Thursday?s games
National League
Diamondbacks @ Marlins
Greinke is 4-1, 3.28 in his last five starts (under 4-0-1).
Locke is making his first ?17 start; he is 35-38, 4.41 in 110 major league starts. He is 1-0, 1.77 in four minor league starts this year. He was 9-8, 5.44 in 19 starts for the Pirates LY.
Arizona is 12-4 in its last 16 games; under is 8-3 in their last 11 games. Snakes are 5-3 in road series openers. Miami won five of last six games; over is 8-3-1 in their last 12 games. Marlins are 3-6 in home series openers.
Dodgers @ Cardinals
McCarthy is 2-0, 0.75 in his last two starts; three of his last four starts went over.
Wainwright is 3-0, 0.44 in his last three starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight.
Dodgers won seven of last nine games; under is 6-3 in their last nine games. St Louis lost nine of last 13 games; over is 5-3 in their last eight home games.
Brewers @ Mets
Anderson is 2-1, 5.88 in five road starts this year (over 4-1).
Wheeler is 2-0, 2.74 in his last four starts (over 7-1-1).
Brewers lost seven of last ten games; over is 6-3 in their last nine road games. Mets are 9-6 in last 15 home games; over is 8-2-1 in their last 11 games.
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American League
A?s @ Indians
Cotton is 1-3, 8.14 in his last four starts (over 3-1).
Kluber is making his first start since May 2; he is 3-1, 4.97 in his last four starts, last three of which stayed under.
A?s lost six of last nine games; five of their last seven games stayed under. Cleveland lost six of last nine home games; over is 7-4 in their last 11 home games.
Red Sox @ Orioles
Rodriguez is 4-0, 2.25 in his last seven starts (under 7-2).
Miley is 0-2, 5.82 in his last three starts; under is 3-1 in his home starts.
Boston won eight of last ten games; under is 5-1-1 in last seven Red Sox games. Boston is 2-6 in road series openers. Baltimore lost eight of its last ten games; five of last eight Oriole games stayed under. O?s are 8-1 in home series openers.
New York @ Toronto
Sabathia is 3-0, 2.00 in his last three starts; his last four starts stayed under.
Estrada is 2-0, 1.32 in his last two starts; under is 3-1-1 in his last five.
New York is 6-4 in its last ten games; under is 7-3 in last nine Bronx games. NY is 4-5 in road series openers. Blue Jays won eight of last nine games; they won four of last five home series openers. Over is 5-3 in their last eight home games.
Twins @ Angels
Mejia is 1-1, 4.98 in five starts this year (under 3-1-1).
Ramirez is 2-0, 2.18 in his last three starts (under 7-2).
Minnesota lost five of last six games; they?re 6-1 in road series openers. Over is 3-0-1 in their last four games. Angels won six of last seven home games, are 4-4 in home series openers. Four of Halos? last five home games went over.
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Interleague
Rockies @ Mariners
Freeland is 2-2, 5.70 in his last four starts (under 8-2).
Gallardo is 0-2, 13.00 in his last two starts; three of his last four starts went over.
Seattle won its last four games; under is 6-1-1 in last eight Mariner games. Colorado lost four of last five games; over is 5-2-1 in their last eight road games.
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
Az-Mia: Greinke 7-4; Locke 0-0
Mil-NY: Anderson 5-5; Wheeler 4-5
LA-StL: McCarthy 6-2; Wainwright 6-4
American League
A?s-Clev: Cotton 3-5; Kluber 4-2
Bos-Balt: Rodriguez 7-2; Miley 5-5
NY-Tor: Sabathia 8-2; Estrada 6-5
Min-LAA: Mejia 2-3; Ramirez 6-3
Interleague
Col-Sea: Freeland 7-3; Gallardo 3-7
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
Az-Mia: Greinke 0-11; Locke 0-0
Mil-NY: Anderson 2-10; Wheeler 3-9
LA-StL: McCarthy 1-8; Wainwright 1-10
American League
A?s-Clev: Cotton 5-8; Kluber 1-6
Bos-Balt: Rodriguez 2-9; Miley 4-9
NY-Tor: Sabathia 3-10; Estrada 4-11
Min-LAA: Mejia 2-5; Ramirez 7-9
Interleague
Col-Sea: Freeland 2-10; Gallardo 5-10
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Umpires
National League
American League
Interleague
Interleague play
NL @ AL? 29-13 AL, favorites +$185
AL @ NL? 28-25 AL, favorites +$202
Total: 57-38 AL, favorites +$387
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 22-23-1
AL @ NL: Over 31-19-1
Total: Over 53-42-2
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 5/31/17
Ariz 9-11-6??17-8?4??.26-19
Atl 11-14-4??8-12-2??..19-26
Cubs 9-16-1??13-9-3??..22-25
Reds 6-16-3??12-12?2??18-28
Colo 18-7-2?..13-13-2???.31-20
LA 11-12-2??20-7-2???.31-19
Miami 8-16-1??.13-10-3??..21-26
Milw 13-7-4??.13-14-2??.26-21
Mets 11-10-1??..13-14-2??24-24
Philly 7-15-5???8-13-2??15-28
Pitt 10-15-2?..10-11-6??.20-26
St. Louis 9-9-2??..15-8-5??..24-17
SD 7-18-4??.12-11?3??.19-29
SF 5-18-5??..13-10-4??..21-28
Wash 18-7-2??14-9-2???32-16
Orioles 10-14-2??..13-11-1???23-25
Boston 10-13-2???13-12-2??.23-25
White Sox 8-16-5??..12-10?1??..20-26
Cleveland 12-12-2??..11-12-2??..23-24
Detroit 12-15-4??.12-8-2??..24-23
Astros 10-9-5??..17-11-2??..27-20
KC 6-15-4??.14-10-3??..20-25
Angels 8-16-6??13-8-5???21-24
Twins 11-5-3???11-13-6??22-18
NYY 12-12-1???.16-8?..??28-20
A?s 8-15-3??..10-10-5??..18-25
Seattle 9-17-5??..13-6-4??.22-23
TB 14-7-6??..19-7-3??..33-14
Texas 14-8-4??..11-9-7??.25-17
Toronto 9-16-1??..9-10-6??..18-26
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 5/31/17)
Ariz 8-26??..11-29???.19
Atl 5-29??..5-22???..10
Cubs 5-27??..11-25???..16
Reds 10-25??..13-27???23
Colo 8-27??..8-28???.16
LA 7-25??..11-28..??.18
Miami 8-25??..11-26???.19
Milw 10-24??12-29?..?22
Mets 9-22??..13-28???.22
Philly 9-28??..5-23????14
Pitt 7-27??..8-27????15
StL 6-21??..8-28???..14
SD 13-29??6-26???..19
SF 5-31??..7-27????.12
Wash 10-27??..10-25???20
Orioles 3-26??..7-25???..10
Boston 8-25??..6-27???..14
White Sox 7-29??.8-23???..15
Clev 7-26??..9-25???.16
Detroit 5-31??11-22???..16
Astros 8-24??..13-30???.21
KC 4-26??..5-26????8
Angels 12-31??.5-26???.17
Twins 4-19??..8-30???.12
NYY 7-25??..10-25???.17
A?s 3-27??..6-25???.9
Seattle 10-31??.10-23??.20
TB 8-27??..15-29???23
Texas 9-27??..11-27???20
Toronto 8-26??..6-27???14
How MLB teams do in series openers??
Series records for major league teams (thru May 31):
Road-Home/Total
National League
Ariz: 1-4-2?..7-2?.8-6-2
All: 4-5-1?2-3-2?6-8-3
Chi: 4-4?.5-2-1?.9-6-1
Cin: 4-3-1?3-4-2?7-7-3
Col: 7-0-1?5-2-1?12-2-2
LA: 1-4-2?5-1-3?.6-5-5
Mia: 2-5-2?2-5-1?4-10-3
Mil: 4-2-1?3-5-1?7-7-2
NY: 4-3??4-5??8-8
Phil: 1-7??3-5??4-12
Pitt: 2-5-2?.5-3?..7-8-2
StL: 3-3-1?3-5-1?6-8-1
SD: 3-6?.2-4-2?5-10-2
SF: 2-6-1?4-2-1?6-8-2
Wsh: 4-4?..8-9??12-13
American League
Balt: 2-4-2?.7-1?..9-5-2
Bos: .3-4?.6-2-2?9-6-2
Chi: 4-4-1?3-3-1?7-7-2
Clev: 5-3-1?.2-6?..7-9-1
Det: 2-4-3?.4-2-1?6-6-4
Hst: 6-1??7-2?..13-3
KC: 3-5?..2-4-2?.5-9-2
LAA: 1-6-2?3-2-2?.4-8-4
Min: 6-1??3-6??9-7
NY: 3-4-1?..7-1?.10-5-1
A?s: 1-7?..5-1-2?.6-8-2
Sea: 3-7??5-2??.8-9
TB: 4-4?..4-3-2?.8-7-2
Tex: 2-6-1?..5-3.?.7-9-1
Tor: 2-5-2?..4-4?..6-9-2
National League
Diamondbacks @ Marlins
Greinke is 4-1, 3.28 in his last five starts (under 4-0-1).
Locke is making his first ?17 start; he is 35-38, 4.41 in 110 major league starts. He is 1-0, 1.77 in four minor league starts this year. He was 9-8, 5.44 in 19 starts for the Pirates LY.
Arizona is 12-4 in its last 16 games; under is 8-3 in their last 11 games. Snakes are 5-3 in road series openers. Miami won five of last six games; over is 8-3-1 in their last 12 games. Marlins are 3-6 in home series openers.
Dodgers @ Cardinals
McCarthy is 2-0, 0.75 in his last two starts; three of his last four starts went over.
Wainwright is 3-0, 0.44 in his last three starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight.
Dodgers won seven of last nine games; under is 6-3 in their last nine games. St Louis lost nine of last 13 games; over is 5-3 in their last eight home games.
Brewers @ Mets
Anderson is 2-1, 5.88 in five road starts this year (over 4-1).
Wheeler is 2-0, 2.74 in his last four starts (over 7-1-1).
Brewers lost seven of last ten games; over is 6-3 in their last nine road games. Mets are 9-6 in last 15 home games; over is 8-2-1 in their last 11 games.
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American League
A?s @ Indians
Cotton is 1-3, 8.14 in his last four starts (over 3-1).
Kluber is making his first start since May 2; he is 3-1, 4.97 in his last four starts, last three of which stayed under.
A?s lost six of last nine games; five of their last seven games stayed under. Cleveland lost six of last nine home games; over is 7-4 in their last 11 home games.
Red Sox @ Orioles
Rodriguez is 4-0, 2.25 in his last seven starts (under 7-2).
Miley is 0-2, 5.82 in his last three starts; under is 3-1 in his home starts.
Boston won eight of last ten games; under is 5-1-1 in last seven Red Sox games. Boston is 2-6 in road series openers. Baltimore lost eight of its last ten games; five of last eight Oriole games stayed under. O?s are 8-1 in home series openers.
New York @ Toronto
Sabathia is 3-0, 2.00 in his last three starts; his last four starts stayed under.
Estrada is 2-0, 1.32 in his last two starts; under is 3-1-1 in his last five.
New York is 6-4 in its last ten games; under is 7-3 in last nine Bronx games. NY is 4-5 in road series openers. Blue Jays won eight of last nine games; they won four of last five home series openers. Over is 5-3 in their last eight home games.
Twins @ Angels
Mejia is 1-1, 4.98 in five starts this year (under 3-1-1).
Ramirez is 2-0, 2.18 in his last three starts (under 7-2).
Minnesota lost five of last six games; they?re 6-1 in road series openers. Over is 3-0-1 in their last four games. Angels won six of last seven home games, are 4-4 in home series openers. Four of Halos? last five home games went over.
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Interleague
Rockies @ Mariners
Freeland is 2-2, 5.70 in his last four starts (under 8-2).
Gallardo is 0-2, 13.00 in his last two starts; three of his last four starts went over.
Seattle won its last four games; under is 6-1-1 in last eight Mariner games. Colorado lost four of last five games; over is 5-2-1 in their last eight road games.
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
Az-Mia: Greinke 7-4; Locke 0-0
Mil-NY: Anderson 5-5; Wheeler 4-5
LA-StL: McCarthy 6-2; Wainwright 6-4
American League
A?s-Clev: Cotton 3-5; Kluber 4-2
Bos-Balt: Rodriguez 7-2; Miley 5-5
NY-Tor: Sabathia 8-2; Estrada 6-5
Min-LAA: Mejia 2-3; Ramirez 6-3
Interleague
Col-Sea: Freeland 7-3; Gallardo 3-7
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
Az-Mia: Greinke 0-11; Locke 0-0
Mil-NY: Anderson 2-10; Wheeler 3-9
LA-StL: McCarthy 1-8; Wainwright 1-10
American League
A?s-Clev: Cotton 5-8; Kluber 1-6
Bos-Balt: Rodriguez 2-9; Miley 4-9
NY-Tor: Sabathia 3-10; Estrada 4-11
Min-LAA: Mejia 2-5; Ramirez 7-9
Interleague
Col-Sea: Freeland 2-10; Gallardo 5-10
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Umpires
National League
American League
Interleague
Interleague play
NL @ AL? 29-13 AL, favorites +$185
AL @ NL? 28-25 AL, favorites +$202
Total: 57-38 AL, favorites +$387
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 22-23-1
AL @ NL: Over 31-19-1
Total: Over 53-42-2
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 5/31/17
Ariz 9-11-6??17-8?4??.26-19
Atl 11-14-4??8-12-2??..19-26
Cubs 9-16-1??13-9-3??..22-25
Reds 6-16-3??12-12?2??18-28
Colo 18-7-2?..13-13-2???.31-20
LA 11-12-2??20-7-2???.31-19
Miami 8-16-1??.13-10-3??..21-26
Milw 13-7-4??.13-14-2??.26-21
Mets 11-10-1??..13-14-2??24-24
Philly 7-15-5???8-13-2??15-28
Pitt 10-15-2?..10-11-6??.20-26
St. Louis 9-9-2??..15-8-5??..24-17
SD 7-18-4??.12-11?3??.19-29
SF 5-18-5??..13-10-4??..21-28
Wash 18-7-2??14-9-2???32-16
Orioles 10-14-2??..13-11-1???23-25
Boston 10-13-2???13-12-2??.23-25
White Sox 8-16-5??..12-10?1??..20-26
Cleveland 12-12-2??..11-12-2??..23-24
Detroit 12-15-4??.12-8-2??..24-23
Astros 10-9-5??..17-11-2??..27-20
KC 6-15-4??.14-10-3??..20-25
Angels 8-16-6??13-8-5???21-24
Twins 11-5-3???11-13-6??22-18
NYY 12-12-1???.16-8?..??28-20
A?s 8-15-3??..10-10-5??..18-25
Seattle 9-17-5??..13-6-4??.22-23
TB 14-7-6??..19-7-3??..33-14
Texas 14-8-4??..11-9-7??.25-17
Toronto 9-16-1??..9-10-6??..18-26
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 5/31/17)
Ariz 8-26??..11-29???.19
Atl 5-29??..5-22???..10
Cubs 5-27??..11-25???..16
Reds 10-25??..13-27???23
Colo 8-27??..8-28???.16
LA 7-25??..11-28..??.18
Miami 8-25??..11-26???.19
Milw 10-24??12-29?..?22
Mets 9-22??..13-28???.22
Philly 9-28??..5-23????14
Pitt 7-27??..8-27????15
StL 6-21??..8-28???..14
SD 13-29??6-26???..19
SF 5-31??..7-27????.12
Wash 10-27??..10-25???20
Orioles 3-26??..7-25???..10
Boston 8-25??..6-27???..14
White Sox 7-29??.8-23???..15
Clev 7-26??..9-25???.16
Detroit 5-31??11-22???..16
Astros 8-24??..13-30???.21
KC 4-26??..5-26????8
Angels 12-31??.5-26???.17
Twins 4-19??..8-30???.12
NYY 7-25??..10-25???.17
A?s 3-27??..6-25???.9
Seattle 10-31??.10-23??.20
TB 8-27??..15-29???23
Texas 9-27??..11-27???20
Toronto 8-26??..6-27???14
How MLB teams do in series openers??
Series records for major league teams (thru May 31):
Road-Home/Total
National League
Ariz: 1-4-2?..7-2?.8-6-2
All: 4-5-1?2-3-2?6-8-3
Chi: 4-4?.5-2-1?.9-6-1
Cin: 4-3-1?3-4-2?7-7-3
Col: 7-0-1?5-2-1?12-2-2
LA: 1-4-2?5-1-3?.6-5-5
Mia: 2-5-2?2-5-1?4-10-3
Mil: 4-2-1?3-5-1?7-7-2
NY: 4-3??4-5??8-8
Phil: 1-7??3-5??4-12
Pitt: 2-5-2?.5-3?..7-8-2
StL: 3-3-1?3-5-1?6-8-1
SD: 3-6?.2-4-2?5-10-2
SF: 2-6-1?4-2-1?6-8-2
Wsh: 4-4?..8-9??12-13
American League
Balt: 2-4-2?.7-1?..9-5-2
Bos: .3-4?.6-2-2?9-6-2
Chi: 4-4-1?3-3-1?7-7-2
Clev: 5-3-1?.2-6?..7-9-1
Det: 2-4-3?.4-2-1?6-6-4
Hst: 6-1??7-2?..13-3
KC: 3-5?..2-4-2?.5-9-2
LAA: 1-6-2?3-2-2?.4-8-4
Min: 6-1??3-6??9-7
NY: 3-4-1?..7-1?.10-5-1
A?s: 1-7?..5-1-2?.6-8-2
Sea: 3-7??5-2??.8-9
TB: 4-4?..4-3-2?.8-7-2
Tex: 2-6-1?..5-3.?.7-9-1
Tor: 2-5-2?..4-4?..6-9-2
