MLB
Monday, July 31
National League
Braves @ Phillies
Foltynewicz is 5-0, 2.95 in his last six starts; his last three starts went over. Braves won his last four road outings— their first 5-inning record with him: 8-6-5
Pivetta is 1-2, 9.37 in his last three starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine. Phillies are 1-4 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 5-7-2
Braves lost seven of last eight games; over is 8-3-1 in their last 12 games. Philly is 8-3 in its last 11 games; under is 3-0 in their last three games.
Nationals @ Marlins
Gonzalez is 1-4, 2.48 in his last six starts (under 4-2). Washington is 7-4 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 12-5-4
Urena is 3-1, 6.00 in his last five starts; under is 5-2-1 in his last eight. Miami is 4-4 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 9-6-2
Nationals are 5-3 in last eight games, 11-6 in road series openers. Under is 5-1 in their last six road games. Miami won four of last five games; over is 6-1 in their last seven. Marlins are 7-3 in last ten home series openers.
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American League
Royals @ Orioles
Duffy is 2-1, 2.75 in his last three starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. Royals are 4-5 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-7-3
Jimenez is 0-3, 8.40 in his last three starts; under is 4-2 in his last six. Orioles are 4-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-9-1
Royals are 10-1 in last 11 games, 5-2 in last seven road series openers. Under is 6-2 in their last eight games. Baltimore is 8-5 in last 13 games, 1-5 in last six home series openers. Over is 8-2 in their last ten home games.
Detroit @ New York
Fulmer is 0-2, 6.75 in his last two starts; under is 3-1-1 in his last five road starts. Tigers are 1-4 in his last five road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 10-8-2
Severino is 2-0, 1.29 in his last three starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. New York is 6-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 10-7-3
Tigers are 4-7 in last 11 games, 3-6 in last nine road series openers. Over is 5-2 in their last seven road games. New York is 8-2 in last ten games, 10-6 in home series openers- their last three games all stayed under.
Indians @ Red Sox
Clevinger is 2-0, 2.86 in his last five starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Indians are 5-2 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 8-3-2
Fister is 0-3, 8.53 in four starts this year (over 2-2). Red Sox lost both his Fenway starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 0-4
Cleveland won nine of its last ten games; over is 7-4 in their last 11. Indians are 8-10 in road series openers. Boston lost six of last eight games; under is 13-3-1 in last 17 games at Fenway Park. Red Sox are 11-6 in home series openers.
Mariners @ Rangers
Hernandez is 2-1, 3.04 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Seattle is 1-3 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-5-1
Hamels is 3-1, 3.51 in his last five starts; over is 5-1-1 in his last seven. Texas won his last four home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 9-0-2
Mariners won six of last seven road games; they’re 7-4 in last 11 road series openers. Under is 6-2 in their last eight road games. Texas lost five of last seven home games; they’re 9-8 in home series openers. Under is 6-3-1 in their last ten home games.
Rays @ Astros
Cobb is 3-0, 1.48 in his last four starts; under is 5-1 in his last six. Tampa Bay is 7-6 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 12-6-3
Morton is 3-1, 3.41 in his last five starts; over is 7-3-1 in his last 11 starts. Houston is 6-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 8-4-2
Rays lost four of last five road games, are 5-1 in last six road series openers. Under is 11-4-1 in their last 16 games. Houston lost three of last four games, is 1-6 in last seven home series openers. Over is 7-2 in their last nine games.
Blue Jays @ White Sox
Estrada is 0-2, 6.75 in his last six starts; over is 4-1 in his last five. Toronto is 5-7 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-12-3
Shields is 0-2, 9.00 in his last four starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Chicago is 2-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 3-5-2
Toronto won five of last seven games; they’re 4-7 in last 11 road series openers. Three of their last four games went over. White Sox are 2-13 since All-Star Game; under is 6-2-1 in their last nine. Chicago is 5-11 in home series openers.
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Interleague
Giants @ A’s
Cain is 0-4, 7.47 in his last six starts; under is 6-4 in his last ten. Giants lost his last five starts on road— their first 5-inning record with him: 5-13-1
Gray is 3-1, 2.96 in his last four starts; under is 4-2 in his last six. Oakland is 6-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 10-6
Giants lost their last five road games; they’re 8-9 in road series openers. Under is 3-1 in their last four games. Oakland lost nine of last 12 games, but won last two; under is 4-2-1 in their last six. A’s are 7-10 in home series openers.
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
Atl-Phil: Foltynewicz 12-7 (9-0 last 9); Pivetta 4-10
Wsh-Mia: Gonzalez 11-10; Urena 11-5
American League
KC-Balt: Duffy 8-8; Jimenez 8-8
Det-NYY: Fulmer 11-9; Severino 11-9
Clev-Bos: Clevinger 7-6; Fister 1-3
Sea-Tex: Hernandez 6-6; Hamels 6-5
TB-Hst: Cobb 11-10; Morton 9-5
Tor-Chi: Estrada 9-12; Shields 3-7
Interleague
SF-A’s: Cain 8-11; Gray 8-8
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
Atl-Phil: Foltynewicz 4-19; Pivetta 5-14
Wsh-Mia: Gonzalez 7-21; Urena 3-16
American League
KC-Balt: Duffy 3-16; Jimenez 5-16
Det-NYY: Fulmer 7-20; Severino 4-20
Clev-Bos: Clevinger 1-13; Fister 2-4
Sea-Tex: Hernandez 6-12; Hamels 5-11
TB-Hst: Cobb 4-21; Morton 2-14
Tor-Chi: Estrada 8-21; Shields 3-10
Interleague
SF-A’s: Cain 7-19; Gray 2-16
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Umpires
National League
American League
Interleague
Interleague play
NL @ AL– 53-42 AL, favorites -$756
AL @ NL– 56-49 NL, favorites -$366
Total: 102-98 AL, favorites -$1,122
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 49-46-2
AL @ NL: Over 60-42-4
Total: Over 109-88-6
Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 7/30/17
Ariz 19-20-13……30-15–9……….49-35
Atl 21-25-8……19-25-4………..40-50
Cubs 25-26-4……22-19-8………..47-45
Reds 16-31-5……19-29–5…………35-60
Colo 29-21-6…….27-20-2……….56-41
LA 22-18-5…….38-16-6……….60-34
Miami 22-25-4…….25-21-6……..47-46
Milw 26-18-8…….27-20-8………52-38
Mets 23-24-3……..23-27-3………46-51
Philly 12-29-11……19-24-7……….31-53
Pitt 26-25-4…….19-22-9………45-47
St. Louis 18-22-8……31-17-9……….49-39
SD 14-31-6……..27-22–5………41-53
SF 10-37-8……..19-25-7……….32-62
Wash 34-14-4……23-21-7………….57-35
Orioles 19-29-4……..22-26-3………41-55
Boston 21-27-7………23-25-2…….44-52
White Sox 18-29-8……..18-26–3……..36-54
Cleveland 26-19-6……..24-20-6……..49-39
Detroit 19-24-8…….25-22-5……..44-46
Astros 27-18-8……..31-17-4……..58-35
KC 18-24-7………22-21-10…….40-45
Angels 20-27-8………21-18-11………41-45
Twins 28-16-6………22-26-6……..50-41
NYY 22-28-4……….28-18-3…..…50-46
A’s 18-26-7……..23-21-10……..41-47
Seattle 17-25-6……..30-19-9……..47-44
TB 26-18-10……..32-12-7……..58-30
Texas 25-18-10……..22-21-8………47-39
Toronto 20-29-3……..18-26-8……..38-55
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 7/30/17)
Ariz 14-50……..21-54………..34
Atl 12-54……..13-48………..25
Cubs 14-55……..18-49……….32
Reds 20-52……..19-52……….39
Colo 14-56……..17-50..……..31
LA 14-45……..22-59..……..36
Miami 23-51……..17-52………40
Milw 20-52……21-55…..…..41
Mets 22-50……..17-53……….39
Philly 15-52……..14-51……….29
Pitt 16-55……..16-50……….32
StL 12-48……..18-56………..30
SD 20-51……..17-54…………37
SF 12-55……..15-51…………27
Wash 22-52……..22-51……….44
Orioles 7-53……..17-52……….24
Boston 17-56……..10-50………27
White Sox 15-55……12-47……….27
Clev 9-51……..17-52……….26
Detroit 10-51…….20-52……..30
Astros 17-53……..21-51……….38
KC 10-50……..10-53………20
Angels 21-56…….12-50………..33
Twins 12-49……..12-54……….24
NYY 12-54……..15-49………28
A’s 12-50……..17-55………29
Seattle 16-47…….20-59………36
TB 16-54……..20-52……..36
Texas 17-53……..23-50………40
Toronto 16-52……..12-54……….28
Monday, July 31
National League
Braves @ Phillies
Foltynewicz is 5-0, 2.95 in his last six starts; his last three starts went over. Braves won his last four road outings— their first 5-inning record with him: 8-6-5
Pivetta is 1-2, 9.37 in his last three starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine. Phillies are 1-4 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 5-7-2
Braves lost seven of last eight games; over is 8-3-1 in their last 12 games. Philly is 8-3 in its last 11 games; under is 3-0 in their last three games.
Nationals @ Marlins
Gonzalez is 1-4, 2.48 in his last six starts (under 4-2). Washington is 7-4 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 12-5-4
Urena is 3-1, 6.00 in his last five starts; under is 5-2-1 in his last eight. Miami is 4-4 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 9-6-2
Nationals are 5-3 in last eight games, 11-6 in road series openers. Under is 5-1 in their last six road games. Miami won four of last five games; over is 6-1 in their last seven. Marlins are 7-3 in last ten home series openers.
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American League
Royals @ Orioles
Duffy is 2-1, 2.75 in his last three starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. Royals are 4-5 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-7-3
Jimenez is 0-3, 8.40 in his last three starts; under is 4-2 in his last six. Orioles are 4-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-9-1
Royals are 10-1 in last 11 games, 5-2 in last seven road series openers. Under is 6-2 in their last eight games. Baltimore is 8-5 in last 13 games, 1-5 in last six home series openers. Over is 8-2 in their last ten home games.
Detroit @ New York
Fulmer is 0-2, 6.75 in his last two starts; under is 3-1-1 in his last five road starts. Tigers are 1-4 in his last five road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 10-8-2
Severino is 2-0, 1.29 in his last three starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. New York is 6-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 10-7-3
Tigers are 4-7 in last 11 games, 3-6 in last nine road series openers. Over is 5-2 in their last seven road games. New York is 8-2 in last ten games, 10-6 in home series openers- their last three games all stayed under.
Indians @ Red Sox
Clevinger is 2-0, 2.86 in his last five starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Indians are 5-2 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 8-3-2
Fister is 0-3, 8.53 in four starts this year (over 2-2). Red Sox lost both his Fenway starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 0-4
Cleveland won nine of its last ten games; over is 7-4 in their last 11. Indians are 8-10 in road series openers. Boston lost six of last eight games; under is 13-3-1 in last 17 games at Fenway Park. Red Sox are 11-6 in home series openers.
Mariners @ Rangers
Hernandez is 2-1, 3.04 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Seattle is 1-3 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-5-1
Hamels is 3-1, 3.51 in his last five starts; over is 5-1-1 in his last seven. Texas won his last four home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 9-0-2
Mariners won six of last seven road games; they’re 7-4 in last 11 road series openers. Under is 6-2 in their last eight road games. Texas lost five of last seven home games; they’re 9-8 in home series openers. Under is 6-3-1 in their last ten home games.
Rays @ Astros
Cobb is 3-0, 1.48 in his last four starts; under is 5-1 in his last six. Tampa Bay is 7-6 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 12-6-3
Morton is 3-1, 3.41 in his last five starts; over is 7-3-1 in his last 11 starts. Houston is 6-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 8-4-2
Rays lost four of last five road games, are 5-1 in last six road series openers. Under is 11-4-1 in their last 16 games. Houston lost three of last four games, is 1-6 in last seven home series openers. Over is 7-2 in their last nine games.
Blue Jays @ White Sox
Estrada is 0-2, 6.75 in his last six starts; over is 4-1 in his last five. Toronto is 5-7 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-12-3
Shields is 0-2, 9.00 in his last four starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Chicago is 2-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 3-5-2
Toronto won five of last seven games; they’re 4-7 in last 11 road series openers. Three of their last four games went over. White Sox are 2-13 since All-Star Game; under is 6-2-1 in their last nine. Chicago is 5-11 in home series openers.
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Interleague
Giants @ A’s
Cain is 0-4, 7.47 in his last six starts; under is 6-4 in his last ten. Giants lost his last five starts on road— their first 5-inning record with him: 5-13-1
Gray is 3-1, 2.96 in his last four starts; under is 4-2 in his last six. Oakland is 6-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 10-6
Giants lost their last five road games; they’re 8-9 in road series openers. Under is 3-1 in their last four games. Oakland lost nine of last 12 games, but won last two; under is 4-2-1 in their last six. A’s are 7-10 in home series openers.
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
Atl-Phil: Foltynewicz 12-7 (9-0 last 9); Pivetta 4-10
Wsh-Mia: Gonzalez 11-10; Urena 11-5
American League
KC-Balt: Duffy 8-8; Jimenez 8-8
Det-NYY: Fulmer 11-9; Severino 11-9
Clev-Bos: Clevinger 7-6; Fister 1-3
Sea-Tex: Hernandez 6-6; Hamels 6-5
TB-Hst: Cobb 11-10; Morton 9-5
Tor-Chi: Estrada 9-12; Shields 3-7
Interleague
SF-A’s: Cain 8-11; Gray 8-8
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
Atl-Phil: Foltynewicz 4-19; Pivetta 5-14
Wsh-Mia: Gonzalez 7-21; Urena 3-16
American League
KC-Balt: Duffy 3-16; Jimenez 5-16
Det-NYY: Fulmer 7-20; Severino 4-20
Clev-Bos: Clevinger 1-13; Fister 2-4
Sea-Tex: Hernandez 6-12; Hamels 5-11
TB-Hst: Cobb 4-21; Morton 2-14
Tor-Chi: Estrada 8-21; Shields 3-10
Interleague
SF-A’s: Cain 7-19; Gray 2-16
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Umpires
National League
American League
Interleague
Interleague play
NL @ AL– 53-42 AL, favorites -$756
AL @ NL– 56-49 NL, favorites -$366
Total: 102-98 AL, favorites -$1,122
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 49-46-2
AL @ NL: Over 60-42-4
Total: Over 109-88-6
Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 7/30/17
Ariz 19-20-13……30-15–9……….49-35
Atl 21-25-8……19-25-4………..40-50
Cubs 25-26-4……22-19-8………..47-45
Reds 16-31-5……19-29–5…………35-60
Colo 29-21-6…….27-20-2……….56-41
LA 22-18-5…….38-16-6……….60-34
Miami 22-25-4…….25-21-6……..47-46
Milw 26-18-8…….27-20-8………52-38
Mets 23-24-3……..23-27-3………46-51
Philly 12-29-11……19-24-7……….31-53
Pitt 26-25-4…….19-22-9………45-47
St. Louis 18-22-8……31-17-9……….49-39
SD 14-31-6……..27-22–5………41-53
SF 10-37-8……..19-25-7……….32-62
Wash 34-14-4……23-21-7………….57-35
Orioles 19-29-4……..22-26-3………41-55
Boston 21-27-7………23-25-2…….44-52
White Sox 18-29-8……..18-26–3……..36-54
Cleveland 26-19-6……..24-20-6……..49-39
Detroit 19-24-8…….25-22-5……..44-46
Astros 27-18-8……..31-17-4……..58-35
KC 18-24-7………22-21-10…….40-45
Angels 20-27-8………21-18-11………41-45
Twins 28-16-6………22-26-6……..50-41
NYY 22-28-4……….28-18-3…..…50-46
A’s 18-26-7……..23-21-10……..41-47
Seattle 17-25-6……..30-19-9……..47-44
TB 26-18-10……..32-12-7……..58-30
Texas 25-18-10……..22-21-8………47-39
Toronto 20-29-3……..18-26-8……..38-55
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 7/30/17)
Ariz 14-50……..21-54………..34
Atl 12-54……..13-48………..25
Cubs 14-55……..18-49……….32
Reds 20-52……..19-52……….39
Colo 14-56……..17-50..……..31
LA 14-45……..22-59..……..36
Miami 23-51……..17-52………40
Milw 20-52……21-55…..…..41
Mets 22-50……..17-53……….39
Philly 15-52……..14-51……….29
Pitt 16-55……..16-50……….32
StL 12-48……..18-56………..30
SD 20-51……..17-54…………37
SF 12-55……..15-51…………27
Wash 22-52……..22-51……….44
Orioles 7-53……..17-52……….24
Boston 17-56……..10-50………27
White Sox 15-55……12-47……….27
Clev 9-51……..17-52……….26
Detroit 10-51…….20-52……..30
Astros 17-53……..21-51……….38
KC 10-50……..10-53………20
Angels 21-56…….12-50………..33
Twins 12-49……..12-54……….24
NYY 12-54……..15-49………28
A’s 12-50……..17-55………29
Seattle 16-47…….20-59………36
TB 16-54……..20-52……..36
Texas 17-53……..23-50………40
Toronto 16-52……..12-54……….28