MLB
Wednesday, August 29
National League
Nationals (67-66) @ Phillies (70-62)
Gonzalez is 0-3, 8.04 in his last three starts; under is 7-2-1 in his last ten. Team in his starts: 11-15, 4-10 away (lost last 8 road starts)
5-inning record: 9-11-6 Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-26
Arrieta is 0-3, 5.29 in his last three starts; under is 4-1 in his last five. Team in his starts: 12-13, 7-5 home
5-inning record: 12-9-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 7-25
Nationals won their last three games; over is 10-5 in their last 15 games. Phillies lost eight of their last ten games; they’re 14-13 vs vs lefty starters; Four of Phils’ last five home games stayed under.
Brewers (73-60) @ Reds (57-75)
Peralta is 2-2, 4.91 in his last four starts; over is 6-3 in his last nine. Team in his starts: 8-5, 4-4 away
5-inning record: 7-5-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-13
Harvey is 1-0, 1.45 in his last three starts; under is 4-0-1 in his last five. Team in his starts: 10-8, 6-2 home
5-inning record: 10-6-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 7-18
Brewers are 5-3 in their last eight games; over is 5-1 in their last six games. Cincinnati lost five of its last six games; under is 8-4 in their last 12 games.
Mets (58-73) @ Cubs (77-53)
Tuesday night’s game was suspended in 10th inning; game will resume at 1:00 today.
Vargas is 2-0, 2.08 in his last three starts; four of his last five stayed under. Team in his starts: 4-11, 2-7 away
5-inning record: 5-10 Allowed run in 1st inning: 8-15
Mills allowed one run in 5.2 IP (84 PT) in his first MLB start (under 1-0). Team in his starts: 1-0, 1-0 home
5-inning record: 0-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 0-1
Mets are 12-8 in their last 20 games; they’re 12-19 vs lefty starters- over is 6-3 in their last nine road games. Cubs won their last six games; they’re 18-9 vs vs lefty starters- under is 8-3 in their last 11 games.
Pirates (64-68) @ Cardinals (74-58)
Williams is 4-2, 0.86 in his last seven starts (under 6-0-1). Team in his starts: 13-12, 5-5 away
5-inning record: 8-11-6 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-25
Mikolas is 3-0, 3.82 in his last six starts; his last three went over. Team in his starts: 19-7, 9-4 home
5-inning record: 14-9-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-26
Pirates lost six of their last seven games; four of their last five road games went over. St Louis is 16-3 in its last 19 games; over is 7-5 in their last 12 home games.
Diamondbacks (72-60) @ Giants (67-67)
Godley is 1-1, 5.63 in his last four starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Team in his starts: 15-11, 8-5 road
5-inning record: 13-12-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 9-26
Rodriguez is 3-0, 1.82 in his last nine starts (under 7-2). Team in his starts: 9-4, 5-3 home
5-inning record: 8-3-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-13
Arizona is 7-5 in its last 12 games; six of their last eight games stayed under. Giants won five of their last six games; six of their last seven home games stayed under the total.
American League
Chicago (52-80) @ New York (84-48)
Lopez is 0-0, 8.53 in his last three starts; over is 9-2-1 in his last 12 starts. Team in his starts: 9-17, 4-10 away
5-inning record: 11-14-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 8-26
Sabathia is 1-0, 1.53 in his last three starts; under is 9-3-1 in his last 13. Team in his starts: 14-9, 9-3 home.
5-inning record: 12-8-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 7-23
White Sox are 10-4 in their last 14 games; they’re 9-19 vs vs lefty starters- over is 5-2-3 in their last ten road games. New York won nine of its last 11 games; seven of their last 11 games went over.
Blue Jays (60-72) @ Orioles (39-94)
Borucki is 1-1, 9.82 in his last three starts; over is 4-1 in his last five. Team in his starts: 6-5, 4-2 away.
5-inning record: 4-3-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-11
Cobb is 2-1, 2.06 in his last five starts; under is 6-2 in his last eight. Team in his starts: 5-19, 0-9 home
5-inning record: 6-14-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-24
Toronto won five of its last eight games; six of their last eight road games went over. Orioles lost nine of their last 12 games, are 16-24 vs lefty starters; under is 12-5 in their last 17 games.
Twins (61-70) @ Indians (75-56)
Stewart is 0-1, 6.94 in his three starts (over 2-1). Team in his starts: 1-2, 0-1 away
5-inning record: 1-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 0-3
Plutko is 0-3, 5.82 in his last three starts (under 3-0). Team in his starts: 4-4, 3-1 home.
5-inning record: 5-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 2-8
Twins lost its last four games; under is 6-3 in their last nine road games. Cleveland lost four of its last six games; under is 7-3 in their last ten home games.
A’s (80-53) @ Astros (81-51)
Cahill is 4-1, 4.28 in his last six starts; over is 2-0-1 in his last three starts. Team in his starts: 10-6, 4-4 away
5-inning record: 8-5-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-16
Keuchel is 1-1, 3.51 in his last four starts; under is 6-3-1 in his last ten. Team in his starts: 15-12, 5-7 home.
5-inning record: 11-13-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 8-27
A’s are 19-7 in their last 26 games; they’re 26-18 vs vs lefty starters- four of their last five games stayed under. Houston won seven of its last nine games; over is 6-2 in their last eight games. Astros are 6-1 since Altuve got back in the lineup.
Tigers (53-79) @ Royals (41-91)
Fulmer is 0-4, 5.00 in his last six starts; under is 6-1-1 in his last eight. Team in his starts: 12-13, 3-9 away
5-inning record: 7-9-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 8-20
Duffy is 0-2, 7.72 in his last three starts; over is 4-1-1 in his last six. Team in his starts: 9-17, 2-8 home.
5-inning record: 11-12-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 7-26
Detroit is 3-10 in its last 13 games; they’re 16-16 vs vs lefty starters- over is 4-3 in their last seven road games. Royals lost six of their last nine games; over is 3-2-1 in their last six games.
Interleague
Marlins (53-80) @ Red Sox (91-42)
Richards is 0-2, 5.03 in his last four starts; over is 5-3-1 in his last nine. Team in his starts: 8-11, 4-6 away
5-inning record: 7-7-5 Allowed run in 1st inning: 8-19
Price is 3-0, 1.29 in his last five starts; under is 5-0-1 in his last six. Team in his starts: 19-6, 10-2 home.
5-inning record: 13-6-6 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-25
Marlins are 5-4 in their last nine games; they’re 12-19 vs vs lefty starters- under is 7-3 in their last ten road games. Boston lost six of its last nine games; under is 6-4-1 in their last 11 home games.
Rays (70-62) @ Braves (74-57)
Castillo is 0-0, 0.00 (3.1 IP) in two games as an opener (over 1-1). Team in his starts: 2-0, 1-0 away
5-inning record: 2-0 Allowed run in 1st inning: 0-2
Newcomb is 1-1, 5.48 in his last four starts; over is 9-5 in his last 14. Team in his starts: 14-11, 4-6 home.
5-inning record: 13-10-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-25
Rays won eight of their last nine games; they’re 19-15 vs vs lefty starters- under is 8-2 in their last ten road games. Atlanta is 6-2 in its last eight games; ten of Braves’ last 11 games stayed under the total.
Dodgers (71-61) @ Rangers (58-75)
Wood is 1-1, 3.48 in his last four starts; under is 3-1-1 in his last five. Team in his starts: 13-12, 7-4 away
5-inning record: 10-10-5 Allowed run in 1st inning: 9-25
Minor is 4-0, 2.55 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Team in his starts: 12-11, 6-5 home.
5-inning record: 9-10-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 9-23
Dodgers won their last four games; they’re 27-21 vs vs lefty starters; over is 7-2-1 in their last ten games. Texas lost five of its last seven games; they’re 15-23 vs vs lefty starters- four of their last six games stayed under.
Mariners (74-58) @ Padres (51-83)
Ramirez is 1-0, 2.25 in his last three starts (over 4-1) Team in his starts: 3-2, 2-2 away
5-inning record: 3-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 2-5
Lucchesi is 1-2, 5.19 in his last five starts (over 4-1) Team in his starts: 8-12, 5-8 home.
5-inning record: 8-8-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-20
Mariners are 5-8 in their last 13 games; they’re 21-21 vs vs lefty starters- over is 6-4 in their last ten games. San Diego is 3-11 in its last 14 games; three of Padres’ last three games went over the total.
Umpires
Wsh-Phil: Favorites won eight of last nine Segal games.
NY-Chi: Underdogs are 9-9 in last 18 Scheurwater games.
Mil-Cin: Under is 14-6 in last 20 Randazzo games.
Pitt-StL: Four of last five Porter games stayed under.
Az-SF: Under is 10-2-2 in last fourteen Blaser games.
Chi-NY: Over is 5-2 in last seven Knight games.
Det-KC: Five of last six Hernandez games went over.
Tor-Balt: Four of last five Eddings games stayed under.
A’s-Hst: Underdogs are 10-8 in last 18 Wegner games.
Min-Clev: Three of last four Hickox games went over.
Sea-SD: Under is 7-0-1 in last eight Layne games.
Mia-Bos: Home side won nine of last 11 Barry games.
TB-Atl: Over is 10-2 in last dozen Danley games.
LA-Tex: Five of last six Barber games stayed under.
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Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/28
Ariz 33-23-10……33-22-10……..66-45
Atl 30-28-10…..32-22-9………62-50
Cubs 25-26-13……32-27-9…….57-53
Reds 21-40-4……24-31-10….…45-71
Colo 33-23-14……33-23-8……65-47
LA 33-23-8…….31-25-14……65-48
Miami 22-33-9…..27-28-15…….49-61
Milw 26-32-9…..34-25-7…….60-57
Mets 30-30-5……26-27-15…..56-55
Philly 26-26-15…..33-21-10……59-47
Pitt 28-28-7……29-27-13……..57-55
StL 34-25-10……28-29-6………62-54
SD 20-39-10……21-34-9…….41-73
SF 29-30-12…..27-23-13……56-53
Wash 29-27-13..…29-25-10……58-52
Orioles 18-37-12……20-37-11……38-73
Boston 32-23-14……41-17-6……..73-40
W Sox 22-40-6…..…20-35-10……42-75
Indians 27-27-13……40-16-9……67-43
Det 21-34-9…..…30-30-11.……51-64
Astros 37-18-15……32-20-12…….69-37
KC 20-38-8…….26-32-10…..46-70
Angels 28-27-11……28-32-8……56-59
Twins 20-34-11……32-31-8…..52-65
NYY 33-21-11……41-20-7…….74-40
A’s 26-31-11……28-25-12…..54-56
Seattle 32-28-9……29-24-14…….61-50
TB 29-26-12……31-25-9……59-50
Texas 22-35-8…..25-36-7…….47-71
Toronto 18-36-11…23-30-15……41-65
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 8/28)
Ariz 28-65…….25-66…..…53
Atl 21-67……26-63………47
Cubs 12-64……..22-65……..34
Reds 15-66……..15-67……..30
Colo 22-69…….24-64.…….46
LA 22-64……..25-68..…..47
Miami 14-64……..19-69…….33
Milw 22-66…..…25-68…….47
Mets 26-64……..21-68……47
Philly 16-67……..21-65……37
Pitt 15-63……..19-70…….34
StL 23-69……..20-63…….43
SD 19-70……..18-65…….37
SF 13-69………21-66..…..34
Wash 25-69……..19-64……..44
Orioles 19-67……..20-67………39
Boston 19-68……25-65………44
White Sox 19-67……16-64…….35
Clev 18-66…….27-64……..45
Detroit 19-64……..20-69….…39
Astros 20-69…..…14-64………34
KC 16-66..…….21-66…….37
Angels 17-64…..….18-68…….35
Twins 15-63………15-68…….30
NYY 15-65……..28-67………43
A’s 18-70…..…..18-65…….36
Seattle 25-67………21-67…….46
TB 20-67..……20-64…….40
Texas 10-65……19-67…….…29
Toronto 16-65………14-67….….30
Interleague play- 2018
NL @ AL– 70-66 NL, favorites +$370
AL @ NL– 67-55 NL, favorites -$367
Total: 137-121 NL, favorites +$3