MLB
Friday, May 19
National League
Brewers @ Cubs
30-year old Espino is making his first MLB start after 1,304 IP in the minors (292 games, 192 starts). He is 4-0, 2.54 in seven AAA starts this season.
Butler blanked St Louis for six innings (94 PT) in his first ’17 start.
Brewers won nine of their last eleven games- five of their last seven games went over the total. Milwaukee is 4-2 in road series openers. Cubs are 6-3 in last nine home games; over is 12-1 in last 13 games at Wrigley Field. Chicago is 2-4 in home series openers.
Phillies @ Pirates
Hellickson is 0-1, 7.90 in his last three starts (under 6-2).
Williams is 1-1, 10.13 in two starts this year (over 1-1).
Phillies lost 12 of last 14 games; they’re 3-4 in road series openers. Over is 8-2 in their last ten road games. Pittsburgh won four of last five games; under is 6-2 in their last eight home games. Pirates are 3-3 in home series openers.
Nationals @ Braves
Gonzalez is 0-1, 4.58 in his last three starts (over 4-4).
Dickey is 2-2, 4.65 in his last five starts; three of his last four went over.
Washington lost five of its last six road games; over is 7-3 in their last ten games. Nationals are 5-2 in road series openers. Atlanta won five of last seven games; they’re 2-3 in home series openers. Over is 6-0-2 in their last eight home games.
Rockies @ Reds
Anderson is 1-2, 8.69 in four road starts this year (over 5-3).
Bonilla allowed three runs in eight IP (98 PT) in his first MLB start, at San Francisco.
Colorado won six of last nine road games; they’re 3-3 in road series openers. Under is 10-4 in their last 14 games. Reds lost six games in row; over is 4-0 in their last four games. Cincinnati is 3-4 in home series openers.
Giants @ Cardinals
Moore is 1-0, 2.77 in his last two starts; over is 3-0-1 in his road starts.
Wacha is 1-0, 3.28 in his last four starts; his last three starts went over.
Giants won five of last six games; they’re 2-5 in road series openers. Over is 5-2 in their road series openers. St Louis is 3-6 in its last nine home games, 3-5 in home series openers. Over is 10-3 in their last 13 home games.
Diamondbacks @ Padres
Walker is 0-2, 5.51 in his last three starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven starts.
Weaver is 0-3, 11.09 in his last four starts (over is 5-1 in his last six starts).
Arizona won its last three games; they’re 3-2 in road series openers. Under is 7-1 in their last eight road games. San Diego lost eight of last ten games. Over is 10-4 in their last 14 home games. Padres are 5-2 in home openers this season.
Marlins @ Dodgers
Nicolino allowed one run in six IP (79 PT) in his first ’17 start.
Wood is 3-0, 2.05 in his last four starts; over is 3-1-1 in his last five.
Miami lost nine of its last ten games; under is 4-1-1 in their last six games. Dodgers lost three of their last five games; over is 5-2-2 in their last nine home games.
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American League
Blue Jays @ Orioles
Sanchez is 0-1, 3.44 in four starts this year (under 3-1).
Tillman is 1-0, 2.89 in two starts this year (under 2-0).
Blue Jays lost three of last four games; they’re 5-2 in road series openers. Over is 9-2 in their last 11 road games. Baltimore lost six of its last seven games; over is 6-2-1 in their last nine games. Orioles are 6-0 in home series openers.
Bronx @ Tampa Bay
Severino is 1-1, 3.27 in his last four starts, last three of which went over total.
Ramirez allowed one run in five IP (66 PT) in his only ’17 start, vs Detroit.
New York won eight of last ten road games; over is 12-6 in their last 18 games- they’re 4-2 in road series openers. Tampa Bay won four of last six games but is 1-4 in last five home games, 2-5 in home series openers. Over is 8-1-1 in Rays’ last ten games.
Rangers @ Tigers
Martinez is 0-2, 7.27 in his last three starts (under 3-2).
Norris is 1-2, 6.12 in his last five starts (over 4-2-1).
Rangers won their last nine games, are 2-4 in road series openers. Four of last five Ranger games went over total. Detroit won five of last seven home games; they’re 4-2 in home series openers. Over is 10-3 in their series opener this season.
Royals @ Twins
Karns is 2-0, 2.08 in his last three starts; under is 5-1 in his last six starts.
Santiago is 3-0, 2.59 in four home starts; his last five starts all went over.
Kansas City won seven of its last ten games; they’re 2-3 in road series openers. Over is 5-2 in their last seven road games. Minnesota lost three of last four home games; they’re 4-3 in road seres openers. Over is 7-3 in last ten games at Target Field.
Indians @ Astros
Bauer is 1-2, 7.88 in his last three starts (over 4-2-1).
Morton is 4-0, 4.44 in his last four starts; his last five starts went over.
Indians lost five of last seven games; they’re 3-4 in road series openers. Last four Cleveland games went over total. Houston won nine of last ten games; they’re 5-1 in home series openers. Over is 4-1 in Astros’ last five home games.
White Sox @ Mariners
Quintana is 2-1, 3.12 in his last four starts; under is 6-1 in his last seven.
Miranda is 2-1, 2.75 in three home starts (under 5-3).
White Sox lost ten of their last twelve games; over is 7-1-1 in their last nine games. Seattle won three of its last four games; over is 11-5-1 in their last 17 games.
Red Sox @ A’s
Sale is 3-0, 3.86 in his last three starts; under is 6-1 in his last seven.
Graveman is 0-1, 6.35 in his last three starts (under 4-3).
Red Sox are 5-3 in last eight road games; over is 7-1 in their last eight road games. Oakland lost six of its last nine games; over is 14-5 in their last 19 games.
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Interleague
Angels @ Mets
Nolasco is 0-0, 4.67 in his last three starts (under 4-1 in his last five).
deGrom is 2-0, 5.63 in his last four starts, three of which went over.
Angels won their last four games; they’re 2-4 in road series openers. Under is 13-5 in their last 18 road games. Mets lost their last seven games, are 3-4 in home series openers. Over is 5-1-1 in their last seven games.
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
Mil-Chi: Espino 0-0; Butler 1-0
Phil-Pitt: Hellickson 7-1; Williams 1-1
Wsh-Atl: Gonzalez 5-3; Dickey 3-4
Col-Cin: Anderson 4-4; Bonilla 0-1
SF-StL: Moore 2-6; Wacha 3-3
Az-SD: Walker 5-3; Weaver 0-8
Mia-LA: Nicolino 1-0; Wood 4-2
American League
Tor-Balt: Sanchez 2-2; Tillman 1-1
NY-TB: Severino 4-3; Ramirez 1-0
Tex-Det: Martinez 2-3; Norris 3-4
KC-Min: Karns 4-3; Santiago 4-4
Clev-Hst: Bauer 3-4; Morton 6-2
Bos-A’s: Sale 6-2; Graveman 3-4
Chi-Sea: Quintana 3-5; Miranda 5-3
Interleague
LAA-NYM: Nolasco 3-5; deGrom 4-4
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
Mil-Chi: Espino 0-0; Butler 0-1
Phil-Pitt: Hellickson 3-8; Williams 1-2
Wsh-Atl: Gonzalez 5-8; Dickey 2-7
Col-Cin: Anderson 1-8; Bonilla 1-1
SF-StL: Moore 3-8; Wacha 1-6
Az-SD: Walker 3-8; Weaver 3-8 (3 of last 3)
Mia-LA: Nicolino 0-1; Wood 1-6
American League
Tor-Balt: Sanchez 0-4; Tillman 0-2
NY-TB: Severino 1-7; Ramirez 1-1
Tex-Det: Martinez 1-5; Norris 1-7
KC-Min: Karns 4-7; Santiago 1-8
Clev-Hst: Bauer 1-7; Morton 1-8
Bos-A’s: Sale 0-8; Graveman 4-7 (4 of last 4)
Chi-Sea: Quintana 2-8; Miranda 4-8
Interleague
LAA-NYM: Nolasco 3-8; deGrom 3-8
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Umpires
National League
American League
Interleague
Interleague play
NL @ AL– 22-10 AL, favorites -$81
AL @ NL– 20-15 AL, favorites -$223
Total: 42-25 AL, favorites -$304
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 15-17-1
AL @ NL: Over 24-12
Total: Over 39-29-1
Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 5/18/17
Ariz 5-8-3……14-8–4…….19-16–7
Atl 9-11-3……6-8-1……..15-19–4
Cubs 9-11………9-7-3……..18-18-3
Reds 4-12-2……11-8–2……..15-20-4
Colo 11-6-2…..11-10-2…….22-16–5
LA 9-11-2……13-5-2…….22-16-4
Miami 6-13-1…….8-9-3……..14-22-4
Milw 11-4-4…….11-10-2…….22-14-6
Mets 8-10-1……..7-11-2…….15-21-3
Philly 7-10-4………7-7-2…….14-17-6
Pitt 7-14-2…….8-8-2……..15-22-4
St. Louis 7-5-2……..12-6-4……..19-11-6
SD 5-14-4…….9-9–2……..14-23-6
SF 4-13-4……11-7-3………18-20-7
Wash 14-6-1……9-8-2………23-14-3
Orioles 10-10-2……….10-6………20-16-2
Boston 6-11-2………9-10-2……..15-21-4
White Sox 6-12-5……..8-7–1……..14-19-6
Cleveland 8-11-2……..6-11-1……..14-22-3
Detroit 9-9-2…….11-6-2……..20-15-4
Astros 8-8-5……..11-8-1……..19-16-6
KC 4-10-3…….13-8-2……..17-18-5
Angels 5-10-5……12-6-5………17-16-10
Twins 9-5-2………9-7-5………18-12-7
NYY 9-9-1……….11-8…..…….20-17-1
A’s 7-11-3……..8-7-5……..15-18-8
Seattle 6-12-5……..11-4-4……..17-16-9
TB 11-7-3……..16-4-2……..27-11-5
Texas 10-4-4……..11-8-5…….21-12-9
Toronto 5-15-1……..6-9-5……..11-24-6
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 5/18/17)
Ariz 4-16……..9-26……….13
Atl 5-23……..5-15………..10
Cubs 4-21……..8-19………..12
Reds 4-18……..10-22………14
Colo 6-19……..8-23……….14
LA 7-22……..8-20..……..15
Miami 6-20……..7-20……….13
Milw 7-19……..11-23………18
Mets 8-19……..10-20……….18
Philly 8-22……..4-16…………12
Pitt 6-23……..7-18…………13
StL 6-16……..7-22………..13
SD 11-23……6-20………..17
SF 3-24……..6-21………..9
Wash 8-21……..7-19……….15
Orioles 2-23……..5-16………..7
Boston 6-19……..5-21………..11
White Sox 5-23…….8-16………..13
Clev 6-21……..8-18………..14
Detroit 5-20……..9-19………..14
Astros 7-21……..10-20……….17
KC 2-17……..4-23…………6
Angels 6-20…….5-23………..11
Twins 3-16……..6-21……….9
NYY 5-19……..9-19……….14
A’s 3-21……..5-20……….8
Seattle 9-23……..10-19………19
TB 6-21……..10-22………16
Texas 7-18……..8-24………15
Toronto 6-21……..4-21………10
