Starting pitcher Cole Hamels has been on the downturn much like the rest of the Phillies, winning just one of his last three starts.
However, he and his teammates will look to turn things around when they host the slumping Colorado Rockies in the opener of a three-game set on Tuesday.
After taking two of three games in their Freeway series with the Dodgers earlier in the week, the Los Angeles Angels will make the short trip back to Anaheim Stadium, where they will open a three-game set against an Arizona Diamondbacks’ team that has been enormously inconsistent in putting runs on the scoreboard.
The second-round of MLB Interleague Play heads into its second weekend of action this Friday, but 11 three-game series from this week still have to wrap things up on Thursday.
The second round of the 2012 MLB regular season Interleague Play kicked-off this past weekend and continues for the next two weeks. Handicapping these games always becomes a challenge with starting pitchers facing unfamiliar batting lineups.
The Dodgers continue to rack up wins, even without slugger Matt Kemp. Now they will look to piggyback on a very successful road trip, when they host the surging Los Angeles Angels at Chavez Ravine in Game 2 of a three-game Freeway Series on Tuesday.
Fans can prepare for a Friday night rumble in the Bronx, as the New York Yankees host cross-town rivals the New York Mets in a Subway Series showdown.
The 2012 MLB regular season begins its second round of Interleague Play this Friday night which adds a whole new dimension to handicapping the games.
The AL East is always competitive, but usually by this point in the season just two teams are battling it out for top honors.
The 2012 MLB regular season has already seen a few underdogs get off to a fast start in their division while a few favorites continue to dig an early hole for themselves in theirs.
Fresh off a two-out-of-three game series win, the Yankees will host AL East rivals, the division-leading Tampa Bay Rays in Game 1 of a three-game set starting Tuesday night in the Bronx.
Both the New York Mets and the St. Louis Cardinals sit a game and a half back in their division.
The 2012 MLB regular season is off to a somewhat unpredictable start with a few underdogs blazing a trail in their division while a few favorites continue lag behind the leaders. This has made handicapping the games more of a challenge, but we have been up to the task.
The San Francisco Giants have had pretty good success in beating the Arizona Diamondbacks, and will look to gain ground on division-leading Los Angeles by taking the finale of a three-game set on Wednesday at AT&T Park.
The 2012 MLB regular season is off to a somewhat unpredictable start with a few underdogs blazing a trail in their division while a few favorites continue lag behind the leaders.
Despite being without NL MVP hopeful Matt Kemp, the Los Angeles Dodgers continue to roll.
In another rematch of the 2011 National League Division series, the St. Louis Cardinals will look to repeat their dismantling of the visiting Philadelphia Phillies in Game 2 of a three-game series that continues on Friday night.
