Monday's games

Hot Pitchers
-- Estes has 0.79 RA in his last two starts, but Rockies lost his last three, scoring total of just three runs. They are 4-0 in his home starts, scoring 40 runs in those tilts.
-- St Louis won Carpenter's last seven starts, scoring 44 runs; he is 4-0, 1.98 in his last five starts. Rusch is 1-0, 3.00 in four starts for the Cubs.
-- Wells is 1-0, 3.38 in his last four starts.
-- Mulder is 3-0, 1.48 in his last four starts; A's scored 36 runs in winning his last five starts. Lidle, who threw for the A's in '02, is 2-0, 2.38 in his last three starts.Cold Pitchers
-- Tomko is 0-3, 6.42 in his last six starts.
-- Dickey 0-4, 7.59 in his last six starts.
-- Duckworth has 7.56 RA in his three starts, but the Astros scored 32 runs in winning two of the three.

Hot Teams
-- Giants won twelve of their last sixteen games.
-- Cardinals won six of their last seven games and nine of twelve on road, including last four in row.
-- Texas won thirteen on their last nineteen home games Pirates won seven of their last eight road series openers including the last four in row.
-- Reds won eight of last nine road games and four of last five series openers; they're 17-5 in last 22 games overall. A's are 10-1 in their last 11 home games, and their last three home series openers.

Cold Teams
-- Rockies lost 13 of last 17 games and their last five series finales; they're 9-3 in last 22 home games.
-- Cubs lost eight of last twelve games and nine of last twelve series openers; they're 4-7-1 in last 12 series.
-- Pirates lost seven of last eight games.
-- Astros lost eight of last eleven road games and their last three road series openers. Houston, however, is 6-2-1 in road series this season. Seattle lost six of last eight series openers; they won the last two games, but are 9-17 in last 26 games, 5-9 in last 14 at home.
Totals
-- Over is 8-0-1 in Giants' last nine road games, 7-1-1 in Rockies' last nine home games and 7-2 in Tomko's last nine starts; 53 runs were scored in first three games of this series.
-- Under is 3-0 in last three Cardinal road games, 7-0 in last seven Cub home games and 6-2 in Carpenter's last eight starts.
-- Under is 3-0 in last three Pirate road games, 6-2 in last eight Ranger games and 3-1-1 in last five Dickey starts.
-- 10 of last twelve Oakland home games stayed under.
-- Five of last six Houston road games stayed under.