89 ERA mark in 6 day game appearances this year.

Detroit Tigers
-The Tigers game last night was called due to rain after four innings with the Tigers leading 7-6.
-Detroit has won 9 straight games over the Cleveland Indians dating back to September 1, 2009. The 9-game winning streak matches the longest such streak against Cleveland since at least 1920.
-Since joining the Tigers in 2008, Miguel Cabrera is hitting .331 with 11 HR and 35 RBI in 39 games against Cleveland. He is tops among all active major league players with 35 RBI against the Tribe during that stretch.
-Since the start of the 2009 season, the Tigers have compiled a 17-4 record against the Indians. Detroit is tops among all MLB clubs with a 3.14 ERA versus the Indians over that span.
-Team is hitting .280 in the club's first 29 games of the season - tops among all AL clubs while being 3rd with 282 hits.
-Relievers have posted a 1.07 ERA over teh club's last 18 games. They lead the AL with 9 victories, a 2.03 ERA and 97.2 innings pitched.

San Francisco Giants
-The Giants have gone 3-1 through the first 4 games of this 6-game East Coast road trip, sweeping Florida and dropping the 1st contest of this current series against the Mets.
-Giants #8 hitters have batted .467 (43-for-92) this season with 4 HR and 13 RBI. That .467 clip batting 8th is by far the highest among all MLB teams. SF's next highest average from a position in the batting order is 3rd (.296).
-San Francisco faced Mets SP Johan Santan twice last season, touching him up for 8 runs in 13.2 innings while hitting .328.
-IF Mark Derosa is 5th among active players (150 AB min) against the Mets with a .321 average.
-The Giants have gone 16-4 this season when scoring 3-or-more runs in a game, the 4th-highest percentage in the Majors.
-Starting staff has posted a 2.69 ERA in the team's 1st 28 games this season, which ranks 3rd-lowest in the Majors (Tampa Bay / St. Louis).
-SP Todd Wellemeyer had held right-handed batters to a .163 average (8-for-49), while lefties are hitting .310.

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Washington Nationals
-The Nationals 15-14 record is 1 game off the club's best mark throught the first 29 games of a season.
-Including 3.1 scoreless innings during the just-completed 3-game series vs Atlanta, RP Tyler Clippard is now 4-0 with 7 holds and a 0.42 ERA in 14 appearances this season.
-RP Matt Capps is the MLB leader with 11 saves in as many opportunities. Capps set club single-season and career marks for April saves and consecutive successful save conversions to begin a season.
-In 17 games beginning on April 14, the Nationals starting staff has posted a strong 3.68 ERA en route to posting 11 quality starts.
-Before taking 2 of 3 in Miami, September 11-13, 2009, the Nationals had dropped 10 straight series at the ballpark currently known as Sun Life Stadium.
-SP Matt Chico has yet to post a win at Florida's expense in 6 career games, 4 starts. In 23 career innings against hte Marlins, he has been touched for 7 home runs.

New York Mets
-New York has won 8 straight home games dating back to April 22. It's the longest home winning streak since the Mets won 11 straight to tied a franchise record in August 2006. New York has the most home wins in the Majors (12).
-SP Johan Santana is the MLB's leader in wins (102), ERA (2.90) and strikeouts (1,364) since 2004. He's looking to rebound from his worst start of his career, where he allowed a career-worst 10 runs and tied his career-high allowing 4 home runs.
-3B David Wright extended his hitting streak to 10 games last night. Wright is batting .395 with 7 runs scored, 4 HR and 11 RBI during that stretch.
-Mets pitchers haven't issued a walk in their last 24 innings. New York has issued just 2 walks in its last 3 games.
-Pitchers have the 3rd-lowest opponents' batting average against (.204) with runners in scoring position. Only Tampa Bay (.174) and San Francisco (.193) have a lower mark.

Arizona Diamondbacks
-The D-Backs suffered their 5th consecutive loss to the Brewers dating back to last season after losing 3-2 last night.
-Enter tonight's game ranked first in the NL in home runs (42), runs (164) and slugging percentage (.464).
-Arizona pitchers have allowed 10 earned runs in 44 innings and a .209 opponents batting average in their last 5 games.
-SP Cesar Valdez made 4 starts for Reno this season, going 1-1 with a 3.80 ERA. He was 7-6 with a 4.78 ERA during his time with Triple-A Reno during the 2009 season.

Milwaukee Brewers
-The Brewers have gone 9-3 over their last 12 games at Chase Field, including a 4-game winning streak.
-RHP Yovani Gallardo last night recorded 10 strikeouts over 5 innings in his 3-2 win over Arizona. It marked his 2nd consecutive game with 10 or more strikeouts.
-Milwaukee is 9-8 on the road this season, going 2-3-0 in series play.
-The Brewers are 11-1 this season when scoring first and just 2-15 when the opponent scores first.
-OF Ryan Braun ranks 2nd in the NL in hits (43), after leading the NL with 203 hits last season.
-SP Randy Wolf is making his 7th start of the season. He last started at San Diego in an 8-0 loss. The Brewers are 3-3 in his starts and he has made 3 quality starts. Opponents are batting .277 against him.