Monday?s games
National League
Phillies @ Marlins
Hellickson is 1-2, 7.66 in his last five starts (under 6-2-2).
Volquez is 0-6, 5.81 in his last six starts (under 6-2-1).
Phillies lost seven of last nine games, are 4-4 in road series openers. Three of their last four games stayed under. Miami is 5-14 in its last 19 games, 2-6 in home series openers. Over is 7-2 in their last nine games.
Dodgers @ Cardinals
Hill is 0-2, 6.00 in his last three starts (under 4-0).
Leake is 2-1, 2.38 in his last five starts (under 5-3-1).
Dodgers won five of last six games; they?re 1-6 in road series openers. Over is 6-3 in their last nine road games. St Louis lost seven of last ten games; they?re 3-6 in home series openers. Four of their last six games stayed under.
Nationals @ Giants
Roark is 1-2, 5.65 in his last five starts (over 7-2-1).
Moore is 1-1, 3.20 in his last three starts; over is 3-1-1 in his last five.
Nationals won five of last seven games; they?re 5-3 in road series openers. Last five Washington games stayed under. San Francisco won seven of last nine home games; they?re 4-3 in home series openers. Over is 4-2-1 in their last seven home games.
Diamondbacks @ Pirates
Delgado allowed two runs in four IP (61 PT) in his first ?17 start, against the White Sox.
Williams is 1-2, 7.23 in four starts this season (over 2-1-1).
Arizona won its last five road series openers but is 2-9 in other games in those series, so they?re 7-9 in last 16 road games. Under is 6-2 in their last eight games. Pittsburgh lost three of last four games; they?re 3-5 in home series openers. Last six Pirate games went over the total.
Brewers @ Mets
Garza is 1-1, 3.65 in his last four starts (over 3-3).
Gsellman is 2-2, 8.63 in his last five starts (over 8-0).
Brewers Mets played in Pittsburgh last night; they?re 7-5 in last 12 home games, 5-4 in home series openers. Over is 7-1 in their last eight games.
Cubs @ Padres
Hendricks is 2-0, 2.77 in his last two starts; under is 3-1 in his road starts.
Cosart is 0-1, 4.70 in four starts this season (over 2-2).
Cubs lost their last five road games; they?re 3-5 in road series openers. Under is 6-2 in their last eight road tilts. San Diego lost five of last six home games; they?re 5-3 in home series openers. Last four Padre games stayed under the total.
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American League
A?s @ Indians
Mengden is making his first ?17 start; he was 2-9, 6.50 in 14 big league starts LY. He is 2-1, 2.21 in four AAA starts this season.
Indians won last four Carrasco starts (2-0, 4.30). Under is 7-2 in his starts.
A?s lost four of last six games; they?re 2-6 in road series openers. Three of their last four games stayed under. Cleveland lost five of last six home games; they?re 2-6 in home series openers. Over is 6-2 in their last eight home games.
Red Sox @ White Sox
Price is making his ?17 debut; he was 17-9, 3.99 in 35 starts LY, is 0-0, 9.53 in two AAA rehab starts (5.2 IP total) this month.
Holmberg is making his first ?17 start- he is 3-6, 5.47 in 12 big league starts, mostly with Cincy (last one in 2015). He is 3-0, 1.76 in six AAA games (1 start) this season.
Boston won six of last seven games; they?re 2-5 in road series openers. Last four Red Sox games stayed under. Chicago won five of last six home games; they?re 2-5 in home series openers. Over is 8-3-1 in their last 12 home games.
New York @ Baltimore
Montgomery is 0-2, 5.09 in his last three starts, all of which stayed under.
Bundy is 0-2, 4.74 in his last three starts (under 6-4).
New York won five of last seven games; they?re 4-1 in last five road series openers. Under is 6-1 in last seven Bronx games. Baltimore lost its last seven games; they?re 7-1 in home series openers. Four of last five Oriole games stayed under.
Rays @ Rangers
Ramirez pitched in relief in 15th inning yesterday, will still start here. He is 2-0, 2.76 in three starts this year (over 2-1).
Perez is 1-0, 3.20 in his last three starts; three of his last four starts went over.
Tampa Bay won four of last five games; they?re 5-3 in road series openers. Over is 6-2 in their last eight road games. Texas lost five of last six games; they?re 5-3 in home series openers. Four of Rangers? last five home games stayed under.
Tigers @ Royals
Norris is 0-1, 5.64 in his last four starts; under is 3-1-1 in his last five.
Hammel is 0-3, 7.11 in his last three starts (under 5-4).
Detroit lost seven of last nine games; they?re 5-4 in road series openers. Under is 7-3-1 in their last 11 road games. Kansas City is 5-7 in its last 12 games, 4-4 in home series openers. Under is 10-3 in their last 13 home games.
Astros @ Twins
Peacock blanked the Tigers for 4.1 innings (70 PT) in his first ?17 start.
Santana is 2-1, 1.96 in his last three starts, all of which stayed under.
Astros won six of last seven games; they?re 6-1 in road series openers. Under is 7-3-1 in their last 11 games. Minnesota won five of last seven games; they?re 5-4 in home series openers. Under is 4-1 in their last five games.
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Interleague
Mariners @ Rockies
Gaviglio is 0-1, 4.09 in two starts this year (under 1-0-1).
Chatwood is 2-2, 3.09 in his last four starts (under 3-0-1).
Seattle lost seven of last nine games; they?re 2-7 in road series openers. Last five Mariner games stayed under. Colorado won six of last eight games; they?re 6-2 in home series openers. Under is 9-4 in last 13 games at Coors Field.
Reds @ Blue Jays
Bonilla is 0-2, 5.89 in three starts this season (under 2-1).
Stroman is 3-0, 2.31 in his last four starts; over is 5-1 in his last six.
Reds won three of last four games; they?re 5-3 in road series openers. Three of their last four games stayed under. Toronto won five of last six games; they?re 3-5 in home series openers. Under is 5-3 in their last eight games.
Braves @ Angels
Teheran is 1-3, 7.62 in his last five starts; over is 5-1-1 in his last seven.
Nolasco is 0-2, 4.91 in his last five starts; under is 6-1 in his last seven.
Atlanta lost four of last five games; they won five of last six road series openers. Over is 4-1-1 in their last six games. Angels lost four of last five games; they?re 4-3 in home series openers. Under is 5-2 in their last seven games.
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
Phil-Mia: Hellickson 8-2; Volquez 1-8
LA-StL: Hill 1-3; Leake 5-4
Wsh-SF: Roark 7-3; Moore 3-7
Az-Pitt: Delgado 1-0; Williams 2-2
Mil-NY: Garza 4-2; Gsellman 4-4
Chi-SD: Hendricks 5-4; Cosart 2-2
American League
A?s-Clev: Mengden 0-0; Carrasco 7-2
Bos-Chi: Price 0-0; Holmberg 0-0
NY-Balt: Montgomery 3-5; Bundy 6-4 (0-3 last 3)
TB-Tex: Ramirez 3-0; Perez 3-7
Det-KC: Norris 4-5; Hammel 1-8
Hst-Minn: Peacock 1-0; Santana 7-3
Interleague
Sea-Colo: Gaviglio 1-1; Chatwood 4-6
Cin-Tor: Bonilla 1-2; Stroman 6-4 (4-0 last 4)
Atl-LAA: Teheran 3-7; Nolasco 3-7
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
Phil-Mia: Hellickson 4-10; Volquez 5-9
LA-StL: Hill 0-4; Leake 1-9
Wsh-SF: Roark 5-10; Moore 3-10
Az-Pitt: Delgado 0-1; Williams 1-4
Mil-NY: Garza 1-6; Gsellman 5-8
Chi-SD: Hendricks 4-9; Cosart 0-4
American League
A?s-Clev: Mengden 0-0; Carrasco 2-9
Bos-Chi: Price 0-0; Holmberg 0-0
NY-Balt: Montgomery 2-8; Bundy 1-10
TB-Tex: Ramirez 3-3; Perez 4-10
Det-KC: Norris 1-9; Hammel 1-9
Hst-Minn: Peacock 0-1; Santana 2-10
Interleague
Sea-Colo: Gaviglio 1-2; Chatwood 1-10
Cin-Tor: Bonilla 2-3; Stroman 1-10
Atl-LAA: Teheran 4-10; Nolasco 4-10
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Umpires
National League
American League
Interleague
Interleague play
NL @ AL? 24-11 AL, favorites -$57
AL @ NL? 26-25 AL, favorites +$472
Total: 50-36 AL, favorites +$415
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 18-20-1
AL @ NL: Over 30-19
Total: Over 48-39-1
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 5/28/17
Ariz 9-11-3??17-8?4??.26-19?7
Atl 9-13-4??8-12-2??..17-25?5
Cubs 9-14???..13-9-3??..22-23-3
Reds 6-14-2??12-12?2??18-26-4
Colo 18-6-2?..13-11-2???.31-17?5
LA 9-11-2??20-7-2???.29-18-4
Miami 8-16-1??.10-10-3??..18-26-4
Milw 12-5-4??.13-14-2??.25-19-6
Mets 11-10-1??..11-13-2??22-23-3
Philly 7-12-5???8-13-2??15-25-7
Pitt 10-15-2?..10-11-3??.20-26-5
St. Louis 9-9-2??..14-6-5??..23-15-7
SD 7-18-4??.10-11?2??.17-29-6
SF 5-18-5??..13-7-4??..21-25-8
Wash 15-7-2??14-9-2???29-16-4
Orioles 10-14-2??..11-10-1???21-24-3
Boston 8-12-2???13-12-2??.21-24-4
White Sox 8-16-5??..11-8?1??..19-24-6
Cleveland 12-12-2??..9-11-2??..21-23-4
Detroit 10-15-3??.12-8-2??..22-23-5
Astros 8-8-5??..17-11-2??..25-19-7
KC 6-15-4??.14-8-2??..20-23-6
Angels 8-16-6??12-6-5???20-22-11
Twins 11-5-3???10-11-6??21-16-8
NYY 11-10-1???.16-8?..??27-18-1
A?s 7-13-3??..10-10-5??..17-23-8
Seattle 7-17-5??..12-6-4??.19-23-9
TB 13-7-4??..19-7-3??..32-14-7
Texas 14-8-4??..11-8-5??.25-16-9
Toronto 9-16-1??..7-10-5??..16-26-6
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 5/28/17)
Ariz 7-23??..11-29???.18
Atl 5-26??..5-22???..10
Cubs 4-24??..11-25???..15
Reds 7-22??..13-27???20
Colo 8-26??..8-26???.16
LA 7-22??..11-28..??.18
Miami 8-25??..10-23???.18
Milw 8-21??..12-29???20
Mets 9-22??..13-26???.22
Philly 9-25??..5-23????14
Pitt 7-27??..8-24????15
StL 6-21??..7-25???..13
SD 13-29??6-23???..19
SF 5-31??..7-24????.12
Wash 8-24??..10-25???.18
Orioles 3-26??..6-22???..9
Boston 7-22??..6-27???..13
White Sox 7-29??.8-20???..15
Clev 7-26??..9-22???.16
Detroit 5-28??11-22???..16
Astros 7-21??..13-30???.20
KC 4-26??..4-23????8
Angels 12-31??.5-23???.17
Twins 4-19??..7-27???.11
NYY 6-22??..10-25???.16
A?s 3-24??..6-25???.9
Seattle 10-29??.10-22??.20
TB 7-24??..15-29???22
Texas 9-27??..8-24???17
Toronto 8-26??..5-24???13
National League
Phillies @ Marlins
Hellickson is 1-2, 7.66 in his last five starts (under 6-2-2).
Volquez is 0-6, 5.81 in his last six starts (under 6-2-1).
Phillies lost seven of last nine games, are 4-4 in road series openers. Three of their last four games stayed under. Miami is 5-14 in its last 19 games, 2-6 in home series openers. Over is 7-2 in their last nine games.
Dodgers @ Cardinals
Hill is 0-2, 6.00 in his last three starts (under 4-0).
Leake is 2-1, 2.38 in his last five starts (under 5-3-1).
Dodgers won five of last six games; they?re 1-6 in road series openers. Over is 6-3 in their last nine road games. St Louis lost seven of last ten games; they?re 3-6 in home series openers. Four of their last six games stayed under.
Nationals @ Giants
Roark is 1-2, 5.65 in his last five starts (over 7-2-1).
Moore is 1-1, 3.20 in his last three starts; over is 3-1-1 in his last five.
Nationals won five of last seven games; they?re 5-3 in road series openers. Last five Washington games stayed under. San Francisco won seven of last nine home games; they?re 4-3 in home series openers. Over is 4-2-1 in their last seven home games.
Diamondbacks @ Pirates
Delgado allowed two runs in four IP (61 PT) in his first ?17 start, against the White Sox.
Williams is 1-2, 7.23 in four starts this season (over 2-1-1).
Arizona won its last five road series openers but is 2-9 in other games in those series, so they?re 7-9 in last 16 road games. Under is 6-2 in their last eight games. Pittsburgh lost three of last four games; they?re 3-5 in home series openers. Last six Pirate games went over the total.
Brewers @ Mets
Garza is 1-1, 3.65 in his last four starts (over 3-3).
Gsellman is 2-2, 8.63 in his last five starts (over 8-0).
Brewers Mets played in Pittsburgh last night; they?re 7-5 in last 12 home games, 5-4 in home series openers. Over is 7-1 in their last eight games.
Cubs @ Padres
Hendricks is 2-0, 2.77 in his last two starts; under is 3-1 in his road starts.
Cosart is 0-1, 4.70 in four starts this season (over 2-2).
Cubs lost their last five road games; they?re 3-5 in road series openers. Under is 6-2 in their last eight road tilts. San Diego lost five of last six home games; they?re 5-3 in home series openers. Last four Padre games stayed under the total.
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American League
A?s @ Indians
Mengden is making his first ?17 start; he was 2-9, 6.50 in 14 big league starts LY. He is 2-1, 2.21 in four AAA starts this season.
Indians won last four Carrasco starts (2-0, 4.30). Under is 7-2 in his starts.
A?s lost four of last six games; they?re 2-6 in road series openers. Three of their last four games stayed under. Cleveland lost five of last six home games; they?re 2-6 in home series openers. Over is 6-2 in their last eight home games.
Red Sox @ White Sox
Price is making his ?17 debut; he was 17-9, 3.99 in 35 starts LY, is 0-0, 9.53 in two AAA rehab starts (5.2 IP total) this month.
Holmberg is making his first ?17 start- he is 3-6, 5.47 in 12 big league starts, mostly with Cincy (last one in 2015). He is 3-0, 1.76 in six AAA games (1 start) this season.
Boston won six of last seven games; they?re 2-5 in road series openers. Last four Red Sox games stayed under. Chicago won five of last six home games; they?re 2-5 in home series openers. Over is 8-3-1 in their last 12 home games.
New York @ Baltimore
Montgomery is 0-2, 5.09 in his last three starts, all of which stayed under.
Bundy is 0-2, 4.74 in his last three starts (under 6-4).
New York won five of last seven games; they?re 4-1 in last five road series openers. Under is 6-1 in last seven Bronx games. Baltimore lost its last seven games; they?re 7-1 in home series openers. Four of last five Oriole games stayed under.
Rays @ Rangers
Ramirez pitched in relief in 15th inning yesterday, will still start here. He is 2-0, 2.76 in three starts this year (over 2-1).
Perez is 1-0, 3.20 in his last three starts; three of his last four starts went over.
Tampa Bay won four of last five games; they?re 5-3 in road series openers. Over is 6-2 in their last eight road games. Texas lost five of last six games; they?re 5-3 in home series openers. Four of Rangers? last five home games stayed under.
Tigers @ Royals
Norris is 0-1, 5.64 in his last four starts; under is 3-1-1 in his last five.
Hammel is 0-3, 7.11 in his last three starts (under 5-4).
Detroit lost seven of last nine games; they?re 5-4 in road series openers. Under is 7-3-1 in their last 11 road games. Kansas City is 5-7 in its last 12 games, 4-4 in home series openers. Under is 10-3 in their last 13 home games.
Astros @ Twins
Peacock blanked the Tigers for 4.1 innings (70 PT) in his first ?17 start.
Santana is 2-1, 1.96 in his last three starts, all of which stayed under.
Astros won six of last seven games; they?re 6-1 in road series openers. Under is 7-3-1 in their last 11 games. Minnesota won five of last seven games; they?re 5-4 in home series openers. Under is 4-1 in their last five games.
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Interleague
Mariners @ Rockies
Gaviglio is 0-1, 4.09 in two starts this year (under 1-0-1).
Chatwood is 2-2, 3.09 in his last four starts (under 3-0-1).
Seattle lost seven of last nine games; they?re 2-7 in road series openers. Last five Mariner games stayed under. Colorado won six of last eight games; they?re 6-2 in home series openers. Under is 9-4 in last 13 games at Coors Field.
Reds @ Blue Jays
Bonilla is 0-2, 5.89 in three starts this season (under 2-1).
Stroman is 3-0, 2.31 in his last four starts; over is 5-1 in his last six.
Reds won three of last four games; they?re 5-3 in road series openers. Three of their last four games stayed under. Toronto won five of last six games; they?re 3-5 in home series openers. Under is 5-3 in their last eight games.
Braves @ Angels
Teheran is 1-3, 7.62 in his last five starts; over is 5-1-1 in his last seven.
Nolasco is 0-2, 4.91 in his last five starts; under is 6-1 in his last seven.
Atlanta lost four of last five games; they won five of last six road series openers. Over is 4-1-1 in their last six games. Angels lost four of last five games; they?re 4-3 in home series openers. Under is 5-2 in their last seven games.
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
Phil-Mia: Hellickson 8-2; Volquez 1-8
LA-StL: Hill 1-3; Leake 5-4
Wsh-SF: Roark 7-3; Moore 3-7
Az-Pitt: Delgado 1-0; Williams 2-2
Mil-NY: Garza 4-2; Gsellman 4-4
Chi-SD: Hendricks 5-4; Cosart 2-2
American League
A?s-Clev: Mengden 0-0; Carrasco 7-2
Bos-Chi: Price 0-0; Holmberg 0-0
NY-Balt: Montgomery 3-5; Bundy 6-4 (0-3 last 3)
TB-Tex: Ramirez 3-0; Perez 3-7
Det-KC: Norris 4-5; Hammel 1-8
Hst-Minn: Peacock 1-0; Santana 7-3
Interleague
Sea-Colo: Gaviglio 1-1; Chatwood 4-6
Cin-Tor: Bonilla 1-2; Stroman 6-4 (4-0 last 4)
Atl-LAA: Teheran 3-7; Nolasco 3-7
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
Phil-Mia: Hellickson 4-10; Volquez 5-9
LA-StL: Hill 0-4; Leake 1-9
Wsh-SF: Roark 5-10; Moore 3-10
Az-Pitt: Delgado 0-1; Williams 1-4
Mil-NY: Garza 1-6; Gsellman 5-8
Chi-SD: Hendricks 4-9; Cosart 0-4
American League
A?s-Clev: Mengden 0-0; Carrasco 2-9
Bos-Chi: Price 0-0; Holmberg 0-0
NY-Balt: Montgomery 2-8; Bundy 1-10
TB-Tex: Ramirez 3-3; Perez 4-10
Det-KC: Norris 1-9; Hammel 1-9
Hst-Minn: Peacock 0-1; Santana 2-10
Interleague
Sea-Colo: Gaviglio 1-2; Chatwood 1-10
Cin-Tor: Bonilla 2-3; Stroman 1-10
Atl-LAA: Teheran 4-10; Nolasco 4-10
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Umpires
National League
American League
Interleague
Interleague play
NL @ AL? 24-11 AL, favorites -$57
AL @ NL? 26-25 AL, favorites +$472
Total: 50-36 AL, favorites +$415
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 18-20-1
AL @ NL: Over 30-19
Total: Over 48-39-1
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 5/28/17
Ariz 9-11-3??17-8?4??.26-19?7
Atl 9-13-4??8-12-2??..17-25?5
Cubs 9-14???..13-9-3??..22-23-3
Reds 6-14-2??12-12?2??18-26-4
Colo 18-6-2?..13-11-2???.31-17?5
LA 9-11-2??20-7-2???.29-18-4
Miami 8-16-1??.10-10-3??..18-26-4
Milw 12-5-4??.13-14-2??.25-19-6
Mets 11-10-1??..11-13-2??22-23-3
Philly 7-12-5???8-13-2??15-25-7
Pitt 10-15-2?..10-11-3??.20-26-5
St. Louis 9-9-2??..14-6-5??..23-15-7
SD 7-18-4??.10-11?2??.17-29-6
SF 5-18-5??..13-7-4??..21-25-8
Wash 15-7-2??14-9-2???29-16-4
Orioles 10-14-2??..11-10-1???21-24-3
Boston 8-12-2???13-12-2??.21-24-4
White Sox 8-16-5??..11-8?1??..19-24-6
Cleveland 12-12-2??..9-11-2??..21-23-4
Detroit 10-15-3??.12-8-2??..22-23-5
Astros 8-8-5??..17-11-2??..25-19-7
KC 6-15-4??.14-8-2??..20-23-6
Angels 8-16-6??12-6-5???20-22-11
Twins 11-5-3???10-11-6??21-16-8
NYY 11-10-1???.16-8?..??27-18-1
A?s 7-13-3??..10-10-5??..17-23-8
Seattle 7-17-5??..12-6-4??.19-23-9
TB 13-7-4??..19-7-3??..32-14-7
Texas 14-8-4??..11-8-5??.25-16-9
Toronto 9-16-1??..7-10-5??..16-26-6
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 5/28/17)
Ariz 7-23??..11-29???.18
Atl 5-26??..5-22???..10
Cubs 4-24??..11-25???..15
Reds 7-22??..13-27???20
Colo 8-26??..8-26???.16
LA 7-22??..11-28..??.18
Miami 8-25??..10-23???.18
Milw 8-21??..12-29???20
Mets 9-22??..13-26???.22
Philly 9-25??..5-23????14
Pitt 7-27??..8-24????15
StL 6-21??..7-25???..13
SD 13-29??6-23???..19
SF 5-31??..7-24????.12
Wash 8-24??..10-25???.18
Orioles 3-26??..6-22???..9
Boston 7-22??..6-27???..13
White Sox 7-29??.8-20???..15
Clev 7-26??..9-22???.16
Detroit 5-28??11-22???..16
Astros 7-21??..13-30???.20
KC 4-26??..4-23????8
Angels 12-31??.5-23???.17
Twins 4-19??..7-27???.11
NYY 6-22??..10-25???.16
A?s 3-24??..6-25???.9
Seattle 10-29??.10-22??.20
TB 7-24??..15-29???22
Texas 9-27??..8-24???17
Toronto 8-26??..5-24???13
