MLB Report
August 17Hot pitchers-- Kelly is 3-0, 1.91 in his last five starts.
-- Alvarez is 2-0, 2.36 in his last five starts. Cain is 1-2, 2.17 in his last four.
-- Latos is 4-0, 1.85 in his last five starts.
-- Kershaw is 3-1, 1.70 in his last five starts.
-- Minor is 3-0, 2.33 in his last four starts. Strasburg is 1-0, 1.13 in his last two outings.
-- Mejia is 1-2, 2.96 in four starts this season.
-- Norris is 2-0, 2.65 in three starts for Baltimore, but was also losing pitcher in relief in 14-inning game during this week.
-- Kuroda is 4-1, 0.94 in his last six starts.
-- Fister is 4-1, 2.48 in his last six starts. Davis is 2-0, 1.96 in his last three.
-- Albers didn't allow a run (17.1 IP) in winning his first two MLB starts. Sale is 2-0, 1.65 in his last couple starts.
-- FHernandez is 4-1, 1.97 in his last ten starts. Perez is 2-0, 1.59 in his last three starts.
-- Richards is 1-1, 2.42 in his last four starts.
Cold pitchers-- Wood is 0-2, 4.58 in his last three starts.
-- Gallardo is 2-3, 7.75 in his last seven starts.
-- Cahill is 0-6, 8.22 in his last eight starts, last of which was June 30. Locke is 0-1, 4.64 in his last four starts.
-- Kendrick is 1-3, 10.31 in his last four starts.
-- Volquez is 0-2, 6.48 in his last three starts.
-- Bettis is 0-1, 5.06 in his last three starts.
-- Lackey is 0-4, 4.91 in his last five starts.
-- RHernandez is 1-2, 5.16 in his last four starts. Happ has a 6.55 RA in his two starts since coming off the DL.
-- Jimenez is 0-2, 6.75 in his last two starts. Straily is 0-4, 4.94 in his last five.
-- Keuchel is 1-3, 5.44 in his last seven starts.
Starting Pitchers/First InningYou can wager on whether teams will score in the first inning. Below is how often a starting pitcher has allowed 1+ runs in first inning in one of his starts........
-- Kelly 0-7; Wood 3-24
-- Cain 7-24 (0 of last 5); Alvarez 1-7
-- Cahill 4-17; Locke 4-23 (1 of last 15)
-- Kershaw 3-25 (0 of last 5); Kendrick 9-24
-- Latos 8-24 (0 of last 5); Gallardo 5-23
-- Strasburg 5-23 (1 of last 17); Minor 8-24
-- Mejia 0-4; Volquez 9-25
-- Bettis 2-3; Norris 8-24
-- Kuroda 6-24 (0 of last 7); Lackey 9-21 (3 of last 4)
-- Davis 8-21 (6 of last 10); Fister 5-24 (0 of last 6)
-- Happ 2-9; RHernandez 9-22 (3 of last 5)
-- Sale 8-23; Albers 0-2
-- FHernandez 4-25 (1 of last 12); Perez 5-11
-- Keuchel 2-15; Richards 1-8
-- Jimenez 6-23 (1 of last
; Straily 4-19
Totals-- Three of last four Cub games stayed under the total.
-- Six of last eight Arizona games went over the total.
-- Four of last five Philly games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 9-4-1 in San Francisco's last fourteen games.
-- Eight of last eleven Atlanta games stayed under the total.
-- Nine of last eleven Cincinnati road games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 11-4-2 in last seventeen Met games.
-- Under is 5-0-2 in Colorado's last seven road games.
-- Under is 6-0-2 in last eight Kansas City games.
-- Five of last six Boston games stayed under the total.
-- Over is 6-1-1 in last eight Tampa Bay games.
-- Six of last nine Seattle games went over the total.
-- Under is 8-2-1 in last eleven Minnesota games.
-- Four of last five Oakland games stayed under the total.
-- 12 of last 15 Angel games went over the total.
Hot teams-- Arizona won six of its last nine games.
-- Dodgers are 41-8 in their last 49 games.
-- Atlanta won 18 of its last 20 games. Washington won five of its last seven.
-- Cincinnati won eight of its last ten games.
-- Mets won their last two games, allowing three runs.
-- Rockies won six of their last seven games.
-- Royals won 10 of their last 12 road games.
-- Bronx Bombers won six of their last eight games.
-- White Sox are 4-3 in their last seven games.
-- Rangers won 14 of their last 17 games. Seattle is 5-2 in their last seven on road.
-- Astros won three of their last four games.
Cold teams-- Cubs lost four of their last five games; Cardinals lost six of their last nine.
-- Pirates lost five of their last seven games.
-- Phillies lost six of their last seven games.
-- Giants are 5-8 in their last thirteen games, but won last two. Miami lost nine of its last twelve games.
-- Milwaukee lost six of its last nine home games.
-- Padres lost nine of their last twelve games.
-- Orioles lost five of their last six games.
-- Detroit lost six of its last nine games.
-- Red Sox lost six of their last eight games.
-- Toronto/Tampa Bay both lost six of their last nine games.
-- Minnesota lost three of their last four.
-- Indians lost eight of last eleven games. Oakland is 5-6 in its last eleven games, but won their last two.
-- Angels lost 15 of their last 21 games.
Umpires-- StL-ChC-- Six of last eight Hallion games stayed under total.
-- SF-Mia-- Favorites won eight of last eleven Rackley games.
-- Az-Pitt-- Nine of last ten Wolf games stayed under total.
-- LAD-Phil-- Five of last seven Holbrook games went over total.
-- Cin-Mil-- Four of last five Winters games stayed under total.
-- Wsh-Atl-- Four of last five Hudson games went over the total.
-- NYM-SD-- Underdogs are 9-5 in Carlson's last fourteen games.
-- Col-Balt-- Under is 6-0-1 in last seven Conroy games.
-- NYY-Bos-- 12 of last 15 Johnson games stayed under the total.
-- KC-Det-- Four of last five Davidson games went over the total.
-- Tor-TB-- Favorites won ten of last twelve Layne games.
-- ChW-Min-- Underdogs won four of last six Tichenor games.
-- Sea-Tex-- Last six Demuth games went over the total.
-- Hst-LAA-- Four of last five Fairchild games went over total.
-- Cle-A's-- Favorites won seven of last nine TBarrett games.