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MLB Trends July 21
top dollar 2008-07-21 13:44:53 UTC

Hot Pitchers
- Campillo has 2.77 RA in four road starts. Volstad won 3-1 at LA in his first big league start (one run/8.1 IP/100 PT).
- Harden has 1.54 RA in his last six starts.

- Blackburn has 2.18 RA in his last three starts. Bronx is 3-0 in Ponson starts, scoring 29 runs.
- Hurley is 2-0, 3.09 in his last couple starts.
- Red Sox won seven of last eight Lester starts.
- Angels won last three Santana starts (2-0, 3.43).

Cold Pitchers
- Reds are 0-4 in Bailey starts (0-3, 8.50). Banks is 0-4, 5.40 in his last five starts.
- Van Benschoten is 0-1, 13.09 in three starts. Hernandez is 0-3, 10.93 in three starts for the Astros.
- McClung is 0-2, 5.14 in his last four starts. Pineiro has a 6.20 RA in his last four starts.
- Wells’ only ’08 start was April 1, allowing one run in 5.1 IP. Stults is 0-2, 5.28 in his last three starts.
— Johnson is 2-6, 7.38 in his last eight starts.

- Liz has 9.95 RA in his last six starts. Toronto lost last three Litsch starts (0-2, 11.19).
- Oakland lost four of last five Eveland road starts. Kazmir has a 6.19 RA in his last three starts (0-2, 6.19).
- Vazquez has a 7.02 RA in his last seven starts.
- Miner was 7-6, 4.84 in 16 starts in ‘06; he’s tossed 44.2 innings in 32 games this year, all in relief (3-3, 4.23). Hochevar is 2-3 in his last five starts, with a 6.07 RA.
- Indians are 1-10 when Byrd starts on the road.
- Seattle is 2-5 at home when Washburn starts.

Hot Teams
- Marlins won eight of their last eleven games.
- Reds are 9-5 in their last fourteen home games.
- Astros won five of their last six games.
- Brewers won five of last six road games. Cardinals won last four games, scoring 37 runs.
— Colorado won eight of its last nine home games. Dodgers won seven of their last nine road games.

- Bronx won its last seven home games. Twins won five of last seven games.
- Rays are 34-8 in their last 42 home games.
- White Sox are 12-4 in their last sixteen home games.
- Royals won five of their last seven games.
— Angels won six of their last seven games. Indians won six of their last seven games.

Cold Teams
- Braves are 13-27 in their last 40 road games.
- Padres lost nine of their last eleven games.
- Pirates lost twelve of their last fifteen road games.
- Arizona is 3-6 in its last nine home games. Cubs are 5-11 in their last sixteen road games.

- Oakland lost nine of last twelve road games.
- Toronto lost six of its last eight road games. Orioles lost nine of their last twelve games.
- Rangers lost five of last six road series openers.
- Tigers lost five of their last seven games.
- Mariners are 3-8 in their last eleven games.
- Red Sox lost ten of their last twelve road games.

Totals
- Seven of last ten Florida home games went over the total.
- Last four San Diego games went over the total.
- Under is 6-2 in last eight games at Minute Maid Park.
- Last five Cardinal games went over the total.
- Eight of last nine Milwaukee games went over the total.
- Six of last seven Arizona games went over the total.

- Under is 7-1-1 in last nine games in the Bronx.
- Over is 9-3 in last twelve games at Camden Yards.
- Six of last eight Tampa home games went over total.
- Last five White Sox games went over the total.
- Four of last five Royal games went over the total.
- Over is 7-1-1 in Cleveland’s last nine road games.
— Under is 3-1-1 in Boston’s last five road games.