MLB
Saturday, July 28
National League
Mets (43-58) @ Pirates (54-51)
deGrom is 0-3, 2.50 in his last five starts; under is 13-3 in his last 16. Team in his starts: 8-12, 4-5 away.
5-inning record: 10-4-6 Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-20
Williams is 2-0, 0.00 (11 IP) in his last two starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six. Team in his starts: 10-10, 6-5 home
5-inning record: 7-9-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-20
Mets are 6-4 in their last ten games; over is 5-1-1 in their last seven games. Pirates won 12 of their last 14 games; under is 6-4-2 in their last 12 home games.
Phillies (58-45) @ Reds (46-58)
Velasquez is 1-0, 0.00 (13 IP) in his last two starts; he pitched in relief in the 16-inning game the other night. His last four starts stayed under. Team in his starts: 8-11, 3-5 away
5-inning record: 9-8-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-19
Harvey is 1-1, 7.54 in his last three starts; his last four went over. Team in his starts: 7-6, 3-2 home
5-inning record: 8-5 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-13
Phillies are 5-6 in their last 11 road games,; over is 8-1 in their last nine games. Cincinnati lost six of its last nine games; over is 13-4 in their last 17 home games.
Nationals (52-51) @ Marlins (44-61)
Gonzalez is 0-5, 6.87 in his last seven starts; his last four stayed under. Team in his starts: 10-10, 4-7 road
5-inning record: 8-6-6. Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-20
Richards is 1-0, 0.71 in his last two starts; over is 3-1 in his last four. Team in his starts: 6-8, 2-4 home.
5-inning record: 6-5-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-14
Nationals won their last three games; over is 5-2-1 in their last eight games. Miami lost four of its last five games; over is 7-1 in their last eight games.
Dodgers (58-46) @ Braves (54-46)
Wood is 5-0, 3.16 in his last seven starts; over is 4-1 in his last five. Team in his starts: 11-9, 6-4 away
5-inning record: 8-7-5 Allowed run in 1st inning: 8-20
Fried is 1-1, 3.68 in three starts (over 2-1). Team in his starts: 2-1, 1-0 home.
5-inning record: 1-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 2-3
Dodgers are 6-4 in their last ten games; they’re 21-15 vs lefty starters- over is 8-2 in their last ten games. Atlanta lost seven of its last nine home games; five of Braves’ last six games went over the total. Atlanta is 16-15 vs lefty starters.
Cubs (60-43) @ Cardinals (52-51)
Quintana is 3-0, 1.89 in his last three starts; Team in his starts: 13-6, 7-4 away
5-inning record: 7-8-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-19
Mikolas is 2-0, 3.86 in his last four starts (over 4-0). Team in his starts: 13-7, 5-4 home.
5-inning record: 11-7-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-20
Cubs won four of last six road games; over is 10-3 in their last 13 games. Cardinals lost three of last five games; they’re 14-14 vs lefty starters. Under is 3-1 in their last four games.
Diamondbacks (57-48) @ Padres (42-64)
Corbin is 1-1, 2.23 in his last six starts; under is 6-1 in his last seven. Team in his starts: 11-10, 6-4 away
5-inning record: 9-6-5 Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-21
Ross is 1-3, 9.33 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Team in his starts: 11-9, 5-3 home.
5-inning record: 9-8-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-20
Diamondbacks are 4-5 in last nine games; under is 12-3-1 in their last 16 road games. San Diego lost eight of last nine home games; they’re 10-20 vs lefty starters- over is 8-2 in their last ten games.
Brewers (60-46) @ Giants (52-53)
Chacin is 3-0, 3.42 in his last four starts; over is 5-1 in his last six. Team in his starts: 15-7, 8-5 road
5-inning record: 11-7-4. Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-22
Cueto is 0-1, 6.35 in his last three starts; his last four starts went over. Team in his starts: 5-3, 3-1 home.
5-inning record: 4-2-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-8
Milwaukee lost nine of last 12 road games; over is 6-3 in their last nine road games. San Francisco lost seven of its last nine games; under is 6-2-1 in their last nine games.
American League
Royals (31-71) @ New York (65-36)
Keller is 1-1, 7.54 in his last three starts (under 5-4). Team in his starts: 3-6, 0-4 away
5-inning record: 3-3-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 2-9
Fillmyer is 0-1, 4.91 in two starts (over 1-1). Team in his starts: 0-2, 0-0 away
5-inning record: 1-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 0-2
Sabathia is 1-1, 6.32 in his last three starts; under is 7-0-1 in his last eight. Team in his starts: 10-8, 7-3 home.
5-inning record: 10-6-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-18
Severino is 1-1, 8.40 in his last three starts; his last four went over. Team in his starts: 18-3, 10-0 home.
5-inning record: 15-3-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-21
Royals lost eight of last ten road games; five of their last six games stayed under. KC is 13-20 vs lefty starters. New York is 7-7 in its last 14 games; over is 5-3 in their last eight home games.
Rays (53-51) @ Orioles (30-74)
Bullpen game for the Rays. Team in his starts: away
5-inning record: Allowed run in 1st inning:
Gausman is 0-2, 7.98 in his last three starts; under is 5-1-2 in his last eight. Team in his starts: 5-15, 4-8 home
5-inning record: 7-9-4. Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-20
Rays won three of last five games; over is 5-2 in their last seven road games. Baltimore is 7-22 in its last 29 games; under is 5-3-1 in their last nine home games.
Twins (48-54) @ Red Sox (72-33)
Odorizzi is 1-1, 3.29 in his last five starts; under is 8-5 in his last 13. Team in his starts: 9-12, 4-7 away
5-inning record: 8-8-5 Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-21
Porcello is 3-1, 5.57 in his last four starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Team in his starts: 14-7, 6-3 home.
5-inning record: 14-7 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-21
Twins lost 10 of their last 14 road games; under is 7-3 in their last ten road games. Boston is 16-4 in its last 20 games; under is 7-2 in their last nine games.
Indians (56-46) @ Tigers (44-61)
Clevinger is 0-3, 5.79 in his last three starts; under is 5-2-1 in his last eight. Team in his starts: 8-12, 4-6 away
5-inning record: 5-10-5 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-20
Liriano is 0-4, 7.26 in his last seven starts; under is 4-2 in his last six. Team in his starts: 6-10, 3-2 home- this is his first home start since May 26.
5-inning record: 6-6-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-16
Indians lost three of last five games; over is 6-2 in their last eight road games. Detroit is 3-9 in its last 12 home games; under is 4-2-1 in their last seven home games.
Rangers (43-62) @ Astros (67-38)
Jurado allowed four runs in 4.2 IP in his first ’18 start, on May 18. Team in his starts: 0-1, 0-1 away
5-inning record: 0-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 0-1
Verlander is 1-1, 2.88 in his last four starts; over is 6-4 in his last ten. Team in his starts: 13-9, 5-7 home
5-inning record: 14-4-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-22
Texas lost eight of its last ten games; over is 8-1 in their last nine games. Astros are 5-4 in last nine games; under is 7-4 in their last 11 home games.
Blue Jays (47-55) @ White Sox (36-67)
Bullpen game for Toronto Team in his starts: away
5-inning record: Allowed run in 1st inning:
Giolito is 2-1, 2.29 in his last three starts (under 11-9). Team in his starts: 9-11, 3-7 home
5-inning record: 5-13-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 7-20
Toronto lost three of its last four games; over is 7-4 in their last 11 road games. White Sox are 6-4 in last ten home games; over is 9-4 in their last 13 home games.
Mariners (61-42) @ Angels (53-52)
Hernandez is 2-2, 5.57 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Team in his starts: 10-10, 5-4 away
5-inning record: 9-10-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 10-20
Barria is 0-4, 4.79 in his last four starts; his last five starts went over. Team in his starts: 5-9, 2-6 home
5-inning record: 6-7-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-14
Seattle lost seven of its last ten games; under is 7-1 in their last eight games. Angels are 8-7 in last 15 home games; under is 11-6 in their last 17 home games.
Interleague
A’s (61-44) @ Rockies (55-47)
Anderson is 2-0, 3.14 in his last three starts (14.1 IP total). Under is 5-2 in his starts. Team in his starts: 5-2, 5-1 away
5-inning record: 2-4-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 2-7
Senzatela is 1-2, 4.91 in three starts (under 2-1). Team in his starts: 1-2, 1-0 home
5-inning record: 1-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 2-3
A’s are 21-6 in their last 27 games; over is 7-3-1 in their last 11 road games. Colorado won nine of last 11 games, is 22-19 vs lefty starters; their last five home games stayed under.
Umpires
Chi-StL:Over is 6-1 in last seven Gibson games.
Phil-Cin: Over is 7-2 in last nine Porter games.
NY-Pitt: Over is 5-3-1 in last nine Wegner games.
Wsh-Mia: Under is 3-1-1 in last five Timmons games.
LA-Atl: Over is 7-2 in last nine Kellogg games.
Az-SD: Under is 8-4-1 in last 13 Marquez games.
Mil-SF: Seven of last eight Blakney games went over.
Clev-Det: Under is 5-2 in last seven DeJesus games.
TB-Balt: Over is 8-2 in last ten Hoye games.
Min-Bos: Underdogs are 10-6 in last 16 Ripperger games.
Tor-Chi: Under is 5-2-2 in last nine Conroy games.
Tex-Hst: Last five Rackley games went over the total.
Sea-LA: Over is 5-1-1 in last seven May games.
A’s-Colo: Under is 12-4-1 in last 17 Dreckman games.
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Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 7/27
Ariz 28-20-5……25-18-8……..53-38
Atl 24-22-7…..21-18-8………45-40
Cubs 18-21-12……24-21-8…….42-42
Reds 16-29-4……19-29-5….…35-58
Colo 26-17-12……27-17-5……52-35
LA 26-19-7…….25-18-11……52-37
Miami 20-24-6…..22-24-10…….42-48
Milw 20-24-8…..27-22-5…….47-46
Mets 21-25-2……19-22-13…..40-45
Philly 21-20-10…..28-16-7……49-36
Pitt 23-21-6……26-18-11……..49-39
StL 26-21-7……22-23-4………48-44
SD 19-28-9……17-26-6…….36-54
SF 23-22-10…..19-20-11………42-41
Wash 24-21-10..…19-22-7………43-43
Orioles 12-28-11…….16-29-9……28-57
Boston 29-18-10……29-14-5……..58-32
W Sox 15-36-4…..…15-27-7…..…30-63
Indians 21-19-9……33-14-7……54-33
Det 19-26-8…..…21-23-11.……40-49
Astros 26-15-11……28-16-10…….54-30
KC 15-27-8…….19-26-8…..34-53
Angels 24-19-7……23-24-8……47-43
Twins 17-25-11……22-23-7…..39-48
NYY 27-16-9……30-13-7…….57-28
A’s 20-27-10……17-22-10……37-49
Seattle 26-20-7……26-16-11……52-35
TB 23-20-12……23-20-6……46-39
Texas 18-26-7…..18-30-6…….36-56
Toronto 14-25-8……18-24-14……32-49
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 7/27)
Ariz 22-53…….18-52…..…40
Atl 18-52……16-47………34
Cubs 9-51……..18-51………27
Reds 11-49……..13-55……..24
Colo 20-53…….21-49.……41
LA 17-52……..20-52..…..37
Miami 12-50……..16-55…….28
Milw 17-52…..…16-55……..33
Mets 20-47……..16-54…….36
Philly 11-51……..18-52…….29
Pitt 13-50……..17-56……..30
StL 19-54……..14-49…….33
SD 15-56……..12-50…….27
SF 10-53………17-53..…..27
Wash 21-55……..13-48……..34
Orioles 16-51……..16-53………32
Boston 16-56……19-49………34
White Sox 16-54……14-49…….30
Clev 13-49…….21-52……..34
Detroit 15-53……..15-52….…30
Astros 15-51…..…13-54………28
KC 14-50..…….16-52…….29
Angels 14-50…..….14-55…….28
Twins 14-51………12-51…….26
NYY 12-52……..19-49………31
A’s 13-57…..…..12-48…….25
Seattle 19-50………18-53……..36
TB 17-55..……16-49……..33
Texas 9-51…….…13-54…..…21
Toronto 10-47………12-55….….22
Interleague play- 2018
NL @ AL– 53-51 NL, favorites -$131
AL @ NL– 55-40 NL, favorites -$1,004
Total: 102-91 NL, favorites -$1,135