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Atlanta Braves

-The Braves pitching staff had its 84.1-inning homerless streak snapped yesterday. Yesterday’s loss also snapped a string of 14 consecutive home games in which the Braves had allowed three or fewer runs.
-Atlanta is in a stretch of playing five of their next seven games in the daytime. The Braves are 23-16 in day games this season, including 16-2 at home and 7-14 on the road.
-Pitching staff leads the majors with just 87 home runs allowed on the year. The unit has also posted a 2.94 ERA since the All-Star break, which is the best mark in the National League.
-Rank fifth in the National League in runs scored (554), but thanks to their 3.42 staff ERA, their +106 run differential this season ranks second in the circuit (San Diego +124).
-The Braves are an MLB-best 44-17 at home this season and with 20 home games remaining, have easily eclipsed last year’s record (40-41).
-SP Jair Jurrjens is 0-4 with a 6.39 ERA in seven road starts, compared to 5-0 with a 1.83 ERA in seven outings at home.
-Jurrjens is 3-11 with a 3.82 ERA in 18 career starts against the NL Central.

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Chicago Cubs

-Chicago is 3-7 in its last 10 games, 3-11 in their last 14 and 5-19 in their last 24 contests.
-Today’s SP Ryan Dempster is 4-1 with a 3.64 ERA in seven starts since the All-Star break. He has produced a 1.40 ERA in his last three outings.
-After homering in six of seven games, August 10-16, Chicago has gone three-straight games without a long ball.
-Team has scored 79 runs in 18 August games, with 37 of those runs, coming in the seventh inning or later.
-The Cubs have dropped seven-straight home games for the first time since a nine-game skid in 2006. Overall, the team has gone 1-10 in its last 11 home games since July 25, hitting .235 with a 5.17 ERA in that stretch.
-Dempster is holding left-handed batters to a .229 batting average, which is the seventh-lowest in the NL.

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San Francisco Giants

-Beginning July 5, San Francisco has posted a 27-14 record which is the 2nd-best winning percentage in the majors behind Minnesota (26-13).
-The Giants are averaging 3.6 runs per game this month for the fourth-lowest average in the NL. They have scored three-or-less runs in 11 of their 17 games in August.
-SP Jonathan Sanchez’s victory last night snapped a streak of 14 consecutive games without a win by their starting pitcher.
-San Francisco is 2-4 in the current 12-game stretch in which they play games against opponents that are in the heart of the playoff picture.
-The team has lost six of its last eight road games, but they’ve still won 16 of their last 25.
-SP Madison Bumgarner has allowed 13 hits in 62 at-bats to left-handed hitters, giving up just four extra base hits.
-Bumgarner has gone 0-2 with a 4.76 ERA over his last four starts with opponents hitting for a .333 average. He has received four runs of support in his last four games after averaging 6.64 runs in his first six contests.

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Seattle Mariners

-The Mariners continue a four-city, 12-game trip with Game #1 of 3 at New York. The trip began in Cleveland (2-1) and Baltimore (2-1) and concludes in Boston.
-Seattle is 9-7 in August and has won two straight games. The team finished July 6-22 after posting a winning record in June (14-13).
-Over its past 12 games, the Mariners bullpen has allowed just 8ER on 20 hits in 31 innings, giving them a 2.32 ERA.
-Today is the eighth (3-4) of 10 games between the Yankees and Mariners this season.
-Seattle has won its last four series, a season-high.
-The Mariners are 13-for-57 with men in scoring position (.228) in the first six games of this trip.
-The pitching staff has a 2.91 ERA versus the AL East this season compared to 3.85 versus the Central and 4.63 against the West.
-Seattle is 13-15 overall against the AL East division this season and tonight is the fourth of nine straight versus the East (2-1).
-Mariners SP Felix Hernandez has thrown three consecutive complete games against the Yankees and is the first pitcher to do so since 1990-91.

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Tampa Bay Rays

-The Rays are currently 5.5 games up on Boston in the Wild Card race, while also spending 73 of 137 days in first place this season.
-Tampa Bay had its five-game winning streak snapped last night and are in a stretch of playing 10 straight games against the AL West. Compiled a 14-7 record against the AL West this season, 7-1 at home, 7-6 on the road).
-The Rays are 17-9 since July 24 and 30-15 since June 30.
-The club still owns the best road record in the majors at 35-23 (.603), but have lost five of their last seven games. The Rays 35 wins are already the third-highest road win total in club history.
-Tampa Bay is 3-15 on Fridays this season and has lost 13 of their last 14 games on that day of the week.
-SP Jeremy Hellickson is the first player in the modern era to pitch at least six innings, allowing three hits or less in each of his first three major league appearances.

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Baltimore Orioles

-The Orioles have won five straight against the Rangers and lead the season series, 5-2, going 1-0 in Baltimore and 4-2 in Arlington.
-Baltimore has scored four or more runs in 11 of Jake Arrieta’s 13 starts.
-At 11-7, the team is on pace for its first winning month since they went 15-12 in June of 2008. The last time the Orioles recorded a winning month in August was 1997.
-The Birds are 11-6 in their last 17 games, their best stretch since June 2-20, 2008 when they went 12-5 in a 17-game span.
-Baltimore is 9-2 in its last 11 games against the AL West, including a four-game sweep at Texas and a three-game sweep of the Angels.
-In his only career start against Texas on July 11 in Arlington, Arrieta completed the four-game sweep of the Rangers by allowing just a single run over 6.1 innings.

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