MLB
Wednesday, June 28
National League
Cubs @ Nationals
Lackey is 1-3, 4.70 in his last four starts; under is 5-1 in his last six. Chicago is 4-4 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 3-11-1
Strasburg is 1-1, 6.33 in his last four starts; over is 4-1 in his last five. Washington is 5-2 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 8-7
Cubs are 6-14 in their last 20 road games; under is 10-1 in their last 11 games. Washington is 4-3 in its last seven games; under is 8-1 in their last nine games.
Mets @ Marlins
Matz is 1-1, 3.60 in three starts this year (over 3-0). Mets’ 1st 5-inning record with him: 1-2
Locke is 0-3, 6.08 in five starts this year (over 3-2). Marlins’ 1st 5-inning record with him: 2-3
Mets won three of their last four games; over is 11-3 in their last 14 games. Miami is 10-3 in last 13 home games; under is 5-1 in their last six games.
Brewers @ Reds
Anderson is 4-1, 1.33 in his last six starts; over is 7-4 in his last 11. Milwaukee is 4-3 in his road starts- 1st 5-inning record with him: 9-4-2
Castillo allowed two runs in five IP (93 PT) in his first MLB start, at Washington. Reds’ 1st 5-inning record with him: 1-0
Milwaukee lost three of last four games; five of last six Brewer games stayed under the total. Reds lost 14 of last 17 games; under is 5-2 in their last seven games.
Cardinals @ Diamondbacks
Wainwright is 1-2, 11.43 in his last four starts (over 3-1); Cardinals are 3-4 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-5-3
Arizona won last five Godley starts (2-0, 2.59); under is 4-2 in his last six. Snakes are 3-1 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 6-2-1
St Louis lost four of last six games; over is 7-2-1 in their last ten games. Arizona is 16-3 in its last 19 games; over is 8-4 in their last 12 home games.
Braves @ Padres
Colon is making his first start since June 5; he is 0-3, 19.64 in his last three starts- over is 9-2 in his last 11. Braves are 3-4 in his road starts; their 1st 5-inning record with him: 3-9
Perdomo is 2-1, 2.41 in his last three starts; under is 4-2 in his last six. San Diego is 5-3 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 6-4-3
Braves won eight of last ten games; under is 8-2-1 in their last 11 games. San Diego won five of last seven home games; under is 6-2 in their last eight games.
Rockies @ Giants
Freeland is 1-2, 5.60 in his last three starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. Colorado is 6-2 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 9-5-1
Blach is 0-3, 9.28 in his last four starts; over is 6-0-1 in his last seven. Giants are 2-5 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-5
Rockies lost their last seven games; under is 6-1 in their last seven road games. Giants lost 12 of last 15 games but won last two; over is 5-3 in their last eight home games.
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American League
Orioles @ Blue Jays
Miley is 1-2, 11.49 in his last four starts; over is 4-1 in his last five. Orioles are 4-3 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-7-1
Stroman is 1-2, 5.25 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Toronto is 4-4 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 8-6-1
Orioles won their last three games; over is 8-3 in their last 11 road games. Toronto is 5-8 in its last 13 games; under is 3-1 in their last four games.
Twins @ Red Sox
Mejia is 1-2, 7.43 in his last three starts (under 6-3-1). Minnesota is 2-2 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-3-3
Porcello is 1-4, 6.51 in his last six starts (under 4-2). Boston is 4-5 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-12
Twins won five of last eight games; under is 12-6-1 in their last 19 games. Red Sox is 12-4 in its last 16 home games; under is 4-2 in their last six home games.
Royals @ Tigers
Kennedy is 1-2, 6.57 in his last five starts; over is 8-1 in their last nine. Royals are won his last three road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 2-9-2
Norris is 2-2, 5.48 in his last four starts; over is 4-1 in his last five starts. Tigers are 2-4 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 6-6-2
Royals are 11-4 in last 15 games; over is 8-2-1 in their last 11 road games. Detroit lost eight of last ten games; four of their last six games went over.
Rangers @ Indians
Darvish is 1-2, 5.29 in his last three starts; over is 4-2 in his last six. Texas is 2-5 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 5-4-3
Bauer is 1-2, 5.16 in his last four starts; under is 6-2 in his last eight. Cleveland is 3-4 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-6-2
Rangers are 9-3 in last 12 road games; under is 10-3 in their last 13 road games. Cleveland lost four of last five games; six of last seven Indian games stayed under the total.
A’s @ Astros
Hahn allowed 10 runs in two IP in his last start; under is 4-2 in his road starts. Oakland is 0-6 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 3-6-3
Paulino is 3-0, 4.68 in five starts this year (over 3-2). Houston’s 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-1
A’s are 8-4 in last 12 games; over is 7-2-1 in their last ten road games. Houston won six of last eight games; over is 4-1 in their last five games.
New York @ White Sox
Tanaka is 0-6, 7.62 in his last eight starts; his last four starts stayed under. New York is 3-5 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-6-2
Rodon is making his first ’17 start; he is 18-16, 3.90 in 51 career starts. He was 0-4, 10.06 in four rehab starts in the minors this year.
New York lost 11 of last 14 games; over is 8-5 in their last 13 games. Chicago lost seven of last nine games; five of their last seven games stayed under the total.
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Interleague
Rays @ Pirates
Snell is making his first start since May 13; he is 0-3, 6.00 in seven starts this year (over 5-2). Rays’ 1st 5-inning record with him: 2-4-1
Nova is 2-1, 3.15 in his last three starts; under is 4-1 in his last five. Pirates are 5-2 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 9-5-1
Rays won six of their last nine games; seven of last eight Tampa Bay games went over the total. Pittsburgh lost four of last five home games; under is 6-2 in their last eight home games.
Dodgers @ Angels
Ryu is 1-1, 5.14 in his last four starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Dodgers are 1-5 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-8
Meyer is 1-2, 3.12 in his last five starts (under 3-1-1); Angels are 2-3 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-6
Angels won three of last four games, are 4-7 in home series openers- their last four games stayed under. Dodgers won 11 of their last 12 games; they won last four road series openers. Four of last five LA games stayed under.
Phillies @ Mariners
Leiter blanked Arizona for six innings (81 PT) in his MLB debut- Phillies’ 1st 5-inning record with him: 1-0
Hernandez is 3-1, 4.98 in his last four starts (over 4-2). Mariners’ 1st 5-inning record with him: 3-3
Phillies are 4-16 in their last 20 games; under is 4-2 in their last six road games. Mariners won lost last three games; five of their last six games went over.
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
Chi-Wsh: Lackey 7-8; Strasburg 11-4
NY-Mia: Matz 1-2; Locke 0-5
Mil-Cin: Anderson 10-6; Castillo 0-1
StL-Az: Wainwright 4-11; Godley 7-2
Atl-SD: Colon 5-7; Perdomo 5-8
Col-SF: Freeland 9-6; Blach 4-8
American League
Balt-Tor: Miley 8-7; Stroman 9-6
Minn-Bos: Mejia 4-6; Porcello 7-9
KC-Det: Kennedy 5-8 (3-0 last 3); Norris 7-7
Tex-Clev: Darvish 8-8; Bauer 7-8
A’s-Hst: Hahn 4-8; Paulino 4-1
NY-Chi: Tanaka 7-8; Rodon 0-0
Interleague
TB-Pitt: Snell 2-5; Nova 9-6
LA-LAA: Ryu 5-7; Meyer 3-7
Phil-Sea: Leiter 1-0; Hernandez 3-3
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
Chi-Wsh: Lackey 8-15; Strasburg 3-15
NY-Mia: Matz 0-3; Locke 2-5
Mil-Cin: Anderson 5-16; Castillo 1-1
StL-Az: Wainwright 4-15; Godley 1-9
Atl-SD: Colon 4-12; Perdomo 4-13
Col-SF: Freeland 4-15; Blach 3-12
American League
Balt-Tor: Miley 5-15; Stroman 3-15
Minn-Bos: Mejia 3-10; Porcello 5-16
KC-Det: Kennedy 3-13; Norris 3-14
Tex-Clev: Darvish 3-16; Bauer 2-15
A’s-Hst: Hahn 5-12; Paulino 1-5
NY-Chi: Tanaka 8-15; Rodon 0-0
Interleague
TB-Pitt: Snell 0-7; Nova 4-15
LA-LAA: Ryu 7-12; Meyer 5-10
Phil-Sea: Leiter 0-1; Hernandez 4-6
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Umpires
National League
Chi-Wsh: Underdogs are 9-5 in last 14 Timmons games.
NY-Mia: Over is 7-3 in last ten Muchlinski games.
Mil-Cin: Over is 6-2 in last eight Segal games.
StL-Az: Underdogs won six of last seven Reyburn games.
Atl-SD: Five of last six Winters games stayed under.
Col-SF: Over is 9-1-1 in last 11 Nelson games.
American League
Balt-Tor: Over is 9-3 in last dozen Wolcott games.
Minn-Bos: Over is 4-2-2 in last eight Hoye games.
KC-Det: Underdogs are 5-3 in last eight Lentz games.
Tex-Clev: Home team won six of eight Randazzo games.
A’s-Hst: Under is 9-3 in Cooper games this season.
NY-Chi: Underdogs are 4-4 (+$242) in last eight Wendelstedt games.
Interleague
TB-Pitt: Three of last four Tumpane games went over.
LA-LAA: Over is 6-2 in last eight Hudson games.
Phil-Sea: Five of last seven May games stayed under.
Interleague play
NL @ AL– 40-23 AL, favorites -$162
AL @ NL– 40-38 AL, favorites -$992
Total: 79-58 AL, favorites -$1,154
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 41-26-1
AL @ NL: Over 43-30-2
Total: Over 84-56-3
Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 6/27/17
Ariz 14-15-9……24-11–5……….37-26
Atl 16-16-4……16-21-4………..32-37
Cubs 16-21-1……18-15-5………..34-36
Reds 11-24-3……15-20–2………26-44
Colo 25-13-5…….19-16-2……….44-29
LA 15-16-4…….28-13-3……….43-29
Miami 14-19-2…….21-14-4……..35-33
Milw 18-12-6…….19-18-6………37-30
Mets 19-16-1……..17-21-2………36-37
Philly 10-24-7……11-17-6……….21-41
Pitt 18-18-3…..13-18-7………..31-36
St. Louis 15-16-3……21-12-7……….36-28
SD 9-24-5…….18-17–4………27-41
SF 8-28-7……..15-18-4……..26-46
Wash 28-10-2……19-15-3………..47-25
Orioles 12-21-5……..17-18-3………29-39
Boston 16-19-5………18-17-2…….34-36
White Sox 14-24-6……..16-14–2……..30-38
Cleveland 20-15-4……..15-18-4……..34-33
Detroit 16-20-5…….17-14-4……..33-34
Astros 20-11-7……..22-15-3……..42-26
KC 12-18-6………17-16-7…….29-34
Angels 16-21-7………17-13-6………33-34
Twins 20-10-3………15-20-6……..35-30
NYY 17-18-3……….22-12-2…..…39-30
A’s 12-20-5……..17-14-8……..29-34
Seattle 12-21-5……..20-15-6……..32-36
TB 17-12-8……..26-10-6……..43-22
Texas 20-10-7……..17-15-7………37-25
Toronto 14-22-3……..11-18-6……..25-40
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 6/27/17)
Ariz 12-38……..16-40……….28
Atl 8-35……..11-41…………19
Cubs 12-39……..16-38……….28
Reds 14-38……..17-38……….31
Colo 9-43……..10-37..………19
LA 9-35……..17-43..……..26
Miami 13-35……..14-39………27
Milw 14-36……18-43…..…..32
Mets 15-35……..15-39……….30
Philly 13-42……..9-34………..22
Pitt 11-39……..12-38………23
StL 10-35……..12-40……….22
SD 17-38……..11-37…………28
SF 8-46……..11-36………….19
Wash 15-40……..17-37………32
Orioles 5-38……..15-39……….20
Boston 12-40……..10-36………22
White Sox 14-44…….9-32……….23
Clev 9-40……..12-37……….21
Detroit 8-41…….16-35………24
Astros 12-38……..17-40………29
KC 6-36……..6-38…………12
Angels 18-45…….10-37………28
Twins 7-34……..11-42……….18
NYY 9-38……..13-37……….22
A’s 7-38……..12-40……….19
Seattle 15-38…….14-42………29
TB 10-37……..19-42……..29
Texas 12-38……..18-39………30
Toronto 11-39……..7-37………..18
