MLB
Thursday, September 6
National League
Padres (55-86) @ Reds (59-81)
Lauer is 0-2, 8.44 in his last four starts under is 6-3-2 in his last 11. Team in his starts: 6-13, 2-7 away
5-inning record: 8-9-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-19
Castillo is 2-2, 5.24 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Team in his starts: 14-13, 8-4 home
5-inning record: 12-14-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 7-27
Padres lost three of their last four games; they’re 10-13 in road series openers. Under is 5-1 in their last six games. Cincinnati lost six of its last eight games; they’re 11-11 in home series openers. Over is 3-1 in their last four home games.
Cubs (82-57) @ Nationals (69-71)
Hendricks is 3-1, 2.42 in his last four starts; under is 7-1 in his last eight. Team in his starts: 14-14, 5-8 away
5-inning record: 11-11-6 Allowed run in 1st inning: 14-28
Strasburg is 1-0, 3.00 in his last two starts; over is 4-1 in his last five. Team in his starts: 9-8, 4-6 home
5-inning record: 8-6-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-17
Cubs split their last eight games; they’re 14-9 in road series openers. Over is 3-1 in their last four games. Washington lost five of its last seven games; they’re 6-1 in last seven home series openers. Over is 9-3 in its last 12 home games.
Braves (76-63) @ Diamondbacks (75-64)
Sanchez is 0-2, 4.02 in his last five starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six. Team in his starts: 10-9, 6-4 away
5-inning record: 7-9-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-19
Greinke is 1-1, 2.57 in his last two starts; under is 10-2 in his last 12. Team in his starts: 16-12, 8-6 home
5-inning record: 17-7-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 9-28
Braves lost six of their last eight games; they’re 8-2 in last ten road series openers. Their last seven road games stayed under. Arizona lost four of its last five games; they’re 2-8 in last ten home series openers. Arizona’s last 11 games stayed under the total.
American League
Indians (79-60) @ Blue Jays (63-76)
Bieber is 2-0, 4.50 in his last five starts; under is 5-1-1 in his last seven. Team in his starts: 10-5, 5-2 away
5-inning record: 9-5-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-15
Estrada is 0-2, 15.64 in his last two starts; over is 6-3 in his last nine. Team in his starts: 11-13, 5-7 home
5-inning record: 9-11-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 8-24
Indians split their last eight games; they’re 9-5 in last 14 road series openers. Under is 5-2-1 in their last eight games. Toronto lost seven of its last ten games; they’re 13-10 in home series openers. Three of their last four games stayed under.
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Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/5
Ariz 37-24-10……34-23-10……..71-47
Atl 30-28-10…..34-27-10………64-55
Cubs 29-29-13……32-28-9…….61-57
Reds 22-44-5……25-32-10….…47-76
Colo 34-26-14……34-23-10……67-50
LA 34-24-8…….33-29-15……68-53
Miami 23-33-9…..31-30-15…….54-63
Milw 30-33-9…..36-26-7…….66-59
Mets 33-30-8……26-27-15…..59-55
Philly 27-28-15…..34-24-10……61-52
Pitt 31-29-8……32-27-13……..63-56
StL 36-25-11……30-31-7………66-56
SD 21-40-10……25-35-9…….46-75
SF 29-31-14…..27-25-15……56-56
Wash 29-28-13..…29-30-11……58-58
Orioles 19-42-12……21-37-11……40-79
Boston 36-28-14……41-18-6……..77-46
W Sox 23-40-6…..…24-38-10……47-78
Clev 27-27-13……44-19-10……..71-46
Det 25-37-10…..…30-30-11.……55-67
Astros 37-18-15……37-21-14…….74-38
KC 21-40-8…….29-33-10…..50-73
Angels 30-29-14……28-32-8……58-61
Twins 22-40-11……32-31-8…..54-71
NYY 33-24-11……42-23-8………75-46
A’s 26-32-11……32-27-13…..58-59
Sea 34-30-10……32-24-14…….66-52
TB 33-28-13……31-25-9……63-52
Texas 22-35-8…..28-39-8…….50-74
Toronto 19-39-11…24-32-15……43-71
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 9/5)
Ariz 29-70…….26-68…..…55
Atl 21-67……30-72………51
Cubs 14-71……..22-66……..36
Reds 18-72……..16-69……..34
Colo 23-73…….26-67.…….49
LA 22-65……..27-76..…..49
Miami 14-65……..21-75…….35
Milw 25-71…..…25-71…….50
Mets 27-71……..21-68……48
Philly 17-70……..22-69……39
Pitt 16-68……..21-74…….37
StL 25-72……..20-68…….45
SD 19-72……..19-69…….38
SF 15-72………21-70..…..36
Wash 25-70……..21-70…….46
Orioles 21-73……..20-68……..41
Boston 19-75……25-66………44
White Sox 19-68……20-71…….39
Clev 18-66…….29-72……..46
Detroit 24-72……..20-69….…44
Astros 20-69…..…17-72………37
KC 16-69..…….22-70…….38
Angels 19-71…..….18-68…….37
Twins 16-71………15-68…….31
NYY 16-68……..29-72………45
A’s 18-71…..…..21-72…….39
Seattle 28-72………22-70…….50
TB 22-74..……20-64…….42
Texas 10-65……20-74…….…30
Toronto 18-69………15-70….….33
Interleague play- 2018
NL @ AL– 71-67 NL, favorites +$100
AL @ NL– 69-61 NL, favorites +$218
Total: 140-128 NL, favorites +$318