National League
Braves @ Cubs
Fried is making first MLB start; he’s allowed four runs in 6.2 IP in four relief stints this season. Fried was 2-11, 5.92 in 19 AA starts this year- that not good.
Montgomery is 3-0, 0.95 in his last three starts; over is 4-1 in his last five. Cubs are 2-2 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-3-1
Atlanta lost five of last seven games; under is 4-2 in their last six games. Cubs won seven of last eight games; under is 6-3-1 in their last ten games.
Reds @ Pirates
Romano is 2-0, 2.70 in his last three starts (under 6-5). Reds are 2-3 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 4-6-1
Williams is 0-3, 5.73 in his last four starts; under is 11-2 in his last 13. Pirates are 5-6 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 9-9-3
Cincinnati won three of last five games; over is 8-4 in their last 12 road games. Pirates are 4-8 in last 12 games; five of their last seven games stayed under the total.
Phillies @ Marlins
Thompson is 1-1, 1-1, 7.20 in three starts this year (over 2-1). Phillies lost his only road start— their first 5-inning record with him: 2-1
Urena is 3-1, 4.26 in his last five starts; under is 3-0-3 in his last six home starts. Miami is 6-5 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 12-7-3
Phillies are 6-6 in last 12 games; under is 4-2 in their last six. Marlins lost five of their last six games; under is 4-3 in their last seven games.
Nationals @ Brewers
Jackson is 3-1, 2.52 in his last four starts (under 6-2). Washington is 2-2 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 3-3-2
Suter is 0-1, 8.16 in his last three starts; over is 3-1-1 in his last five. Milwaukee is 3-1 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 5-3-1
Washington won five of its last seven games; six of their last nine games went over. Milwaukee won seven of their last nine home games; 10 of their last 13 games stayed under.
Diamondbacks @ Rockies
Godley is 1-3, 5.32 in his last four starts; under is 8-4-2 in his last 14. Arizona is 6-5 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 9-8-3
Marquez is 2-0, 4.50 in his last three starts; under is 7-0-1 in his last eight. He is 0-1, 3.42 in four starts vs Arizona this season. Colorado won his last nine home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 14-6-3
Arizona won 11 of last 12 games; over is 4-1-1 in their last six games. Colorado lost six of last seven home games; five of their last six games stayed under.
Dodgers @ Padres
Wood is 3-0, 3.09 in his last five starts; over is 4-2 in his last six starts. Dodgers won his last seven road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 12-6-2
Chacin is 0-3, 4.56 in his last five starts, last three of which stayed under. He is 1-0, 1.17 in his last three starts against the Dodgers. Padres are 8-5 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 9-14-4
Dodgers seven of their last eight games; over is 4-2-1 in their last seven games. San Diego is 13-7 in its last 20 home games; under is 7-3-1 in their last 11.
Cardinals @ Giants
Weaver is 3-0, 1.89 in his last three starts (over 2-2). St Louis won both his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 3-1
Bumgarner is 2-1, 2.77 in his last four starts; under is 5-1 in his last six. Giants are 2-4 inches home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 3-7-3
Cardinals lost five of last seven games; over is 4-2 in their last six. Giants lost five of their last seven games; nine of their last 11 games overall stayed under.
American League
Indians @ Tigers
Tomlin is 4-0, 2.43 in his last five starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. Cleveland is 4-6 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-10-4
Bell is making his first MLB start; he is 0-1, 5.48 in 19 MLB relief stints this year (42.2 IP). He was 2-4, 3.41 in seven AAA starts this year.
Indians won their last ten games- four of their last seven games went over. Detroit lost eight of last ten home games; over is 10-4-1 in their last 15 home games.
Boston @ New York
Sale is 1-2, 4.50 in his last four starts; under is 4-1 in his last five. He is 0-2, 2.43 in four starts vs NY this season. Red Sox are 10-5 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 13-7-8
Severino is 2-1, 2.75 in his last three starts; his last seven starts went over. He is 1-1, 5.40 in three starts vs Boston this Year. New York is 7-5 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 14-9-3
Red Sox won six of last nine road games; seven of their last eight games stayed under. New York lost four of its last six games; under is 12-4 in their last 16 home games.
Blue Jays @ Orioles
Anderson allowed one run in 5.2 IP (85 PT) in his first Toronto start, a 3-0 home loss to Boston, Toronto’s first 5-inning record with him: 0-0-1
Tillman is 0-2, 13.24 in his last four starts; over is 8-5 in his last 13 starts. Baltimore is 5-7 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 3-11-3
Toronto lost 10 of last 14 games; under is 7-3 in their last ten. Orioles won nine of last 12 games; over is 4-3 in their last seven home games.
Angels @ Rangers
Heaney is 1-0, 5.63 in three starts this year (over 2-1). Angels lost his only road start— their first 5-inning record with him: 2-1
Perez is 5-0, 2.91 in his last five starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven home starts. Texas is 7-8 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 11-11-3
Angels won five of last seven games; over is 8-2 in their last ten games. Texas lost five of last eight games; over is 8-2 in their last ten games.
Royals @ Twins
Kennedy is 0-4, 10.60 in his last six starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Royals are 7-5 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 8-14-3
Santana is 2-0, 3.66 in his last three starts; under is 5-3-2 in his last ten. Minnesota is 7-7 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 14-7-6
Royals lost seven of last nine games (over 6-2-1). Minnesota won five of its last six games; over is 6-2 in their last eight home games.
Rays @ White Sox
Andriese is making his first start since June 10; he is 3-0, 4.35 in his last five starts; over is 5-1 in his last six. Rays are 1-3 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 10-2
Giolito is 1-1, 2.77 in two starts this year (under 2-0). White Sox split his two home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 1-1
Rays won six of last nine games; under is 8-5-1 in their last 14 road games. Chicago lost five of last seven games; under is 8-3 in their last 11 games.
A’s @ Mariners
Gossett is 1-2, 5.64 in his last four starts; under is 5-1-1 in his last seven. A’s are 3-5 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 4-8
Albers is 2-1, 7.80 in three starts this year (over 2-1). Seattle won his only home start— their first 5-inning record with him: 2-1
A’s lost nine of last 11 road games; five of their last seven games went over. Seattle lost five of its last seven games; over is 4-2 in their last six.
Interleague
Mets @ Astros
Flexen is 1-2, 6.75 in his last three starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. Mets are 2-2 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 3-4
Fiers is 1-5, 7.85 in his last seven starts; over is 5-2-1 in his last eight starts. Houston is 7-7 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 11-12-3
Mets are 5-15 in last 20 games; over is 6-2 in their last eight. Astros won their last three games; under is 7-1 in their last eight games in Houston.
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Record with this pitcher starting:
Atl-Chi: Fried 0-0; Montgomery 5-5
Cin-Pitt: Romano 5-6; Williams 9-12
Phil-Mia: Thompson 1-2; Urena 15-7
Wsh-Mil: Jackson 5-3; Suter 4-5
Az-Colo: Godley 12-8; Marquez 15-8
LA-SD: Wood 16-4; Chacin 13-14 (0-5 last 5)
StL-SF: Weaver 3-1; Bumgarner 3-10
American League
Clev-Det: Tomlin 9-12; Bell 0-0
Tor-Balt: Anderson 0-1 (3-3); Tillman 6-11
Bos-NY: Sale 19-8; Severino 15-11
LA-Tex: Heaney 1-2; Perez 12-14 (5-0 last 5)
KC-MIn: Kennedy 12-13; Santana 16-11
TB-Chi: Andriese 6-6; Giolito 1-1
A’s-Sea: Gossett 4-8; Albers 2-1
Interleague
NY-Hst: Flexen 4-3; Fiers 14-12
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
Atl-Chi: Fried 0-0; Montgomery 2-10
Cin-Pitt: Romano 4-11; Williams 7-21
Phil-Mia: Thompson 1-3; Urena 4-22
Wsh-Mil: Jackson 4-8; Suter 1-9
Az-Colo: Godley 4-20; Marquez 6-23
LA-SD: Wood 3-20; Chacin 11-27
StL-SF: Weaver 1-4; Bumgarner 3-13
American League
Clev-Det: Tomlin 6-21; Bell 0-0
Tor-Balt: Anderson 4-7; Tillman 7-17
Bos-NY: Sale 2-27; Severino 6-27
LA-Tex: Heaney 0-3; Perez 11-26
KC-MIn: Kennedy 7-25; Santana 5-27
TB-Chi: Andriese 7-12; Giolito 0-2
A’s-Sea: Gossett 1-12; Albers 2-3
Interleague
NY-Hst: Flexen 4-7; Fiers 7-26
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Umpires
Atl-Chi: Home team won 10 of last 12 Carlson games.
Cin-Pitt: Six of last nine Tumpane games went over.
Phil-Mia: Home team won 17 of last 19 Barksdale games.
Wsh-Mil: Underdogs are 5-3 in last eight Carapazza games.
Az-Colo: Last three Barry games went over the total.
LA-SD: Last six Segal games stayed under the total.
StL-SF: Underdogs won last three Everett games.
American League
Clev-Det: Under is 3-1-1 in last five Meals games.
Tor-Balt: Five of last six Randazzo games went over.
Bos-NY: Under is 5-1-1 in last seven Holbrook games.
LA-Tex: Under is 8-2-1 in last 11 Estabrook games.
KC-MIn: Home side won 11 of last 12 Foster games.
TB-Chi: Four of last five Eddings games stayed under.
A’s-Sea: Three of last four Vanover games went over.
Interleague
NY-Hst: Seven of last eight Scheurwater games stayed under.
Interleague play
NL @ AL– 78-55 AL, favorites +$303
AL @ NL– 71-65 NL, favorites +$164
Total: 143-126 AL, favorites +$467
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 66-66-3
AL @ NL: Over 71-59-7
Total: Over 137-125-10
Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/2/17
Ariz 27-26-16……37-21–11……..64-47
Atl 25-34-9……23-35-7………..48-69
Cubs 30-30-7…….34-21-13………64-51
Reds 22-37-8……..26-36–7……….48-73
Colo 34-27-6…….35-28-4………..69-55
LA 31-23-13…….41-20-7……….72-43
Miami 28-32-8…….35-23-9………63-55
Milw 33-24-9…….34-27-9……….66-51
Mets 31-33-4……..25-36-6……….56-69
Philly 16-40-14……26-31-8……….42-71
Pitt 30-32-6…….26-29-12………57-61
St. Louis 28-30-8……35-24-9…………63-54
SD 20-39-8……..33-27–9……….53-66
SF 14-45-9……..28-30-11……….42-75
Wash 39-22-7……32-27-8………….71-49
Orioles 27-33-5……..30-33-7………57-66
Boston 30-31-10………30-33-2…….60-64
White Sox 21-37-10………25-37–4…….46-73
Cleveland 39-23-8……..31-24-8………70-47
Detroit 26-34-9…….27-31-9……..53-65
Astros 32-25-9……..42-24-5……..74-49
KC 25-31-9……..27-28-12…….52-59
Angels 25-33-8………29-27-13……..54-60
Twins 37-19-10………31-32-8…….67-50
NYY 28-36-6……….35-27-4…..…63-63
A’s 25-35-7……..28-30-11……..53-65
Seattle 26-35-9……..35-23-9………61-58
TB 35-25-10……..36-21-8……..71-46
Texas 32-25-11……..34-24-8……..66-49
Toronto 26-36-5……..27-31-10……..53-67
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 9/2/17)
Ariz 22-67……..25-67………..47
Atl 15-67……….18-66……….33
Cubs 18-67……..25-68………..43
Reds 25-67……..26-69………51
Colo 17-67……..24-67..……..41
LA 20-67……..24-67..……..44
Miami 29-68……..25-67………54
Milw 22-66……27-71…..…..49
Mets 30-68……..22-67……….52
Philly 16-70……..20-66……….36
Pitt 20-68……..21-68……….41
StL 14-67……..21-67………..35
SD 23-67……….21-68……….44
SF 15-69……….20-69……….35
Wash 25-68……..26-67……….51
Orioles 15-66……..22-71……….37
Boston 20-71……..14-65……….34
White Sox 21-68……17-66………..38
Clev 19-70……..21-65……….40
Detroit 16-68…….26-67………42
Astros 20-67……..27-69………47
KC 16-66……..13-69……….29
Angels 24-68……..20-70……….44
Twins 15-64……..18-70……….33
NYY 16-69……..18-66……….34
A’s 16-67……..26-69………42
Seattle 21-70…….22-68………43
TB 21-70……..23-67……….44
Texas 26-69……..29-66………55
Toronto 22-67……..19-71………41