MLB Game of the Day - 4/23

Hot pitchers
– Lilly is 1-1, 3.12 in his last three starts.
– Gee won his first ’11 start, allowing one run in 5.2 IP.
– Giants won last three Lincecum starts (2-0, 2.25).
– Hernandez is 2-0, 1.32 in his last couple starts.
– Brewers won last three Marcum starts (2-0, 1.42). Myers is 1-0, 2.79 in his last three starts.

– Price is 2-0, 1.15 in his last two starts.
– Carrasco is 1-0, 3.86 in his last three starts.
– Sabathia has a 2.41 RA in his last three starts.
– Carmona is 1-1, 1.66 in his last three starts. Minnesota won all three Duensing starts (1-0, 4.05).
– Ogando is 2-0, 2.33 in three starts this season.
– Cahill is 2-0, 2.49 in four starts this season. Vargas has a 2.13 RA in his last couple starts.

Cold pitchers
– Dempster is 1-2, 7.20 in four starts this season.
– Cardinals are 0-4 in Carpenter starts (0-2, 4.50). Wood is 0-2, 7.80 in his last three starts.
– THudson is 0-2, 6.75 in his last couple starts.
– Karstens allowed five runs in 4.1 IP in his first ’11 start.
– Enright is 0-1, 6.23 in three starts this season.
– Hammel is 1-1, 5.82 in three starts this season. Vazquez is 1-1, 9.45 in three starts this season.
– Blanton is 0-1, 7.27 in three starts this season. Stauffer is 0-1, 6.00 in two home starts this season.

– Morrow is making first ’11 start; he was 10-7, 4.49 in 26 starts for the Blue Jays, LY, allowing 136 hits in 146.1 IP.
– Penny is 0-2, 8.44 in four starts this season. EJackson is 1-1, 4.85 in two road starts.
– Bergesen is 0-2, 7.27 in two starts this season.
– Davies has a 7.20 RA in four starts this season.
– Santana is 0-2, 5.68 in his last three starts. Matsuzaka is 1-2, 6.43 in three starts; his only good start came when he had six days’ rest, which is what he usually had in Japan.

Totals
– Over is 9-2-2 in Dodgers’ last thirteen games.
– Over is 5-2-1 in Washington’s last eight road games.
– Six of nine Florida home games went over the total.
– Six of Mets’ last seven games stayed under the total.
– Under is 3-0-1 in Marcum starts this season.
– Seven of last eight St Louis home games stayed under the total.
– Under is 7-1-1 in Phillies’ last nine games.
– Under is 8-3-1 in last twelve Atlanta games.

– Under is 5-2-1 in last eight White Sox games.
– Six of last nine Baltimore games went over the total.
– Eight of last ten Tampa Bay games stayed under the total.
– Under is 8-3-1 in last twelve Texas games.
– Under is 14-3-1 in last eighteen Minnesota games.
– Under is 11-2-2 in Angels’ last fifteen games.
– Eight of last ten Oakland road games stayed under total.

Hot teams
– Dodgers won five of their last six games. Cubs are 7-2 this season in game following a loss.
– Washington is 8-5 in its last 13 games.
– Marlins won seven of their last eight games. Colorado won six of its last seven road games.
– Brewers won six of their last seven home games.
– Cardinals won nine of their last twelve games.
– Phillies won six of their last seven road games.
– Giants won six of their last nine games.

– Tigers won seven of their last ten games.
– Bronx Bombers won five of their last seven games.
– Tampa Bay won eight of its last eleven games.
– Indians won 13 of their last 17 games.
– Angels won nine of their last thirteen games. Red Sox won six of their last seven games.
– Mariners won three of their last four games.

Cold teams
– Reds lost seven of their last nine games.
– Pirates lost their last three games by combined score of 21-5.
– Mets lost seven of their last nine games at home, but won last two. Arizona is 3-5 in its last eight road games.
– Astros lost seven of their first ten road games.
– Padres lost eleven of their last sixteen games.
– Atlanta lost six of its last eight road games.

– White Sox lost nine of their last eleven games.
– Orioles lost nine of their last eleven games.
– Blue Jays lost four of their last six games.
– Twins lost eight of their last twelve games.
– Rangers, Royals both lost four of their last six games.
– Oakland lost its last three games, scoring total of three runs.

Umpires
– LA-Cubs– Lefty starters are 2-0 vs righties in Nelson games this year.
– Az-NYM– Favorites won three of four Tichenor games this year.
– Cin-StL– All three Barry games this season went over the total.
– Atl-SF– Three of four Joyce games went over the total.
– Wsh-Pitt– No idea who umpires are for this game.
– Hst-Mil– This is Muchlinski’s first game behind the plate this year.
– Colo-Fla–Three of four Iassogna games stayed under the total.
– Phil-SD– Home side won both Reynolds games this season.

– TB-Tor– Home side won last four Winters games.
– Clev-Min– No idea who umpires are for this game.
– CWS-Det– Underdogs won two of last three Johnson games.
– NYY-Balt– No idea who umpires are for this game.
– KC-Tex– Home side won both Carapazza games: 5-0/2-1.
– Bos-LAA– Over is 2-0-1 in Randazzo games this season.
– A’s-Sea– Lefties are 2-0 vs righties in Rapuano games this season.