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Hot Pitchers
-- Peavy has a 1,80 RA in his last four starts.
-- Santana is 5-2, 2.38 in eight starts this season (2-1, 4-12 on road).
-- Myers is 2-0, 3.93 in his last three starts.
-- Hill won his first Oriole start, allowing Royals two runs in 5.2 IP.
-- Jimenez is 2-0, 0.90 in his last three starts. Porcello is 3-0, 1.00 in his last three starts.
-- Halladay is 5-0, 2.54 in his last five starts.
-- Duke is 3-2, 3.16 in his last five starts.
-- Parra is 3-0, 3.50 in his last three starts. Slowey is 4-1, 3.50 in his last six starts.
-- Cahill is 2-0, 2.07 in his last two home starts.
-- Vargas has 2,61 RA in his first two starts this season.
-- Dodgers are 3-0 in Kershaw home starts (1-0, 0.47). Weaver has 1.88 RA in his last three starts.


Cold Pitchers
-- Zambrano had 5.54 RA in last four starts before going on DL after he got hurt trying to beat out a bunt.
-- Matsuzaka was 0-1, 12.80 in two starts before going on the DL.
-- Burnett is 0-1, 5.82 in his last six starts.
-- Zimmerman is 0-1, 8.34 in his last four starts.
-- Nolasco is 1-4, 7.62 in his last eight starts. Sonnanstine is 0-4, 9.38 in his five road starts this season.
-- Arroyo is 1-2, 10.20 in his last three starts. Reyes is 0-1, 9.82 in his last four outings.
-- Kawakami is 1-5, 6.82 in his last six starts.
-- Paulino is 0-3, 8.04 in his last three starts. Holland was 13-1, 2.27 in 26 starts in low minors LY; he made one AAA start this year, allowing four runs in four IP-- he is 1-1, 4.87 in 13 big league IP this season.
-- Floyd is 0-3, 10.30 in his last five starts.
-- Wellemeyer is 0-2, 9.90 in his last two starts. Davies is 1-2, 10.80 in his last five starts.
-- Buckner is 2-2, 3.81 in five AAA starts this season; he was 1-2, 5.29 in five starts for the Royals in '07.
-- Johnson is 1-2, 11.05 in his last two starts.

Hot Teams
-- San Diego won its last six games, all at home.

-- Pirates won five of their last six games.
-- Phillies won eleven of their last fourteen road games. Bronx Bombers won their last nine games.
-- Red Sox are 15-2 in last 17 games at Fenway.
-- Rays won five of their last seven games.
-- Indians won four of last five road series openers.
-- Brewers won eleven of their last fourteen games.
-- Detroit won its last six games, scoring 47 runs.
-- Cardinals are 14-6 in their last twenty home games.
-- Arizona won four of its last five games.
-- Dodgers started season 17-3 in first 20 home games. Angels are 3-1 in their last four games.


Cold Teams
-- Cubs lost their last three games, scoring two runs.

-- Nationals lost eleven of their last twelve games. Orioles lost 14 of their last 17 road games.
-- Mets lost their last four games, scoring five runs.
-- Cincinnati lost five of its last six games.
-- Florida lost eleven of its last thirteen home games.
-- Braves lost twelve of their last seventeen home games. Toronto lost its last three games, scoring total of five runs.
-- White Sox lost six of their last eight games.
-- Twins lost six of their last seven games.
-- Colorado is 6-12 in its last eighteen road games.
-- Rangers lost last three games, scoring six runs. Astros are 2-5 in home series openers.
-- Royals are 3-9 in their last twelve games.
-- Oakland lost five of its last seven games.
-- Giants lost seven of their last eight games. Mariners lost thirteen of their last seventeen games.


Totals
-- Five of Cubs' last six road games stayed under the total.

-- Under is 5-1-1 in last seven Red Sox games.
-- Six of Phillies' last eight road games went over the total.
-- Over is 14-5-1 in Baltimore road games.
-- Over is 4-1-1 in Colorado's last six road games.
-- Over is 3-1-1 in Florida's last five games.
-- Over is 15-1 in Cleveland's last fourteen road games.
-- Over is 3-1-1 in last five Atlanta games.
-- Rangers' last six road games stayed under the total.
-- Over is 9-5 in Pirates' last fourteen road games.
-- Seven of last ten Milwaukee road games went over the total.
-- Six of last eight Cardinal home games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 11-3-3 in Arizona road games.
-- Five of Giants' last six road games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 4-1-1 in Dodgers' last six home games.
 

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BALTIMORE vs. WASHINGTON
Baltimore is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games when playing Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Baltimore's last 7 games when playing Washington
Washington is 0-4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Washington is 0-4-1 SU in its last 5 games

COLORADO vs. DETROIT
Colorado is 1-4-1 SU in its last 6 games
Colorado is 1-4-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit's last 6 games when playing at home against Colorado

PHILADELPHIA vs. NY YANKEES
Philadelphia is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Philadelphia is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road
NY Yankees are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees's last 5 games when playing Philadelphia

CLEVELAND vs. CINCINNATI
Cleveland is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing Cincinnati
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland's last 7 games when playing Cincinnati
Cincinnati is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
Cincinnati is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Cleveland

NY METS vs. BOSTON
NY Mets are 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
NY Mets are 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against NY Mets
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing NY Mets

TAMPA BAY vs. FLORIDA
Tampa Bay is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Florida
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Tampa Bay's last 9 games when playing Florida
Florida is 1-3-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Florida is 2-8-1 SU in its last 11 games

TORONTO vs. ATLANTA
Toronto is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Atlanta
Toronto is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Atlanta is 5-11-1 SU in its last 17 games at home
Atlanta is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing Toronto

TEXAS vs. HOUSTON
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas's last 5 games when playing Houston
Texas is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Houston is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games when playing Texas

MILWAUKEE vs. MINNESOTA
Milwaukee is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games
Milwaukee is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Minnesota is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Milwaukee
Minnesota is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Milwaukee

PITTSBURGH vs. CHI WHITE SOX
Pittsburgh is 0-5 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against Chi White Sox
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games when playing on the road against Chi White Sox
Chi White Sox are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chi White Sox's last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh

KANSAS CITY vs. ST. LOUIS
Kansas City is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas City's last 6 games when playing St. Louis
St. Louis is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games at home
St. Louis is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Kansas City

ARIZONA vs. OAKLAND
Arizona is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Arizona's last 10 games when playing Oakland
Oakland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Arizona
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oakland's last 6 games when playing at home against Arizona

CHI CUBS vs. SAN DIEGO
Chi Cubs are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games
Chi Cubs are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games on the road
San Diego is 7-3 SU in their last 10 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Diego's last 6 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs

LA ANGELS vs. LA DODGERS
LA Angels are 10-4 SU in their last 14 games when playing LA Dodgers
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Angels's last 6 games when playing LA Dodgers
LA Dodgers are 4-10 SU in their last 14 games when playing LA Angels
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Dodgers's last 6 games when playing LA Angels

SAN FRANCISCO vs. SEATTLE
San Francisco is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Seattle
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Francisco's last 6 games when playing on the road against Seattle
Seattle is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing San Francisco
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Seattle's last 6 games when playing San Francisco
 

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Cleveland Indians at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10PM ET

A long trip away from home has helped the Cleveland Indians' hitters, who have led their team to consecutive comeback victories.

To earn a season-high third straight win, the Indians could use better hitting in their home state and against their interleague rivals.

Cleveland concludes its trek with the opener of a three-game series versus the struggling Cincinnati Reds on Friday night.

Coming into their 10-game trip, the Indians (16-26) were batting .266 overall and .249 with runners in scoring position, but have hit .314 and .352, respectively, in those categories during stops in Tampa Bay and Kansas City.

MLB Free Pick: Cincinnati | Best Line: -120 SPORTSBETTING

Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago White Sox, 8:11PM ET

In a matter of hours, the Chicago White Sox went from a resurgent team on the brink of bolstering their rotation to a club that was embarrassed at home and missed out on getting a new ace.

The White Sox will try to regroup Friday night when they begin their interleague schedule against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the opener of a three-game series.

Chicago (17-23) hit .208 during a 1-7 road trip before starting a six-game homestand by beating Minnesota 6-2 on Tuesday and 7-4 the following night. The White Sox totaled four homers in those wins, including a grand slam by Jermaine Dye on Tuesday, after managing just six in the previous 10 games.

MLB Free Pick: Pittsburgh | Best Line: +105 SPORTSBETTING

Toronto Blue Jays at Atlanta Braves, 7:35PM ET

Roy Halladay certainly has a knack for picking up wins. It took him less than four innings of relief work to earn one in his only appearance against the Atlanta Braves.

Halladay, the major league's leader in wins, makes his first career start against the Braves as the Toronto Blue Jays open a three-game interleague series Friday night.

With wins in each of his last five starts, Halladay (8-1, 2.78 ERA) leads Kansas City right-hander Zack Greinke by one for the major league lead in that category.

Though he has a major league-best 121 wins in 215 starts since the start of the 2002 season, the veteran right-hander will be making just his second appearance against the Braves (20-20). Halladay faced Atlanta in relief July 20, 1999, yielding one run and two hits in 3 2-3 innings to earn a win in an 11-6 Blue Jays victory.

MLB Free Pick: Toronto
 

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MLB Weekend Cheat Sheet
Marc Lawrence

MLB begins its 13th year of interleague this weekend and with it we've dusted off the record books. It's a time of the season teams from the American League look forward to as evidenced by the Junior Circuit's dominating 702-571 record against the Senior Circuit the last five years.

In this week's edition of the MLB CHEAT SHEET, a guide designed to help you isolate a few key best bets, we focus on two rivalry series on this weekend's Interleague card. In addition, we've dug up the records of the best and worst performers in the history of interleague play. Keep in mind that all pitcher records are ?team starts' unless noted otherwise.

Cleveland Indians at Cincinnati Reds

Most Recent Series Result: Reds 6-1 last seven games vs. Indians

Most Recent Series Result: at the Site: Reds 4-0 last four home games vs. Indians

Key Day/Month Stat: Reds 1-6 on Saturdays

Best Arm in the Series: Reds' Cueto 2-0 2.19 ERA lifetime vs. Indians

Worst Arm in the Series: Indians' Pavano 0-2 13.10 ERA lifetime vs. Reds

Tampa Bay Rays at Florida Marlins

Most Recent Series Result: Rays 7-1 last eight games vs. Marlins

Most Recent Series Result at the Site: Rays 5-0 last five away games vs. Marlins

Key Day/Month Stat: Rays 1-5 away on Saturdays

Best Arm in the Series: Rays' Sonnanstine 3-0 3.64 ERA lifetime vs. Marlins

Worst Arm in the Series: Rays' Kazmir 0-1 10.80 ERA away lifetime vs. Marlins

Best All-Time Interleague teams

1. NY Yankees 123-87 .586
2. Oakland A' 123-89 .580
3. Minnesota Twins 120-90 .571
4. Boston Red Sox116-95 .550
5. Chicago White Sox 116-95 .550

Worst All-Time Interleague teams

1. Pittsburgh Pirates 63-103 .380
2. Baltimore Orioles 90-121 .427
3. San Diego Padres 83-111 .428
4. Tampa Bay Rays 86-110 .439
5. Cincinnati Reds 77-95 .448

Best All-Time Hitters

1. Albert Pujols ? Cardinals .350
2. Maglio Ordonez ? White Sox .340
3. Derke Jeter ? Yankees .335
4. Hideki Matsui ? Yankees .333
5. Ichiro Suzuki ? Mariners .331

Best All-Time Pitchers ERA's

1. Johan Santana ? Mets 2.49
2. John Lackey ? Angels 2.52
3. Dan Haren ? Diamondbacks 2.68
4. Roy Halladay ? Blue Jays 3.12
5. Aaron Harang ? Reds 3.12
 

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Friday's streaking and slumping starting pitchers
By Covers.com

Streaking

Roy Halladay (Toronto Blue Jays)

Roy Halladay certainly has a knack for picking up wins. It took him less than four innings of relief work to earn one in his only appearance against the Atlanta Braves.

Halladay, the major league's leader in wins, makes his first career start against the Braves as the Toronto Blue Jays open a three-game interleague series Friday night.

With wins in each of his last five starts, Halladay (8-1, 2.78 ERA) leads Kansas City right-hander Zack Greinke by one for the major league lead in that category.

Though he has a major league-best 121 wins in 215 starts since the start of the 2002 season, the veteran right-hander will be making just his second appearance against the Braves (20-20). Halladay faced Atlanta in relief July 20, 1999, yielding one run and two hits in 3 2-3 innings to earn a win in an 11-6 Blue Jays victory.

He's 17-8 with a 3.12 ERA in 29 starts and four relief appearances against the National League.

In his last outing, Halladay gave up two runs - one earned - and seven hits while striking out eight in seven innings as Toronto (27-17) beat the Chicago White Sox 8-2 on Sunday.

"I just have to continue to make pitches, regardless of the count, and getting ahead is always key," Halladay said.

Halladay has worked seven innings or more in all nine of his starts and leads the majors with 68 innings pitched.

Manny Parra (Milwaukee Brewers)

Milwaukee's Manny Parra (3-4, 4.57) looks to win his fourth straight start Friday.

After posting a 6.52 ERA in losing his first four starts, Parra is 3-0 with a 3.00 ERA in four outings this month. On Sunday, the left-hander gave up two runs, five hits and four walks in six innings of an 8-2 victory over St. Louis to win his third start in a row.

Parra also has been strong in interleague play. He recorded a 1.42 ERA in winning all three starts against AL opponents last season and on June 28 at Minnesota, he allowed two hits while striking out six in seven scoreless innings of a 5-1 victory.

Ubaldo Jimenez (Colorado Rockies)

The Rockies give the ball to Ubaldo Jimenez (3-4, 4.30), who's 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA in his last three starts.

The right-hander was impressive again Sunday, allowing one run and five hits with seven strikeouts in six innings. But the bullpen wasted the three-run lead by surrendering 10 runs in the seventh in an 11-4 at Pittsburgh.

"It is hard, not for me not getting the win - it was hard for the team," Jimenez said.

He's 0-2 with a 5.73 ERA in two career interleague starts. One of those defeats came at Detroit on June 27, when he gave up four runs and nine hits in four innings of a 7-1 loss.

Slumping

Gavin Floyd (Chicago White Sox)

Chicago will turn to Gavin Floyd (2-4, 7.71), who is 0-3 with a 9.95 ERA in his last five starts.

The right-hander was hit hard again Sunday, surrendering six runs and seven hits - including two homers - in five innings of an 8-2 loss at Toronto.

"I felt like I had better focus this outing, like I was more aggressive, but I made some poor pitches when it counted and got hurt," said Floyd, who is 2-0 with a 1.46 ERA in two career starts against Pittsburgh.

Randy Johnson (San Francisco Giants)

The Seattle Mariners saw potential in a struggling rookie pitcher when they traded for Randy Johnson 20 years ago. His latest rut as he approaches a milestone certainly can't be blamed on inexperience.

Two wins shy of 300, Johnson returns to the city where his career took off as the San Francisco Giants open a three-game interleague series with the Mariners on Friday night.

Seattle thought highly enough of Johnson to send then-ace Mark Langston to the Montreal Expos to acquire him in 1989. Johnson was 0-4 with a 6.67 ERA prior to the trade, but went 130-74 with a 3.42 ERA in 274 appearances - 266 starts - in his career with the Mariners, winning the AL Cy Young Award in 1995.

Having spent the majority of his last 11 seasons in the NL - and winning four straight Cy Youngs from 1999-2002 with Arizona - Johnson (3-4, 6.86 ERA) almost assuredly will become the 24th pitcher to reach 300 later this season.

"It will be neat for us to face him," designated hitter Mike Sweeney told the Mariners' official Web site, "and for him to come home to a place where he pitched for so many years. It will be good for the fans, too."

The Big Unit, though, has struggled with a troublesome back and stints on the disabled list in recent years, and is 1-2 with an 11.05 ERA in his last three appearances.

The 45-year-old left-hander gave up seven runs and 11 hits in four innings during a 9-6 loss to the New York Mets on Saturday. It was only the fifth time since 2000 that Johnson has given up 11 hits in a game.

"I'm not too happy with my last three starts. I'm not happy where I'm at," said Johnson, who's 3-2 with a 2.03 ERA in five starts - including two complete games - versus the Mariners (19-23), but hasn't faced them since August 2006 while with the New York Yankees.

Returning

Daisuke Matsuzaka (Boston Red Sox)

Sweeping the first-place team in the AL East has moved the Boston Red Sox within one game of the top spot. They hope Daisuke Matsuzaka's return can help them get atop the division.

Matsuzaka will return to the mound for his first start in five weeks Friday night, when he starts opposite Johan Santana in the opener of a three-game interleague series between the Red Sox and the struggling New York Mets at Fenway Park.

Boston is expected to activate Matsuzaka (0-1, 12.79 ERA) from the disabled list in order for him to make his first start against the Mets. The right-hander has been on the DL with right arm fatigue since April 15, one day after he was tagged for five runs and five hits in one inning of a 6-5, 12-inning loss at Oakland.

Matsuzaka wasn't very effective in his only other start of the season either, allowing four runs and nine hits, including three homers, in 5 1-3 innings of a 4-3 loss to Tampa Bay.

He showed improvement during three rehabilitation starts with Triple-A Pawtucket, going 0-1 with a 1.54 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 11 2-3 innings.

Debuting

Derek Holland (Texas Rangers)

The Rangers hope the offense can heat up long enough to take some pressure off Derek Holland (1-1, 4.85 ERA), who will make his first career start Friday.

The rookie left-hander takes the place of the injured Vicente Padilla, who is expected to be placed on the disabled list Friday with a strained shoulder muscle. The 22-year-old Holland, the team's minor league pitcher of the year last season, will be making his eighth major league appearance.

"We were prepared to put him in the rotation if there was a spot," general manager Jon Daniels said. "The hiccup here with Padilla provides that opportunity."

Billy Buckner (Arizona Diamondbacks)

The Diamondbacks are expected to recall Billy Buckner (0-0, 15.75) from Triple-A Reno before Friday's game to give the right-hander his first start since a road loss with Kansas City against the Chicago White Sox on Sept. 27, 2007.

Buckner is 1-2 with a 6.49 ERA in five career starts. He hasn't been good out of the bullpen this season, allowing seven runs and seven hits in four innings over three relief appearances before Arizona sent him to Reno on April 14.

Buckner, who has never faced Oakland (15-23), showed some improvement in the minors, going 2-2 with a 3.81 ERA in seven games - five starts.


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