First Pitch Tuesday April 21

SPLITS TO KNOW

-  Yasiel Puig is 8-for-14 (.571) with two homers and two doubles against Tim Lincecum.

• Michael Brantley and Jason Kipnis are a combined 1-for-25 (.040) against Hector Noesi.

• Ryan Braun (13-for-25, 5 2Bs, HR) and Aramis Ramirez (10-for-27, 2 HR) have great track records against Jason Marquis.

• Kendrys Morales and Mike Moustakas are a combined 3-for-27 (.111) against Tommy Milone.

• Kyle Seager and Dustin Ackley are a combined 0-for-23 with 12 Ks against Collin McHugh.

• Pedro Alvarez is just 1-for-18 (.056) with seven Ks against Travis Wood.

• Adam Jones is a must-have with a lifetime line of 14-for-34 (.412) with two homers and three doubles against Mark Buehrle. Delmon Young (21-for-53, four HRs vs. Buehrle) is a deep sleeper.

• Another deep sleeper: Grady Sizemore I 11-for-20 (.550) with three homers and two doubles against Dan Haren.

• Starlin Castro is just 2-for-20 (.100) with six Ks against Francisco Liriano , while Anthony Rizzo is 3-for-18 (.167) with seven Ks.

• Mike Napoli is just 1-for-12 with seven Ks against Chris Archer.

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