MLB
Friday?s games
National League
Brewers @ Cubs
Anderson 1-1, 1.15 in his last three starts; under is 7-2 in his last nine. Brewers are 5-8 in his last 13 road starts.
Lackey 2-1, 2.33 in his last six starts; under is 6-2 in his last eight starts. Cubs are 8-6 in his home starts.
Milwaukee is 10-5 in its last 15 games; five of their last seven games stayed under. Cubs are 10-2 in last 12 home games; six of Cubs? last eight games stayed under the total.
Marlins @ Phillies
Koehler is 0-3, 5.32 in his last four starts; over is 10-6 in his last 16. Miami is 2-6 in his last eight road starts.
Morgan is 1-2, 2.41 in his last three starts; four of his last five went under the total. Phillies are 2-7 in his home starts.
Miami won five of last seven games, is 13-10 in road series openers. Marlins? last five road games went over the total. Phillies lost nine of last 11 home games; they?re 7-16 in home series openers. Under is 7-2-3 in their last 12 home games.
Pirates @ Reds
Vogelsong is 0-2, 9.69 in his last three starts (over 3-0). Pirates split his four road starts.
Stephenson is 2-1, 4.87 in four starts this year (over 2-2).
Pirates lost five of last seven road games, are 14-10 in road series openers. Under is 5-1-2 in their last eight games. Cincy won five of last six games, is 8-2 in last ten home series openers; under is 11-4 in their last 15 games.
Nationals @ Braves
Scherzer is 4-0, 2.00 in his last five starts; under is 11-3 in his last 14. Washington won his last six road starts.
Gant 0-2, 5.82 in his last four starts (over 3-3).
Nationals won eight of last ten games, is 6-1 in last seven road series openers. Five of last six Washington games stayed under. Atlanta lost seven of last nine games, is 8-15 in home series openers. Over is 13-1 in Atlanta?s last 14 home games.
Padres @ Rockies
Friedrich is 1-4, 4.71 in his last six starts; his last three went over. San Diego is 3-8 in his road starts.
Chatwood is 1-3, 6.04 in his last five starts; under is 4-2-2 in his last eight. Colorado is 4-8 in his home starts.
Padres won five of last seven games, are 14-9 in road series openers. Three of their last four games stayed under. Colorado lost four of last five games, is 9-3 in last 12 home series openers. Five of last seven Colorado games went over.
Dodgers @ Diamondbacks
Maeda is 5-2, 3.69 in his last seven starts; over is 7-3 in his last 10. LA is 8-5 in his road starts.
Greinke is 0-2, 9.28 in his last two starts; six of his last seven went over. Arizona is 6-6 in his home starts. Dodgers Arizona
Dodgers are 6-10 in last 16 road games; seven of their last nine games stayed under the total. Arizona won its last four games; over is 20-4 in their last 24 home games.
Cardinals @ Giants
Weaver is 1-1, 2.86 in his last four starts; four of his last five starts stayed under.
Moore is 3-1, 3.42 in his last four starts (under 6-2). He is 1-2, 4.96 in three home starts for Giants.
St Louis lost six of its last nine games; five of its last six games stayed under. San Francisco lost three of last four games; under is 7-3 in their last ten home games.
American League
Rays @ Orioles
Archer is 1-2, 3.55 in his last four starts; over is 9-3 in his last 12 road starts. Rays are 5-10 in his road starts.
Jimenez is 2-0, 2.81 in his last two starts; over is 12-4 in his last sixteen. orioles are 8-3 in his home outings.
Tampa Bay won four of its last five games; under is 4-1-1 in their last six. Orioles won four of their last six games; under is 9-1 in their last ten home games.
New York @ Boston
Cessa is 0-1, 5.29 in his last three starts; three of his last four went over.
Buchholz is 2-0, 3.68 in his last four starts; six of his last eight stayed under. Boston is 3-7 in his Fenway starts.
New York lost four of last five games; under is 9-5 in their last 14 games. Boston won six of last nine games; over is 7-3-1 in their last 11 home games.
Tigers @ Indians
Fulmer is 0-3, 5.32 in his last four starts; seven of his last eight stayed under. Detroit is 11-4 in his road starts.
Kluber is 7-1, 2.48 in his last nine starts; under is 6-3-1 in his last ten. Indians won eight of his last nine home starts.
Tigers lost six of last nine games; they?re 10-13 in road series openers. Over is 7-3 in their last ten road games. Cleveland won nine of last 11 home games, is 16-8 in home series openers. Over is 5-3 in their last eight home games.
A?s @ Rangers
Graveman is 0-2, 5.40 in his last three starts; six of his last seven stayed under. Oakland is 6-8 in his road starts.
Hamels is 0-1, 11.25 in his last three starts; over is 4-0-1 in his last five. Texas is 10-3 in his home starts.
A?s won their last four games (over 3-0-1), are 12-11 in road series openers. Texas is 11-2 in last 13 home games; they won last eight home series openers. Last six Texas home games went over the total.
White Sox @ Royals
Sale is 0-2, 2.45 in his last four starts; White Sox scored six runs in the four games. Four of his last five stayed under.
Kennedy is 5-0, 2.45 in his last eight starts; over is 3-1-1 in his last five. Royals are 7-4 in his home starts.
White Sox won six of last nine games; they?re 3-13 in last 16 road series openers. Over is 9-3 in their last 12 road games. Kansas City lost its last five home games, is 16-7 in home series openers. Over is 8-1-1 in their last ten home games.
Blue Jays @ Angels
Dickey is 1-2, 5.88 in his last five starts; three of his last four stayed under. Toronto is 6-7 in his road starts.
Weaver is 3-0, 4.37 in his last four starts; four of his last five stayed under. Angels won five of his last six home starts.
Toronto lost nine of last 13 games; under is 4-2-2 in their last eight games. Angels lost eight of last nine games; under is 6-1-2 in their last nine home games.
Astros @ Mariners
McHugh is 3-0, 3.98 in his last four starts; under is 5-3 in his last eight. Houston is 6-3 in his last nine road starts.
Hernandez is 5-1, 4.06 in his last six starts; Seattle is 13-1 this year if they give Felix 3+ runs- they?re 6-3 in his home starts. Over is 8-2 in his last ten starts.
Astros lost six of last eight road games, are 10-13 in road series openers. Over is 6-2 in their last eight road games. Seattle won its last eight games, is 15-8 in home series openers. Over is 10-3 in last 13 Seattle?s home games.
Interleague
Twins @ Mets
Berrios is 0-5, 11.41 in his last six starts; over is 6-1-1 in his last eight. Twins are 3-2 in his road starts.
Colon is 3-0, 3.06 in his last five starts; four of his last six starts went over total. New York is 7-6 in his home starts.
Twins are 2-12 in last 14 road games, 8-15 in road series openers. Under is 4-1-1 in their last six games. Mets won eight of last 11 games, are 2-6 in last eigh thome series openers. Under is 6-2 in New York?s last eight home games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Mil-Chi? Anderson 11-16; Lackey 14-12
Mia-Phil? Koehler 12-17; Morgan 4-14
Pitt-Cin? Vogelsong 3-7; Stephenson 3-1
Wsh-Atl? Scherzer 20-10; Gant 3-3
SD-Col? Friedrich 8-12; Chatwood 13-11
LA-Az? Maeda 18-11; Greinke 15-9
StL-SF? Weaver 3-3; Moore 4-4/9-12
TB-Balt? Archer 9-21; Jimenez 11-11
NY-Bos? Cessa 4-1; Buchholz 7-11
Det-Clev? Fulmer 17-6; Kluber 17-12
A?s-Tex? Graveman 14-14; Hamels 21-8
Chi-KC? Sale 16-12 (0-4 last 4); Kennedy 15-14 (6-1)
Tor-LAA? Dickey 11-17; Weaver 13-15 (4-0 Last 4)
Hst-Sea? McHugh 18-11 (5-0 last 5); Hernandez 14-7
Min-NYM? Berrios 2-9; Colon 18-11
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Mil-Chi? Anderson 7-26; Lackey 9-26
Mia-Phil? Koehler 9-29; Morgan 9-18
Pitt-Cin? Vogelsong 4-10; Stephenson 1-4
Wsh-Atl? Scherzer 9-30; Gant 2-4
SD-Col? Friedrich 7-20; Chatwood 7-24
LA-Az? Maeda 5-29; Greinke 8-24
StL-SF? Weaver 2-6; Moore 6-29
TB-Balt? Archer 12-30; Jimenez 11-22
NY-Bos? Cessa 3-5; Buchholz 8-18
Det-Clev? Fulmer 5-23; Kluber 6-29
A?s-Tex? Graveman 5-28; Hamels 6-29
Chi-KC? Sale 9-28; Kennedy 10-29
Tor-LAA? Dickey 7-28; Weaver 10-28
Hst-Sea? McHugh 11-29; Hernandez 3-21
Min-NYM? Berrios 4-11; Colon 9-29
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/15
Arizona 24-36-11?..32-37-6??.56-72
Atlanta 27-36-11?..24-34-13??51-70
Cubs 39-25-10??43-21-9??.82-46
Reds 20-42-9??33-36-5??.53-78
Colo 27-34-13?..33-34-4??..60-68
LA 29-32-11??46-21-8??.74-53
Miami 31-32-10?..32-24-16??.63-56
Milw 24-41-9??40-24-10?..64-65
Mets 32-44-10??33-26-11??65-60
Philly 24-32-18?..26-33-14??50-63
Pitt 21-38-13?..42-26-6??63-63
St. Louis 33-32-7??28-33-13??.61-65
SD 23-47-5?..32-34-6??..55-81
SF 33-35-7??.36-21-14??69-56
Wash 36-22-14?.30-22-22??66-44
Orioles 30-37-9??.36-28-8??.66-65
Boston 30-30-11??44-21-9??.74-51
White Sox 31-31-9??.39-31-6??..70-62
Cleveland 38-27-10??35-29-6??..73-56
Detroit 30-32-9??.31-36-5??..61-68
Astros 29-33-11?..34-29-8??..63-62
KC 28-37-11??29-28-13??57-65
Angels 30-37-7??.25-34-13??.55-71
Twins 28-35-13??.25-38-13?..53-73
NYY 24-38-8??34-31-13??..58-69
A?s 25-39-8??26-35-14??51-73
Seattle 35-29-11??33-25-12??68-54
Tampa Bay 26-31-13??32-33-12??58-64
Texas 28-39-11??.35-24-9??63-63
Toronto 43-24-5??..40-30-5??83-54
Friday?s games
National League
Brewers @ Cubs
Anderson 1-1, 1.15 in his last three starts; under is 7-2 in his last nine. Brewers are 5-8 in his last 13 road starts.
Lackey 2-1, 2.33 in his last six starts; under is 6-2 in his last eight starts. Cubs are 8-6 in his home starts.
Milwaukee is 10-5 in its last 15 games; five of their last seven games stayed under. Cubs are 10-2 in last 12 home games; six of Cubs? last eight games stayed under the total.
Marlins @ Phillies
Koehler is 0-3, 5.32 in his last four starts; over is 10-6 in his last 16. Miami is 2-6 in his last eight road starts.
Morgan is 1-2, 2.41 in his last three starts; four of his last five went under the total. Phillies are 2-7 in his home starts.
Miami won five of last seven games, is 13-10 in road series openers. Marlins? last five road games went over the total. Phillies lost nine of last 11 home games; they?re 7-16 in home series openers. Under is 7-2-3 in their last 12 home games.
Pirates @ Reds
Vogelsong is 0-2, 9.69 in his last three starts (over 3-0). Pirates split his four road starts.
Stephenson is 2-1, 4.87 in four starts this year (over 2-2).
Pirates lost five of last seven road games, are 14-10 in road series openers. Under is 5-1-2 in their last eight games. Cincy won five of last six games, is 8-2 in last ten home series openers; under is 11-4 in their last 15 games.
Nationals @ Braves
Scherzer is 4-0, 2.00 in his last five starts; under is 11-3 in his last 14. Washington won his last six road starts.
Gant 0-2, 5.82 in his last four starts (over 3-3).
Nationals won eight of last ten games, is 6-1 in last seven road series openers. Five of last six Washington games stayed under. Atlanta lost seven of last nine games, is 8-15 in home series openers. Over is 13-1 in Atlanta?s last 14 home games.
Padres @ Rockies
Friedrich is 1-4, 4.71 in his last six starts; his last three went over. San Diego is 3-8 in his road starts.
Chatwood is 1-3, 6.04 in his last five starts; under is 4-2-2 in his last eight. Colorado is 4-8 in his home starts.
Padres won five of last seven games, are 14-9 in road series openers. Three of their last four games stayed under. Colorado lost four of last five games, is 9-3 in last 12 home series openers. Five of last seven Colorado games went over.
Dodgers @ Diamondbacks
Maeda is 5-2, 3.69 in his last seven starts; over is 7-3 in his last 10. LA is 8-5 in his road starts.
Greinke is 0-2, 9.28 in his last two starts; six of his last seven went over. Arizona is 6-6 in his home starts. Dodgers Arizona
Dodgers are 6-10 in last 16 road games; seven of their last nine games stayed under the total. Arizona won its last four games; over is 20-4 in their last 24 home games.
Cardinals @ Giants
Weaver is 1-1, 2.86 in his last four starts; four of his last five starts stayed under.
Moore is 3-1, 3.42 in his last four starts (under 6-2). He is 1-2, 4.96 in three home starts for Giants.
St Louis lost six of its last nine games; five of its last six games stayed under. San Francisco lost three of last four games; under is 7-3 in their last ten home games.
American League
Rays @ Orioles
Archer is 1-2, 3.55 in his last four starts; over is 9-3 in his last 12 road starts. Rays are 5-10 in his road starts.
Jimenez is 2-0, 2.81 in his last two starts; over is 12-4 in his last sixteen. orioles are 8-3 in his home outings.
Tampa Bay won four of its last five games; under is 4-1-1 in their last six. Orioles won four of their last six games; under is 9-1 in their last ten home games.
New York @ Boston
Cessa is 0-1, 5.29 in his last three starts; three of his last four went over.
Buchholz is 2-0, 3.68 in his last four starts; six of his last eight stayed under. Boston is 3-7 in his Fenway starts.
New York lost four of last five games; under is 9-5 in their last 14 games. Boston won six of last nine games; over is 7-3-1 in their last 11 home games.
Tigers @ Indians
Fulmer is 0-3, 5.32 in his last four starts; seven of his last eight stayed under. Detroit is 11-4 in his road starts.
Kluber is 7-1, 2.48 in his last nine starts; under is 6-3-1 in his last ten. Indians won eight of his last nine home starts.
Tigers lost six of last nine games; they?re 10-13 in road series openers. Over is 7-3 in their last ten road games. Cleveland won nine of last 11 home games, is 16-8 in home series openers. Over is 5-3 in their last eight home games.
A?s @ Rangers
Graveman is 0-2, 5.40 in his last three starts; six of his last seven stayed under. Oakland is 6-8 in his road starts.
Hamels is 0-1, 11.25 in his last three starts; over is 4-0-1 in his last five. Texas is 10-3 in his home starts.
A?s won their last four games (over 3-0-1), are 12-11 in road series openers. Texas is 11-2 in last 13 home games; they won last eight home series openers. Last six Texas home games went over the total.
White Sox @ Royals
Sale is 0-2, 2.45 in his last four starts; White Sox scored six runs in the four games. Four of his last five stayed under.
Kennedy is 5-0, 2.45 in his last eight starts; over is 3-1-1 in his last five. Royals are 7-4 in his home starts.
White Sox won six of last nine games; they?re 3-13 in last 16 road series openers. Over is 9-3 in their last 12 road games. Kansas City lost its last five home games, is 16-7 in home series openers. Over is 8-1-1 in their last ten home games.
Blue Jays @ Angels
Dickey is 1-2, 5.88 in his last five starts; three of his last four stayed under. Toronto is 6-7 in his road starts.
Weaver is 3-0, 4.37 in his last four starts; four of his last five stayed under. Angels won five of his last six home starts.
Toronto lost nine of last 13 games; under is 4-2-2 in their last eight games. Angels lost eight of last nine games; under is 6-1-2 in their last nine home games.
Astros @ Mariners
McHugh is 3-0, 3.98 in his last four starts; under is 5-3 in his last eight. Houston is 6-3 in his last nine road starts.
Hernandez is 5-1, 4.06 in his last six starts; Seattle is 13-1 this year if they give Felix 3+ runs- they?re 6-3 in his home starts. Over is 8-2 in his last ten starts.
Astros lost six of last eight road games, are 10-13 in road series openers. Over is 6-2 in their last eight road games. Seattle won its last eight games, is 15-8 in home series openers. Over is 10-3 in last 13 Seattle?s home games.
Interleague
Twins @ Mets
Berrios is 0-5, 11.41 in his last six starts; over is 6-1-1 in his last eight. Twins are 3-2 in his road starts.
Colon is 3-0, 3.06 in his last five starts; four of his last six starts went over total. New York is 7-6 in his home starts.
Twins are 2-12 in last 14 road games, 8-15 in road series openers. Under is 4-1-1 in their last six games. Mets won eight of last 11 games, are 2-6 in last eigh thome series openers. Under is 6-2 in New York?s last eight home games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Mil-Chi? Anderson 11-16; Lackey 14-12
Mia-Phil? Koehler 12-17; Morgan 4-14
Pitt-Cin? Vogelsong 3-7; Stephenson 3-1
Wsh-Atl? Scherzer 20-10; Gant 3-3
SD-Col? Friedrich 8-12; Chatwood 13-11
LA-Az? Maeda 18-11; Greinke 15-9
StL-SF? Weaver 3-3; Moore 4-4/9-12
TB-Balt? Archer 9-21; Jimenez 11-11
NY-Bos? Cessa 4-1; Buchholz 7-11
Det-Clev? Fulmer 17-6; Kluber 17-12
A?s-Tex? Graveman 14-14; Hamels 21-8
Chi-KC? Sale 16-12 (0-4 last 4); Kennedy 15-14 (6-1)
Tor-LAA? Dickey 11-17; Weaver 13-15 (4-0 Last 4)
Hst-Sea? McHugh 18-11 (5-0 last 5); Hernandez 14-7
Min-NYM? Berrios 2-9; Colon 18-11
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Mil-Chi? Anderson 7-26; Lackey 9-26
Mia-Phil? Koehler 9-29; Morgan 9-18
Pitt-Cin? Vogelsong 4-10; Stephenson 1-4
Wsh-Atl? Scherzer 9-30; Gant 2-4
SD-Col? Friedrich 7-20; Chatwood 7-24
LA-Az? Maeda 5-29; Greinke 8-24
StL-SF? Weaver 2-6; Moore 6-29
TB-Balt? Archer 12-30; Jimenez 11-22
NY-Bos? Cessa 3-5; Buchholz 8-18
Det-Clev? Fulmer 5-23; Kluber 6-29
A?s-Tex? Graveman 5-28; Hamels 6-29
Chi-KC? Sale 9-28; Kennedy 10-29
Tor-LAA? Dickey 7-28; Weaver 10-28
Hst-Sea? McHugh 11-29; Hernandez 3-21
Min-NYM? Berrios 4-11; Colon 9-29
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/15
Arizona 24-36-11?..32-37-6??.56-72
Atlanta 27-36-11?..24-34-13??51-70
Cubs 39-25-10??43-21-9??.82-46
Reds 20-42-9??33-36-5??.53-78
Colo 27-34-13?..33-34-4??..60-68
LA 29-32-11??46-21-8??.74-53
Miami 31-32-10?..32-24-16??.63-56
Milw 24-41-9??40-24-10?..64-65
Mets 32-44-10??33-26-11??65-60
Philly 24-32-18?..26-33-14??50-63
Pitt 21-38-13?..42-26-6??63-63
St. Louis 33-32-7??28-33-13??.61-65
SD 23-47-5?..32-34-6??..55-81
SF 33-35-7??.36-21-14??69-56
Wash 36-22-14?.30-22-22??66-44
Orioles 30-37-9??.36-28-8??.66-65
Boston 30-30-11??44-21-9??.74-51
White Sox 31-31-9??.39-31-6??..70-62
Cleveland 38-27-10??35-29-6??..73-56
Detroit 30-32-9??.31-36-5??..61-68
Astros 29-33-11?..34-29-8??..63-62
KC 28-37-11??29-28-13??57-65
Angels 30-37-7??.25-34-13??.55-71
Twins 28-35-13??.25-38-13?..53-73
NYY 24-38-8??34-31-13??..58-69
A?s 25-39-8??26-35-14??51-73
Seattle 35-29-11??33-25-12??68-54
Tampa Bay 26-31-13??32-33-12??58-64
Texas 28-39-11??.35-24-9??63-63
Toronto 43-24-5??..40-30-5??83-54
