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Monday?s games
National League
Dodgers @ Pirates
Wood is 3-0, 2.77 in his last four starts; under is 4-2 in his last six road starts. Dodgers won his last six road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 12-5-2
Cole is 3-1, 3.55 in his last five starts (over 3-1-1). Pirates are 6-4 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 8-12-5
Dodgers won six of last seven games; under is 10-5-1 in their last 16 road games. LA is 10-2 in last 12 road series openers. Pittsburgh lost six of its last eight games; their last five games went over. Pirates are 9-11 in home series openers.
Diamondbacks @ Mets
Walker is 0-4, 5.86 in his last five starts (over 4-1). Arizona is 5-5 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 8-8-4
Gsellman is 0-2, 10.70 in his last four starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Mets are 3-5 in hs home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 6-8-1
Arizona lost five of its last six games; over is 5-2 in their last seven road games. Snakes are 11-9 in road series openers. Mets lost six of their last seven games; under is 7-3-1 in their last 11 home games. New York is 9-7 in last 16 home series openers.
Brewers @ Giants
Davies is 3-2, 2.91 in his last five starts; under is 5-0-1 in his last six. Milwaukee is 9-3 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 13-7-5
Stratton is 1-1, 3.93 in three starts this year (under 2-1). Giants won his only home start? their first 5-inning record with him: 0-2-1
Brewers won six of last seven games; under is 5-1-2 in their last eight. Milwaukee is 10-10 in road series openers. Giants won six of last nine home games; five of last seven Giant games went over the total. SF is 6-14 in home series openers.
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American League
Twins @ White Sox
Gee is 48-46, 4.10 in 125 MLB starts; he allowed four runs in 3.1 IP (83 PT) in one start for Texas this year.
Melville is 4-3, 2.70 in 10 AAA starts this year; this is his first ?17 MLB start. He allowed 12 runs in nine IP for the Reds LY (3 games, 2 starts).
Rodon is 0-0, 2.12 in his last four starts (under 3-1). White Sox lost his last four road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 2-6-1
Fulmer is making his first MLB start; he is 0-2, 8.49 in 8 MLB relief stints (11.2 IP). He is 7-8, 5.61 in 24 AAA starts this year.
Twins are 11-3 in last 14 games; over is 5-2-2 in their last nine. Minnesota is 12-7 in road series openers. Chicago lost six of last eight games; under is 4-1 in their last five home games. White Sox are 8-11 in home series openers.
A?s @ Orioles
Smith is 0-2, 5.09 in six starts this year (under 4-1-1). A?s are 1-1 in his road starts? their 1st 5-inning record with him: 2-3-1
Jimenez is 1-1, 4.43 in his last four starts; under is 6-4 in his last ten. Orioles are 6-3 in his home starts? their 1st 5-inning record with him: 8-10-2
A?s lost eight of last 12 games; their last three games stayed under. Oakland is 6-13 in road series openers. Baltimore lost eight of last 12 games; under is 7-3 in their last 10 home games. Orioles are 3-6 in last nine home series openers.
Red Sox @ Indians
Rodriguez is 0-0, 4.22 in his last four starts; under is 5-1 in his last six. Boston is 4-5 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 8-8
Clevinger is 3-1, 3.62 in his last six starts; under is 7-2 in his last nine. Indians are 2-4 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 9-4-2
Red Sox are 14-3 in last 17 games; under is 6-2-1 in their last nine home games. Boston is 9-11 in road series openers. Cleveland is 8-2 in its last ten games; under is 6-1 in their last seven home games. Indians are 10-9 in home series openers.
Rangers @ Angels
Hamels is 4-0, 3.44 in his last five starts (over 10-4-1). Texas is 2-4 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 13-0-2
Skaggs is 0-2, 2.66 in his last four starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six. Angels are 2-1 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 2-4-2
Texas won eight of last 11 games; over is 4-2 in their last six games. Rangers are 8-11 in road series openers. Angels won nine of last 11 games; six of their last seven games stayed under. Halos are 7-12 in home series openers.
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Interleague
Mariners @ Braves
Albers allowed one run in five IP (77 PT) in his first ?17 start, a 3-1 win over the Orioles. Seattle?s first 5-inning record with him: 1-0
Foltynewicz is 1-3, 11.02 in his last four starts; over is 6-1 in his last seven. Braves are 7-0 in his last seven home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 8-9-6
Mariners won four of last five games; under is 5-3 in their last eight. Seattle is 8-2 in last ten road series openers. Atlanta lost five of last six home games; under is 6-2 in their last eight. Braves are 9-10 in home series openers.
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
LA-Pitt: Wood 15-4; Cole 15-10
Az-NY: Walker 10-10 (0-7 last 7); Gsellman 7-8
Mil-SF: Davies 16-9; Stratton 2-1
American League
Minn-Chi: Gee 0-0 Melville 0-0; Rodon 3-6 Fulmer 0-0
A?s-Balt: Smith 3-3; Jimenez 10-10
Bos-Clev: Rodriguez 10-6; Clevinger 8-7
Tex-LA: Hamels 9-6; Skaggs 4-4
Interleague
Sea-Atl: Albers 1-0; Foltynewicz 13-10
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
LA-Pitt: Wood 3-19; Cole 9-25
Az-NY: Walker 6-20; Gsellman 8-15
Mil-SF: Davies 8-25; Stratton 1-3
American League
Minn-Chi: Gee 0-0 Melville 0-0; Rodon 3-9 Fulmer 0-0
A?s-Balt: Smith 3-6; Jimenez 6-20
Bos-Clev: Rodriguez 4-16; Clevinger 1-15
Tex-LA: Hamels 6-15; Skaggs 4-8
Interleague
Sea-Atl: Albers 1-1; Foltynewicz 5-23
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Umpires
National League
American League
Interleague
Interleague play
NL @ AL? 73-52 AL, favorites +$227
AL @ NL? 67-60 NL, favorites +$204
Total: 133-119 AL, favorites +$431
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 63-61-3
AL @ NL: Over 67-54-7
Total: Over 130-115-10
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/20/17
Ariz 22-25-16??31-21?11??..53-46
Atl 23-30-9??21-31-7???..44-61
Cubs 28-27-6??.29-21-12???.57-48
Reds 21-37-7??..22-33?5???.43-70
Colo 31-24-6??.34-24-4???..65-48
LA 29-18-10??.40-18-7???.69-36
Miami 27-27-7??.32-22-7???59-49
Milw 31-21-8??.31-26-8???.61-47
Mets 28-28-3??..24-33-6??..52-61
Philly 15-38-14??21-27-7???.36-65
Pitt 29-29-4??.25-27-9???55-56
St. Louis 25-28-8??33-20-9???..58-49
SD 19-36-6??..30-25?8???.49-61
SF 13-40-9??..25-28-10???.38-68
Wash 37-19-6??27-24-8????.64-44
Orioles 24-33-5??..26-30-5???50-63
Boston 25-27-8???30-30-2??..55-57
White Sox 21-35-9???21-32?3??..42-66
Cleveland 35-22-7??..28-21-7???.63-43
Detroit 22-32-9??.26-26-8??..48-58
Astros 30-23-8??..39-22-4??..69-45
KC 24-28-8???24-25-12??.48-53
Angels 25-31-8???26-22-12??..51-53
Twins 33-16-9???28-31-7??..61-46
NYY 26-35-6???.30-23-4?..?56-58
A?s 22-30-7??..26-30-10??..48-60
Seattle 22-30-8??..34-22-9??..56-52
TB 29-23-10??..34-20-8??..63-43
Texas 28-21-10??..32-24-8???60-45
Toronto 23-34-4??..25-29-8??..48-63
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 8/20/17)
Ariz 18-61??..21-62???..39
Atl 13-61??..16-59???..29
Cubs 15-61??..23-62???..38
Reds 24-65??..24-59???.48
Colo 16-61??..23-62..???39
LA 17-57??..24-64..??..41
Miami 25-61??..22-61???47
Milw 20-60??25-66?..?..45
Mets 25-59??..21-63???.46
Philly 16-67??..16-56???.32
Pitt 19-62??..21-62???.40
StL 13-62??..19-61???..32
SD 23-61???.20-62???.43
SF 15-63??..19-63????34
Wash 25-62??..24-60???.49
Orioles 13-63??..20-62???.33
Boston 18-61??..14-62???..32
White Sox 21-65??13-56???.34
Clev 15-64??..19-58???34
Detroit 16-63??.25-61???41
Astros 17-61??..24-63???.41
KC 16-61??..10-62???.26
Angels 23-66??.15-60???..38
Twins 13-56??..14-65???.27
NYY 14-66??..16-57???.30
A?s 14-59??..25-66???39
Seattle 20-59??.22-66???42
TB 18-62??..22-64???.40
Texas 22-59??..27-64???49
Toronto 20-61??..18-65???38
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Monday?s games
National League
Dodgers @ Pirates
Wood is 3-0, 2.77 in his last four starts; under is 4-2 in his last six road starts. Dodgers won his last six road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 12-5-2
Cole is 3-1, 3.55 in his last five starts (over 3-1-1). Pirates are 6-4 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 8-12-5
Dodgers won six of last seven games; under is 10-5-1 in their last 16 road games. LA is 10-2 in last 12 road series openers. Pittsburgh lost six of its last eight games; their last five games went over. Pirates are 9-11 in home series openers.
Diamondbacks @ Mets
Walker is 0-4, 5.86 in his last five starts (over 4-1). Arizona is 5-5 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 8-8-4
Gsellman is 0-2, 10.70 in his last four starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Mets are 3-5 in hs home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 6-8-1
Arizona lost five of its last six games; over is 5-2 in their last seven road games. Snakes are 11-9 in road series openers. Mets lost six of their last seven games; under is 7-3-1 in their last 11 home games. New York is 9-7 in last 16 home series openers.
Brewers @ Giants
Davies is 3-2, 2.91 in his last five starts; under is 5-0-1 in his last six. Milwaukee is 9-3 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 13-7-5
Stratton is 1-1, 3.93 in three starts this year (under 2-1). Giants won his only home start? their first 5-inning record with him: 0-2-1
Brewers won six of last seven games; under is 5-1-2 in their last eight. Milwaukee is 10-10 in road series openers. Giants won six of last nine home games; five of last seven Giant games went over the total. SF is 6-14 in home series openers.
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American League
Twins @ White Sox
Gee is 48-46, 4.10 in 125 MLB starts; he allowed four runs in 3.1 IP (83 PT) in one start for Texas this year.
Melville is 4-3, 2.70 in 10 AAA starts this year; this is his first ?17 MLB start. He allowed 12 runs in nine IP for the Reds LY (3 games, 2 starts).
Rodon is 0-0, 2.12 in his last four starts (under 3-1). White Sox lost his last four road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 2-6-1
Fulmer is making his first MLB start; he is 0-2, 8.49 in 8 MLB relief stints (11.2 IP). He is 7-8, 5.61 in 24 AAA starts this year.
Twins are 11-3 in last 14 games; over is 5-2-2 in their last nine. Minnesota is 12-7 in road series openers. Chicago lost six of last eight games; under is 4-1 in their last five home games. White Sox are 8-11 in home series openers.
A?s @ Orioles
Smith is 0-2, 5.09 in six starts this year (under 4-1-1). A?s are 1-1 in his road starts? their 1st 5-inning record with him: 2-3-1
Jimenez is 1-1, 4.43 in his last four starts; under is 6-4 in his last ten. Orioles are 6-3 in his home starts? their 1st 5-inning record with him: 8-10-2
A?s lost eight of last 12 games; their last three games stayed under. Oakland is 6-13 in road series openers. Baltimore lost eight of last 12 games; under is 7-3 in their last 10 home games. Orioles are 3-6 in last nine home series openers.
Red Sox @ Indians
Rodriguez is 0-0, 4.22 in his last four starts; under is 5-1 in his last six. Boston is 4-5 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 8-8
Clevinger is 3-1, 3.62 in his last six starts; under is 7-2 in his last nine. Indians are 2-4 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 9-4-2
Red Sox are 14-3 in last 17 games; under is 6-2-1 in their last nine home games. Boston is 9-11 in road series openers. Cleveland is 8-2 in its last ten games; under is 6-1 in their last seven home games. Indians are 10-9 in home series openers.
Rangers @ Angels
Hamels is 4-0, 3.44 in his last five starts (over 10-4-1). Texas is 2-4 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 13-0-2
Skaggs is 0-2, 2.66 in his last four starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six. Angels are 2-1 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 2-4-2
Texas won eight of last 11 games; over is 4-2 in their last six games. Rangers are 8-11 in road series openers. Angels won nine of last 11 games; six of their last seven games stayed under. Halos are 7-12 in home series openers.
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Interleague
Mariners @ Braves
Albers allowed one run in five IP (77 PT) in his first ?17 start, a 3-1 win over the Orioles. Seattle?s first 5-inning record with him: 1-0
Foltynewicz is 1-3, 11.02 in his last four starts; over is 6-1 in his last seven. Braves are 7-0 in his last seven home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 8-9-6
Mariners won four of last five games; under is 5-3 in their last eight. Seattle is 8-2 in last ten road series openers. Atlanta lost five of last six home games; under is 6-2 in their last eight. Braves are 9-10 in home series openers.
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
LA-Pitt: Wood 15-4; Cole 15-10
Az-NY: Walker 10-10 (0-7 last 7); Gsellman 7-8
Mil-SF: Davies 16-9; Stratton 2-1
American League
Minn-Chi: Gee 0-0 Melville 0-0; Rodon 3-6 Fulmer 0-0
A?s-Balt: Smith 3-3; Jimenez 10-10
Bos-Clev: Rodriguez 10-6; Clevinger 8-7
Tex-LA: Hamels 9-6; Skaggs 4-4
Interleague
Sea-Atl: Albers 1-0; Foltynewicz 13-10
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
LA-Pitt: Wood 3-19; Cole 9-25
Az-NY: Walker 6-20; Gsellman 8-15
Mil-SF: Davies 8-25; Stratton 1-3
American League
Minn-Chi: Gee 0-0 Melville 0-0; Rodon 3-9 Fulmer 0-0
A?s-Balt: Smith 3-6; Jimenez 6-20
Bos-Clev: Rodriguez 4-16; Clevinger 1-15
Tex-LA: Hamels 6-15; Skaggs 4-8
Interleague
Sea-Atl: Albers 1-1; Foltynewicz 5-23
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Umpires
National League
American League
Interleague
Interleague play
NL @ AL? 73-52 AL, favorites +$227
AL @ NL? 67-60 NL, favorites +$204
Total: 133-119 AL, favorites +$431
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 63-61-3
AL @ NL: Over 67-54-7
Total: Over 130-115-10
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/20/17
Ariz 22-25-16??31-21?11??..53-46
Atl 23-30-9??21-31-7???..44-61
Cubs 28-27-6??.29-21-12???.57-48
Reds 21-37-7??..22-33?5???.43-70
Colo 31-24-6??.34-24-4???..65-48
LA 29-18-10??.40-18-7???.69-36
Miami 27-27-7??.32-22-7???59-49
Milw 31-21-8??.31-26-8???.61-47
Mets 28-28-3??..24-33-6??..52-61
Philly 15-38-14??21-27-7???.36-65
Pitt 29-29-4??.25-27-9???55-56
St. Louis 25-28-8??33-20-9???..58-49
SD 19-36-6??..30-25?8???.49-61
SF 13-40-9??..25-28-10???.38-68
Wash 37-19-6??27-24-8????.64-44
Orioles 24-33-5??..26-30-5???50-63
Boston 25-27-8???30-30-2??..55-57
White Sox 21-35-9???21-32?3??..42-66
Cleveland 35-22-7??..28-21-7???.63-43
Detroit 22-32-9??.26-26-8??..48-58
Astros 30-23-8??..39-22-4??..69-45
KC 24-28-8???24-25-12??.48-53
Angels 25-31-8???26-22-12??..51-53
Twins 33-16-9???28-31-7??..61-46
NYY 26-35-6???.30-23-4?..?56-58
A?s 22-30-7??..26-30-10??..48-60
Seattle 22-30-8??..34-22-9??..56-52
TB 29-23-10??..34-20-8??..63-43
Texas 28-21-10??..32-24-8???60-45
Toronto 23-34-4??..25-29-8??..48-63
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 8/20/17)
Ariz 18-61??..21-62???..39
Atl 13-61??..16-59???..29
Cubs 15-61??..23-62???..38
Reds 24-65??..24-59???.48
Colo 16-61??..23-62..???39
LA 17-57??..24-64..??..41
Miami 25-61??..22-61???47
Milw 20-60??25-66?..?..45
Mets 25-59??..21-63???.46
Philly 16-67??..16-56???.32
Pitt 19-62??..21-62???.40
StL 13-62??..19-61???..32
SD 23-61???.20-62???.43
SF 15-63??..19-63????34
Wash 25-62??..24-60???.49
Orioles 13-63??..20-62???.33
Boston 18-61??..14-62???..32
White Sox 21-65??13-56???.34
Clev 15-64??..19-58???34
Detroit 16-63??.25-61???41
Astros 17-61??..24-63???.41
KC 16-61??..10-62???.26
Angels 23-66??.15-60???..38
Twins 13-56??..14-65???.27
NYY 14-66??..16-57???.30
A?s 14-59??..25-66???39
Seattle 20-59??.22-66???42
TB 18-62??..22-64???.40
Texas 22-59??..27-64???49
Toronto 20-61??..18-65???38
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