Bob, one of our stat lines for him is in error. I get 7-6-1. Six losses, not five, fourteen starts, not thirteen. (This would seem to agree with the stat lines at most sites which have Twins at 6-8 over 9 innings, total 14 starts.) Losses against Toronto, Boston, Tampa, White Sox, Tampa, and the Cubs, as follows:

Baker-Minn first 5 -- 6hl(Tor) - 6al(Bos) - 4hl(TB) - 0(++)hw(KC) - 0hw(Sea) - 0(++)hp(Det) - 4al(CHW) - 1hw(Milw) - 1al(TB) - 0hw(Cleve) - 0aw(Oak) - 2al(CHC) - 1hw(Hou) - 0aw(Milw) -

wlp: 7-6-1. team wlp over 9 innings: 6-8.

Key: runs allowed in first 5(+ if shelled in 6th)... home or away... win loss or push ... (Opponent.) So: "5hl(NYM)" means, 5 runs allowed, at home, losing proposition, against the New York Mets.

I'm just starting my handicap... but given the sequencing of these games, I think I will be making some parlay picks that run through the day and can be hedged based on these:

-- all first 5 unless indicated --

carpenter-st.l. (10 am west coast time)

lilly-cubs (10... only a tad, as a parlay starter... it's dah cubs.)

billingsley-lad (11)

washburn-seattle (145)

lee-cleve (4)

feldman-texas (only a a little after last two starts. late game; good way to end some tickets as one can always hedge.)