MLB
Friday?s games
National League
Rockies @ Nationals
Hoffman allowed seven runs in four IP (77 PT) in his MLB debut.
Gonzalez is 2-0, 3.92 in his last four starts; over is 12-7-1 in his last 20 starts.
Rockies lost their last six road games, are 4-10 in last 14 road series openers. Over is 5-2 in their last seven road games. Washington lost four of last five games, is 2-6 in last eight home series openers. Five of Nationals? last six home games went over the total.
Padres @ Marlins
Former Marlin Cosart is 0-0, 3.15 in four starts for San Diego (over 3-1).
Phelps is 2-1, 1.31 in four starts this year (under 3-1).
Padres are 5-17 in last 22 road games, 12-8 in road series openers; over is 7-3 in their last ten games. Miami is 2-5 in last seven home games, 0-6 in last six home series openers. Last five Marlin games stayed under the total.
Phillies @ Mets
Morgan is 0-7, 7.76 in his last 11 starts; eight of his last nine went over. Phils lost five of their last six road games.
Colon is 2-1, 3.38 in his last four starts; under is 7-4-1 in his last 12 starts. Mets are 7-5 in his home starts.
Phillies are 7-10 in last 17 road games, 9-12 in road series openers. Over is 6-1-1 in Philly?s last eight road games. New York won four of its last five games, is 0-5 in last five home series openers. Over is 9-1 in Mets? last ten games.
Pirates @ Brewers
Vogelsong is 1-2, 3.23 in six starts this year; three of his last four stayed under.
Garza is 3-1, 5.54 in his last five starts; three of his last four went over. Milwaukee won all four of his home starts.
Pirates lost five of last seven games but won last five on road; five of last six Pittsburgh games stayed under. Milwaukee won four of its last five games; three of its last four games stayed under.
Reds @ Diamondbacks
Finnegan is 3-1, 2.08 in his last five starts; over is 7-2 in his last nine. Reds won his last three road starts
Shipley is 0-2, 12.19 in his last two starts; his last three starts went over the total.
Braves lost nine of last 11 games; 12 of last 13 Atlanta games went over. Arizona is 6-3 in its last nine home games; 10 of last 11 Arizona games went over the total.
Cubs @ Dodgers
Montgomery allowed one run in 4.1 IP (60 PT) in his first start for the Cubs.
Norris 1-2, 7.80 in his last four starts; five of his last six starts went over.
Cubs won seven of last nine rod games, are 6-9 in last 15 road series openers. Five of last seven Chicago games went over. Dodgers won four of last five games, are 10-6 in last 16 home series openers.
Braves @ Giants
De la Cruz is 0-5, 5.50 in seven starts this year (under 5-2).
Samardzija is 1-1, 2.41 in his last three starts; his last six starts stayed under total. Giants lost his last three home starts.
Atlanta won three of last four games, is 7-5 in last 12 road series openers. Over is 7-1 in Braves? last eight road games. Giants are 4-9 in last 13 games, 1-4 in last five home series openers. Three of last four Giant games stayed under.
American League
Orioles @ New York
Gallardo is 0-2, 4.00 in his last three starts; under is 7-2 in his last nine. Orioles are 4-6 in his road starts this year.
Cessa threw six shutout innings in Anaheim (85 PT) in his first MLB start.
Orioles won three of last four road games, are 11-10 in road series openers. Three of their last four road games went over. New York won four of last six games, is 13-5 in last 18 home series openers. Five of their last six games stayed under the total.
Twins @ Blue Jays
Dean is 0-2, 9.00 in his last four starts; four of his last five went over.
Former Twin Liriano is 0-1, 4.58 in three starts for Toronto (under 3-0).
Minnesota lost its last seven games, is 7-5 in last 12 road series openers. Over is 19-4-2 in their last 25 games. Toronto lost four of last six games, is 6-2 in last eight home series openers. Under is 15-7 in their last 22 games.
Royals @ Red Sox
Kennedy is 2-0, 0.79 in his last five starts; under is 10-2 in his last 12 starts. Royals are 1-8 in his last nine road starts.
Wright has been on DL with baserunning injury; he is 5-0, 5.36 in his last seven starts- three of his last four went over. Red Sox are 6-4 in his home starts.
Royals won nine of last 10 games, last four road series openers. Under is 11-3 in their last 14 road games. Boston is 10-3 in its last 13 games, 7-1 in last eight home series openers. Under is 6-3-1 in their last ten games.
Indians @ Rangers
Kluber is 4-0, 2.08 in his last seven starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six. Cleveland split his 12 road starts.
Perez is 1-2, 4.91 in his last four starts; four of his last five stayed under. Texas won his last nine home starts.
Indians are 3-9 in last 11 road games; they scored three runs in last four games. Under is 8-3-1 in their last 12 road games. Texas lost three of last five games; over is 4-1-1 in their last six games.
Rays @ Astros
Smyly is 4-0, 3.03 in his last five starts (over 4-1). Rays are 2-6 in his last eight road starts.
Fiers is 2-2, 4.76 in his last four starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight starts. Houston is 8-3 when he starts at home.
Rays are 8-3 in last 11 games, 2-10 in last 12 road series openers. Five of Rays? last six road games went over. Houston won five of last six games, is 9-4 in last 13 home series openers. Under is 7-2-1 in their last ten home games.
Mariners @ White Sox
Hernandez is 3-0, 2.73 in his last four starts; five of his last six went over total.
Sale is 1-3, 3.02 in his last five starts; under is 7-4 in his last 11 starts. White Sox are 8-3 when Sale starts at home.
Seattle lost four of last five games; six of Mariners? last eight games went over the total. White Sox won four of last five games; four of last six Chicago games stayed under.
Interleague
A?s @ Cardinals
Detwiler is 1-2, 5.94 in three starts this year (under 3-0). A?s scored five runs in the three games.
Weaver is 0-1, 5.00 in two starts this year (over 1-1).
Oakland is 2-10 in last 12 road games, 1-4 in last five road series openers. Under is 8-1 in A?s last nine games. St Louis is 8-2 in last ten games, 4-1 in last five home series openers. Over is 8-2-1 in their last 11 home games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Col-Wsh; Hoffman 0-1; Gonzalez 10-15
SD-Mia: Cosart 2-2/1-3; Phelps 3-1
Phil-NY: Morgan 3-11; Colon 15-10
Pitt-Mil: Vogelsong 2-4; Garza 6-7
Cin-Az? Finnegan 10-16; Shipley 3-3
Chi-LA: Montgomery 1-0/1-1: Norris 4-3/5-5
Atl-SF: De la Cruz 2-5; Samardzija 12-14 (1-6 last 7)
Blt-NY: Gallardo 9-8 (2-5 last 7); Cessa 1-0
Min-Tor: Dean 4-2; Liriano 1-2/9-12
KC-Bos: Kennedy 12-13; Wright 14-8
LA-Det: Nolasco 0-4/9-12; Verlander 15-11
Cle-Tex: Kluber 14-11 (5-0 last 5); Perez 14-12
TB-Hst: Smyly 11-13 (5-0 last 5); Fiers 13-10
Sea-Chi: Hernandez 10-6; Sale 16-8
A?s-StL: Detwiler 1-2; Weaver 1-1
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Col-Wsh; Hoffman 0-1; Gonzalez 6-25
SD-Mia: Cosart 4-8; Phelps 0-4
Phil-NY: Morgan 6-14; Colon 8-25
Pitt-Mil: Vogelsong 2-6; Garza 4-13
Cin-Az? Finnegan 8-26; Shipley 1-6
Chi-LA: Montgomery 1-5; Norris 4-17
Atl-SF: De la Cruz 1-7; Samardzija 9-26
Blt-NY: Gallardo 6-17; Cessa 0-1
Min-Tor: Dean 3-6; Liriano 6-24
KC-Bos: Kennedy 8-25; Wright 6-22
LA-Det: Nolasco 11-25; Verlander 9-26
Cle-Tex: Kluber 6-25; Perez 11-26
TB-Hst: Smyly 7-24; Fiers 5-23
Sea-Chi: Hernandez 3-16; Sale 8-24
A?s-StL: Detwiler 1-3; Weaver 1-2
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/25
Arizona 22-30-11?..25-35-5??.47-65
Atlanta 25-32-8??18-31-13??43-63
Cubs 35-19-8??40-17-8??.75-36
Reds 17-37-7??29-31-5??.46-68
Colo 24-29-11?..26-32-4??50-61
LA 27-26-9??38-21-7??.65-47
Miami 28-26-9?..29-18-16??57-44
Milw 19-37-7??35-23-7??.54-60
Mets 27-41-9??27-24-9??54-55
Philly 21-28-15?.23-29-11??44-55
Pitt 19-33-10?..38-22-4??57-54
St. Louis 29-27-6?..25-27-12?..54-54
SD 19-40-4?..28-30-6??47-70
SF 28-30-7??31-18-13??59-48
Wash 33-20-13?..26-19-16?..59-39
Orioles 24-33-7??.33-24-8??.57-56
Boston 25-27-10??39-17-8??.64-44
White Sox 28-28-8??33-27-3??..61-55
Cleveland 34-24-7??29-26-5??.62-50
Detroit 27-30-8??30-25-4??..57-55
Astros 26-29-11?..29-24-7??.55-53
KC 24-32-11??25-23-13?..49-55
Angels 23-35-7??.23-30-10??46-65
Twins 23-32-11?..21-34-11??.44-66
NYY 22-34-8??27-28-9??..50-62
A?s 20-34-8??25-29-12??45-63
Seattle 29-25-9??29-22-12??58-47
Tampa Bay 21-25-10??30-30-10??.51-55
Texas 25-34-9??.29-21-9??.54-55
Toronto 38-19-4??..37-25-4??75-44
Friday?s games
National League
Rockies @ Nationals
Hoffman allowed seven runs in four IP (77 PT) in his MLB debut.
Gonzalez is 2-0, 3.92 in his last four starts; over is 12-7-1 in his last 20 starts.
Rockies lost their last six road games, are 4-10 in last 14 road series openers. Over is 5-2 in their last seven road games. Washington lost four of last five games, is 2-6 in last eight home series openers. Five of Nationals? last six home games went over the total.
Padres @ Marlins
Former Marlin Cosart is 0-0, 3.15 in four starts for San Diego (over 3-1).
Phelps is 2-1, 1.31 in four starts this year (under 3-1).
Padres are 5-17 in last 22 road games, 12-8 in road series openers; over is 7-3 in their last ten games. Miami is 2-5 in last seven home games, 0-6 in last six home series openers. Last five Marlin games stayed under the total.
Phillies @ Mets
Morgan is 0-7, 7.76 in his last 11 starts; eight of his last nine went over. Phils lost five of their last six road games.
Colon is 2-1, 3.38 in his last four starts; under is 7-4-1 in his last 12 starts. Mets are 7-5 in his home starts.
Phillies are 7-10 in last 17 road games, 9-12 in road series openers. Over is 6-1-1 in Philly?s last eight road games. New York won four of its last five games, is 0-5 in last five home series openers. Over is 9-1 in Mets? last ten games.
Pirates @ Brewers
Vogelsong is 1-2, 3.23 in six starts this year; three of his last four stayed under.
Garza is 3-1, 5.54 in his last five starts; three of his last four went over. Milwaukee won all four of his home starts.
Pirates lost five of last seven games but won last five on road; five of last six Pittsburgh games stayed under. Milwaukee won four of its last five games; three of its last four games stayed under.
Reds @ Diamondbacks
Finnegan is 3-1, 2.08 in his last five starts; over is 7-2 in his last nine. Reds won his last three road starts
Shipley is 0-2, 12.19 in his last two starts; his last three starts went over the total.
Braves lost nine of last 11 games; 12 of last 13 Atlanta games went over. Arizona is 6-3 in its last nine home games; 10 of last 11 Arizona games went over the total.
Cubs @ Dodgers
Montgomery allowed one run in 4.1 IP (60 PT) in his first start for the Cubs.
Norris 1-2, 7.80 in his last four starts; five of his last six starts went over.
Cubs won seven of last nine rod games, are 6-9 in last 15 road series openers. Five of last seven Chicago games went over. Dodgers won four of last five games, are 10-6 in last 16 home series openers.
Braves @ Giants
De la Cruz is 0-5, 5.50 in seven starts this year (under 5-2).
Samardzija is 1-1, 2.41 in his last three starts; his last six starts stayed under total. Giants lost his last three home starts.
Atlanta won three of last four games, is 7-5 in last 12 road series openers. Over is 7-1 in Braves? last eight road games. Giants are 4-9 in last 13 games, 1-4 in last five home series openers. Three of last four Giant games stayed under.
American League
Orioles @ New York
Gallardo is 0-2, 4.00 in his last three starts; under is 7-2 in his last nine. Orioles are 4-6 in his road starts this year.
Cessa threw six shutout innings in Anaheim (85 PT) in his first MLB start.
Orioles won three of last four road games, are 11-10 in road series openers. Three of their last four road games went over. New York won four of last six games, is 13-5 in last 18 home series openers. Five of their last six games stayed under the total.
Twins @ Blue Jays
Dean is 0-2, 9.00 in his last four starts; four of his last five went over.
Former Twin Liriano is 0-1, 4.58 in three starts for Toronto (under 3-0).
Minnesota lost its last seven games, is 7-5 in last 12 road series openers. Over is 19-4-2 in their last 25 games. Toronto lost four of last six games, is 6-2 in last eight home series openers. Under is 15-7 in their last 22 games.
Royals @ Red Sox
Kennedy is 2-0, 0.79 in his last five starts; under is 10-2 in his last 12 starts. Royals are 1-8 in his last nine road starts.
Wright has been on DL with baserunning injury; he is 5-0, 5.36 in his last seven starts- three of his last four went over. Red Sox are 6-4 in his home starts.
Royals won nine of last 10 games, last four road series openers. Under is 11-3 in their last 14 road games. Boston is 10-3 in its last 13 games, 7-1 in last eight home series openers. Under is 6-3-1 in their last ten games.
Indians @ Rangers
Kluber is 4-0, 2.08 in his last seven starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six. Cleveland split his 12 road starts.
Perez is 1-2, 4.91 in his last four starts; four of his last five stayed under. Texas won his last nine home starts.
Indians are 3-9 in last 11 road games; they scored three runs in last four games. Under is 8-3-1 in their last 12 road games. Texas lost three of last five games; over is 4-1-1 in their last six games.
Rays @ Astros
Smyly is 4-0, 3.03 in his last five starts (over 4-1). Rays are 2-6 in his last eight road starts.
Fiers is 2-2, 4.76 in his last four starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight starts. Houston is 8-3 when he starts at home.
Rays are 8-3 in last 11 games, 2-10 in last 12 road series openers. Five of Rays? last six road games went over. Houston won five of last six games, is 9-4 in last 13 home series openers. Under is 7-2-1 in their last ten home games.
Mariners @ White Sox
Hernandez is 3-0, 2.73 in his last four starts; five of his last six went over total.
Sale is 1-3, 3.02 in his last five starts; under is 7-4 in his last 11 starts. White Sox are 8-3 when Sale starts at home.
Seattle lost four of last five games; six of Mariners? last eight games went over the total. White Sox won four of last five games; four of last six Chicago games stayed under.
Interleague
A?s @ Cardinals
Detwiler is 1-2, 5.94 in three starts this year (under 3-0). A?s scored five runs in the three games.
Weaver is 0-1, 5.00 in two starts this year (over 1-1).
Oakland is 2-10 in last 12 road games, 1-4 in last five road series openers. Under is 8-1 in A?s last nine games. St Louis is 8-2 in last ten games, 4-1 in last five home series openers. Over is 8-2-1 in their last 11 home games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Col-Wsh; Hoffman 0-1; Gonzalez 10-15
SD-Mia: Cosart 2-2/1-3; Phelps 3-1
Phil-NY: Morgan 3-11; Colon 15-10
Pitt-Mil: Vogelsong 2-4; Garza 6-7
Cin-Az? Finnegan 10-16; Shipley 3-3
Chi-LA: Montgomery 1-0/1-1: Norris 4-3/5-5
Atl-SF: De la Cruz 2-5; Samardzija 12-14 (1-6 last 7)
Blt-NY: Gallardo 9-8 (2-5 last 7); Cessa 1-0
Min-Tor: Dean 4-2; Liriano 1-2/9-12
KC-Bos: Kennedy 12-13; Wright 14-8
LA-Det: Nolasco 0-4/9-12; Verlander 15-11
Cle-Tex: Kluber 14-11 (5-0 last 5); Perez 14-12
TB-Hst: Smyly 11-13 (5-0 last 5); Fiers 13-10
Sea-Chi: Hernandez 10-6; Sale 16-8
A?s-StL: Detwiler 1-2; Weaver 1-1
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Col-Wsh; Hoffman 0-1; Gonzalez 6-25
SD-Mia: Cosart 4-8; Phelps 0-4
Phil-NY: Morgan 6-14; Colon 8-25
Pitt-Mil: Vogelsong 2-6; Garza 4-13
Cin-Az? Finnegan 8-26; Shipley 1-6
Chi-LA: Montgomery 1-5; Norris 4-17
Atl-SF: De la Cruz 1-7; Samardzija 9-26
Blt-NY: Gallardo 6-17; Cessa 0-1
Min-Tor: Dean 3-6; Liriano 6-24
KC-Bos: Kennedy 8-25; Wright 6-22
LA-Det: Nolasco 11-25; Verlander 9-26
Cle-Tex: Kluber 6-25; Perez 11-26
TB-Hst: Smyly 7-24; Fiers 5-23
Sea-Chi: Hernandez 3-16; Sale 8-24
A?s-StL: Detwiler 1-3; Weaver 1-2
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/25
Arizona 22-30-11?..25-35-5??.47-65
Atlanta 25-32-8??18-31-13??43-63
Cubs 35-19-8??40-17-8??.75-36
Reds 17-37-7??29-31-5??.46-68
Colo 24-29-11?..26-32-4??50-61
LA 27-26-9??38-21-7??.65-47
Miami 28-26-9?..29-18-16??57-44
Milw 19-37-7??35-23-7??.54-60
Mets 27-41-9??27-24-9??54-55
Philly 21-28-15?.23-29-11??44-55
Pitt 19-33-10?..38-22-4??57-54
St. Louis 29-27-6?..25-27-12?..54-54
SD 19-40-4?..28-30-6??47-70
SF 28-30-7??31-18-13??59-48
Wash 33-20-13?..26-19-16?..59-39
Orioles 24-33-7??.33-24-8??.57-56
Boston 25-27-10??39-17-8??.64-44
White Sox 28-28-8??33-27-3??..61-55
Cleveland 34-24-7??29-26-5??.62-50
Detroit 27-30-8??30-25-4??..57-55
Astros 26-29-11?..29-24-7??.55-53
KC 24-32-11??25-23-13?..49-55
Angels 23-35-7??.23-30-10??46-65
Twins 23-32-11?..21-34-11??.44-66
NYY 22-34-8??27-28-9??..50-62
A?s 20-34-8??25-29-12??45-63
Seattle 29-25-9??29-22-12??58-47
Tampa Bay 21-25-10??30-30-10??.51-55
Texas 25-34-9??.29-21-9??.54-55
Toronto 38-19-4??..37-25-4??75-44
