MLB
Wednesday, May 30
National League
Cubs (29-22) @ Pirates (28-26)
Hendricks is 2-2, 3.74 in his last five starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six. Team in his starts: 4-6.
5-inning record: 3-4-3. Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-10
Musgrove blanked St Louis for seven IP (67 PT) in his first ’18 start. Team in his starts: 1-0.
5-inning record: 0-0-1. Allowed run in 1st inning: 0-1
Cubs won five of their last six road games; under is 8-2 in their last ten road games. Pittsburgh lost nine of its last 11 games; under is 6-4-2 in their last 12 home games.
Mets (26-25) @ Braves (31-22)
Vargas is 1-3, 10.62 in five starts this year (over 3-2). Team in his starts: 1-4.
5-inning record: 1-4. Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-5
Teheran is 1-1, 6.88 in his last three starts; over is 4-2 in his last six. Team in his starts: 8-3.
5-inning record: 5-4-2. Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-11 (0 of last 5)
Mets lost seven of their last nine games; under is 7-4 in their last 11 games. Atlanta lost four of its last seven games; under is 5-3-1 in their last nine games.
Cardinals (29-23) @ Brewers (35-21)
Reyes is making his first ’18 start; he was 3-0, 0.00 (23 IP) in four AAA starts this year. He is 4-1, 1.57 in 12 MLB games (5 starts). Team in his starts: 0-0.
5-inning record: 0-0. Allowed run in 1st inning: 0-0
Guerra is 1-0, 2.76 in his last three starts (under 7-2). Team in his starts: 5-4.
5-inning record: 3-4-2. Allowed run in 1st inning: 2-9
Cardinals won four of their last six road games; under is 6-2-1 in their last nine games. Milwaukee won ten of its last 13 games; under is 8-4-1 in their last 13 home games..
Marlins (20-34) @ Padres (23-33)
Urena is 0-3, 5.40 in his last four starts; under is 4-2 in his last six. Team in his starts: 0-11.
5-inning record: 2-7-2. Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-11
Richard is 2-2, 3.38 in his last four starts (under 4-0). Team in his starts: 4-7
5-inning record: 3-8. Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-11
Marlins lost seven of their last ten games; under is 5-3 in their last eight games. San Diego lost five of its last eight games; under is 4-3 in their last seven games.
Reds (19-37) @ Diamondbacks (28-26)
Romano is 0-3, 12.46 in his last three starts; under is 4-2 in his last six. Team in his starts: 4-7.
5-inning record: 2-5-4. Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-11
Corbin is 1-1, 2.45 in his last five starts, last four of which went over. Team in his starts: 6-5.
5-inning record: 4-1-4. Allowed run in 1st inning: 2-11
Cincinnati lost six of its last eight road games; under is 7-1-2 in their last ten games. Arizona lost 15 of its last 19 games; under is 7-4 in their last 11 games.
Giants (25-30) @ Rockies (30-25)
Holland is 1-3, 3.86 in his last four starts (under 4-0). Team in his starts: 3-7.
5-inning record: 2-5-3. Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-10
Gray is 1-2, 9.00 in his last three starts; under is 5-1 in his last six. Team in his starts: 5-6.
5-inning record: 5-5-1. Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-11
Giants lost 12 of their last 14 road games; under is 5-3 in their last eight road games. Colorado won four of its last five games; under is 10-3 in their last 13 home games.
Phillies (30-22) @ Dodgers (25-29)
Eflin is 0-1, 9.65 in his last two starts (over 3-1). Team in his starts: 2-2.
5-inning record: 3-1. Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-4
Stripling is 2-0, 1.64 in his last four starts (under 4-0). Team in his starts: 2-3.
5-inning record: 3-2. Allowed run in 1st inning: 0-5
Phillies lost three of their last five games; under is 6-2-1 in their last nine games. Dodgers won nine of their last 12 games; under is 8-2-2 in their last 12 home games.
American League
Astros (35-21) @ New York (34-17)
Keuchel is 3-0, 0.87 in his last three starts; his last seven starts stayed under. Team in his starts: 8-4
5-inning record: 8-1-3. Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-11
Severino is 5-0, 1.87 in his last eight starts; under is 6-1 in his last seven. Team in his starts: 10-1
5-inning record: 8-1-2. Allowed run in 1st inning: 2-11
Astros are 8-4 in their last 12 road games; over is 7-3 in their last ten games. New York is 16-4 in its last 20 games; over is 19-10-1 in their home games this season.
Blue Jays (25-30) @ Red Sox (38-17)
Gaviglio is 1-0, 2.45 in two starts (over 2-0). Team in his starts: 1-1
5-inning record: 2-0. Allowed run in 1st inning: 0-2
Rodriguez is 2-1, 2.11 in his last four starts (under 3-0). Team in his starts: 9-1.
5-inning record: 6-3-1. Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-10
Blue Jays lost nine of their last 12 games; over is 5-1-1 in their last seven road games. Boston is 10-3 in its last 13 games, over is 3-0-1 in their last four games.
Angels (30-25) @ Tigers (24-30)
Ohtani is 2-0, 2.25 in his last three starts, last of which was May 20. Over is 4-3 in his starts. Team in his starts: 6-1
5-inning record: 6-1. Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-7
Fiers is 2-2, 5.46 in his last six starts; over is 4-0-1 in his last five. Team in his starts: 5-4.
5-inning record: 4-5. Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-9
Angels are 5-9 in their last 14 games; under is 6-4 in their last ten games. Detroit is 6-3 in its last nine home games; under is 6-3-1 in their last ten games.
Rays (27-26) @ A’s (28-27)
Eovaldi is making his first ’18 start; he is 0-1, 9.90 in four AAA starts this year, 38-46, 4.21 in 127 MLB starts, last of which was in 2016. Team in his starts: 0-0.
5-inning record: 0-0. Allowed run in 1st inning: 0-0
Manaea is 1-3, 7.71 in his last five starts (over 3-0). Team in his starts: 6-5.
5-inning record: 4-6-1. Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-11
Rays won five of their last six games; under is 8-2 in their last ten games. Oakland lost five of its last eight games; under is 11-2 in their last 13 home games.
White Sox (16-36) @ Indians (28-25)
Lopez is 1-0, 1.20 in his last two starts; under is 2-0-1 in his last three. Team in his starts: 7-4.
5-inning record: 8-2-1. Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-11
Kluber is 2-0, 1.77 in his last three starts; over is 6-1 in his last seven. Team in his starts: 7-4.
5-inning record: 8-2-1. Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-11
White Sox lost 12 of their last 14 road games; over is 5-1-1 in their last seven games. Cleveland won six of its last eight games; over is 17-1 in their last 18 home games.
Rangers (23-34) @ Mariners (33-21)
Moore is 0-1, 9.49 in his last three starts (over 7-2). Team in his starts: 3-6
5-inning record: 2-6-1. Allowed run in 1st inning: 2-9
Paxton is 3-0, 1.42 in his last five starts (under 6-5). Team in his starts: 7-4.
5-inning record: 5-3-3. Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-11
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.
Twins (22-28) @ Royals (19-36)
Romero is 2-1, 2.20 in five starts this year (under 4-1). Team in his starts: 2-3
5-inning record: 2-1-2. Allowed run in 1st inning: 2-5
Keller is making his first MLB start; he is 1-1, 2.01 in 21 relief stints this year (22.1 IP). He was 10-9, 4.68 in 26 starts in AA Southern League LY. Team in his starts: 0-0.
5-inning record: 0-0. Allowed run in 1st inning: 0-0
Minnesota lost five of its last six games; eight of Twins’ last nine games stayed under the total. Kansas City won five of its last eight games; under is 6-3 in their last nine games.
Interleague
Nationals (31-22) @ Orioles (17-38)
Scherzer is 7-0, 2.23 in his last nine starts; over is 7-1 in his last eight. Team in his starts: 9-2
5-inning record: 7-3-1. Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-11
Hess is 2-1, 4.15 in his last three starts (under 3-0). Team in his starts: 2-1.
5-inning record: 2-1. Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-3
Nationals won their last nine road games; under is 9-2 in their last 11 road games. Baltimore is 4-10 in its last 14 games; under is 4-1 in their last five games.
Umpires
Chi-Pitt: Over is 7-3 in Hoberg games this year.
NY-Atl: Road teams are 6-0 in May games this year.
StL-Mil: Over is 3-0-1 in last four Scheurwater games.
SF-Col: Under is 4-2-1 in last seven Hudson games.
Cin-Az: Last six O’Nora games stayed under total.
Mia-SD: Under is 6-2 in Blakney games this year.
Phil-LA: Home side won four of five Woodring games this year.
Chi-Clev: Road team won four of last five Timmons games.
Hst-NY: Last five Whitson games stayed under.
LA-Det: Under is 7-1 in last eight Eddings games.
Tor-Bos: Over is 8-3 in Layne games this season.
Minn-KC: Over is 7-1 in last eight Knight games.
TB-A’s: Six of last seven Barry games stayed under.
Tex-Sea: Over is 3-0-1 in last four Segal games.
Wsh-Balt: Over is 2-0-2 in last four Diaz games.
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Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 5/29
Ariz 11-11-4……11-9-7……..22-20
Atl 16-10-5…..8-9-6………24-19
Cubs 12-8-5……11-11-4…….23-19
Reds 7-19-2……9-15-3………16-34
Colo 16-11-7……13-8-2……..28-20
LA 13-9-3…….12-13-5……..25-22
Miami 9-14-3…..12-10-6……..21-24
Milw 14-10-4…..13-13-2…….27-23
Mets 12-13-2……10-12-4…..21-23
Philly 10-10-4…..12-9-6…….22-19
Pitt 11-9-5……12-7-9……..23-16
St. Louis 15-7-4……12-13-1……27-20
SD 8-13-6……9-15-4……..17-27
SF 10-14-8…..10-12-2…….20-26
Wash 16-7-4..…14-10-3………30-17
Orioles 7-17-6…….10-14-2……17-31
Boston 14-9-6……14-10-3……28-19
White Sox 9-15-3…….7-17-2…..16-32
Cleveland 12-8-5……17-7-5……29-15
Detroit 10-13-4……12-12-5……22-24
Astros 14-9-7……14-8-5……..28-16
KC 9-16-3……..8-16-4……17-32
Angels 17-7-2……..9-14-6……..26-21
Twins 10-12-7……8-11-5……18-23
NYY 13-5-4……16-9-5…….29-14
A’s 9-12-6……11-11-6……20-24
Seattle 16-9-4……9-9-9………25-18
TB 15-8-6……9-11-4…….24-18
Texas 10-13-4……9-18-3…….19-31
Toronto 9-14-3……..8-17-5…….17-31
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 5/29)
Ariz 9-25……..7-26……….16
Atl 11-30……11-24……….22
Cubs 6-25……..13-28………19
Reds 9-27……..6-26………..15
Colo 12-32…….10-23..…….22
LA 9-25……..8-28..………17
Miami 8-26……..10-29……….18
Milw 8-28……..6-27…..……14
Mets 10-27……..9-25………19
Philly 7-25……..9-28……….16
Pitt 6-25……..9-29………..15
StL 8-25……..6-26………..14
SD 6-27……..4-28……….10
SF 4-30………11-24….…15
Wash 13-29……..8-26……..21
Orioles 11-30……..9-26………20
Boston 9-29……11-27………20
White Sox 7-27……9-26………16
Clev 7-26…….9-28……….16
Detroit 8-26…….6-28………14
Astros 6-28……5-26……….9
KC 9-29……..7-27………16
Angels 8-25……..4-28………12
Twins 7-29……3-28……….10
NYY 5-21……..11-29………16
A’s 6-27……..9-28………15
Seattle 10-27……8-27………18
TB 12-29…..7-24………19
Texas 4-27……6-29………10
Toronto 5-27……8-28……….13
Interleague play- 2018
NL @ AL– 29-17 NL, favorites +$721
AL @ NL– 16-16 NL, favorites -$702
Total: 45-33 NL, favorites +$19
