Hot Pitchers

-- Nationals won six of last seven Armas starts.

-- OHernandez is 2-1, 4.05 in three starts as a Met. Phillies won eight of Myers' last eleven starts.

-- Pirates won three of Duke's last four home starts. Ponson is

1-0, 3.32 in four road outings this season.

-- Willis is 2-0, 1.69 in his last two starts.

-- Oswalt comes off DL; he had 2.05 RA in his last four starts.

-- Cain is 3-0, 3.04 in his last four starts.

-- Dodgers won last seven Penny starts; he didn't allow a run in his last two outings (14 IP).

-- Jason Johnson is 1-6, 7.52 in his last nine starts.

-- Lopez is 3-0, 3.58 in his last four starts.

-- White Sox won last four Vazquez starts, scoring 33 runs.

-- Wakefield has 2.05 RA in his last three starts.

-- Redman is 2-0, 3.95 in his last two starts, after Royals lost his first seven starts this season. Escobar is 0-5, 6.15 in his last five starts.

-- Haren is 5-2, 2.40 in his last seven starts.

Cold Pitchers

-- Ramirez is 1-5, 5.77 in his last seven starts. Villanueva is 4-5, 3.75 at AA Huntsville, allowing 60 hits in 62.1 IP, with 14 walks and 59 strikeouts.

-- Kim is 1-3, 5.87 in his last four starts.

-- Thomson is 1-4, 11.62 in his last six starts.

-- Rusch is 1-3, 10.80 in his last four starts.

-- Vargas has 7.48 RA in his last five starts.

-- Thompson is 0-2, 6.60 in his last three starts.

-- Only once in his last nine starts has RJohnson allowed less than four runs (4-3, 7.95).

-- Tigers are just 2-4 in Bonderman home starts. Hendrickson is 0-4, 4.97 in his last four starts.

-- Downs makes first start since April 14; he has 9.82 RA in two starts this season.

-- Texas lost three of last four Padilla home starts (7.40).

-- Twins lost eight of Radke's last eleven starts.

-- Mariners lost last three Pineiro road starts (0-2, 8.62).

Totals

-- Nine of last twelve Cincinnati games went over the total.

-- Last five Colorado road games stayed under the total.

-- Fourteen of last twenty Met road games went over the total.

-- Four of last five Pirate home games stayed under the total.

-- Last seven Thomson starts went over the total.

-- Last four Oswalt starts stayed under the total.

-- Under is 3-0-1 in Vargas' last four home starts.

-- Seven of last eight Dodger road games went over the total.

-- Seven of last eleven Cleveland games went over the total.

-- Over is 11-6 in Baltimore's last seventeen road games, 5-1 in last six Lopez starts.

-- Seven of last ten Detroit games stayed under the total.

-- Six of last seven White Sox games stayed under the total.

-- Eight of last twelve Boston road games went over the total.

-- Nine of last eleven A's home games stayed under the total.

-- Over is 11-5-1 in last seventeen Kansas City road games.

Hot Teams

-- Florida is 13-6 in its last nineteen games.

-- Nationals won nine of their last thirteen games, lost last two.

-- Mets won their last six games, scoring 55 runs.

-- Pirates are 11-7 in their last eighteen games.

-- Cubs won thre eof last four games. Astros won six of their last seven games.

-- Detroit won five of last six games, after 2-8 skid.

-- Twins won six of their last seven home games.

-- Oakland won eight of their last nine games. Seattle won nine of their last twelve games.

Cold Teams

-- Braves lost ten of their last twelve games.

-- Colorado lost thirteen of their last nineteen road games.

-- Philadelphia lost four of their last five games.

-- Cardinals lost seven of their last ten games.

-- Reds lost five in row and eight of last ten at home. Brewers lost five of their last seven road games, but won last two.

-- Arizona lost seven of last eight games. Giants lost five of their last six games.

-- Dodgers lost their last four games against the Padres.

-- Indians lost six of their last eight games. Bronx lost four of last five games, winning last night by 1-0 score.

-- Orioles are 7-18 in their last 25 road games. Toronto lost four of its last six games.

-- Devil Rays lost

-- Red Sox are 4-6 in their last ten games, 3-7 on artificial turf.

-- Royals are 6-28 on the road this season. Angels are 8-14 in its last twenty-two home games, losing four of last six there.

Umpires

-- (Mil-Cin) Favorite is 7-1 in last eight Culbreth games.

-- (Col-Wsh) Visiting side won last five Miller games- dogs won his last three games behind dish.

-- (NY-Phil) Eight of nine Holbrook games went over the total.

-- (StL-Pitt) Under is 7-2-1 in last ten Runge games.

-- (Atl-Fla) Over is 9-2-1 in last dozen Young games.

-- (Hst-Chi) Favorite is 6-1 in last seven Barksdale games.

-- (SF-Az) Favorite won last ten Darling games, with the last four all staying under the total.

-- (LA-SD) Underdog is 5-3 in last eight Diaz games; under is 8-4 when he is behind plate this season.

-- (Cle-NY) Underdog won six of last seven Schrieber games.

-- (TB-Det) Underdog won eight of last 12 with West umpiring.

-- (Blt-Tor) Last three Layne games stayed under the total.

-- (Chi-Tex) Five of last six Cuzzi games stayed under the total.

-- (Bos-Min) Eleven of fifteen Cousins games went over total.

-- (KC-LA) Favorite won nine of last ten Bucknor games.

-- (Sea-A's) Under is 6-2-1 in last nine Meals games; home side is 9-1 in his last ten contests