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Jake Peavy (6-4, 2.84)
Peavy struggled
early but recovered to throw his 13th quality start on Monday against
Minnesota, but it wasn't enough for a victory as he ran into a top-notch
Francisco Liriano. He surrendered a season-high 10 hits over six innings.
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Hiroki Kuroda (7-7, 3.40)
Kuroda will look
to finish his best month in pinstripes on a positive note after going 3-1
with a 2.38 ERA in five June starts. He lasted seven innings in four of them,
including a one-run outing in his most recent start, against the Indians.
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White Sox
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Garrett Richards (2-0, 1.63)
Richards continued
to stake his claim for a permanent spot in the Angels' rotation on Sunday,
giving up three runs in 6 2/3 innings against the Dodgers despite not having
his best stuff. The 24-year-old has a 1.69 ERA in four starts.
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Henderson Alvarez (4-6, 4.36)
Alvarez was forced
to leave his last outing because of soreness in his right elbow. Despite the
setback, he received a clean bill of health and will start against the
Angels. Alvarez has won just one game since May 10.
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Angles
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Jonathan Sanchez (1-3, 6.21)
Sanchez was not
very sharp last time out, allowing six runs on nine hits and six walks over 5
1/3 innings against the Cardinals. He didn't get a decision and still hasn't
picked up a victory since his first start of the season on April 8.
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Scott Diamond (6-3, 2.67)
Diamond was
excellent against the Reds on Sunday, as he allowed three runs on eight hits
over a season-high eight innings. He also matched a season high with seven
strikeouts and walked just one batter.
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Royals
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Jeff Karstens (0-2, 6.35)
In his first start
since spending more than two months on the disabled list with shoulder and
hip issues, Karstens did not have his best stuff in a loss to the Phillies.
He allowed six runs, but said he felt fine health-wise afterward.
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Probable Report
Lance Lynn (10-3, 3.23)
Lynn's ERA jumped
from 2.42 to 3.23 over his past two starts, neither of which lasted more than
5 1/3 innings. Lynn's results have progressively slipped each month, leaving
some to wonder if fatigue is setting in with the first-year starter.
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Cardinals
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Mat Latos (6-2, 4.77)
Latos finally
showed Cincinnati what the hype was all about in the Reds' 3-1 win vs. the
Brewers on Monday, striking out a career-high 13 in a four-hitter. He threw
80 of his 109 pitches for strikes, including one streak of 24 consecutive
strikes.
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Probable Report
Barry Zito (6-5, 4.00)
Zito has shown
flashes of both brilliance and ineffectiveness in June, blanking the Dodgers
in seven innings of three-hit ball in his last start after a three-start
losing streak in which he had a 10.67 ERA and .377 opponents' batting
average.
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Reds
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Josh Tomlin (3-5, 5.70)
Tomlin lasted only
three innings in his last start, vs. the Yanks, yielding six runs on six
hits. Like many pitchers vs. New York, Tomlin was hurt by the home run, with
the Bombers hitting three long balls. Tomlin is 1-3 in five starts in June.
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Dana Eveland (0-0, 3.00)
After posting a
2.57 ERA in 10 appearances as a long reliever, Eveland will make his second
start of the year on Saturday. Against the Rays on May 11, he allowed three
runs on five hits and six walks in six innings.
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Indians
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J.A. Happ (6-7, 4.83)
Happ, who went to
Northwestern and lives in Chicago, is 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA in his last two
starts, allowing just eight hits, three walks and three runs in 13 innings.
This is only his second career appearance at Wrigley.
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Matt Garza (3-6, 4.06)
Garza has six
quality starts in his last nine games, but only one win in that stretch. One
of those games that wasn't a quality start was May 21 against the Astros,
when he gave up seven runs on five hits over three innings.
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Astros
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Stephen Strasburg (9-2, 2.60)
A poor sixth
inning spoiled another quality start from Strasburg in a June 25 game against
the Rockies. He's made two starts at Turner Field, and is 1-1 with a 5.56
ERA.
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Mike Minor (3-6, 6.14)
Minor will get at
least one more start after allowing three home runs in Sunday's loss to the
Red Sox. He has struggled to command his secondary pitches while surrendering
an National League-high 18 home runs this season.
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Nationals
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Cole Hamels (10-3, 3.03)
He struggled for a
stretch recently, but is 10-3 with a 3.03 ERA. He threw seven scoreless
innings Sunday in a loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, when the bullpen could not
hold a one-run lead.
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Mark Buehrle (6-8, 3.55)
Buehrle became the
all-time leader for wins in Interleague Play with a solid outing against
Toronto. He threw seven shutout innings, scattering seven hits and striking
out seven while Miami's bats came to life and the Marlins snapped a six-game
skid.
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Phillies (Lock)
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Luke Hochevar (5-7, 5.07)
Hochevar was at
his brilliant best on Monday, pitching a shutout over the Rays that gave him
16 2/3 scoreless innings in his last two starts, both victories. His recent
change for the better is attributed to sticking basically to three core
pitches.
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Probable Report
Cole De Vries (1-1, 4.20)
De Vries is back
in the big leagues for the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against
Kansas City. Up from Triple-A Rochester for the second time this season, he
went 1-1 with a 4.20 ERA in three starts for the Twins earlier in the year.
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Royals
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Wade Miley (9-3, 2.19)
As the D-backs
have surged in June, Miley has strung together four of the best starts of his
rookie year. The left-hander has allowed four runs in 30 2/3 innings. Perhaps
more impressively, he has walked just two batters while striking out 28.
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Probable Report
Mike Fiers (2-2, 2.70)
The rookie has
been great in three road starts (two earned runs in 21 1/3 innings) and not
so great in two starts at Miller Park (eight earned runs in 11 innings). This
is a chance to begin evening those results.
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Diamondbacks
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Rick Porcello (5-5, 4.71)
What happens when
one of baseball's young sinkerballers meets an offense that tends to do more
with less? Surprisingly, they produce a lot of fly balls over three career
meetings. Porcello won the last one with seven innings of two-run ball April
10.
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Probable Report
Jeremy Hellickson (4-3, 3.45)
Hellickson will
return from the 15-day DL (right shoulder inflammation) for his first start
since June 14, when he gave up eight runs in just 3 2/3 innings against the
Mets. Hellickson owns a 2.94 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP in eight home starts this
year.
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Rays
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Johan Santana (5-4, 3.00)
Santana posted his
second straight quality start, allowing just two runs on a two-run home run
in six innings in his first career loss to the Cubs. He's allowed two runs in
his last 12 innings.
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Probable Report
Nathan Eovaldi (0-4, 4.04)
This will be a
test for Eovaldi, coming off his worst start of the year in San Francisco,
where an unlucky first inning snowballed, and he wound up allowing eight runs
on 10 hits in five innings. He did regroup to retire 11 of the final 13 he
faced.
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Mets
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Tommy Milone (8-5, 3.83)
Milone has allowed
just 10 hits and one earned run over his past two starts spanning 16 innings.
Opponents are batting just .175 against him over that span. He most recently
held the Mariners scoreless over seven innings.
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Probable Report
Martin Perez (0-0, 13.50)
Perez was called
up from Triple-A Round Rock Tuesday and made his Major League debut against
the Tigers Wednesday, giving up four runs (one earned) on two hits while
striking out one and walking one. Saturday will mark his first big league
start.
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Athletics
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Edinson Volquez (4-7, 3.82)
Volquez had one of
his strongest starts of the season last time out, going 6 2/3 scoreless
innings against the Mariners. He threw 115 pitches, a season high. The
right-hander hasn't given up a homer in his last three outings.
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Probable Report
Christian Friedrich (4-5, 5.86)
Friedrich has been
aggressive with his fastball and in his last start, a home loss to the
Nationals, threw some good breaking balls. But he had a couple of weakly-hit
balls carry -- one for a home run, the other for a two-run double.
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Padres
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