MLB
Friday?s games
National League
Marlins @ Pirates
Koehler is 3-0, 1.91 in his last five starts; over is 7-3 in his last ten. Miami lost four of his last five road starts.
Cole is 2-4, 5.03 in his last six starts; his last four went over. Pirates are 3-5 in his starts at home.
Marlins are 3-7 in last ten road games, 12-7 in road series openers. Four of their last five road games went over. Pittsburgh won six of its last seven games, is 12-7 in home series openers. Four of last five Pirate games went over.
Cardinals @ Phillies
Wainwright is 0-2, 8.69 in his last four starts; his last five went over. Cardinals are 8-4 in his home starts.
Morgan is 0-7, 8.52 in his last ten starts; his last eight starts went over. Phillies are 2-5 in his home starts.
Cardinals won their last four games, are 8-11 in road series openers. Over is 11-2-1 in last 14 Cardinal games. Phillies won five of last seven games; over is 7-1-2 in last ten Philly home games. Phils are 6-12 in home series openers.
Dodgers @ Phillies
Norris is 3-1, 4.55 in six starts for the Dodgers; four of his last five went over.
Adleman is 1-1, 3.72 in four starts, last of which was May 19 (over 2-2).
Dodgers won three of last four road games, are 7-12 in road series openers; over is 6-1-3 in last ten Dodger games. Cincinnati is 10-4 in last 14 home games, 4-1 in last five home series openers. Six of Reds? last seven games went over.
Nationals @ Braves
Roark is 4-0, 1.65 in his last four starts; under is 7-3 in his last ten. Washington is 6-1 in his last seven road starts.
Teheran is 0-2, 3.19 in his last six starts; under is 11-4 in his last 15 starts. Atlanta is 1-10 in his home starts.
Nationals are 11-5 in last 16 games; six of their last eight games went over. Atlanta lost seven of last eight games; six of their last seven games went over.
Cubs @ Rockies
Hendricks is 2-0, 1.17 in his last three starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six. Cubs are 4-6 in his road starts.
Anderson is 4-1, 3.70 in his last seven starts (under 8-4). Colorado is 5-3 in his home starts.
Cubs are 18-3 in last 21 games, 5-8 in last 13 road series openers. Three of last four Cub games stayed under. Colorado is 4-10 in its last 14 games, 10-10 in home series openers. Five of last seven Rockies games went over the total.
Diamondbacks @ Padres
Greinke is 1-1, 7.72 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Arizona is 6-1 in his road starts.
Cosart is 0-0, 3.77 in three starts for San Diego (over 2-1).
Arizona lost its last four road games; over is 6-2 in their last eight road games. San Diego lost five of its last six games; six of their last seven home games went over total.
Mets @ Giants
Lugo is making his first MLB start; he is 0-1, 2.65 in nine MLB games (17 IP). He was 3-4, 6.50 in 21 AAA games (14 starts) in hitter-friendly PCL this year.
Cueto is 0-2, 5.09 in his last six starts; over is 8-3 in his last 11.
New York lost 15 of last 22 games; under is 22-11 in their last 33 road games. Giants are 10-21 since All-Star break; five of their last six games went over the total.
American League
Red Sox @ Tigers
Porcello is 8-1, 2.67 in his last nine starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Red Sox are 4-6 in his road outings.
Fulmer is 1-1, 1.78 in his last four starts; five of his last six stayed under. Detroit won all five of his home starts.
Red Sox won six of last seven games; under is 13-3 in last 16 Boston road games. Detroit lost seven of last ten games; last six Tiger games stayed under the total.
Astros @ Orioles
McHugh is 0-4, 7.78 in his last four starts; his last three stayed under. Houston is 5-7 in his road starts.
Miley is 0-2, 7.63 in three starts for Baltimore (under 2-1).
Astros lost their last five games; seven of last nine Houston games went over total. Baltimore lost five of last eight home games; under is 11-1-2 in last 14 games at Camden Yards.
Rangers @ Rays
Hamels is 0-2, 3.15 in his last three starts; five of his last six stayed under. Texas is 8-4 in his road starts.
Andriese is 0-3, 5.89 in his last four starts (under 6-4-1). Rays are 2-3 in his home starts.
Rangers are 9-3 in last 12 games, 1-6 in last seven road series openers; under is 7-0-2 in their last nine road games. Tampa Bay won its last four games, is 8-12 in home series openers. Over is 10-2 in last dozen San Diego games.
Blue Jays @ Indians
Liriano is 0-1, 6.17 in two starts for Toronto (under 2-0).
Bauer is 2-0, 2.92 in his last two starts; four of his last five stayed under. Cleveland is 7-3 in his home starts.
Blue Jays are 10-5 in last 15 games, 11-8 in road series openers. Under is 8-2 in Toronto?s last ten road games. Cleveland is 7-2 in last nine home games, 13-7 in home series openers. Over is 8-4 in their last twelve home games.
A?s @ White Sox
Graveman is 1-2, 5.79 in his last four starts; six of his last eight stayed under. Oakland is 5-2 in his last seven road starts.
Shields is 0-2, 20.26 in his last three starts; over is 9-3-1 in his Chicago starts. White Sox are 4-4 in his home starts.
Oakland lost its last five games, is 0-4 in last four road series openers. Under is 9-3 in A?s last 12 games. White Sox are 7-13 in last 20 games, 9-9 in home series openers. Four of their last five games went over the total.
Twins @ Royals
Berrios is 1-2, 11.09 in his last five starts; his last four went over the total.
Volquez is 1-2, 8.61 in his last four starts; five of his last six went over.
Twins are 11-5 in last 16 road games; over is 10-1-1 in their last 12 road tilts. Kansas City won nine of last 11 games; under is 14-5 in their last 19 games.
New York @ Angels
Tanaka is 2-0, 3.46 in his last two starts; four of his last six stayed under. New York is 6-5 in his road starts.
Weaver is 0-2, 7.72 in his last three starts; over is 6-2-1 in his last nine.
New York lost three of last four games; they?re 9-10 in road series openers. Five of last six Bronx games went over total. Angels lost 12 of last 14 games; under is 4-2 in their last six games.
Interleague
Brewers @ Mariners
Suter was 6-6, 3.50 in 26 AAA games this year (15 starts); this is his MLB debut.
LeBlanc is 1-0, 4.88 in his last four starts; four of his last five went over. Seattle won all five of his home starts.
Brewers lost its last five road games, is 5-14 in road series openers. Three of last four Milwaukee games stayed under. Seattle won its last six home games, is 11-8 in home series openers. Over is 8-5 in Mariners? last 13 home games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Mia-Pitt? Koehler 11-13 (4-1 last 5); Cole 8-10 (2-7 last 9)
StL-Phil? Wainwright 15-9 (0-3 last 3); Morgan 3-10
LA-Cin? Norris 4-2; Adleman 2-2
Wsh-Atl? Roark 15-9 (12-2 last 14); unknown
Chi-Col? Hendricks 13-9; Anderson 6-6
NY-SF? Lugo 0-0; Cueto 11-10
Az-SD? Greinke 13-6; Cosart 1-2/1-3
Hst-Balt? McHugh 13-11 (0-4 last 4); Miley 1-2/10-9
Tex-TB? Hamels 17-7; Andriese 5-6
Bos-Det? Porcello 18-6 (10-1 last 11); Fulmer 16-3
Tor-Clev? Liriano 1-1/9-12; Bauer 10-9
A?s-Chi? Graveman 11-12; Shields 5-8/2-9
Min-KC? Berrios 2-5; Volquez 13-12 (1-4 last 5)
NY-LA? Tanaka 17-7; Weaver 9-14
Mil-Sea? Suter 0-0; LeBlanc 6-1
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Mia-Pitt? Koehler 8-24; Cole 6-18
StL-Phil? Wainwright 9-24 (3 of last 3); Morgan 6-13
LA-Cin? Norris 2-6; Adleman 0-4
Wsh-Atl? Roark 4-24; unknown
Chi-Col? Hendricks 5-22; Anderson 4-12
NY-SF? Lugo 0-0; Cueto 4-21
Az-SD? Greinke 6-19 (5 of last 6); Cosart 4-7
Hst-Balt? McHugh 10-24; Miley 7-22
Tex-TB? Hamels 5-24; Andriese 3-11
Bos-Det? Porcello 7-24; Fulmer 4-19
Tor-Clev? Liriano 6-23; Bauer 5-19
A?s-Chi? Graveman 4-23; Shields 10-24
Min-KC? Berrios 4-7 (4 of last 4); Volquez 8-25
NY-LA? Tanaka 3-24; Weaver 8-23
Mil-Sea? Suter 0-0; LeBlanc 4-7
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/18
Arizona 22-29-9??23-33-5??45-62
Atlanta 23-30-8??18-28-13?..41-58
Cubs 30-18-8??40-17-8??.70-35
Reds 17-37-7??26-29-4??43-66
Colo 23-27-11?..25-30-4??48-57
LA 26-23-9??36-20-7??62-43
Miami 26-25-9?..29-18-13??55-43
Milw 19-34-7??33-21-7??.52-55
Mets 24-40-7??27-24-9??51-54
Philly 20-27-15?.22-28-10?..42-53
Pitt 18-33-10?..36-18-4??54-50
St. Louis 28-26-5??24-25-12?.52-51
SD 19-40-4??27-27-4?..46-67
SF 27-28-7??31-17-11??58-45
Wash 30-18-13?..25-18-16?..55-36
Orioles 23-32-7??..31-21-8??.54-53
Boston 20-26-9??39-17-8??59-43
White Sox 28-28-8??30-25-2??58-53
Cleveland 34-21-6??29-23-5??.62-44
Detroit 25-29-8??29-23-4??.54-52
Astros 21-28-11?..29-24-7??.50-52
KC 24-32-8??24-23-11??48-55
Angels 22-33-7??.22-28-10??44-61
Twins 23-31-9??20-32-11??.43-63
NYY 18-32-8??27-28-9??.46-60
A?s 19-32-8??23-29-11??.42-61
Seattle 29-25-8??25-20-12??54-45
Tampa Bay 21-25-10??28-26-9??49-51
Texas 23-32-8??.28-21-9??.51-53
Toronto 35-19-4??..35-24-4??70-43
Friday?s games
National League
Marlins @ Pirates
Koehler is 3-0, 1.91 in his last five starts; over is 7-3 in his last ten. Miami lost four of his last five road starts.
Cole is 2-4, 5.03 in his last six starts; his last four went over. Pirates are 3-5 in his starts at home.
Marlins are 3-7 in last ten road games, 12-7 in road series openers. Four of their last five road games went over. Pittsburgh won six of its last seven games, is 12-7 in home series openers. Four of last five Pirate games went over.
Cardinals @ Phillies
Wainwright is 0-2, 8.69 in his last four starts; his last five went over. Cardinals are 8-4 in his home starts.
Morgan is 0-7, 8.52 in his last ten starts; his last eight starts went over. Phillies are 2-5 in his home starts.
Cardinals won their last four games, are 8-11 in road series openers. Over is 11-2-1 in last 14 Cardinal games. Phillies won five of last seven games; over is 7-1-2 in last ten Philly home games. Phils are 6-12 in home series openers.
Dodgers @ Phillies
Norris is 3-1, 4.55 in six starts for the Dodgers; four of his last five went over.
Adleman is 1-1, 3.72 in four starts, last of which was May 19 (over 2-2).
Dodgers won three of last four road games, are 7-12 in road series openers; over is 6-1-3 in last ten Dodger games. Cincinnati is 10-4 in last 14 home games, 4-1 in last five home series openers. Six of Reds? last seven games went over.
Nationals @ Braves
Roark is 4-0, 1.65 in his last four starts; under is 7-3 in his last ten. Washington is 6-1 in his last seven road starts.
Teheran is 0-2, 3.19 in his last six starts; under is 11-4 in his last 15 starts. Atlanta is 1-10 in his home starts.
Nationals are 11-5 in last 16 games; six of their last eight games went over. Atlanta lost seven of last eight games; six of their last seven games went over.
Cubs @ Rockies
Hendricks is 2-0, 1.17 in his last three starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six. Cubs are 4-6 in his road starts.
Anderson is 4-1, 3.70 in his last seven starts (under 8-4). Colorado is 5-3 in his home starts.
Cubs are 18-3 in last 21 games, 5-8 in last 13 road series openers. Three of last four Cub games stayed under. Colorado is 4-10 in its last 14 games, 10-10 in home series openers. Five of last seven Rockies games went over the total.
Diamondbacks @ Padres
Greinke is 1-1, 7.72 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Arizona is 6-1 in his road starts.
Cosart is 0-0, 3.77 in three starts for San Diego (over 2-1).
Arizona lost its last four road games; over is 6-2 in their last eight road games. San Diego lost five of its last six games; six of their last seven home games went over total.
Mets @ Giants
Lugo is making his first MLB start; he is 0-1, 2.65 in nine MLB games (17 IP). He was 3-4, 6.50 in 21 AAA games (14 starts) in hitter-friendly PCL this year.
Cueto is 0-2, 5.09 in his last six starts; over is 8-3 in his last 11.
New York lost 15 of last 22 games; under is 22-11 in their last 33 road games. Giants are 10-21 since All-Star break; five of their last six games went over the total.
American League
Red Sox @ Tigers
Porcello is 8-1, 2.67 in his last nine starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Red Sox are 4-6 in his road outings.
Fulmer is 1-1, 1.78 in his last four starts; five of his last six stayed under. Detroit won all five of his home starts.
Red Sox won six of last seven games; under is 13-3 in last 16 Boston road games. Detroit lost seven of last ten games; last six Tiger games stayed under the total.
Astros @ Orioles
McHugh is 0-4, 7.78 in his last four starts; his last three stayed under. Houston is 5-7 in his road starts.
Miley is 0-2, 7.63 in three starts for Baltimore (under 2-1).
Astros lost their last five games; seven of last nine Houston games went over total. Baltimore lost five of last eight home games; under is 11-1-2 in last 14 games at Camden Yards.
Rangers @ Rays
Hamels is 0-2, 3.15 in his last three starts; five of his last six stayed under. Texas is 8-4 in his road starts.
Andriese is 0-3, 5.89 in his last four starts (under 6-4-1). Rays are 2-3 in his home starts.
Rangers are 9-3 in last 12 games, 1-6 in last seven road series openers; under is 7-0-2 in their last nine road games. Tampa Bay won its last four games, is 8-12 in home series openers. Over is 10-2 in last dozen San Diego games.
Blue Jays @ Indians
Liriano is 0-1, 6.17 in two starts for Toronto (under 2-0).
Bauer is 2-0, 2.92 in his last two starts; four of his last five stayed under. Cleveland is 7-3 in his home starts.
Blue Jays are 10-5 in last 15 games, 11-8 in road series openers. Under is 8-2 in Toronto?s last ten road games. Cleveland is 7-2 in last nine home games, 13-7 in home series openers. Over is 8-4 in their last twelve home games.
A?s @ White Sox
Graveman is 1-2, 5.79 in his last four starts; six of his last eight stayed under. Oakland is 5-2 in his last seven road starts.
Shields is 0-2, 20.26 in his last three starts; over is 9-3-1 in his Chicago starts. White Sox are 4-4 in his home starts.
Oakland lost its last five games, is 0-4 in last four road series openers. Under is 9-3 in A?s last 12 games. White Sox are 7-13 in last 20 games, 9-9 in home series openers. Four of their last five games went over the total.
Twins @ Royals
Berrios is 1-2, 11.09 in his last five starts; his last four went over the total.
Volquez is 1-2, 8.61 in his last four starts; five of his last six went over.
Twins are 11-5 in last 16 road games; over is 10-1-1 in their last 12 road tilts. Kansas City won nine of last 11 games; under is 14-5 in their last 19 games.
New York @ Angels
Tanaka is 2-0, 3.46 in his last two starts; four of his last six stayed under. New York is 6-5 in his road starts.
Weaver is 0-2, 7.72 in his last three starts; over is 6-2-1 in his last nine.
New York lost three of last four games; they?re 9-10 in road series openers. Five of last six Bronx games went over total. Angels lost 12 of last 14 games; under is 4-2 in their last six games.
Interleague
Brewers @ Mariners
Suter was 6-6, 3.50 in 26 AAA games this year (15 starts); this is his MLB debut.
LeBlanc is 1-0, 4.88 in his last four starts; four of his last five went over. Seattle won all five of his home starts.
Brewers lost its last five road games, is 5-14 in road series openers. Three of last four Milwaukee games stayed under. Seattle won its last six home games, is 11-8 in home series openers. Over is 8-5 in Mariners? last 13 home games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Mia-Pitt? Koehler 11-13 (4-1 last 5); Cole 8-10 (2-7 last 9)
StL-Phil? Wainwright 15-9 (0-3 last 3); Morgan 3-10
LA-Cin? Norris 4-2; Adleman 2-2
Wsh-Atl? Roark 15-9 (12-2 last 14); unknown
Chi-Col? Hendricks 13-9; Anderson 6-6
NY-SF? Lugo 0-0; Cueto 11-10
Az-SD? Greinke 13-6; Cosart 1-2/1-3
Hst-Balt? McHugh 13-11 (0-4 last 4); Miley 1-2/10-9
Tex-TB? Hamels 17-7; Andriese 5-6
Bos-Det? Porcello 18-6 (10-1 last 11); Fulmer 16-3
Tor-Clev? Liriano 1-1/9-12; Bauer 10-9
A?s-Chi? Graveman 11-12; Shields 5-8/2-9
Min-KC? Berrios 2-5; Volquez 13-12 (1-4 last 5)
NY-LA? Tanaka 17-7; Weaver 9-14
Mil-Sea? Suter 0-0; LeBlanc 6-1
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Mia-Pitt? Koehler 8-24; Cole 6-18
StL-Phil? Wainwright 9-24 (3 of last 3); Morgan 6-13
LA-Cin? Norris 2-6; Adleman 0-4
Wsh-Atl? Roark 4-24; unknown
Chi-Col? Hendricks 5-22; Anderson 4-12
NY-SF? Lugo 0-0; Cueto 4-21
Az-SD? Greinke 6-19 (5 of last 6); Cosart 4-7
Hst-Balt? McHugh 10-24; Miley 7-22
Tex-TB? Hamels 5-24; Andriese 3-11
Bos-Det? Porcello 7-24; Fulmer 4-19
Tor-Clev? Liriano 6-23; Bauer 5-19
A?s-Chi? Graveman 4-23; Shields 10-24
Min-KC? Berrios 4-7 (4 of last 4); Volquez 8-25
NY-LA? Tanaka 3-24; Weaver 8-23
Mil-Sea? Suter 0-0; LeBlanc 4-7
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/18
Arizona 22-29-9??23-33-5??45-62
Atlanta 23-30-8??18-28-13?..41-58
Cubs 30-18-8??40-17-8??.70-35
Reds 17-37-7??26-29-4??43-66
Colo 23-27-11?..25-30-4??48-57
LA 26-23-9??36-20-7??62-43
Miami 26-25-9?..29-18-13??55-43
Milw 19-34-7??33-21-7??.52-55
Mets 24-40-7??27-24-9??51-54
Philly 20-27-15?.22-28-10?..42-53
Pitt 18-33-10?..36-18-4??54-50
St. Louis 28-26-5??24-25-12?.52-51
SD 19-40-4??27-27-4?..46-67
SF 27-28-7??31-17-11??58-45
Wash 30-18-13?..25-18-16?..55-36
Orioles 23-32-7??..31-21-8??.54-53
Boston 20-26-9??39-17-8??59-43
White Sox 28-28-8??30-25-2??58-53
Cleveland 34-21-6??29-23-5??.62-44
Detroit 25-29-8??29-23-4??.54-52
Astros 21-28-11?..29-24-7??.50-52
KC 24-32-8??24-23-11??48-55
Angels 22-33-7??.22-28-10??44-61
Twins 23-31-9??20-32-11??.43-63
NYY 18-32-8??27-28-9??.46-60
A?s 19-32-8??23-29-11??.42-61
Seattle 29-25-8??25-20-12??54-45
Tampa Bay 21-25-10??28-26-9??49-51
Texas 23-32-8??.28-21-9??.51-53
Toronto 35-19-4??..35-24-4??70-43
