MLB
Friday?s games
National League
Phillies @ Nationals
Thompson is 0-4, 5.63 in his last four starts (over 3-2-1). Phils scored three runs in those four games.
Roark is 1-2, 3.86 in his last four starts; under is 9-5 in his last 14. Washington won six of his last eight home starts.
Phillies won three of last four games; under is 9-2 in their last 11. Washington won seven of last ten games with three of last four going over the total.
Reds @ Pirates
Adleman is 0-2, 6.19 in his last three starts (over 4-4).
Brault is 0-2, 4.26 in four starts this year (over 2-2).
Reds lost nine of last 11 games; under is 7-2 in their last nine games. Pittsburgh lost eight of last ten games; four of last six Pirate games went over the total.
Dodgers @ Marlins
Kershaw is 4-1, 2.36 in his last five starts, last of which was June 26. Under is 7-0-2 in his last nine starts. LA is 8-1 in his road starts.
Fernandez is 1-4, 4.76 in his last seven starts; over is 5-3 in his last eight. Miami is 10-4 in his home starts.
Dodgers won six of last seven games, are 7-14 in road series openers. Under is 8-3 in LA?s last eleven games. Miami lost 10 of last 12 games, is 1-7 in last eight home series openers. Under is 8-1 in their last nine home games.
Mets @ Braves
Gsellman is 1-1, 3.75 in his first two MLB starts (under 2-0).
Teheran is 2-0, 1.38 in his last two starts; four of his last five starts went over. Braves are 2-11 in his home starts.
Mets won their last five games, are 4-7 in last 11 road series openers. Five of last six NY games stayed under. Atlanta lost its last three games; they?re 7-14 in home series openers. Over is 17-4 in Braves? last 21 games.
Brewers @ Cardinals
Nelson is 1-6, 9.00 in his last nine starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Milwaukee is 2-7 in his last nine road starts.
Martinez is 3-0, 1.67 in his last four starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Cardinals are 3-8 in his last 11 home starts.
Brewers won seven of last eight games; five of their last six games went over. St Louis is 4-8 in its last 12 home games (over 8-3-1).
Giants @ Diamondbacks
Bumgarner is 4-1, 4.20 in his last five starts (over 4-1). Giants lost five of his last six road starts.
De la Rosa is 1-0, 5.63 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Colorado is 4-5 in his home starts.
Giants lost five of last seven games, are 2-10 in last 12 road series openers. Five of last six SF games stayed under the total. Arizona lost five of last seven games; they?ve won last four home series openers. Over is 14-3 in last 17 games at Chase Field.
Rockies @ Padres
Chatwood is 0-3, 7.48 in his last four starts (under 15-6-2). Colorado is 8-2 in his road starts.
Perdomo is 2-1, 2.86 in his last three starts (over 10-6). San Diego is 3-2 in his home starts.
Rockies lost five of last six games; over is 8-3 in their last 11 road games. San Diego lost 11 of last 16 games; four of last six Padre games stayed under the total.
American League
Rays @ New York
Snell is 2-3, 6.63 in his last five starts (under 9-6). Rays are 1-5 in his road starts.
Pineda is 0-1, 7.05 in his last three starts; five of his last seven went over. New York is 8-5 in his home starts.
Rays lost four of last five games; over is 10-2-1 in Tampa?s last 13 road games. New York won six of its last seven home games; five of last seven NY games stayed under the total.
Red Sox @ Blue Jays
Porcello is 5-0, 2.68 in his last six starts; four of his last five went over. Boston is 6-7 in his road starts.
Estrada is 1-3, 6.92 in his last five starts (over 4-1). Toronto is 6-6 in his home starts.
Red Sox won five of last seven games, are 15-9 in road series openers. Under is 6-3 in their last nine road games. Toronto lost five of last six games, is 7-2 in last nine home series openers. Over is 5-2 in Jays? last seven home games.
Orioles @ Tigers
Gausman is 4-0, 1.75 in his last four starts; he has a 19-inning scoreless streak. Under is 5-2 in his last seven starts. Orioles are 2-9 in his last 11 road starts.
Fulmer is 0-3, 6.48 in his last three starts; six of his last seven starts stayed under. Detroit is 5-2 in his home starts.
Orioles won three of last four road games, are 12-11 in road series openers. Over is 8-2 in their last ten road games. Detroit won five of last seven home games, is 11-2 in last 13 home series openers. Under is 11-3 in last 14 home games.
Royals @ White Sox
Ventura is 4-0, 2.61 in his last seven starts; under is 6-2 in his last eight. Royals won his last four road starts.
Rodon is 4-0, 2.39 in his last six starts; three of his last four went over. White Sox are 3-8 in his home starts.
Royals are 10-3 in last 13 road games, 6-0 in last six road series openers. Over is 10-1 in their last 11 games. Chicago won four of last five home games, is 11-11 in home series openers. Six of last seven White Sox games went over.
Indians @ Twins
Salazar is 0-3, 9.27 in his last six starts; over is 7-1 in his last eight. Indians are 2-6 in his last eight road starts.
Duffey is 0-2, 14.85 in his last two starts; over is 6-2-2 in his last ten. Twins are 5-2 in his last seven home starts.
Indians won eight of last ten games, but are 1-6 in last seven road games, 12-10 in road series openers. Under is 6-3-1 in Tribe?s last 10 road games. Minnesota is 3-17 in its last 20 games, 8-14 in home series openers. Over is 15-1 in their last 16 home games.
Rangers @ Angels
Darvish is 1-1, 7.02 in his last three starts; four of his last five went over. Texas is 2-3 in his road starts.
Skaggs is 2-0, 2.25 in his last two starts; three of his last four stayed under.
Texas lost three of last four games, is 2-8 in last 10 road series openers. Rangers? last nine games went over the total. Angels are 10-4 in last 14 games, 5-2 in last seven home series openers. Under is 7-3 in last ten games at the Big A.
Mariners @ A?s
Iwakuma is 0-4, 5.48 in his last four starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Seattle is 8-7 in his road starts.
Mengden is 0-3, 10.87 in his last six starts; six of his last seven went over. A?s are 1-4 in his home starts.
Mariners lost six of last seven road games, is 5-9 in last 14 road series openers. Over is 15-5 in their last 20 games. Oakland won three of last four games, is 2-5 in last seven home series openers. Under is 11-7 in their last 18 home games.
Interleague
Cubs @ Astros
Lester is 5-0, 1.35 in his last seven starts; his last five stayed under. Chicago is 2-4 in his last six road starts.
Musgrove is 1-3, 8.53 in his last four starts (under 3-2-1).
Cubs lost four of last five road games, are 13-9 in road series openers. Over is 5-3 in their last eight road games. Houston won five of last six home games, is 14-8 in home series openers. Over is 5-2 in their last seven games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Phil-Wsh: Thompson 1-5; Roark 17-11
Cin-Pitt: Adleman 3-5; Brault 1-3
LA-Mia: Kershaw 14-2; Fernandez 11-8
NY-Atl: Gsellman 1-1; Teheran 7-18
Mil-StL: Nelson 11-17; Martinez 14-11
SF-Az: Bumgarner 17-12; De le Rosa 3-5
Col-SD: Chatwood 12-11 (0-4 last 4); Perdomo 9-7
TB-NY: Snell 5-10; Pineda 13-14
Bos-Tor: Porcello 21-7; Estrada 13-11
Balt-Det: Gausman 12-13 (4-0 last 4); Fulmer 16-6 (0-3 last 3)
KC-Chi: Ventura 16-11 (7-0 last 7); Rodon 10-13 (5- l last 6)
Cle-Min: Salazar 15-9; Duffey 10-12
Tex-LAA: Darvish 7-6; Skaggs 3-5
Sea-A?s: Iwakuma 15-13 (0-4 last 4); Mengden 2-8
Chi-Hst: Lester 20-7; Musgrove 2-4
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Phil-Wsh: Thompson 3-6; Roark 5-28
Cin-Pitt: Adleman 1-8; Brault 2-4
LA-Mia: Kershaw 2-16; Fernandez 6-19
NY-Atl: Gsellman 1-2; Teheran 6-25
Mil-StL: Nelson 10-28; Martinez 3-26
SF-Az: Bumgarner 8-29; De le Rosa 0-8
Col-SD: Chatwood 7-23; Perdomo 7-16
TB-NY: Snell 4-15; Pineda 9-27
Bos-Tor: Porcello 7-28; Estrada 9-24
Balt-Det: Gausman 8-25; Fulmer 5-22
KC-Chi: Ventura 5-27; Rodon 6-23
Cle-Min: Salazar 5-24; Duffey 7-22
Tex-LAA: Darvish 5-13; Skaggs 4-8
Sea-A?s: Iwakuma 7-28 (4 of last 4); Mengden 3-10 (3 of last 3)
Chi-Hst: Lester 7-27; Musgrove 2-6
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/8
Arizona 24-36-11?..27-36-5??.51-71
Atlanta 27-36-11?..21-31-13??48-67
Cubs 35-24-9??43-21-8??.78-45
Reds 18-42-8??31-35-5??.49-77
Colo 25-31-12?..33-34-4??.58-65
LA 27-29-9??46-21-8??.72-50
Miami 30-30-10?..30-23-16??60-53
Milw 21-38-8??40-24-10?..61-62
Mets 29-42-9??33-26-11??.62-58
Philly 24-31-16?..24-32-13??48-61
Pitt 20-36-12?..42-24-5??62-59
St. Louis 33-31-7??27-29-12??60-60
SD 22-46-4?..31-32-6??..53-78
SF 32-33-7??.34-20-13??.66-53
Wash 36-22-14?.28-21-19??.64-43
Orioles 26-35-9??.36-27-8??..62-62
Boston 29-28-11??43-18-9??.72-46
White Sox 31-31-9??36-29-4???67-60
Cleveland 35-26-7??35-29-6??..70-55
Detroit 30-32-9??.30-31-4??..60-63
Astros 29-33-11?..32-26-7??..61-59
KC 27-35-11??28-25-13??55-60
Angels 30-37-7??.24-30-11??54-67
Twins 25-35-12??.25-36-12?..50-71
NYY 23-38-8??33-29-10??56-67
A?s 22-38-8??26-33-13??.48-70
Seattle 31-29-9??33-25-12??.64-54
Tampa Bay 22-30-11??32-33-12??54-63
Texas 26-37-9??.35-24-9??61-61
Toronto 42-24-5??..38-27-4??80-51
Friday?s games
National League
Phillies @ Nationals
Thompson is 0-4, 5.63 in his last four starts (over 3-2-1). Phils scored three runs in those four games.
Roark is 1-2, 3.86 in his last four starts; under is 9-5 in his last 14. Washington won six of his last eight home starts.
Phillies won three of last four games; under is 9-2 in their last 11. Washington won seven of last ten games with three of last four going over the total.
Reds @ Pirates
Adleman is 0-2, 6.19 in his last three starts (over 4-4).
Brault is 0-2, 4.26 in four starts this year (over 2-2).
Reds lost nine of last 11 games; under is 7-2 in their last nine games. Pittsburgh lost eight of last ten games; four of last six Pirate games went over the total.
Dodgers @ Marlins
Kershaw is 4-1, 2.36 in his last five starts, last of which was June 26. Under is 7-0-2 in his last nine starts. LA is 8-1 in his road starts.
Fernandez is 1-4, 4.76 in his last seven starts; over is 5-3 in his last eight. Miami is 10-4 in his home starts.
Dodgers won six of last seven games, are 7-14 in road series openers. Under is 8-3 in LA?s last eleven games. Miami lost 10 of last 12 games, is 1-7 in last eight home series openers. Under is 8-1 in their last nine home games.
Mets @ Braves
Gsellman is 1-1, 3.75 in his first two MLB starts (under 2-0).
Teheran is 2-0, 1.38 in his last two starts; four of his last five starts went over. Braves are 2-11 in his home starts.
Mets won their last five games, are 4-7 in last 11 road series openers. Five of last six NY games stayed under. Atlanta lost its last three games; they?re 7-14 in home series openers. Over is 17-4 in Braves? last 21 games.
Brewers @ Cardinals
Nelson is 1-6, 9.00 in his last nine starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Milwaukee is 2-7 in his last nine road starts.
Martinez is 3-0, 1.67 in his last four starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Cardinals are 3-8 in his last 11 home starts.
Brewers won seven of last eight games; five of their last six games went over. St Louis is 4-8 in its last 12 home games (over 8-3-1).
Giants @ Diamondbacks
Bumgarner is 4-1, 4.20 in his last five starts (over 4-1). Giants lost five of his last six road starts.
De la Rosa is 1-0, 5.63 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Colorado is 4-5 in his home starts.
Giants lost five of last seven games, are 2-10 in last 12 road series openers. Five of last six SF games stayed under the total. Arizona lost five of last seven games; they?ve won last four home series openers. Over is 14-3 in last 17 games at Chase Field.
Rockies @ Padres
Chatwood is 0-3, 7.48 in his last four starts (under 15-6-2). Colorado is 8-2 in his road starts.
Perdomo is 2-1, 2.86 in his last three starts (over 10-6). San Diego is 3-2 in his home starts.
Rockies lost five of last six games; over is 8-3 in their last 11 road games. San Diego lost 11 of last 16 games; four of last six Padre games stayed under the total.
American League
Rays @ New York
Snell is 2-3, 6.63 in his last five starts (under 9-6). Rays are 1-5 in his road starts.
Pineda is 0-1, 7.05 in his last three starts; five of his last seven went over. New York is 8-5 in his home starts.
Rays lost four of last five games; over is 10-2-1 in Tampa?s last 13 road games. New York won six of its last seven home games; five of last seven NY games stayed under the total.
Red Sox @ Blue Jays
Porcello is 5-0, 2.68 in his last six starts; four of his last five went over. Boston is 6-7 in his road starts.
Estrada is 1-3, 6.92 in his last five starts (over 4-1). Toronto is 6-6 in his home starts.
Red Sox won five of last seven games, are 15-9 in road series openers. Under is 6-3 in their last nine road games. Toronto lost five of last six games, is 7-2 in last nine home series openers. Over is 5-2 in Jays? last seven home games.
Orioles @ Tigers
Gausman is 4-0, 1.75 in his last four starts; he has a 19-inning scoreless streak. Under is 5-2 in his last seven starts. Orioles are 2-9 in his last 11 road starts.
Fulmer is 0-3, 6.48 in his last three starts; six of his last seven starts stayed under. Detroit is 5-2 in his home starts.
Orioles won three of last four road games, are 12-11 in road series openers. Over is 8-2 in their last ten road games. Detroit won five of last seven home games, is 11-2 in last 13 home series openers. Under is 11-3 in last 14 home games.
Royals @ White Sox
Ventura is 4-0, 2.61 in his last seven starts; under is 6-2 in his last eight. Royals won his last four road starts.
Rodon is 4-0, 2.39 in his last six starts; three of his last four went over. White Sox are 3-8 in his home starts.
Royals are 10-3 in last 13 road games, 6-0 in last six road series openers. Over is 10-1 in their last 11 games. Chicago won four of last five home games, is 11-11 in home series openers. Six of last seven White Sox games went over.
Indians @ Twins
Salazar is 0-3, 9.27 in his last six starts; over is 7-1 in his last eight. Indians are 2-6 in his last eight road starts.
Duffey is 0-2, 14.85 in his last two starts; over is 6-2-2 in his last ten. Twins are 5-2 in his last seven home starts.
Indians won eight of last ten games, but are 1-6 in last seven road games, 12-10 in road series openers. Under is 6-3-1 in Tribe?s last 10 road games. Minnesota is 3-17 in its last 20 games, 8-14 in home series openers. Over is 15-1 in their last 16 home games.
Rangers @ Angels
Darvish is 1-1, 7.02 in his last three starts; four of his last five went over. Texas is 2-3 in his road starts.
Skaggs is 2-0, 2.25 in his last two starts; three of his last four stayed under.
Texas lost three of last four games, is 2-8 in last 10 road series openers. Rangers? last nine games went over the total. Angels are 10-4 in last 14 games, 5-2 in last seven home series openers. Under is 7-3 in last ten games at the Big A.
Mariners @ A?s
Iwakuma is 0-4, 5.48 in his last four starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Seattle is 8-7 in his road starts.
Mengden is 0-3, 10.87 in his last six starts; six of his last seven went over. A?s are 1-4 in his home starts.
Mariners lost six of last seven road games, is 5-9 in last 14 road series openers. Over is 15-5 in their last 20 games. Oakland won three of last four games, is 2-5 in last seven home series openers. Under is 11-7 in their last 18 home games.
Interleague
Cubs @ Astros
Lester is 5-0, 1.35 in his last seven starts; his last five stayed under. Chicago is 2-4 in his last six road starts.
Musgrove is 1-3, 8.53 in his last four starts (under 3-2-1).
Cubs lost four of last five road games, are 13-9 in road series openers. Over is 5-3 in their last eight road games. Houston won five of last six home games, is 14-8 in home series openers. Over is 5-2 in their last seven games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Phil-Wsh: Thompson 1-5; Roark 17-11
Cin-Pitt: Adleman 3-5; Brault 1-3
LA-Mia: Kershaw 14-2; Fernandez 11-8
NY-Atl: Gsellman 1-1; Teheran 7-18
Mil-StL: Nelson 11-17; Martinez 14-11
SF-Az: Bumgarner 17-12; De le Rosa 3-5
Col-SD: Chatwood 12-11 (0-4 last 4); Perdomo 9-7
TB-NY: Snell 5-10; Pineda 13-14
Bos-Tor: Porcello 21-7; Estrada 13-11
Balt-Det: Gausman 12-13 (4-0 last 4); Fulmer 16-6 (0-3 last 3)
KC-Chi: Ventura 16-11 (7-0 last 7); Rodon 10-13 (5- l last 6)
Cle-Min: Salazar 15-9; Duffey 10-12
Tex-LAA: Darvish 7-6; Skaggs 3-5
Sea-A?s: Iwakuma 15-13 (0-4 last 4); Mengden 2-8
Chi-Hst: Lester 20-7; Musgrove 2-4
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Phil-Wsh: Thompson 3-6; Roark 5-28
Cin-Pitt: Adleman 1-8; Brault 2-4
LA-Mia: Kershaw 2-16; Fernandez 6-19
NY-Atl: Gsellman 1-2; Teheran 6-25
Mil-StL: Nelson 10-28; Martinez 3-26
SF-Az: Bumgarner 8-29; De le Rosa 0-8
Col-SD: Chatwood 7-23; Perdomo 7-16
TB-NY: Snell 4-15; Pineda 9-27
Bos-Tor: Porcello 7-28; Estrada 9-24
Balt-Det: Gausman 8-25; Fulmer 5-22
KC-Chi: Ventura 5-27; Rodon 6-23
Cle-Min: Salazar 5-24; Duffey 7-22
Tex-LAA: Darvish 5-13; Skaggs 4-8
Sea-A?s: Iwakuma 7-28 (4 of last 4); Mengden 3-10 (3 of last 3)
Chi-Hst: Lester 7-27; Musgrove 2-6
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/8
Arizona 24-36-11?..27-36-5??.51-71
Atlanta 27-36-11?..21-31-13??48-67
Cubs 35-24-9??43-21-8??.78-45
Reds 18-42-8??31-35-5??.49-77
Colo 25-31-12?..33-34-4??.58-65
LA 27-29-9??46-21-8??.72-50
Miami 30-30-10?..30-23-16??60-53
Milw 21-38-8??40-24-10?..61-62
Mets 29-42-9??33-26-11??.62-58
Philly 24-31-16?..24-32-13??48-61
Pitt 20-36-12?..42-24-5??62-59
St. Louis 33-31-7??27-29-12??60-60
SD 22-46-4?..31-32-6??..53-78
SF 32-33-7??.34-20-13??.66-53
Wash 36-22-14?.28-21-19??.64-43
Orioles 26-35-9??.36-27-8??..62-62
Boston 29-28-11??43-18-9??.72-46
White Sox 31-31-9??36-29-4???67-60
Cleveland 35-26-7??35-29-6??..70-55
Detroit 30-32-9??.30-31-4??..60-63
Astros 29-33-11?..32-26-7??..61-59
KC 27-35-11??28-25-13??55-60
Angels 30-37-7??.24-30-11??54-67
Twins 25-35-12??.25-36-12?..50-71
NYY 23-38-8??33-29-10??56-67
A?s 22-38-8??26-33-13??.48-70
Seattle 31-29-9??33-25-12??.64-54
Tampa Bay 22-30-11??32-33-12??54-63
Texas 26-37-9??.35-24-9??61-61
Toronto 42-24-5??..38-27-4??80-51
