Saturday's games
Hot Pitchers
-- Leiter has 2.28 RA in his last five starts, not allowing a run in his last 12.2 innings.
-- Giants scored 31 runs in winning three of last four Hermanson starts (1-0, 3.33).
-- Toronto is 5-2 with Halladay if they score three or more runs; they won his last three home starts.
-- A's are 7-1 if they give Redman four or more runs; they won his last four home starts.
-- Thomson is 3-1, 2.05 in his last four starts; Atlanta won five of his last six road starts. Loaiza is 2-0, 2.76 in his last four starts. Pale Hose are 4-1 in his home starts.
-- Florida is 7-1 with Penny if they score three or more runs for him. Robertson is 2-0, 2.81 in his last 4 starts; Tigers scored 30 runs in those four games, but they lost his last three home starts.
-- Cardinals won Carpenter's last eight starts; he is 5-0, 2.22 in his last six starts.
-- Seattle won Moyer's last five starts, scoring 42 runs
-- Oswalt has 2.37 in his last three starts, but Houston is 1-4 in his last five road starts. Wise has 1.04 RA in two starts, but only threw 8.1 innings in the two starts.
Cold Pitchers
-- Dodgers are 2-7 in Weaver's last nine starts, but they've scored three or less runs in 8 of his 12 starts. Wakefield is 0-2, 6.75 in his last two starts.
-- Bedard is 1-2, 5.57 in his nine starts; he has a home RA of 6.32, in four starts. Lopez has 6.43 RA in four starts for the Orioles.
-- Vogelsong is 0-3, 10.59 in his last four starts; Bucs scored five runs in his last three starts.
-- Tankersley is 0-2, 4.38 in his two starts. Bronx is 1-3 with Lieber if they give him less than seven runs; in his last two starts, he is 0-2, 9.82.
-- Estes is 0-1, 3.97 in his last four starts. Colorado is 1-4 in his last five road starts, and 1-5 if they give him less than six runs to work with. Bell is 1-3, 6.00 in his four starts for Tampa Bay.
-- Van Poppel is 0-1, 5.56 in his last four starts; Reds scored 6+ runs in three of those games, and won his last three no-decisions. Elarton was 0-6, 9.80 in eight starts for the Rockies.
-- Phillies lost Millwood's last three starts; they're 2-5 in his seven road outings. Former Phillie Silva is 1-3, 7.16 in his last five starts.
-- Drese is 0-3, 5.40 in his last five starts, but Texas is 4-0 in his home outings.
-- Cubs lost Rusch's last three starts (0-1, 4.42). Colon is 0-2, 9.36 in his last five starts. Anaheim is 0-5 when they give him less than seven runs.
-- Vargas is 1-1, 9.00 in his last two starts.
Hot Teams
-- Red Sox are 10-4 in their last 14 home games.
-- Giants won their last six road series openers.
-- Toronto is 15-7 in its last 22 home games. Arizona is 4-1 in its last five games.
-- A's are 14-1 in their last fifteen home games.
-- Bronx is 18-4 in its last 22 home games. Padres are 12-9 in their last 21 road contests.
-- Tampa Bay is 13-6 in its last nineteen games and 9-4 in its last thirteen home contests.
-- Braves are 10-6 in their last sixteen road games.
-- Indians are 5-2 in their last seven games.
-- Tigers won their last three games in a row.
-- Twins won fou rof last five games, but Phillies scored 35 runs in their last three games.
-- Cardinals are 11-4 in last 15 games and 7-3 in their last ten road contests. Rangers won six of their last eight at home.
-- Cubs won four of their last six games. Angels are 2-0 since Garret Anderson came back from injury.
-- Expos are 7-6 in their last dozen road games.
-- Astros are 9-6 in their last fifteen games.
Cold Teams
-- Dodgers lost four of their last five road series (5-11)
-- Mets lost four in a row and seven of their last ten road contests.
-- Baltimore is 3-8 in its last 11 home games.
-- Arizona is 5-10 in its last fifteen road games.
-- Pirates lost eleven of their last twelve games, and last six in row.
-- Colorado is 2-13 in its last fiftteen road games.
-- White Sox are 2-6 in their last eight games and gave up 30 runs in their last three games.
-- Reds allowed 49 runs in losing their last four games. Indians lost four of their last six at home.
-- Phillies are 4-6 in last nine games, and allowed 30 runs in their last three games.
-- Seattle is 6-11 in its last 17 games, and scored one run in their last three games.
Totals
-- Ten of last fourteen Dodger road games stayed under
-- Under is 5-1-1 in last seven Mets' road games, and 13-5 in last 18 Royal games.
-- Over is 13-4 in last 17 Oriole home games, 10-2-1 in last thirteen Giant road games.
-- Under is 11-1 in last 12 SkyDome games.
-- Over is 4-1 in last four Oakland games, 3-0 in last three Redman starts and 6-3 in last 9 Pirate road tilts.
-- Eleven of last fifteen Bronx home games went over.
-- Under is 8-3 in last eleven Colorado road contests and 7-3-1 in last eleven Tampa Bay home games.
-- Over is 6-3 in last nine Thomson starts and 3-1 in last four Loaiza outings.
-- Over is 8-2-1 in last 11 Reds games and 3-1 in last four Van Poppel starts.
-- Under is 9-3-1 in last thirteen Florida road games and 8-3-1 in last twelve Penny starts.
-- Over is 10-2 in last twelve Phils' road games, 8-1 in last nine Minnesota home contests.
-- Under is 7-2 in last nine Carpenter starts and 5-1-1 in last seven Drese outings.
-- Over is 6-2-1 in Colon's last nine starts.
-- Over is 5-1 in Moyer's last six starts and 6-3 in last nine Vargas efforts.
-- Seven of last eight Brewer home games stayed under as did last three Oswalt starts.
Umpires
-- Underdogs are 4-4 in Hohn's last eight games, with visitors 6-2 in those games (LA-Bos)
-- Dogs are 4-3 in Hirschbeck's last seven games; the under is 6-3 in his last nine (NYM-KC)
-- Underdogs are 3-2 in Spagnardi's games, with host 3-1 in his last four (Az-Tor)
-- Over is 5-2 in Danley's last seven games, but he did the 1-0, 17-inning Brewer-Angel tilt Monday. Danley is the ump who called Jeremy Giambi out on the Derek Jeter flip play in the 2001 playoffs, so hes not popular with Oakland fans. (Pitt-A's)
-- None of Reed's last five games have had more than 273 pitches, which favors the pitcher (SD-NYY)
-- Reilly's last four games stayed under total, with faves 7-1 in his last eight games (Col-TB)
-- Three of Davis' last four games stayed under, with favorites 5-1 in his last six (Atl-CWS)
-- Over is 9-2 in Schrieber games, with visitor winning his last four behind the plate (Cin-Clev)
-- Under is 8-1 in Reynolds' last nine games; in his last three games, he has had 2-0,1-0 games. Favorites are 5-2 in his last seven contests (Fla-Det)
-- Under is 6-2 in Dimuro's last eight games, with faves also 6-2 in those games (Phil-Min)
-- Underdogs are 9-3 in Young's games, with the over also 9-3 (Stl-Tex)
-- Under is 6-0-2 in Gorman's last eight games, with favorites 4-2 in his last six (Cubs-Ana)
-- Favorites are 5-1 in Reliford's last six games, but his last three were decided by one run, and last two went extra innings; over is 2-0-1 in his last three (Mtl-Sea)
-- Home team won Wolf's last five games, with faves winning his last three (Hst-Mil).