MLB
Tuesday, September 4
National League
Cardinals (76-62) @ Nationals (69-69)
Mikolas is 3-1, 3.80 in his last seven starts; over is 3-1 in his last four. Team in his starts: 19-8, 10-3 away
5-inning record: 14-10-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-27
Fedde is making his first start since July 4; he is 1-2, 5.71 in his last four starts. Team in his starts: 2-4, 0-4 home (road team won all six)
5-inning record: 1-2-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 2-6
Cardinals are 4-5 in their last nine games; under is 8-4 in their last 12 games. Washington lost three of its last five games; over is 8-3-1 in their last 12 home games.
Phillies (72-65) @ Marlins (55-83)
Arrieta is 0-3, 6.30 in his last four starts; under is 4-2 in his last six. Team in his starts: 13-13, 5-7 away
5-inning record: 13-9-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 7-26
Richards is 0-2, 4.85 in his last five starts; his last three starts went over. Team in his starts: 8-12, 5-4 home
5-inning record: 8-7-5 Allowed run in 1st inning: 8-20
Philly is 4-11 in its last 15 games; over is 5-4 in their last nine games. Marlins lost five of their last seven games; under is 6-2 in their last eight home games.
Reds (59-79) @ Pirates (67-71)
Reed is 0-0, 7.04 in his two starts (over 1-1). Team in his starts: 0-2, 0-1 away
5-inning record: 0-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-2
Musgrove is 1-4, 4.14 in his last six starts (under 5-1). Team in his starts: 6-10, 4-5 home
5-inning record: 6-9-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-16
Cincinnati is 3-9 in its last 12 games; over is 5-4 in their last nine games. Pirates lost nine of their last 13 games; under is 16-4-1 in their last 21 games.
Cubs (81-56) @ Brewers (78-61)
Montgomery is 1-1, 4.35 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Team in his starts: 7-7, 4-4 away
5-inning record: 6-6-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-14
Miley is 0-1, 3.81 in his last five starts; over is 6-3 in his last nine. Team in his starts: 7-4, 2-2 home
5-inning record: 5-5-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-10
Cubs won 10 of their last 13 games; under is 9-4-1 in their last 14 road games. Milwaukee is 8-3 in its last 11 games, over is 7-3 in their last ten games.
Giants (68-71) @ Rockies (75-62)
Rodriguez is 1-1, 2.13 in his last six starts; under is 8-2 in his last ten. Team in his starts: 9-5, 4-1 road
5-inning record: 8-4-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-14
Marquez is 2-0, 1.55 in his last four starts; his last seven stayed under. Team in his starts: 14-12, 6-7 home
5-inning record: 11-12-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 16-26
Giants lost four of their last five games; eight of their last nine games stayed under the total. Colorado won seven of its last ten home games; under is 7-3 in their last ten home games.
Mets (62-75) @ Dodgers (75-63)
Vargas is 3-0, 1.62 in his last three starts; under is 4-2 in his last six. Team in his starts: 5-11, 3-7 road
5-inning record: 6-10 Allowed run in 1st inning: 8-16
Hill is 1-1, 3.91 in his last four starts; over is 5-3 in his last eight. Team in his starts: 9-10, 3-5 home
5-inning record: 6-10-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-18
Mets won four of their last five games; under is 5-1 in their last six games. Dodgers won eight of their last ten games; under is 6-0 in their last six games.
Padres (55-85) @ Diamondbacks (74-64)
Lucchesi is 2-1, 3.18 in his last four starts; over is 5-1 in his last six. Team in his starts: 9-12, 3-4 road
5-inning record: 9-8-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-21
Ray is 1-0, 3.24 in his last five starts (under 3-1-1). Team in his starts: 8-10, 2-6 home
5-inning record: 10-4-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-18
Padres are 5-7 in their last 12 games; over is 7-4 in their last 11 road games. Arizona lost six of its last eight games; their last ten games stayed under.
American League
Tigers (55-83) @ White Sox (56-82)
Liriano is 0-4, 9.28 in his last five starts; his last three went over. Team in his starts: 8-14, 4-10 away
5-inning record: 7-10-5 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-22
Giolito is 3-0, 2.84 in his last four starts; over is 3-1-1 in his last five. Team in his starts: 14-13, 4-9 home.
5-inning record: 9-15-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 9-27
Tigers lost eight of their last ten games; over is 4-2 in their last six games. Chicago is 14-6 in its last 20 games; under is 7-1 in their last eight games.
Twins (63-74) @ Astros (85-53)
Stewart is 0-1, 6.61 in his four starts (over 2-2). Team in his starts: 2-2, 1-1 away
5-inning record: 1-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-4
Verlander is 2-2, 4.76 in his last four starts; over is 4-2 in his last six home starts. Team in his starts: 16-13, 5-11 home (lost last 5 home starts).
5-inning record: 18-6-5 Allowed run in 1st inning: 7-29
Twins lost eight of their last ten games; over is 5-3 in their last eight road games. Houston is 10-3 in its last 13 games; under is 9-4 in their last 13 home games.
New York (86-52) @ A’s (83-56)
Happ is 5-0, 3.37 in his six starts for NY (over 4-1-1). Team in his starts: 5-1, 1-0 away
5-inning record: 5-0-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 2-6
Hendriks will start what is a bullpen game for Oakland. Team in his starts: 0-1, 0-1 home.
5-inning record: 0-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 0-1
New York is 3-5 in its last eight games; over is 4-1 in their last five games. Oakland is 7-4 in its last 11 games; over is 7-1 in their last eight games.
Royals (46-91) @ Indians (77-60)
Duffy is 1-2, 6.05 in his last four starts; over is 5-1-1 in his last seven. Team in his starts: 10-17, 7-9 away
5-inning record: 12-12-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 8-27
Clevinger is 3-0, 2.66 in his last four starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine. Team in his starts: 12-15, 7-7 home.
5-inning record: 6-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 2-9
Royals won eight of their last nine games; over is 8-4-1 in their last 13 road games. Cleveland is 4-8 in its last 12 games; under is 4-1-1 in their last six games.
Rays (74-63) @ Blue Jays (62-75)
Bullpen game for the Rays. Team in his starts: away
5-inning record: Allowed run in 1st inning:
Gaviglio is 1-3, 5.24 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Team in his starts: 7-12, 4-4 home.
5-inning record: 6-8-5 Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-19
Rays won 12 of their last 14 games; over is 4-2-1 in their last seven games. Toronto lost six of its last eight games; five of their last six games went over.
Angels (67-71) @ Rangers (60-78)
Heaney is 1-1, 4.74 in his last four starts; over is 4-1 in his last five. Team in his starts: 13-12, 5-8 away
5-inning record: 7-11-6 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-25
Minor is 4-1, 2.64 in his last five starts (under 4-1). Team in his starts: 12-12, 7-6 home.
5-inning record: 9-11-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 9-24
Angels lost nine of their last 13 games; under is 5-1 in their last six games. Texas lost six of its last eight games; four of their last six games went over.
Orioles (40-98) @ Mariners (77-61)
Cobb is 1-1, 3.12 in his last five starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine. Team in his starts: 7-19, 5-11 away
5-inning record: 7-14-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 7-25
LeBlanc is 1-0, 0.69 in his last two starts; under is 7-2 in his last nine. Team in his starts: 15-7, 9-2 home.
5-inning record: 13-6-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 7-22
Baltimore lost its last eight road games; over is 4-2 in their last six road games. Mariners are 8-11 in their last 19 games; over is 9-3 in their last 12 home games.
Interleague
Red Sox (95-44) @ Braves (76-61)
Porcello is 0-2, 6.35 in his last three starts; over is 9-5 in his last 14. Team in his starts: 18-10, 10-6 away
5-inning record: 17-9-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 8-28
Newcomb is 1-2, 8.38 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Team in his starts: 14-12, 4-7 home.
5-inning record: 13-11-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 7-26
Red Sox lost six of their last nine road games; under is 8-5 in their last 13 road games. Atlanta is 3-8 in its last 11 games; under is 12-4-1 in their last 17 games.
Umpires
Stl-Wsh: Under is 12-7-1 in last 20 Lentz games.
Cin-Pitt: Underdogs are 6-4 in last ten Little games.
Phil-Mia: Over is 7-4-1 in last dozen LBarrett games.
Chi-Mil: Over is 7-2-1 in last ten Rackley games.
SF-Col: Over is 7-3 in last ten May games.
SD-Ariz: Over is 9-2 in last eleven Tichenor games.
NY-LA: Three of last four Blakney games stayed under.
TB-Tor: Under is 13-5-1 in last 19 Wolcott games.
KC-Clev: Under is 7-1-1 in last nine West games.
LA-Tex: Under is 11-2 in last 13 Baker games.
Det-Chi: Favorites won nine of last ten Segal games.
Min-Hst: Under is 9-5-1 in Mahrley games this year.
NY-A’s: Under is 5-2 in last seven Hallion games.
Balt-Sea: Under is 5-3-1 in Libka games this year.
Bos-Atl: Over is 6-2 in last eight Visconti games.
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Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/3
Ariz 37-24-10……33-23-10……..70-47
Atl 30-28-10…..33-26-10………63-54
Cubs 28-28-13……32-28-9…….60-56
Reds 22-42-5……25-32-10….…47-74
Colo 34-26-14……34-23-8……67-50
LA 34-23-8…….32-28-15……67-51
Miami 23-33-9…..30-29-15…….53-62
Milw 30-33-9…..35-25-7…….65-58
Mets 32-30-8……26-27-15…..58-55
Philly 26-27-15…..34-24-10……60-51
Pitt 31-29-8……30-27-13……..61-56
StL 35-25-10……30-31-7………65-56
SD 21-39-10……25-35-9…….46-74
SF 29-31-12…..27-25-15……56-56
Wash 29-28-13..…29-29-10……58-57
Orioles 19-40-12……21-37-11……40-77
Boston 34-26-14……41-18-6……..75-44
W Sox 23-40-6…..…24-36-10……47-76
Clev 27-27-13……42-19-10……..69-46
Det 23-37-10…..…30-30-11.……53-67
Astros 37-18-15……35-21-14…….72-38
KC 21-38-8…….29-33-10…..50-71
Angels 29-28-14……28-32-8……57-60
Twins 22-38-11……32-31-8…..54-69
NYY 33-22-11……42-23-8………75-44
A’s 26-32-11……30-27-13…..56-59
Sea 34-30-10……30-24-14…….64-52
TB 32-27-13……31-25-9……63-51
Texas 22-35-8…..27-38-8…….49-73
Toronto 19-39-11…23-31-15……42-69
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 9/3)
Ariz 29-70…….26-67…..…55
Atl 21-67……28-69………49
Cubs 14-69……..22-66……..36
Reds 17-70……..16-69……..33
Colo 23-73…….25-65.…….48
LA 22-65……..27-74..…..49
Miami 14-65……..20-73…….34
Milw 25-71…..…25-69…….50
Mets 27-69……..21-68……48
Philly 16-68……..22-69……38
Pitt 16-68……..20-71…….36
StL 24-70……..20-68…….44
SD 19-71……..19-69…….38
SF 13-70………21-70..…..34
Wash 25-70……..21-68…….46
Orioles 21-71……..20-68……..41
Boston 19-73……25-66………44
White Sox 19-68……20-69…….39
Clev 18-66…….28-70……..46
Detroit 23-70……..20-69….…43
Astros 20-69…..…16-70………36
KC 16-67..…….22-70…….38
Angels 17-69…..….18-68…….35
Twins 16-69………15-68…….31
NYY 16-66……..29-72………45
A’s 18-71…..…..20-70…….38
Seattle 28-72………21-68…….49
TB 22-72..……20-64…….42
Texas 10-65……20-72…….…30
Toronto 18-69………14-68….….32
Interleague play- 2018
NL @ AL– 71-67 NL, favorites +$100
AL @ NL– 69-59 NL, favorites +$18
Total: 140-126 NL, favorites +$118