Friday's games

Hot pitchers

-- Myers is 2-0, 1.46 his last two starts; Phils scored 34 runs in winning his last four starts.

-- Vogelsong is 2-0, 0.69 his last two starts. Reds are 5-2 in last seven Harang road starts.

-- Benson is 2-1, 2.57 in his last three starts.

-- Valdez is 2-0, 2.25 in his last two starts.

-- Clemens is 3-0, 0.82 his last three starts; Astros won his last seven starts. Davis has 2.02 RA in his last seven starts, but only one win; he is 1-4, 5.22 against Astros this season.

-- Gosling is 1-0, 3.18 in two starts, both Arizona wins

-- Rueter is 1-0, 1.46 in his last two starts; Giants are 8-3 in his last eleven home starts.

-- Mussina is 3-0, 0.78 his last three starts and is 1-1, 3.75 vs Boston this year. Pedro is 0-2, 8.18 his last two starts and has 5.21 RA in three '04 starts vs Bronx. Sox are 10-2 in his last twelve home starts.

-- Santana is 8-0, 0.78 in his last eight starts; Twins are 17-2 in his last nineteen starts. He has not allowed run in his last 30 innings pitched.

-- Chen has 3.00 RA in five starts, all on road.

-- Gobble is 2-0, 3.86 in his last three starts; Royals are 6-3 in his last nine road starts.

-- Madritsch is 2-1, 1.54 in his last three starts, all vs contenders: Red Sox, Angels, A's.

-- Escobar has 1.17 RA in last three starts, but Angels got shut out in two of the three games.

Cold pitchers

-- Kim is 0-4, 6.67 in his last eleven starts.

-- Rusch has 5.24 RA in his last four starts, but Cubs won four of his last five road starts.

-- Ortiz is 0-3, 8.36 in his last three starts; Braves were blanked in his last two starts.

-- Suppan is 0-2, 11.74 in his last two starts, but Cards are 11-1 in his road starts, with five straight wins.

-- Lawrence is 2-2, 4.99 his last five starts and is 0-1, 7.20 vs Arizona this year.

-- Perez is 0-2, 6.30 in his last two starts, but is 1-0, 2.49 against the Giants this year.

-- Denney has 9.72 RA in his two '04 starts.

-- Towers is 0-2, 8.31 in his last two starts. Blue Jays won his last four road starts. Kazmir is 2-2, 7.29 in five starts.

-- Johnson is 0-6, 8.41 in his last nine starts. Tigers lost his last six road starts.

-- White Sox are 2-4 in last six Garcia home starts.

-- Young is 2-2, 4.85 in five '04 starts.

-- Harden has 8.10 RA in his last three starta and is 0-2 7.36 vs Angels this year.

Hot teams

-- Phillies won eleven of last thirteen road games.

-- Cubs won thirteen of last seventeen road games.

-- Florida won nine of their last ten road games. Braves won their last five home series openers, and 14 of 18.

-- Cardinals won first game in thirteen of last eighteen road series.

-- Padres won last four home series openers. and won four of last six overall at Petco.

-- Giants won last eight home series openers and seven of last nine home games overall.

-- Bronx is 12-5 in its last seventeen games. Red Sox are 16-4 in their last twenty home games.

-- Twins won ten of last twelve road games.

-- Royals won five of last seven road games. White Sox are 7-2 in their last nine home games.

-- Texas won its last six home games and five in row overall, to climb within two games of first place.

-- Angels won last five home series openers.

Cold teams

-- Expos lost eight of last eleven home games.

-- Reds lost fourteen of last sixteen road openers. Bucs lost six of last seven home series openers.

-- Mets lost sixteen of last twenty home games.

-- Brewers lost six of last seven home games. Astros are 4-7 in their last eleven road games.

-- Arizona lost thirteen of last seventeen road games.

-- Dodgers lost six of last nine road games.

-- Indians lost twelve of last eighteen home games.

-- Tampa lost ten of its last twelve home games, and lost its last seven home series.

-- Tigers lost four of last five games. Orioles are 2-12 in their last fourteen home contests.

-- Seattle lost six of its last eight road games.

-- A's are 6-11 in their last seventeen games; bullpen has blown 26 saves this season, not good.

Totals

-- Over is 10-2-1 last thirteen Kim starts.

-- Over is 5-2 last seven Cincinnati games and last four Harang starts.

-- Over is 7-2 last nine Rusch starts, 9-4 in last fourteen Met home games.

-- Over is 5-2-1 last eight Ortiz starts, 7-3 last ten Braves road games, 3-0 last three Ortiz road starts.

-- Over is 17-7 last 24 Astro road games, 6-2 last eight Clemens starts, 0-5-1 last six Davis starts.

-- Under is 11-5 in last sixteen Jennings starts.

-- Last seven Arizona road games stayed under; they played DH in Colorado yesterday.

-- Over is 12-4 last sixteen Dodger games, 7-2 in last nine Perez starts, 0-6 last six Rueter starts.

-- Over is 5-1 in last six Fenway Park games.

-- Under is 8-3 last 11 Twin road games, 17-6 in last 23 Indian home games.

-- Last three Towers starts went over total.

-- Over is 6-3 in last nine Camden Yards games.

-- Over is 7-2 last nine White Sox home games.

-- Last three Madritsch starts stayed under the total.

-- Under is 9-3 in last dozen Angel games.