MLB
Thursday, September 20
National League
Mets (70-82) @ Nationals (77-75)
Vargas is 4-1, 3.46 in his last five starts; under is 9-5-2 in his last 16. Team in his starts: 6-12, 3-8 away
5-inning record: 7-11 Allowed run in 1st inning: 8-18
Scherzer is 1-1, 5.40 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Team in his starts: 21-10, 8-5 home
5-inning record: 18-11-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-31
Mets lost four of their last five games; they’re 8-4 in last 12 road series openers- seven of their last eight games stayed under. Washington won three of its last four games; they’re 14-11 in home series openers. Over is 7-2 in their last nine home games.
Reds (65-88) @ Marlins (59-92)
Reed is 0-1, 6.23 in his five starts (over 3-2). Team in his starts: 1-4, 0-3 road
5-inning record: 1-3-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 2-5
Brigham is 0-2, 7.36 in his two starts (under 2-0). Team in his starts: 0-2, 0-1 home
5-inning record: 0-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-2
Reds lost seven of their last ten road games; they’re 0-8 in last eight road series openers- under is 7-0-1 in their last eight games. Miami lost five of its last seven games; they’re 12-13 in home series openers. Four of their last five games went over.
Phillies (78-73) @ Braves (84-68)
Velasquez is 0-2, 9.82 in his last three starts; over is 5-1 in his last six. Team in his starts: 12-16, 4-9 road
5-inning record: 12-12-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-28
Gausman is 1-1, 6.06 in his last three starts (over 2-0-1). Team in his starts: 6-2, 4-0 home
5-inning record: 4-3-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 2-8
Phillies won four of their last six games; they’re 1-6 in last seven road series openers- over is 5-2-1 in their last eight road games. Atlanta lost four of its last five games; they’re 13-12 in home series openers- five of Braves’ last six games went over.
American League
Angels (75-77) @ A’s (91-61)
Shoemaker is 2-1, 3.98 in his four starts (over 2-2). Team in his starts: 3-1, 3-0 away
5-inning record: 2-1-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-4
Jackson is 1-1, 5.09 in his last five starts (under 10-5). Team in his starts: 12-3, 6-2 home
5-inning record: 3-6-6 Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-15
Angels lost four of their last six games; under is 8-5 in their last 13 road games. Oakland lost four of its last six games; over is 10-1 in their last 11 home games.
Boston (103-49) @ New York (93-58)
Rodriguez is 1-1, 3.10 in his last four starts; his last six stayed under. Team in his starts: 18-4, 7-1 away
5-inning record: 14-6-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-22
Tanaka is 3-0, 0.43 in his last three starts (over 2-0-1). Team in his starts: 16-9, 6-5 home
5-inning record: 15-5-5 Allowed run in 1st inning: 7-25
Red Sox won six of their last nine games, but lost last two; six of their last seven games stayed under. New York lost four of its last seven games, but won last two; over is 6-3 in their last nine home games.
Rays (85-66) @ Blue Jays (69-83)
Team in his starts: away
5-inning record: Allowed run in 1st inning:
Gaviglio is 0-2, 7.24 in his last three starts; under is 4-2 in his last six. Team in his starts: 7-14, 4-5 home
5-inning record: 6-10-5 Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-21
Tampa Bay won 13 of its last 16 games; under is 5-3-1 in their last nine road games. Blue Jays won four of their last five games; under is 3-1 in their last four games.
White Sox (59-92) @ Indians (85-66)
Shields is 2-1, 4.09 in his last four starts; over is 3-1-1 in his last five road starts. Team in his starts: 11-20, 3-10 away
5-inning record: 11-18-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 10-31
Tomlin is 0-0, 6.06 in his last three starts (over 5-1-1). Team in his starts: 1-6, 1-3 home
5-inning record: 2-5 Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-7
White Sox lost their last three games; under is 8-2-1 in their last 11 road games. Cleveland won five of its last seven home games; over is 3-2-2 in their last seven home games.
Royals (52-100) @ Tigers (61-91)
Lopez is 2-0, 2.33 in his last three starts (over 4-2). Team in his starts: 3-3, 1-1 away
5-inning record: 1-4-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-6
Boyd is 2-1, 3.26 in his last five starts; under is 7-3-2 in his last 12. Team in his starts: 15-14, 10-3 home
5-inning record: 12-14-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 7-29
Royals lost their last four games; five of their last seven games went over. Detroit lost 10 of its last 12 home games; under is 7-2 in their last nine home games.
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Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/18
Ariz 38-28-12……35-25-13……..73-53
Atl 32-30-13…..35-31-10………67-61
Cubs 31-32-14……33-31-11…….64-63
Reds 25-45-6……29-34-11….…54-79
Colo 35-29-15……37-26-11……71-55
LA 40-28-8…….34-29-16……74-57
Mia 25-38-10…..32-31-15…….57-69
Milw 31-34-10…..39-30-8…….70-64
Mets 36-33-10……28-28-16…..64-61
Philly 27-30-16…..37-28-11……64-58
Pitt 34-31-9……34-28-14……..68-59
StL 38-26-13……32-35-8………70-61
SD 23-42-12……27-38-9…….50-80
SF 30-33-15…..31-27-16……61-60
Wash 34-31-13..…32-31-11……66-62
Orioles 19-45-12……24-41-12……43-86
Boston 37-28-14……47-20-7……..84-48
W Sox 25-43-8…..…24-40-11……49-83
Clev 30-30-14……46-21-10……..76-51
Det 27-38-10…..…32-34-15.……59-72
Astros 41-20-15……41-21-15…….82-41
KC 23-41-10…….31-36-12…..53-77
Angels 32-30-15……31-35-9……63-65
Twins 25-42-13……34-32-11…..59-74
NYY 34-24-15……44-25-8………78-48
A’s 27-34-12……36-28-14…..63-62
Sea 36-33-11……32-26-17…….68-57
TB 35-28-13……38-26-10……72-53
Texas 25-40-9…..28-41-8…….53-81
Toronto 21-44-12…24-34-16……45-78
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 9/18)
Ariz 32-77…….28-74…..…60
Atl 23-74……31-77………54
Cubs 15-76……..23-72……..38
Reds 20-78……..18-76……..38
Colo 23-78…….29-74.…….52
LA 26-75……..29-78..…..55
Miami 14-73……..21-77…….35
Milw 27-74…..…30-79…….57
Mets 28-76……..22-75……50
Philly 18-73……..23-77…..41
Pitt 16-74……..21-78…….37
StL 26-76……..23-75…….49
SD 20-78……..21-74…….41
SF 16-77………21-76..…..37
Wash 28-78……..22-74……50
Orioles 21-76……..23-76……..44
Boston 19-76……29-74………47
White Sox 20-74……21-75…….41
Clev 20-73…….31-76…….51
Detroit 26-75……..21-78….…47
Astros 21-75…..…18-76………39
KC 16-74..…….26-77…….42
Angels 20-75…..….19-75…….39
Twins 17-77………15-74…….32
NYY 18-74……..31-76………49
A’s 18-77…..…..23-76…….41
Seattle 29-78………23-75…….52
TB 23-75..……24-73…….47
Texas 11-73……20-76…….…31
Toronto 18-77………16-74….….34
Interleague play- 2018
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