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Chicago Cubs
-The Cubs are 8-4 in their last 12 games dating back to April 21, after beginning the season 6-10.
-Since April 21, Chicago leads the majors with a .316 team batting average, the next closest club over that span is St. Louis (.289)
-Overall, the Cubs play 21 of their first 27 road games in the Eastern Time Zone. The Cubs don't play in the Pacific Time Zone until June 22.
-Chicago is 4-3 against left-handed starters this year.
-SP Ryan Dempster is looking to extend his winning streak to 4 games over the Pirates. The right-hander is 3-0 with a 4.81 ERA over his last four starts against them.
Pittsburgh Pirates
-The Pirates had the day off following a 10-game road trip to Houston (0-3), Milwaukee (2-1) and Los Angeles (1-3).
-Pittsburgh is 8-0 when leading after 4 innings this season.
-SP Paul Maholm has gone 4-1 in 9 career starts against the Cubs, including a 3-0 record at PNC Park. The Pirates have posted a 7-2 record in his starts overall against the Cubs.
-Scored at least one run in the 1st inning in 4 of the last 5 games (7 runs total).
-Bullpen is the only one in the majors without a loss this season. In addition, Pittsburgh leads the Majors with 97.1 innings pitched from its pen.
Milwaukee Brewers
-Milwaukee scored just 2 runs in their weekend 4-game series at San Diego, including 3 shutouts.
-The Brewers are 28-51 all-time against the Dodgers, including 3-3 last season. Milwaukee hasn't posted a winning mark versus Los Angeles since going 4-3 in 2000.
-Scored just 31 runs over their current 2-8 stretch (3.1 rpg).
-Enter tonight's game 9-5 this season when hitting a home run and 1-10 when they do not homer. They are also 8-1 this season when scoring first in a game and 2-14 when the opponent scores first.
-Baserunners are 18-for-19 (94.7%) in stolen base attempts this year and have been successful in their last 15 tries.
-SP Chris Narveson is 2-0 with a 5.20 ERA in 18 games, including 3 starts in his career on the road.
San Francisco Giants
-The Giants have still won 6 of their last 9 games after dropping a season-high 4 straight.
-Team has posted a 4-2 record against NL East opponents this year (2-1 Braves, 2-1 Phillies).
-SP Tim Lincecum has gone 4-0 with a 1.27 ERA and .175 opponents batting average against him over his 1st 5 starts. He has posted a 37-2 record with a 2.70 ERA when the Giants score at least 3 runs of support for him.
-Starting staff has posted a 2.59 ERA in the season's first 24 games, which ranks 2nd-lowest in the Majors (STL).
-Batted .281 while averaging 3.9 runs per game over the completed 9-game home stand.
Detroit Tigers
-The Tigers suffered a 10-4 loss to the Twins on Monday night at Target Field, snapping the club's 5-game winning streak.
-Since joining the Tigers in 2005, OF Magglio Ordonez is hitting .351 with 16 HR and 72 RBI in 81 games against the Twins.
-OF Austin Jackson has reached base safely in each of his past 21 games dating back to April 11. During the 21-game stretch, he is hitting .407 with a HR and 6 RBI.
-Relievers have posted a 1.02 ERA over the club's last 16 games. Tigers relievers lead the AL with 9 victories, a 2.05 ERA overall and 92 innings pitched.
-SP Dontrelle Willis is making his 4th start of the season against a club from the Central Division. He is 1-0 with a 3.18 ERA in his previous 3 outings against teams in the division.
-Willis has held opponents to a .206 batting average the first time through the lineup, but that figure moves up to .310 the 2nd time around.
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