[Tommy]

Hot pitchers
-- Loaiza has 3.25 RA in his last four starts, but Nats are 2-5 in his last seven outings.
-- Rusch has 2.66 RA in four starts this season, with Cubs winning his last three.
-- Willis is 8-1, 1.93 this season, 6-0, 1.22 at home.
-- Williams is 3-1, 2.96 his last four starts; Pirates won three of his four road starts.
-- Atlanta is 3-0 at home with Ramirez (2-0, 2.95)
-- Vazquez is 3-1, 1.50 in his last seven starts.

-- Clement is 5-0, 3.31 his last eight starts, with Boston winning his last five. Pavano is 2-0, 1.69 his last couple of starts.
-- Lohse is 2-1, 2.45 his last three starts.
-- Sele has 0.60 RA in his last two starts, but is 2-2 on road, with a 7.23 RA.
-- Saarloos has 3.38 RA in his last four starts; Oakland won four of his five no-decisions. Elarton is 1-0, 2.45 in his last two outings.
-- Garland is 8-1, 2.56 this season, but does have 4.22 mark in last four starts. Texas scored 47 runs in winning last six Park starts (3-0, 4.25).

Cold pitchers
-- Suppan is 1-3, 7.71 in his last five starts.
-- Lowry is 1-5, 5.80 his last seven starts. Stauffer has 1-1, 4.34 mark in his first three big league outings.
-- Ishii is 0-3, 10.34 in his three road starts.
-- Sheets was 0-3, 5.75 in last three starts before going on DL; he pitches for first time in five weeks. Astacio is 0-3, 11.72 in four big league starts this season.
-- Milton is 1-3, 8.51 in his last four starts.
-- Lieber is 0-3, 9.98 in his last three starts.
-- Thompson comes up from AA Jacksonville to pitch for Dodgers; he was 0-2, 3.89 in eight starts.

-- Toronto is 2-7 in Bush starts (0-4, 4.59)
-- Johnson is 1-3, 6.55 in his four road outings. Penn is 20-year old Oriole prospect who also comes up from AA; he was 3-3, 3.12 for Bowie in Eastern League.
-- Fossum is 0-0, 4.50 in two starts, with five IP in each
-- Escobar comes off DL; he was 1-2, 5.12 in his last three starts for Angels.

Totals
-- Over is 7-3 in last ten Cardinal games.
-- Nine of last ten Wrigley games stayed under the total
-- Last four Padre games went over the total.
-- Four of last five Willis starts stayed under the total.
-- Under is 6-2 in last eight Houston road games.
-- Five of last six Milton starts went over the total.
-- Under is 6-2 in last eight Lieber starts.
-- Under is 7-1 in last eight Vazquez starts.

-- Over is 6-2-2 in last ten Boston road games.
-- Under is 3-1-1 in last five Lohse starts.
-- Last six Oriole home games stayed under total.
-- Under is 8-2-1 in last eleven Seattle road games.
-- Under is 7-1-2 in last ten Cleveland home games.
-- Last nine White Sox road games stayed under total.
-- Under is 8-3 in last eleven Kansas City road games.


Hot teams
-- Cardinals won eight of their last nine home games.
-- Cubs won four of their last five games.
-- San Diego has won 21 of its last 26 games.
-- Reds won four of their last five games.
-- Milwaukee is 13-3 in its last sixteen home games.
-- Braves won eight of their last nine home games.

-- Bronx won 16 of last 18 games and last five in row; they won their last nine home games.
-- Orioles are 9-5 in their last 14 home games.
-- Twins are 10-4 in last fourteen road games; three of their last four games went into extra innings. Toronto is 8-2 in its last ten home games.
-- Indians won five of their last seven games.
-- Tampa Bay won six of its last seven home games.
-- Rangers won their last seven home games.

Cold teams
-- Nationals lost eight of their last nine road games.
-- Colorado is 4-21 on road, 2-6 in last eight overall.
-- Giants lost last two games, but are 4-1 in the second game of home series, when they lose the opener.
-- Marlins lost their last three games.
-- Houston is 3-22 on road this season.
-- Pirates lost six of their last seven games.
-- Arizona lost three of its last four games.

-- Red Sox lost five of their last six games.
-- Mariners lost eleven of their last twelve road games.
-- Oakland lost 17 of its last 22 games, and six in row.
-- Royals are 1-12 in their last dozen road games; they led 8-3 in ninth inning last night, and still lost in the 10th.

Umpires
-- Underdog is 5-4 in last nine Cederstrom games, over is 4-2 in his last six games (Wsh-StL)
-- Under is 6-2 in Reilly's last eight games. (Col-Chi)
-- Faves are 4-0, over 3-1 in Crawford tilts. (SD-SF)
-- Under is 5-2 in Nauert's last seven games (NY-Fla)
-- Under is 3-1 in Brinkman's last four games (Hst-Mil)
-- Favorites are 7-2 in Culbreth games, with the under 6-2-2 in his last ten games behind plate. (Pitt-Cin)
-- Under is 4-1 in last five Reynolds games. (Phil-Atl)
-- Dogs are 5-1, under 4-1 in recent with with umpire Craft calling balls and strikes. (LA-Ariz)

-- Under is 6-1-1 in last eight Wendelstedt games; dogs are 5-4 in his last nine. (Bos-NY)
-- Under is 6-2 in last eight Layne games. (Min-Tor)
-- Under is 6-2-1 in Dreckman games. (Det-Blt)
-- Visitor is 6-3 in Poncino games. (Sea-TB)
-- Over is 6-2 with Timmons behind the dish (A's-Clev)
-- Rookie ump Hoye has no trends yet. (Chi-Tex)
-- Over is 7-3 last ten Marsh games. (KC-LA)