MLB Info 8-27-08

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Wednesday’s MLB streaking and slumping starters

Streaking

Glen Perkins, Minnesota Twins (11-3, 3.90)

Perkins is 3-0 with a solid 1.64 ERA in his last three starts and has not relinquished a single earned run in two of his last three overall.

Perkins has just one setback in his last 10 and is 2-1 in his last four road starts. He is 4-1 on the road and is 1-0 this season against the Seattle Mariners.

The Twins are 9-3 in their last 12 Wednesday contests and are 4-1 in their last five against the Mariners.

Johan Santana, New York Mets (12-7, 2.64)

Santana is 3-0 with a 1.17 ERA in his last three starts, including back-to-back shutouts over the Houston Astros and Pittsburgh Pirates.

Santana, who spent eight seasons with the Twins, has conceded three earned runs in his last three starts. He also has 18 strikeouts against three walks in that period.

The Mets are 16-5 in their last 21 against the NL East and are 5-2 in their last seven road games against the Phillies.

Slumping

Brian Bannister, Kansas City Royals (7-13, 5.89)

Bannister, who had a career-high 12 wins last season, has struggled recently. In his last three starts, he is 0-3 with a lofty 10.13 ERA.

Bannister is winless in his last five road starts, including a recent loss to the Detroit Tigers in which he relinquished four earned runs and two homers in just eight IP. He is also 0-1 with a 9.90 ERA in one start this season against the Texas Rangers.

The Royals are 1-7 in their last eight against a club with a losing record and are 1-5 in their last six versus the Rangers.

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MLB
Write-up


Wednesday, August 27

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Hot Pitchers
-- RJohnson is 4-2, 2.09 in his last seven starts.
-- Santana is 3-0, 1.39 in his last six starts. Kendrick is 2-1, 1.02 in his last three home starts, but he warmed up during 13th inning of last night's marathon.
-- JJohnson is 2-0, 2.88 in his last four starts.
-- Astros won Oswalt's last five home starts.
-- Cardinals are 7-1 at home when Wainwright starts.
-- Lincecum is 3-0, 1.71 in his last six starts.

-- Perkins is 3-0, 1.71 in his last three starts.
-- Danks has 2.42 RA in his last four starts.
-- Verlander is 2-0, 1.42 in his last couple starts.

Cold Pitchers
-- Marquis has 5.90 RA in his last five starts. Duke is 0-7, 8.76 in his last eight starts.
-- Baek is 0-6, 6.89 in his last six home starts.
-- Hampton is 1-1, 6.19 in his last three starts.
-- Maddux has an 8.81 RA in his last six road starts. Redding is 2-3, 7.27 in his last five starts.
-- Fogg is 0-4, 9.55 in his last five starts.
-- Parra is 1-4, 5.40 in his last six starts.
-- Hernandez is 1-2, 15.32 in three starts for the Rockies.

-- Liz is 1-4, 10.64 in his last five starts.
-- Carmona has 9.26 RA in his last six starts.
-- Byrd is 1-1, 5.40 in two starts for Boston. Ponson has 7.31 RA in his last three starts.
-- Rays are 4-5 in last nine Garza starts (3-3, 4.07). Purcey is 1-3, 5.57 in his last four starts.
-- Bannister is 0-7, 9.06 in his last ten starts.
-- Gonzalez is 1-2, 7.91 in four starts for Oakland.

Hot Teams
-- Cubs won fifteen of their last nineteen games.
-- Phillies won eight of their last ten games.
-- Astros are 10-4 in last fourteen home games.
-- Brewers won last five games, scoring 37 runs.
-- Rockies won nine of their last 11 games. Giants won five of their last seven games.

-- White Sox won eleven of their last fifteen games.
-- Indians won fourteen of their last seventeen games.
-- Red Sox won six of their last eight road games. Bronx won three of their last four games.
-- Rays won eight of last eleven home games. Toronto won six of its last seven road games.
-- Mariners won four of their last five games.

Cold Teams
-- Pirates lost ten of their last twelve games.
-- Mets lost three of their last four games.
-- Dodgers lost their last five games, scoring total of six runs. Nationals lost 14 of their last 17 games.
-- Braves lost 12 of their last 15 games.
-- Padres lost seven of their last nine games. Arizona lost four of its last five games.

-- Tigers lost seven of their last nine home games.
-- Orioles are 5-13 in their last eighteen home games.
-- Royals lost twelve of their last fourteen games. Rangers lost 13 of their last 18 games.
-- Angels lost seven of their last twelve games. Oakland is 9-29 in its last 38 games, but 3-3 in last six.
-- Twins lost their last four games, with bullpen losing three.

Totals
-- Under is 5-2 in Phillies' last seven games.
-- Over is 10-1 in Cubs' last eleven road games.
-- Six of last seven Dodger games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 7-4 in last eleven Atlanta home games,
-- Under is 9-2 in Cincinnati's last eleven road games.
-- Under is 11-4-1 in last sixteen Milwaukee road games.
-- Under is 4-1-1 in last six Arizona games.
-- All three Hernandez starts for Colorado went over the total.

-- Last ten Liz starts all went over the total.
-- Six of last seven Carmona starts went over the total.
-- Last five Boston games all went over the total.
-- Over is 7-2 in last nine games at Tropicana Field.
-- Over is 10-3 in last thirteen Texas road games.
-- Under is 7-3 in last ten Oakland road games.
-- Over is 11-5 in last sixteen Seattle games.

Umpires
-- Chi-Pitt-- Five of last six Tschida games went over total.
-- Az-SD-- Four of last five Hudson games went over the total.
-- NY-Phil-- Favorite is 13-3 in last sixteen Dimuro games.
-- Fla-Atl-- Underdog is 6-3 in last nine Foster games.
-- LA-Wsh-- Favorite won last eight Kellogg games.
-- Cin-Hst-- Over is 6-3 in last nine Eddings games.
-- Mil-StL-- Under is 7-3 in last ten Cuzzi games.
-- Col-SF-- Last five Drake games stayed under the total.

-- Min-Sea-- Last six Nauert games stayed under the total.
-- Chi-Balt-- Over is 6-1 in TWelke's last seven games.
-- Cle-Det-- Over is 7-2 in Reliford's last nine games behind dish
-- Bos-NY-- Over is 5-2 in last seven Timmons games.
-- Tor-TB-- Favorite won last seven Tichenor games; in his last six games, over is 4-1-1.
-- Tex-KC-- Underdog is 9-6 in last dozen Emmel games.
-- A's-LA-- Over is 6-2 in last eight Schrieber games.