Thursday?s games
National League
Rockies @ Phillies
Anderson is 2-1, 3.06 in his last three starts (over 6-3).
Velasquez is 0-2, 7.27 in his last three starts (over 7-1).
Rockies won eight of last ten games; over is 8-3-1 in their last 12 road games. Phillies lost nine of last ten games; over is 10-4-1 in their last 15 games.
Pirates @ Braves
Nova is 1-1, 4.15 in his last four starts; under is 3-1-1 in his road starts.
Colon is 1-2, 8.53 in his last four starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight.
Pirates lost six of last nine road games; over is 6-3-1 in their last ten games. Atlanta is 9-4 in its last 13 games; over is 9-3-1 in their last 13 home games.
Giants @ Cubs
Samardzija is 1-0, 1.84 in his last two starts (under 7-2).
Butler is 1-0, 2.00 in to starts this year (over 1-1).
Giants lost three of last four games; five of their last seven games went over. Cubs won six of last eight games; over is 16-2 in last 18 games at Wrigley Field.
Padres @ Mets
Lamet is making his MLB debut here; he is 3-2, 3.23 in eight AAA starts this season.
deGrom is 3-0, 4.35 in his last five starts; under is 4-0 in his home starts.
San Diego lost six of its last eight games; over is 10-5-1 in their last 16 road games. Mets lost nine of last 12 games; over is 9-2-1 in their last 12 games.
Diamondbacks @ Brewers
Ray is 2-0, 5.50 in his last three starts; under is 4-1 in his last five starts.
Davies is 5-0, 3.94 in his last six starts (over 7-2)- Milwaukee scored 44 runs in those six games.
Arizona won eight of last nine games; they?re 4-2 in road series openers. Under is 6-2 in their last eight road games. Milwaukee lost its last three games; they?re 5-3 in home series openers. Over is 16-4 in their last 20 games at Miller Park.
Cardinals @ Dodgers
Wacha is 1-0, 2.64 in his last five starts; his last four starts went over.
Maeda comes off DL here; he is 2-0, 2.66 in his last three starts (over 4-2-1).
St Louis lost four of last six games; over is 9-2-1 in their last 12 road games. Los Angeles won six of last eight home games; five of last six Dodger games went over the total.
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American League
Kansas City @ New York
Almonte is making his first MLB start; he?s allowed six runs in 8.2 IP in nine MLB relief stints. He is 1-0, 1.86 in six AA starts this season.
Tanaka is 1-2, 13.89 in his last three starts (over 7-2).
Royals lost six of last nine games; under is 9-4 in their last 13 games. New York won three of last four games; under is 5-2 in their last seven home games.
Angels @ Rays
Wright blanked Toronto for five innings (80 PT) in his first ?17 start on April 23.
Andriese is 3-0, 4.03 in his last four starts- his last three outings went over.
Angels won seven of last ten games; under is 8-4 in their last 12 games. Tampa Bay lost three of last three games; over is 10-5-1 in their last 16 games.
Rangers @ Red Sox
Martinez is 1-1, 4.24 in his last three starts (under 4-2).
Pomeranz is 0-2, 8.18 in his last three starts; over is 4-1 in his last five.
Texas lost three of last four games after a 10-game win streak; over is 7-3 in their last ten games. Boston won its last three games; over is 9-1 in last ten Red Sox games.
Tigers @ Astros
Verlander is 3-1, 3.55 in his last five starts; over is 4-1 in his road starts.
Fiers is 1-1, 5.96 in his last four starts (over 4-4).
Tigers lost four of last six games; under is 6-1-1 in their last eight road games. Houston lost four of their last six games; under is 5-1-1 in their last seven games.
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Interleague
Mariners @ Nationals
Miranda is 2-0, 4.23 in his last five starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven.
Gonzalez is 0-1, 5.40 in his last three starts (over 5-4).
Mariners lost 10 of last 13 games; over is 6-3 in their last nine games. Washington won its last three games; over is 9-4 in Nationals? last 13 home games.
Reds @ Indians
Adleman is 1-1, 10.97 in his last three starts (over 4-2).
Clevinger is 2-1, 1.59 in three starts this year (under 3-0).
Indians lost five of last seven home games; over is 4-1 in their last five home games. Reds lost nine of last 12 games; eight of last ten Cincy games went over the total.
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
SF-Chi: Samardzija 4-5; Butler 1-1
Col-Phil: Anderson 5-4; Velasquez 2-6
Pitt-Atl: Nova 5-4; Colon 5-4
SD-NY: Lamet 0-0; deGrom 5-4
Az-Mil: Ray 5-4; Davies 6-3
StL-LA: Wacha 3-4; Maeda 5-2
American League
KC-NY: Almonte 0-0; Tanaka 5-4
LA-TB: Wright 0-1; Andriese 5-4
Tex-Bos: Martinez 3-3; Pomeranz 4-4
Det-Hst: Verlander 5-4; Fiers 4-4
Interleague
Sea-Wsh: Miranda 5-4; Gonzalez 5-4
Cin-Clev: Adleman 3-3; Clevinger 2-1
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
SF-Chi: Samardzija 3-9; Butler 1-2
Col-Phil: Anderson 1-9; Velasquez 3-8
Pitt-Atl: Nova 2-9; Colon 3-9
SD-NY: Lamet 0-0; deGrom 3-6
Az-Mil: Ray 4-9; Davies 1-9
StL-LA: Wacha 1-7; Maeda 2-7
American League
KC-NY: Almonte 0-0; Tanaka 5-9
LA-TB: Wright 0-1; Andriese 5-9
Tex-Bos: Martinez 1-6; Pomeranz 4-8
Det-Hst: Verlander 4-9; Fiers 5-8
Interleague
Sea-Wsh: Miranda 4-9; Gonzalez 6-9
Cin-Clev: Adleman 3-6; Clevinger 0-3
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Umpires
National League
SF-Chi: Last five Diaz games went over total.
Col-Phil: Under is 5-2 in last seven Kulpa games.
Pitt-Atl: Last eight Hallion games went over total.
SD-NY: Under is 6-1-1 in Baker games this season.
StL-LA: Road team won six of last eight Segal games.
American League
KC-NY: Both Ortiz games last year stayed under the total.
LA-TB: Under is 5-2-1 in Fletcher games this season.
Tex-Bos: Over is 6-1-1 in last eight Fairchild games.
Det-Hst: Over is 4-1-1 in last six Demuth games.
Interleague
Sea-Wsh: Favorites won last seven Hamari games.
Clev-Cin: Over is 5-2 in last seven Timmons games.
Interleague play
NL @ AL? 24-11 AL, favorites -$57
AL @ NL? 24-23 AL, favorites +$547
Total: 48-34 AL, favorites +$490
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 18-20-1
AL @ NL: Over 28-17
Total: Over 46-37-1
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 5/24/17
Ariz 7-9-3??17-8?4??.24-17?7
Atl 9-11-3??8-11-2??..17-22?5
Cubs 9-11???..12-9-3??..21-20-3
Reds 4-13-2??12-12?2??16-25-4
Colo 17-6-2?..11-10-2??.28-16?5
LA 9-11-2??16-7-2??.25-18-4
Miami 8-16-1??.8-9-3??..16-25-4
Milw 12-5-4??.11-12-2??.23-17-6
Mets 8-10-1??..11-12-2??19-22-3
Philly 7-12-5???7-10-2??14-22-7
Pitt 9-15-2??.10-8-3??.19-23-5
St. Louis 8-6-2??..14-6-5??..22-12-7
SD 5-16-4??.10-11?2??.15-27-6
SF 5-17-5??..11-7-3???19-24-8
Wash 15-7-2??11-8-2???26-15-4
Orioles 10-10-2??..11-10-1???21-20-3
Boston 8-12-2???10-11-2??..18-23-4
White Sox 8-16-5??..8-7?1??..16-23-6
Cleveland 12-12-2??..7-11-1??..19-23-3
Detroit 9-11-3??.12-8-2??..21-19-5
Astros 8-8-5??..13-11-2??..21-19-7
KC 6-13-3??.14-8-2??..20-21-5
Angels 7-13-6??12-6-5???19-19-11
Twins 11-5-3???10-9-5??21-14-7
NYY 11-10-1???.14-8?..??25-18-1
A?s 7-11-3??..10-10-5??..17-21-8
Seattle 6-14-5??..12-6-4??.18-20-9
TB 11-7-3??..18-7-3??..29-14-6
Texas 13-6-4??..11-8-5??.24-14-9
Toronto 9-16-1??..6-9-5??..15-25-6
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 5/24/17)
Ariz 6-19??..11-29???.17
Atl 5-23??..5-21???..10
Cubs 4-21??..10-24???..14
Reds 4-19??..13-27???17
Colo 8-25??..8-23???.16
LA 7-22??..11-25..??.18
Miami 8-25??..7-20???.15
Milw 8-21??..11-25???19
Mets 8-19??..13-25???.21
Philly 9-25??..4-19????13
Pitt 7-26??..8-21????15
StL 6-18??..7-25???..13
SD 11-25??6-23???..17
SF 4-30??..6-21???..10
Wash 8-24??..8-21???.16
Orioles 2-23??..6-22???..8
Boston 7-22??..5-23???..12
White Sox 7-29??.8-16???..15
Clev 7-26??..8-19???.15
Detroit 5-23??11-22???..16
Astros 7-21??..12-26???.19
KC 3-23??..4-23????7
Angels 10-26??.5-23???..15
Twins 4-19??..7-24???.11
NYY 6-22??..9-22???.15
A?s 3-21??..6-25???.9
Seattle 10-25??.10-22??.20
TB 6-21??..14-28???20
Texas 8-23??..8-24???16
Toronto 8-26??..4-21???12
National League
Rockies @ Phillies
Anderson is 2-1, 3.06 in his last three starts (over 6-3).
Velasquez is 0-2, 7.27 in his last three starts (over 7-1).
Rockies won eight of last ten games; over is 8-3-1 in their last 12 road games. Phillies lost nine of last ten games; over is 10-4-1 in their last 15 games.
Pirates @ Braves
Nova is 1-1, 4.15 in his last four starts; under is 3-1-1 in his road starts.
Colon is 1-2, 8.53 in his last four starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight.
Pirates lost six of last nine road games; over is 6-3-1 in their last ten games. Atlanta is 9-4 in its last 13 games; over is 9-3-1 in their last 13 home games.
Giants @ Cubs
Samardzija is 1-0, 1.84 in his last two starts (under 7-2).
Butler is 1-0, 2.00 in to starts this year (over 1-1).
Giants lost three of last four games; five of their last seven games went over. Cubs won six of last eight games; over is 16-2 in last 18 games at Wrigley Field.
Padres @ Mets
Lamet is making his MLB debut here; he is 3-2, 3.23 in eight AAA starts this season.
deGrom is 3-0, 4.35 in his last five starts; under is 4-0 in his home starts.
San Diego lost six of its last eight games; over is 10-5-1 in their last 16 road games. Mets lost nine of last 12 games; over is 9-2-1 in their last 12 games.
Diamondbacks @ Brewers
Ray is 2-0, 5.50 in his last three starts; under is 4-1 in his last five starts.
Davies is 5-0, 3.94 in his last six starts (over 7-2)- Milwaukee scored 44 runs in those six games.
Arizona won eight of last nine games; they?re 4-2 in road series openers. Under is 6-2 in their last eight road games. Milwaukee lost its last three games; they?re 5-3 in home series openers. Over is 16-4 in their last 20 games at Miller Park.
Cardinals @ Dodgers
Wacha is 1-0, 2.64 in his last five starts; his last four starts went over.
Maeda comes off DL here; he is 2-0, 2.66 in his last three starts (over 4-2-1).
St Louis lost four of last six games; over is 9-2-1 in their last 12 road games. Los Angeles won six of last eight home games; five of last six Dodger games went over the total.
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American League
Kansas City @ New York
Almonte is making his first MLB start; he?s allowed six runs in 8.2 IP in nine MLB relief stints. He is 1-0, 1.86 in six AA starts this season.
Tanaka is 1-2, 13.89 in his last three starts (over 7-2).
Royals lost six of last nine games; under is 9-4 in their last 13 games. New York won three of last four games; under is 5-2 in their last seven home games.
Angels @ Rays
Wright blanked Toronto for five innings (80 PT) in his first ?17 start on April 23.
Andriese is 3-0, 4.03 in his last four starts- his last three outings went over.
Angels won seven of last ten games; under is 8-4 in their last 12 games. Tampa Bay lost three of last three games; over is 10-5-1 in their last 16 games.
Rangers @ Red Sox
Martinez is 1-1, 4.24 in his last three starts (under 4-2).
Pomeranz is 0-2, 8.18 in his last three starts; over is 4-1 in his last five.
Texas lost three of last four games after a 10-game win streak; over is 7-3 in their last ten games. Boston won its last three games; over is 9-1 in last ten Red Sox games.
Tigers @ Astros
Verlander is 3-1, 3.55 in his last five starts; over is 4-1 in his road starts.
Fiers is 1-1, 5.96 in his last four starts (over 4-4).
Tigers lost four of last six games; under is 6-1-1 in their last eight road games. Houston lost four of their last six games; under is 5-1-1 in their last seven games.
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Interleague
Mariners @ Nationals
Miranda is 2-0, 4.23 in his last five starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven.
Gonzalez is 0-1, 5.40 in his last three starts (over 5-4).
Mariners lost 10 of last 13 games; over is 6-3 in their last nine games. Washington won its last three games; over is 9-4 in Nationals? last 13 home games.
Reds @ Indians
Adleman is 1-1, 10.97 in his last three starts (over 4-2).
Clevinger is 2-1, 1.59 in three starts this year (under 3-0).
Indians lost five of last seven home games; over is 4-1 in their last five home games. Reds lost nine of last 12 games; eight of last ten Cincy games went over the total.
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
SF-Chi: Samardzija 4-5; Butler 1-1
Col-Phil: Anderson 5-4; Velasquez 2-6
Pitt-Atl: Nova 5-4; Colon 5-4
SD-NY: Lamet 0-0; deGrom 5-4
Az-Mil: Ray 5-4; Davies 6-3
StL-LA: Wacha 3-4; Maeda 5-2
American League
KC-NY: Almonte 0-0; Tanaka 5-4
LA-TB: Wright 0-1; Andriese 5-4
Tex-Bos: Martinez 3-3; Pomeranz 4-4
Det-Hst: Verlander 5-4; Fiers 4-4
Interleague
Sea-Wsh: Miranda 5-4; Gonzalez 5-4
Cin-Clev: Adleman 3-3; Clevinger 2-1
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
SF-Chi: Samardzija 3-9; Butler 1-2
Col-Phil: Anderson 1-9; Velasquez 3-8
Pitt-Atl: Nova 2-9; Colon 3-9
SD-NY: Lamet 0-0; deGrom 3-6
Az-Mil: Ray 4-9; Davies 1-9
StL-LA: Wacha 1-7; Maeda 2-7
American League
KC-NY: Almonte 0-0; Tanaka 5-9
LA-TB: Wright 0-1; Andriese 5-9
Tex-Bos: Martinez 1-6; Pomeranz 4-8
Det-Hst: Verlander 4-9; Fiers 5-8
Interleague
Sea-Wsh: Miranda 4-9; Gonzalez 6-9
Cin-Clev: Adleman 3-6; Clevinger 0-3
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Umpires
National League
SF-Chi: Last five Diaz games went over total.
Col-Phil: Under is 5-2 in last seven Kulpa games.
Pitt-Atl: Last eight Hallion games went over total.
SD-NY: Under is 6-1-1 in Baker games this season.
StL-LA: Road team won six of last eight Segal games.
American League
KC-NY: Both Ortiz games last year stayed under the total.
LA-TB: Under is 5-2-1 in Fletcher games this season.
Tex-Bos: Over is 6-1-1 in last eight Fairchild games.
Det-Hst: Over is 4-1-1 in last six Demuth games.
Interleague
Sea-Wsh: Favorites won last seven Hamari games.
Clev-Cin: Over is 5-2 in last seven Timmons games.
Interleague play
NL @ AL? 24-11 AL, favorites -$57
AL @ NL? 24-23 AL, favorites +$547
Total: 48-34 AL, favorites +$490
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 18-20-1
AL @ NL: Over 28-17
Total: Over 46-37-1
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 5/24/17
Ariz 7-9-3??17-8?4??.24-17?7
Atl 9-11-3??8-11-2??..17-22?5
Cubs 9-11???..12-9-3??..21-20-3
Reds 4-13-2??12-12?2??16-25-4
Colo 17-6-2?..11-10-2??.28-16?5
LA 9-11-2??16-7-2??.25-18-4
Miami 8-16-1??.8-9-3??..16-25-4
Milw 12-5-4??.11-12-2??.23-17-6
Mets 8-10-1??..11-12-2??19-22-3
Philly 7-12-5???7-10-2??14-22-7
Pitt 9-15-2??.10-8-3??.19-23-5
St. Louis 8-6-2??..14-6-5??..22-12-7
SD 5-16-4??.10-11?2??.15-27-6
SF 5-17-5??..11-7-3???19-24-8
Wash 15-7-2??11-8-2???26-15-4
Orioles 10-10-2??..11-10-1???21-20-3
Boston 8-12-2???10-11-2??..18-23-4
White Sox 8-16-5??..8-7?1??..16-23-6
Cleveland 12-12-2??..7-11-1??..19-23-3
Detroit 9-11-3??.12-8-2??..21-19-5
Astros 8-8-5??..13-11-2??..21-19-7
KC 6-13-3??.14-8-2??..20-21-5
Angels 7-13-6??12-6-5???19-19-11
Twins 11-5-3???10-9-5??21-14-7
NYY 11-10-1???.14-8?..??25-18-1
A?s 7-11-3??..10-10-5??..17-21-8
Seattle 6-14-5??..12-6-4??.18-20-9
TB 11-7-3??..18-7-3??..29-14-6
Texas 13-6-4??..11-8-5??.24-14-9
Toronto 9-16-1??..6-9-5??..15-25-6
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 5/24/17)
Ariz 6-19??..11-29???.17
Atl 5-23??..5-21???..10
Cubs 4-21??..10-24???..14
Reds 4-19??..13-27???17
Colo 8-25??..8-23???.16
LA 7-22??..11-25..??.18
Miami 8-25??..7-20???.15
Milw 8-21??..11-25???19
Mets 8-19??..13-25???.21
Philly 9-25??..4-19????13
Pitt 7-26??..8-21????15
StL 6-18??..7-25???..13
SD 11-25??6-23???..17
SF 4-30??..6-21???..10
Wash 8-24??..8-21???.16
Orioles 2-23??..6-22???..8
Boston 7-22??..5-23???..12
White Sox 7-29??.8-16???..15
Clev 7-26??..8-19???.15
Detroit 5-23??11-22???..16
Astros 7-21??..12-26???.19
KC 3-23??..4-23????7
Angels 10-26??.5-23???..15
Twins 4-19??..7-24???.11
NYY 6-22??..9-22???.15
A?s 3-21??..6-25???.9
Seattle 10-25??.10-22??.20
TB 6-21??..14-28???20
Texas 8-23??..8-24???16
Toronto 8-26??..4-21???12
