MLB
Thursday, May 31
National League
Cubs (29-23) @ Mets (27-26)
Quintana is 1-2, 5.51 in his last three starts; over is 3-1 in his last four. Team in his starts: 6-4.
5-inning record: 5-5. Allowed run in 1st inning: 2-10
Lugo is making his first ’18 start; he was 7-5, 4.71 in 18 MLB starts LY, is 1-1, 2.48 in 20 relief stints (32.2 IP) this year. Team in his starts: 0-0.
5-inning record: 0-0. Allowed run in 1st inning: 0-0
Cubs won five of their last seven road games; under is 9-2 in their last 11 road games. Chicago is 7-2 in road series openers. Mets lost seven of their last ten games; under is 8-4 in their last 12 games. NY is 6-3 in home series openers.
Pirates (29-26) @ Cardinals (29-24)
Williams is 1-2, 4.88 in his last five starts; under is 6-2-1 in his last nine. Team in his starts: 6-5.
5-inning record: 4-4-3. Allowed run in 1st inning: 2-11
Flaherty is 2-0, 1.40 in his last three starts (under 3-0). Team in his starts: 2-3.
5-inning record: 4-0-1. Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-5
Pirates lost four of their last five games; they’re 4-4 in road series openers. Under is 4-2-2 in their last eight games. St Louis is 3-5 in its last eight games, 4-5 in home series openers. Under is 10-3-1 in their last 14 home games.
Nationals (32-22) @ Braves (32-23)
Roark is 0-2, 2.30 in his last four starts; under is 6-0 in his last six. Team in his starts: 4-6.
5-inning record: 3-5-2. Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-10
Newcomb is 4-0, 1.29 in his last five starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. Team in his starts: 6-4.
5-inning record: 6-2-2. Allowed run in 1st inning: 2-10
Nationals won eight of their last nine games; they’re 8-1 in road series openers. Last five Washington games stayed under. Atlanta is 3-5 in its last eight games; over is 4-2 in its last six home games. Braves are 4-4 in home series openers.
Marlins (20-35) @ Padres (24-33)
Chen is 0-0, 2.13 in his last two starts (under 4-2). Team in his starts: 2-4.
5-inning record: 4-2. Allowed run in 1st inning: 2-6
Lyles is 1-1, 4.30 in four starts this year (over 2-2). Team in his starts: 3-1
5-inning record: 2-2. Allowed run in 1st inning: 2-4
Marlins lost seven of their last 11 games; under is 6-3 in their last nine games. San Diego won three of its last four home games; under is 5-3 in their last eight games overall.
Phillies (30-23) @ Dodgers (26-29)
Nola is 3-1, 1.91 in his last five starts (under 8-2-1). Team in his starts: 7-4.
5-inning record: 4-4-3. Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-11
Kershaw comes off DL here; he is 0-2, 4.50 in his last three starts, last of which was May 1. Over is 3-1 in his last four starts. Team in his starts: 2-5.
5-inning record: 3-4. Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-7
Phillies lost four of their last five games; under is 6-3-1 in their last ten games. Dodgers won 10 of their last 13 games; under is 8-3-2 in their last 13 home games.
American League
Angels (31-25) @ Tigers (24-31)
Heaney is 2-2, 2.51 in his last five starts, last four of which stayed under. Team in his starts: 3-5
5-inning record: 1-4-3. Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-8
Carpenter is 0-2, 10.13 in two starts this year (over 1-1). Team in his starts: 0-2.
5-inning record: 0-2. Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-2
Angels are 6-9 in their last 15 games; over is 4-1 in their last five games. Detroit is 6-4 in its last ten home games; under is 6-4-1 in their last 11 games.
Rays (28-26) @ A’s (28-28)
Bullpen game for Tampa Bay Team in bullpen games: 8-10. Under 10-7-1
5-inning record: 8-5-5. Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-18
Mengden is 3-0, 0.82 in his last three starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. Team in his starts: 7-4.
5-inning record: 7-3-1. Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-11
Rays won six of their last seven games; under is 9-2 in their last 11 games. Oakland is 3-6 on this homestand, scoring 15 runs in nine games; under is 12-2 in their last 14 home games.
New York (34-17) @ Baltimore (17-39)
Gray is 1-2, 5.94 in his last three starts (over 7-2-1). Team in his starts: 4-6
5-inning record: 4-5-1. Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-10
Cashner is 1-2, 5.81 in his last five starts, last four of which stayed under. Team in his starts: 3-8
5-inning record: 3-6-2. Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-11
New York is 17-4 in its last 21 games; over is 5-0 in their last five road games. NY is 4-3 in road series openers. Baltimore is 4-11 in its last 15 games; under is 5-1 in their last six games. Orioles are 4-5 in home series openers.
Red Sox (38-17) @ Astros (35-22)
Pomeranz is 0-1, 7.79 in his last four starts (under 4-3). Team in his starts: 4-3
5-inning record: 2-4-1. Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-7
McCullers is 1-2, 4.67 in his last three starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. Team in his starts: 6-4.
5-inning record: 3-3-4. Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-10
Boston is 11-3 in its last 14 games, over is 3-0-2 in their last five games. Red Sox are 4-5 in road series openers. Astros lost four of their last five games; over is 7-3-1 in their last 11 games. Houston is 5-4 in home series openers.
Indians (29-25) @ Twins (22-29)
Bieber makes his MLB debut here; he is 2-1, 1.05 in five AAA starts this year. Team in his starts: 0-0.
5-inning record: 0-0. Allowed run in 1st inning: 0-0
Odorizzi is 1-0, 2.05 in his last four starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six. Team in his starts: 5-6.
5-inning record: 5-3-3. Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-11
Cleveland won seven of its last nine games; over is 7-0 in their last seven games. Indians are 3-6 in road series openers. Minnesota lost six of its last seven games; eight of Twins’ last ten games stayed under the total. Twins are 4-5 in home series openers.
Rangers (24-34) @ Mariners (33-22)
Minor is 1-2, 7.59 in his last four starts; over is 5-1 in his last six starts. Team in his starts: 5-5
5-inning record: 3-6-1. Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-10
LeBlanc is 0-0, 1.71 in his five starts this year (under 5-0). Team in his starts: 4-1.
5-inning record: 2-1-2. Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-5
Rangers lost seven of their last ten road games; over is 6-3 in their last nine games. Mariners won 11 of their last 15 games; eight of their last ten wins were by one run. Under is 8-1 in their last nine games.
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Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 5/30
Ariz 11-11-4……11-9-8……..22-20
Atl 16-10-5…..8-10-6……24-20
Cubs 12-9-5……11-11-4…….23-20
Reds 7-19-3……9-15-3………16-34
Colo 16-11-7……13-9-2……..28-21
LA 13-9-3…….13-13-5……..26-22
Miami 10-14-3…..12-10-6…….22-24
Milw 14-10-4…..14-13-2…….28-23
Mets 13-13-2……10-12-4…..22-23
Philly 10-11-4…..12-9-6…….22-20
Pitt 11-9-5……13-7-9……..24-16
St. Louis 15-8-4……12-13-1……27-21
SD 8-13-6……9-16-4……..17-28
SF 11-14-8…..10-12-2…….21-26
Wash 17-7-4..…14-10-3………31-17
Orioles 7-17-6…….10-15-2……17-32
Boston 14-9-6……15-10-3……29-19
White Sox 9-16-3…….7-17-2…..16-33
Cleveland 12-8-5……18-7-5……30-15
Detroit 10-13-4……12-12-6……22-24
Astros 14-10-7……14-8-5……..28-17
KC 9-16-3……..9-16-4……18-32
Angels 17-7-3……..9-14-6……..26-21
Twins 10-13-7……8-11-5……18-24
NYY 13-5-4……17-9-5…….30-14
A’s 9-12-6……11-12-6……20-25
Seattle 16-9-4……10-9-9….…26-18
TB 16-8-6……9-11-4…….25-18
Texas 10-14-4……9-18-3…….19-32
Toronto 9-15-3……..8-17-5…….17-312
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 5/30)
Ariz 9-25……..8-27……….17
Atl 11-30……11-25……….22
Cubs 7-26……..13-28………20
Reds 9-28……..6-26………..15
Colo 12-32…….11-24..…….23
LA 9-25……..9-29..………18
Miami 8-27……..10-29……….18
Milw 8-28……..6-28…..……14
Mets 10-28……..9-25………19
Philly 7-26……..9-28……….16
Pitt 6-25……..10-30………16
StL 9-26……..6-26………..15
SD 6-27……..4-29……….10
SF 4-31………11-24….…15
Wash 13-30……..8-26……..21
Orioles 11-30……..9-27………20
Boston 9-29……11-28………20
White Sox 7-28……9-26………16
Clev 7-26…….10-29………17
Detroit 8-26…….7-29………15
Astros 6-29……5-26……….9
KC 9-29……..8-28………17
Angels 8-26……..4-28………12
Twins 7-30……3-28……….10
NYY 5-21……..12-30………17
A’s 6-27……..9-29………15
Seattle 10-27……8-28………18
TB 12-30…..7-24………19
Texas 4-28……6-29………10
Toronto 5-28……8-28……….13
Interleague play- 2018
NL @ AL– 30-17 NL, favorites +$821
AL @ NL– 16-16 NL, favorites -$702
Total: 46-33 NL, favorites +$119