MLB
Sunday, August 20
National League
Cardinals vs Pirates (@ Williamsport)
Leake is 0-3, 8.41 in his last four starts; over is 4-1-1 in his last six. Cardinals are 1-6 in his last seven road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 10-11-3
Nova is 0-4, 7.31 in his last five starts; under is 9-3 in his last 12. Pirates’ first 5-inning record with him: 10-13-1
Cardinals won six of last nine road games; 11 of their last 12 games went over the total. Pittsburgh lost six of its last seven games; their last four games went over.
Marlins @ Mets
Conley is 1-2, 6.48 in his last three starts (over 9-3). Miami is 3-3 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 5-4-3
deGrom is 1-3, 3.96 in his last four starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Mets are 8-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 15-9-1
Miami won six of its last eight games; under is 7-2 in their last nine road tilts. Mets lost five of their last six games; under is 7-2-1 in their last ten home games.
Reds @ Braves
Castillo is 1-1, 2.73 in his last four starts; under is 6-4 in his last ten. Reds are 3-3 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 4-7
Newcomb is 0-5, 6.47 in his last eight starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. Braves are 1-6 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 3-9
Reds won four of last five games; over is 12-2 in their last 14 games. Atlanta is 3-9 in its last 12 games; under is 11-3 in their last 14 home games. .
Brewers @ Rockies
Anderson (ribcage) makes first start since June 28; he was 4-1, 1.27 in his last seven starts (under 5-2). Brewers are 4-4 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 9-5-2
Freeland is 3-0, 3.16 in his last I’ve starts; under is 7-2 in his last nine. Colorado is 7-5 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 13-8-1
Brewers won five of their last six games; over is 4-2-1 in their last seven. Colorado lost six of last nine games; under is 8-2-2 in their last 11.
Nationals @ Padres
Gonzalez is 3-0, 0.43 in his last three starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine. Nationals are 8-4 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 14-5-5
Lamet is 4-0, 2.37 in his last five starts; over is 8-4 in his last 12. Padres are 5-1 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 8-6
Nationals won seven of last ten games; their last nine games stayed under. San Diego is 9-4 in last 13 home games; under is 9-2 in last 11 home tilts.
Phillies @ Giants
Lively is 0-3, 6.32 in his last three starts (last start, July 5— under 5-1-1). Phillies are 0-4 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 0-6-1
Bumgarner is 3-1, 2.25 in his last five starts; three of his last four stayed under. Giants are 2-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 2-6-3
Philly lost eight of last ten games; over is 5-2 in their last seven games. Giants won six of last eight home games; five of last six Giant games went over the total.
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American League
Angels @ Orioles
Bridwell is 5-0, 2.22 in his last seven starts (under 6-1). Angels are 5-0 in his road starts— their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-2-2
Miley is 3-1, 3.32 in his last four starts; over is 4-2-1 in his last seven. Orioles are 5-5 in his home starts— their 1st 5-inning record with him: 10-13-2
Angels won eight of last ten games; five of their last six games stayed under. Baltimore lost seven of last 11 games; five of their last seven games went over.
Mariners @ Rays
Gallardo is 0-1, 9.45 in his last three starts; over is 7-2 in his last nine. Seattle is 4-5 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-9-3
Snell is 1-1, 4.40 in his last five starts; under is 5-1 in his last six. Tampa Bay is 2-4 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 5-8-2
Mariners won their last four games; under is 4-3 in their last seven games. Tampa Bay lost 10 of last 12 games; under is 14-3 in their last 17 games.
New York @ Boston
Gray is 1-2, 4.50 in three starts for New York (under 2-1). Home team won all three of those games. New York’s first 5-inning record with him: 1-2
Porcello is 3-0, 4.91 in his last three starts (over 3-0). Boston is 6-8 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-16-2
New York won five of its last six games; over is 3-2 in their last five games. Red Sox are 13-3 in last 16 games; under is 5-2-1 in their last eight home games.
White Sox @ Rangers
Gonzalez is 1-0, 1.29 in his last two starts; under is 4-2 in his last six. White Sox are 3-8 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-10-2
Griffin is 2-1, 3.38 in his last three starts (over 8-2-1). Texas is 3-0 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-4
White Sox lost six of their last seven games; under is 5-3 in their last eight road games. Texas won eight of last ten games; over is 4-1 in their last five games.
A’s @ Astros
Cotton is 0-3, 8.77 in his last five starts; under is 4-2-1 in his last seven. Oakland is 3-5 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-11-1
Peacock is 1-0, 5.85 in his last four starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Houston is 4-2 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 12-2
A’s lost eight of last 11 games; they scored one run the last two days. Four of their last seven games went over. Houston is 5-7 in its last 12 games; under is 7-3-1 in their last 11.
Indians @ Royals
Salazar is 2-0, 1.39 in his last five starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six. Cleveland is 5-4 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-5-3
Hammel is 0-1, 4.67 in his last three starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Royals are 3-10 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-12-5
Cleveland is 8-1 in last nine games- under is 12-3-1 in their last 16 games. Royals won four of last seven games; four of their last six went over.
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Interleague
Blue Jays @ Cubs
Estrada is 1-1, 3.56 in his last five starts; over is 6-3 in his last nine. Toronto is 6-8 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 8-14-3
Hendricks is 0-1, 2.00 in five starts since coming off the DL (under 5-0); Cubs scored 7 runs in those seven games. Chicago is 4-5 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-6-3
Toronto won five of last eight games; under is 8-2 in their last ten. Cubs are 5-2 in last seven games; over is 6-2 in their last eight home games.
Dodgers @ Tigers
Maeda is 5-0, 2.51 in his last six starts; under is 5-2-1 in his last eight. Dodgers are 6-4 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 13-5-1
Verlander is 3-1, 2.33 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Detroit is 8-4 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 9-13-4
Dodgers are 21-3 in last 24 games; over is 5-3 in their last eight. Detroit lost eight of last nine games; over is 7-2-1 in their last ten.
Diamondbacks @ Twins
MacFarland is starting for Arizona- its a bullpen game. He is 4-4, 4.14 in 32 games (45.2 IP) this season. This is his first start this year- he started two games for Baltimore in 2013-14.
Colon is 2-1, 3.00 in his last three starts; over is 3-1-1 in his last five. Twins are 1-2 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 3-3
Arizona is 4-10 in its last 14 games; over is 5-3 in their last eight road games. Twins are 10-3 in last 13 games; over is 4-2-2 in their last eight.
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
StL-Pitt: Leake 10-14; Nova 12-12
Mia-NY: Conley 6-6; deGrom 15-9
Cin-Atl: Castillo 5-6; Newcomb 3-9
Mil-Colo: Anderson 8-8; Freeland 14-8
Wsh-SD: Gonzalez 14-10; Lamet 9-5
Phil-SF: Lively 1-6; Bumgarner 3-8
American League
LA-Balt: Bridwell 10-1; Miley 13-12
Sea-TB: Gallardo 7-12; Snell 6-9
NY-Bos: Gray 1-2 (8-8); Porcello 11-14
Chi-Tex: Gonzalez 7-12; Griffin 7-3
A’s-Hst: Cotton 6-12; Peacock 11-3
Clev-KC: Salazar 7-8; Hammel 16-7
Interleague
Tor-Chi: Estrada 11-14; Hendricks 7-9
LA-Det: Maeda 14-5; Verlander 11-14
Az-Minn: MacFarland 0-0; Colon 2-4
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
StL-Pitt: Leake 7-24; Nova 11-24
Mia-NY: Conley 5-12; deGrom 7-24
Cin-Atl: Castillo 2-11; Newcomb 3-12
Mil-Colo: Anderson 4-16; Freeland 6-21
Wsh-SD: Gonzalez 7-24; Lamet 5-14
Phil-SF: Lively 3-7; Bumgarner 2-11
American League
LA-Balt: Bridwell 1-11; Miley 10-25
Sea-TB: Gallardo 10-19; Snell 4-15
NY-Bos: Gray 3-19; Porcello 7-25
Chi-Tex: Gonzalez 6-19; Griffin 3-10
A’s-Hst: Cotton 8-18; Peacock 1-14
Clev-KC: Salazar 6-15; Hammel 5-23
Interleague
Tor-Chi: Estrada 9-25; Hendricks 6-16
LA-Det: Maeda 7-19; Verlander 6-25
Az-Minn: MacFarland 0-0; Colon 1-6
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Umpires
National League
StL-Pitt: Under is 7-1-1 in last nine Davis games.
Mia-NY: Three of last four Blakney games went over.
Cin-Atl: This is 2nd career game behind plate for rookie ump Mahrley
Mil-Colo: Road team won eight of last ten Holbrook games.
Wsh-SD: Four of last five Muchlinski games went over.
Phil-SF: Over is 10-6 in last sixteen Johnson games.
American League
LA-Balt: Over is 8-4 in last dozen Whitson games.
Sea-TB: Over is 11-5 in last sixteen Demuth games.
NY-Bos: Home team is 14-2 in last 16 Barksdale games.
Chi-Tex: Five of last six Hoye games stayed under.
A’s-Hst: Under is 12-3 in last fifteen Bellino games.
Clev-KC: Underdogs are 6-4 in Knight games this year.
Interleague
Tor-Chi: Three of last four Fletcher games stayed under.
LA-Det: Underdogs are 5-3 in last eight Segal games.
Az-Minn: Five of last six Tumpane games went over.
Interleague play
NL @ AL– 71-52 AL, favorites +$277
AL @ NL– 66-60 NL, favorites +$104
Total: 131-118 AL, favorites +$381
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 62-60-3
AL @ NL: Over 66-54-7
Total: Over 128-114-10
Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/19/17
Ariz 22-24-16……31-21–11……..53-45
Atl 23-30-9……20-31-7………..43-61
Cubs 28-27-6…….28-21-12……….56-48
Reds 21-36-7……..22-33–5……….43-69
Colo 31-24-6…….34-23-4………..65-47
LA 29-18-9…….40-18-7……….69-36
Miami 26-27-7…….32-22-7………58-49
Milw 30-21-8…….31-26-8……….60-47
Mets 28-28-3……..24-32-6……..52-60
Philly 15-37-14……21-27-7……….36-64
Pitt 29-29-4…….25-27-9………54-56
St. Louis 25-28-8……33-20-9………..58-48
SD 19-36-6……..30-24–8……….49-60
SF 13-40-9……..24-28-10……….37-68
Wash 36-19-6……27-24-8………….63-44
Orioles 24-33-5……..26-29-5………50-62
Boston 25-27-8………29-30-2……..54-57
White Sox 20-35-9………21-32–3……..41-66
Cleveland 35-21-7……..28-21-7………..63-42
Detroit 22-32-9…….26-26-7……..48-58
Astros 30-23-8……..39-21-4……..69-44
KC 24-28-8………23-25-12…….47-53
Angels 24-31-8………26-22-12……..50-53
Twins 33-16-9………27-31-7……..60-46
NYY 26-34-6……….30-23-4…..…56-57
A’s 21-30-7……..26-30-10……..47-60
Seattle 22-29-8……..34-22-9……..56-51
TB 29-23-10……..33-20-8……..62-43
Texas 28-21-10……..32-23-8………60-44
Toronto 23-33-4……..25-29-8……..48-62
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 8/19/17)
Ariz 18-60……..21-62………..39
Atl 13-61……..16-58………..29
Cubs 15-61……..23-61………..38
Reds 24-64……..24-59……….48
Colo 16-61……..22-61..………38
LA 17-56……..24-64..……..41
Miami 24-60……..22-61………46
Milw 20-59……25-66…..…..45
Mets 25-59……..20-62……….45
Philly 16-66……..16-56……….32
Pitt 19-62……..20-61……….39
StL 13-61……..19-61………..32
SD 23-61……….19-61……….42
SF 15-63……..19-62…………34
Wash 25-61……..24-60……….49
Orioles 13-63……..20-61……….33
Boston 18-61……..14-61………..32
White Sox 21-64……13-56……….34
Clev 15-63……..19-58………34
Detroit 16-63…….25-60………41
Astros 17-61……..24-62……….41
KC 16-61……..10-61……….26
Angels 23-65…….15-60………..38
Twins 13-56……..13-64……….26
NYY 14-65……..16-57……….30
A’s 13-58……..25-66………38
Seattle 20-58…….22-66………42
TB 18-62……..21-63……….39
Texas 22-59……..27-63………49
Toronto 20-60……..18-65………38