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Highlighted Series
July 31, 2009 - 3 game series
Chicago White Sox (53-49, Away: 25-25)
Boston Red Sox (55-48, Home: 29-21)
Season: Boston 3 - 1 Chicago
All-Time: Boston 66 - 95 Chicago
Aug. 4, 2009 - 3 game series
Chicago White Sox (53-49, Away: 25-25)
Kansas City Royals (52-52, Home: 29-19)
Season: Kansas City 7 - 3 Chicago
All-Time: Kansas City 137 - 151 Chicago
Aug. 3, 2009 - 4 game series
Chicago Cubs (56-49, Away: 25-26)
Los Angeles Dodgers (57-46, Home: 33-19)
Season: Los Angeles 1 - 2 Chicago
All-Time: Los Angeles 84 - 78 Chicago
Aug. 4, 2009 - 2 game series
Atlanta Braves (56-47, Away: 25-24)
Minnesota Twins (51-53, Home: 29-22)
Season: Minnesota 1 - 1 Atlanta
All-Time: Minnesota 22 - 18 Atlanta
Note: All-Time since start of 1992
Streaks
Team Streaks
Texas hosts Vancouver on a 5-game win streak
Houston hosts Chicago on a 4-game losing streak
Player Streaks
Jorge Cantu
J. Cantu
 (STL) has a 15 game hittinghit streak
Ronnie Belliard
R. Belliard
 (TOR) has a 13 game hittinghit streak
Dustin Pedroia
D. Pedroia
 (NYY) has a 12 game hittinghit streak
Brett Gardner
B. Gardner
 (COL) has a 12 game hittinghit streak
Brendan Harris
B. Harris
 (DET) scored in 7 straight games
Matt Mantei
M. Mantei
 (HOU) has converted 25 straight save opportunitieschances
Jose Valverde
J. Valverde
 (SEA) has converted 15 straight save opportunitieschances
Chris Carpenter
C. Carpenter
 (HOU) has won 11 straight decisions
J.D. Prestash
J. Prestash
 (CHC) has won 8 straight decisions
Chris Carpenter
C. Carpenter
 (HOU) hasn't lost in 17 straight starts
Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
 (WSH) hasn't lost in 14 straight starts
Batter Watch
Hot Hitters
Name Team G PA H HR SB Avg OPS RC
Bill Flores
B. Flores
CLE 9 42 16 5 0 0.421 1.397 16.30
Gordon Beckham
G. Beckham
LAD 8 36 13 3 2 0.419 1.371 14.67
Troy Tulowitzki
T. Tulowitzki
FLA 9 45 14 4 1 0.368 1.256 13.91
Israel Casillas
I. Casillas
PIT 10 42 17 2 2 0.415 1.112 12.56
Anthony Raglani
A. Raglani
DET 8 37 12 5 0 0.353 1.288 11.65
Khalil Greene
K. Greene
CHC 9 38 13 3 0 0.394 1.300 11.36
Manny Ramirez
M. Ramirez
CLE 9 43 15 1 0 0.405 1.141 11.23
Yunel Escobar
Y. Escobar
BAL 8 37 14 3 0 0.412 1.224 10.86
Cold Hitters
Name Team G PA H HR SB Avg OPS RC
David Freese
D. Freese
FLA 9 33 1 0 0 0.032 0.188 0.00
J J Hardy
J. Hardy
VAN 9 38 4 0 0 0.108 0.240 0.22
Greg Connors
G. Connors
HOU 7 29 2 1 0 0.071 0.282 0.36
David Bell
D. Bell
TOR 8 31 3 0 0 0.107 0.301 0.42
Stephen Drew
S. Drew
ATL 9 36 5 1 1 0.143 0.368 0.50
Mark Dolenc
M. Dolenc
OAK 5 22 2 0 0 0.111 0.338 0.60
Derrek Lee
D. Lee
NYM 7 28 3 0 0 0.115 0.341 0.62
Jason Kendall
J. Kendall
PIT 9 29 1 1 1 0.039 0.292 0.73
Stats over last 14 days, ordered by Runs Created
Pitcher Watch
Hot Starting Pitchers
Name Team GS IP ER H HR BB K ERA AvgGS
Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
ATL 3 22.1 6 11 2 6 28 2.42 72.7
Philip Wilson
P. Wilson
MIN 2 13.1 3 7 0 2 10 2.03 71.5
Bryan Augenstein
B. Augenstein
LAD 2 13.0 2 7 0 3 10 1.38 71.0
Jeriome Robertson
J. Robertson
TEX 2 12.2 3 9 0 2 14 2.13 69.5
Cold Starting Pitchers
Name Team GS IP ER H HR BB K ERA AvgGS
John Lackey
J. Lackey
WSH 3 13.1 16 21 5 7 13 10.80 26.3
John Maine
J. Maine
SEA 3 12.0 13 22 4 2 6 9.75 27.0
Beltran Perez
B. Perez
PIT 2 11.0 12 16 3 7 9 9.82 27.5
R A Dickey
R. Dickey
STL 2 13.0 11 16 5 4 6 7.62 30.5
Hot Relief Pitchers
Name Team G IP ER H HR BB K ERA oWOBA
Jeff Francis
J. Francis
CWS 2 5.2 0 1 0 0 4 0.00 0.089
Byeong-Hak An
B. An
TBG 6 8.0 1 1 0 2 4 1.13 0.109
Jake McGee
J. McGee
SD 4 6.0 0 2 0 1 4 0.00 0.114
Matt Bell
M. Bell
SEA 6 5.1 0 1 0 2 6 0.00 0.122
Cold Relief Pitchers
Name Team G IP ER H HR BB K ERA oWOBA
Marc Barcelo
M. Barcelo
BAL 4 6.2 9 12 0 5 2 12.15 0.451
Mark Gentile
M. Gentile
SEA 5 7.2 10 13 2 2 10 11.74 0.433
Brandon Kintzler
B. Kintzler
STL 3 5.1 5 7 2 1 4 8.44 0.419
Stats over last 14 days, SPs ordered by avg Game Score,
RPs ordered by opponent wOBA