American League - Monday
Seattle at O's; Meche has lost his last 6 starts. The over is 7-3 in Meche's last 10 starts. Meche's L3 starts vs the O's have played over. Riley is 6-2 in his 8 starts. Riley's L2 starts have played over.
Toronto at Twins; Lilly is 1-4 in his L5 starts. Lilly is 1-1 with 4.58 ERA in 3 starts against the Twins, pitching 17.2 innings, allowing 15 hits and 9 ER's. Radke has played over in 5 of his L7 starts. Radke is 7-3 in his L10. Radke lasted only 2 innings his last start and is 3-1 over this season. Radke is 9-7 with a 5.07 ERA in 20 games vs the Blue Jays, pitching 120.2 innings, allowing 143 hits and 68 ER's. The current Blue Jay's roster is 39 for 115 for a .339 batting average with 9 HR's. Toronto is averaging 1 HR every 12.7 at bats vs Radke. The current Twins roster is 10 for 37 for a .270 average with 2 HR's vs Lilly. Delgado is 18 for 47 with 5 HR's for a .383 avg, Catalanotto is 6 for 14 with 1 HR for a .429 avg, Myers is 4 for 10 with 1 HR and a .400 avg, Wells is 3 for 10 for a .300 avg, and Woodward is 3 for 9 with 1 HR and a .333 avg.
National League - Monday
Cincinnati at Pirates; Harang has won his L2 starts vs Pittsburgh. The under is 6-3-1 in his L10 starts. The Pirates are 3-7 in Vogelsong's L10 starts. Both pitchers last 2 starts have gone over. The Pirates are hitting .303 vs righthanders this season. Harang is 2-0 lifetime with a 2.45 ERA in 2 starts vs the Pirates going 11 innings, allowing 10 hits and 3 earned runs. Vogelsong is 1-1 with a 3.38 ERA in 2 starts vs the Reds lasting a total of 8 innings, allowing 7 hits and 3 earned runs.
Florida at Rockies; Pavano is 8-2 his L10 starts. He is 3-0 this season and 7-3 under his last 10. Elarton is 0-3 this season and has an ERA of 11.15. The under is 3-0 in Elarton's 3 starts vs Florida. Elarton has pitched well against the Marlins, throwing 29 innings, allowing 24 hits, and only 8 earned runs. Pavano is 2-2 lifetime with a 4.26 ERA in 38 innings, allowing 49 hits and 18 earned runs.
Cubs at Arizona; The Cubs are hitting .193 vs lefties this season. Johnson has won his last 9 starts against the Cubs. The Cubs are 3-0 in Zambrano's starts this season. Four of Johnson's last 5 wins have gone under. Zambrano's 2 starts vs Arizona have gone under. Johnson has thrown at least 111 pitches in each of his 4 starts this year, but Arizona has won just 1 of those starts.
Montreal at Padres; Expos are hitting .206 vs righties this season. The under is 8-2 in Hernandez's L10 starts. He's only won 1 of his L5. Hernandez is 8-1 lifetime vs the Padres with a 3.12 ERA. In 12 starts vs San Diego he's pitched 83.2 innings, allowing 74 hits and only 29 ER's. Peavy has an ERA of 1.50 at home this season and has yet to surrender a home run. He's 0-2 lifetime vs the Expos with an 11.57 ERA in 2 starts, lasting 9.1 innings, allowing 16 hits and 12 earned runs.
Atlanta at Giants; The Giants are hitting .214 vs lefties this season. Schmidt has a 6.55 ERA in 2 starts, throwing 11 innings, allowing 10 hits and 8 earned runs. He definitely is not at the top of his game right now! Schmidt has lost 3 of his L4 starts vs Atlanta, although he's 8-2 in his L10 starts overall. Ramirez is 6-3 in his L9 starts. In 2 career starts vs the Giants he's 0-0 with a 3.29 ERA in 13.2 innings, allowing 12 hits and 5 earned runs. The Braves played a late game in Florida last night and 24 hours later are playing on the west coast. Bonds is 0-2 vs Ramirez and Alfonzo at 2 for 5 is hitting .400, and Durham at 1 for 3 is the only other hitter batting over .300 against him. Andruw Jones is 1 for 22 lifetime vs Schmidt(ouch), but Chipper is 14 for 31 with 4 HR's and a .452 average.
