MLB
Saturday, May 13
National League
Braves @ Marlins
Teheran is 1-3, 8.02 in his last four starts (over 3-0-1 in his last four).
Volquez is 0-3, 6.92 in his last three starts (under 4-1-1).
Braves lost six of their last seven games; over is 10-2-2 in their last 14 games. Miami lost seven of its last eight games; over is 6-1 in their last seven games.
Phillies @ Nationals
Pivetta is 0-2, 5.40 in his first two MLB starts (under 1-0-1).
Roark is 1-1, 3.82 in his last five starts (over 5-1-1).
Phillies lost seven of their last eight games; they’re 2-4 in road series openers. Over is 7-2 in their last nine games. Nationals lost three of their last four games, all of which went over total.
Mets @ Brewers
Gsellman is 2-2, 8.22 in his six starts this season (over 6-0).
Davies is 3-0, 3.48 in his last four starts (over 6-1).
Mets won five of last eight games; over is 13-3 in their last sixteen games. Milwaukee won four of last five games; over is 13-3 in last 16 games at Miller Park.
Cubs @ Cardinals
Lester is 1-1, 5.96 in his last four starts, all of which went over.
Martinez is 2-0, 3.26 in his last three starts; over is 3-1 in his last four starts.
Cubs lost five of last seven games; over is 10-5 in their last 15 road games. St Louis won eight of its last nine games; over is 13-2-1 in their last 16 games.
Dodgers @ Rockies
Wood is 2-0, 2.81 in his last three starts; over is 3-0-1 in his last four starts.
Anderson is 2-3, 7.12 in seven starts this season (over 5-2).
Dodgers won six of their last seven games; over is 6-3-1 in their last ten games. Colorado won seven of its last ten games; under is 7-2 in their last nine games.
Pirates @ Diamondbacks
Williams allowed eight runs in three IP (75 PT) in his first ’17 start, a 12-7 loss in LA.
Walker is 2-1, 3.72 in his last five starts (under 4-3).
Pirates lost their last six games; under is 6-2-1 in their last nine games. Arizona won its last three games; under is 7-2 in their last nine games.
Reds @ Giants
Bonilla is making his first MLB start; he allowed four runs in five IP in one relief stint. He is 2-2, 5.61 in five AAA starts this season.
Moore is 0-3, 8.64 in his last five starts; under is 3-0 in his home starts.
Reds won seven of their last nine games; six of their last eight road games went over. San Francisco lost six of last eight games; under is 12-2-2 in their home games. Teams played 17 innings last nite; game ended at 12:45am local time.
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American League
Houston @ New York
Fiers is 1-1, 5.93 in six starts this year (over 3-3).
Severino is 1-1, 2.75 in his last three starts (over 3-3).
Astros won 10 of last 12 games; under is 4-0 in their last four road games. New York won six of last nine games; seven of New York’s last nine home games went over total.
Twins @ Indians
Berrios is making his first ’17 start; he is 3-7, 8.02 in 14 big league starts. He is 3-0, 1.13 in six AAA starts this season.
Clevinger blanked the Royals for 5.2 innings in his first ’17 start, a 1-0 win in KC.
Twins won eight of last nine road games; over is 10-2 in their last 12 games. Cleveland is 4-6 in its last ten games; under is 6-2 in their last eight home games.
Mariners @ Blue Jays
Looks like a bullpen game for injury-ravaged Mariners; as of midnight, they hadn’t named a starter, but it could be former Blue Jay Lawrence (0-2, 8.74 in two starts with Toronto last month)- he was claimed on waivers by Seattle Thursday.
Stroman is 2-0, 3.28 in his last four starts (under 4-3).
Mariners won four of their last six games. Over is 7-3-1 in their last eleven games. Toronto won six of last seven home games (under 5-1-1).
Rays @ Red Sox
Snell is 0-2, 5.17 in six starts this year (over 5-1).
Sale is 3-2, 2.09 in seven starts this year (under 5-2).
Tampa Bay lost four of last six games; under is 4-0-1 in their last five road games. Red Sox are 4-6 in last ten home games; over is 4-1-1 in their last six games.
A’s @ Rangers
Gray is 0-1, 6.75 in two starts this season (over 2-0).
Martinez is 0-2, 5.55 in four starts this season (under 3-1).
Oakland won four of last six games; over is 9-4 in their last 13 games. Rangers are 10-4 in last 14 home games; under is 12-3-1 in their last 16 home games. Texas won 5-2 each of last two nights, scoring four in bottom of 9th inning in both games.
Orioles @ Royals
Tillman blanked the White Sox for five innings (93 PT) in his first ’17 start, a 4-0 win.
Karns is 2-0, 1.46 in his last two starts; under is 4-1 in his last five starts.
Baltimore won six of its last eight games; over is 4-2 in their last six games. Royals won four of last five games. Under is 7-1 in their last eight home games.
Tigers @ Angels
Norris is 1-2, 6.98 in his last four starts (over 4-1-1).
Nolasco is 2-0, 3.52 in his last four starts, three of which stayed under.
Detroit won three of last five games; over is 13-4-1 in their road games. Angels lost seven of last ten games; under is 5-2 in their last seven games.
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Interleague
Padres @ White Sox
Cahill is 3-0, 2.63 in his last four starts (over 4-1 in his last five).
Covey is 0-3, 8.28 in five starts this year (over 3-1 in his last four).
San Diego lost seven of its last nine games; under is 5-2 in their last seven road games. White Sox lost their last six games. Over is 6-1 in their last seven home games.
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
Atl-Mia: Teheran 2-5; Volquez 1-5
Phil-Wsh: Pivetta 0-2; Roark 4-3
NY-Mil: Gsellman 4-2; Davies 4-3 (4-0 last 4)
Chi-StL: Lester 3-4; Martinez 4-3 (3-0 last 3)
LA-Col: Wood 2-3; Anderson 4-3
Pitt-Az: Williams 0-1; Walker 5-2
Cin-SF: Bonilla 0-0; Moore 1-6
American League
Hst-NY Fiers 4-2; Severino 3-3
Min-Clev: Berrios 0-0; Clevinger 1-0
Sea-Tor: unknown Stroman 3-4
TB-Bos: Snell 2-4; Sale 5-2
A’s-Tex: Gray 1-1; Martinez 1-3
Balt-KC: Tillman 1-0; Karns 3-3
Det-LAA: Norris 2-4; Nolasco 3-4
Interleague SD-Chi: Cahill 4-2 (4-0 last 4); Covey 2-3
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
Atl-Mia: Teheran 3-7; Volquez 3-6
Phil-Wsh: Pivetta 2-2; Roark 3-7
NY-Mil: Gsellman 4-6; Davies 1-7
Chi-StL: Lester 3-7 (3 of last 3); Martinez 2-7
LA-Col: Wood 1-5; Anderson 1-7
Pitt-Az: Williams 1-1; Walker 3-7
Cin-SF: Bonilla 0-0; Moore 3-7
American League
Hst-NY Fiers 4-6; Severino 1-6
Min-Clev: Berrios 0-0; Clevinger 0-1
Sea-Tor: unknown Stroman 1-7
TB-Bos: Snell 0-6; Sale 0-7
A’s-Tex: Gray 0-2; Martinez 1-4
Balt-KC: Tillman 0-1; Karns 4-6
Det-LAA: Norris 1-6; Nolasco 3-7
Interleague SD-Chi: Cahill 2-6; Covey 3-5
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Umpires
National League
Atl-Mia: Under is 5-2 in Bellino games this season.
NY-Mil: Last four Ripperger games stayed under.
Chi-StL: Last five BWelke games went over total.
LA-Col: Over is 4-1-1 in last six Miller games.
Pitt-Az: Three of last four Conroy games stayed under.
Cin-SF: Under is 3-0-1 in last four Davis games.
American League
Hst-NY: Under is 5-2 in Morales games this season.
Min-Clev: Under is 6-1-2 in last nine Bucknor games.
Sea-Tor: Over is 5-2 in Hernandez games this season.
TB-Bos: Last three Nelson games went over the total.
A’s-Tex: Under is 5-3 in Scheurwater games this season.
Balt-KC: Four of last five Timmons games went over.
Det-LAA: Over is 5-1 in Muchlinski games this season.
Interleague
SD-Chi: Under is 8-3-1 in last twelve Vanover games.
Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (total)- thru 5/12/17
Lead after 5th inning:
National League
Ariz 17-13-7
Atl 11-17-4
Cubs 15-17-3
Reds 15-15-4
Colo 21-13-3
LA 19-13-4
Miami 13-16-6
Milw 19-11-6
Mets 13-19-3
Philly 15-12-5
Pitt 12-21-3
St. Louis 16-12-6
SD 12-19-6
SF 11-19-7
Wash 20-13-1
American League
Orioles 19-13-2
Boston 13-18-4
ChiSox 12-16-5
Indians 12-19-3
Detroit 18-13-3
Astros 16-14-6
KC 15-16-4
Angels 14-16-8
Twins 16-10-6
NYY 17-15-1
A’s 11-16-8
Seattle 13-15-8
TB 24-9-5
Texas 18-10-9
Toronto 10-21-5
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total-5/12/17)
Ariz 4-16……..7-21……….11
Atl 3-19……..4-14…………7
Cubs 4-19……..7-16………..11
Reds 2-13……10-21………..12
Colo 5-15……..7-21……….12
LA 5-17……..7-19..……..12
Miami 6-19……..6-16……….12
Milw 5-14……..9-21………..14
Mets 7-15……..10-20……….17
Philly 8-16……..4-16…………12
Pitt 5-21……..5-15…………10
StL 6-16……..7-20………..13
SD 9-20…….6-15………..15
SF 4-21……..5-16…………9
Wash 7-18……..6-16……….13
Orioles 1-18……..5-15………..6
Boston 4-16……..4-18………..8
White Sox 4-18…….5-14………..9
Clev 6-21……..6-12………..12
Detroit 4-17……..8-16………..12
Astros 4-16……..10-20………14
KC 2-17……..4-16………..6
Angels 6-19……..5-18………..11
Twins 3-14……..5-17………..8
NYY 4-15……..8-17……….12
A’s 2-16……..4-19……….6
Seattle 9-21……..6-14………15
TB 2-14……..10-23…..…12
Texas 8-17…….5-19………13
Toronto 5-19…….5-15……….10
Interleague play
NL @ AL– 16-7 AL, favorites -$160
AL @ NL– 15-14 AL, favorites -$405
Total: 31-21 AL, favorites -$565
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL– Over 8-15
AL @ NL– Over 18-11
Total– Over 26-26