Thursday?s games
National League
Marlins @ Cardinals
Koehler is 0-2, 11.84 in his last five starts; his last six starts went over. Miami is 2-3 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-5
Wacha is 2-0, 0.75 in his last two starts; over is 10-2 in his last 12 starts. St Louis is 5-5 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-6-2
Marlins won three of last four games; over is 4-1 in their last five games. St Louis lost three of last four games; over is 9-4 in their last 13 home games.
Reds @ Rockies
Romano allowed three runs in three IP (82 PT) in his only ?17 start, April 16. Reds? 1st 5-inning record with him: 0-1
Chatwood is 0-2, 5.32 in his last four starts; under is 4-1 in his last five. Colorado is 3-4 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-9-1
Reds are 3-16 in last 19 road games; over is 13-7 in their last 20 road games. Colorado lost 10 of last 13 games; under is 7-1-1 in their last nine games.
Pirates @ Phillies
Kuhl is 1-1, 3.77 in his last six starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Pirates are 1-6 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-7-2
Hellickson is 0-0, 2.79 in his last three starts (under 9-5-3). Phillies are 5-3 in his home starts-their 1st 5-inning record with him: 6-9-2
Pirates lost four of their last six games; under is 8-1 in their last nine games. Phillies lost seven of last nine home games; under is 9-3-1 in their last 13 games.
Braves @ Nationals
Foltynewicz is is 3-0, 2.97 in his last six starts; his last three starts stayed under. Braves are 3-5 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-5-3
Gonzalez is 3-2, 2.31 in his last six starts, four of which stayed under. Washington lost his last four home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 11-4-2
Braves are 4-5 in last nine games; under is 8-3 in their last 11 games. Braves are 9-2 in last 11 road series openers. Washington won four of last five home games; under is 7-3 in their last ten games. Nationals are 10-5 in home series openers.
Diamondbacks @ Dodgers
Ray is 1-1, 5.19 in his last three starts; over is 3-0-2 in his last five. Arizona is 6-1 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-4-5
Hill is 2-1, 1.89 in his last three starts (under 7-4). Dodgers are 3-3 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 5-6
Arizona won seven of last ten road games; under is 6-2-2 in their last ten games. Los Angeles is 14-1 in last 15 home games; under is 8-3-1 in their last 12 games.
Brewers @ Cubs
Davies is 2-0, 2.77 in his last two starts; over is 4-1 in his last five. Milwaukee is 6-2 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 8-6-3
Montgomery is 0-2, 4.97 in his last two starts; under is 4-1 in his last five. Cubs? 1st 5-inning record with him: 2-2-1
Milwaukee won six of last seven games; they?re 6-6 in road series openers. Under is 10-4 in their last 14 games. Chicago lost five of last eight games; under is 9-3 in their last 12 games. Cubs are 5-8 in home series openers.
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American League
Astros @ Blue Jays
McCullers is 1-0, 2.60 in his last three starts; under is 7-3 in his last ten. Houston is 6-2 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 8-4-3
Liriano is 1-2, 6.48 in his last three starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Toronto is 5-2 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-6-3
Houston is 9-1 in its last ten road games; they?re 11-2 in road series openers. Over is 10-2 in their last 12 games. Toronto lost nine of last 13 games; under is 7-4-1 in their last 12 games. Jays are 4-10 in home series openers.
Red Sox @ Rays
Sale is 5-1, 2.32 in his last six starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. Boston is 6-3 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 9-2-6
Faria is 3-0, 2.51 in six starts this year; under is 3-1-1 in his last five. Rays are 1-1 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-0-1
Boston won six of its last seven games; over is 6-2 in their last eight road games. Rays are 8-4 in last 12 home games, 5-8 in home series openers; over is 11-0 in their last 11 home games.
Orioles @ Twins
Bundy is 1-2, 8.22 in his last three starts; his last five starts all went over. Orioles are 4-4 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 8-7-2
Berrios is 0-1, 7.15 in his last two starts; under is 8-1-1 in his last ten. Minnesota is 3-1 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 6-3-1
Baltimore lost five of last six games; under is 8-1 in their last nine games. Orioles are 4-10 in road series openers. Minnesota won three of last five games; under is 8-3 in their last 11 home games. Twins are 7-7 in home series openers.
A?s @ Mariners
Blackburn allowed one run in six IP (96 PT) in his first ?17 start, vs Atlanta. A?s 1st 5-inning record with him: 0-0-1
Gaviglio is 0-2, 3.64 in his last three starts; under is 4-0-1 in his last five. Seattle is 4- 1in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-4-1
Oakland lost six of last eight games but won last two; they?re 4-9 in road series openers. Over is 8-3-1 in their last 12 road games. Seattle lost eight of its last ten games; over is 7-2-1 in their last ten home games.
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Interleague
Giants @ Tigers
Cueto is 1-1, 2.84 in his last three starts; under is 6-4-1 in his last 11. Giants are 5-5 in his road starts their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-7-3
Sanchez is 0-0, 3.63 in three starts this year (over 2-1). Detroit?s 1st 5-inning record with him: 2-0-1
Giants won seven of their last eight games; six of their last seven games stayed under. Detroit is 5-12 in its last 17 games; under is 3-1 in their last four games.
Padres @ Indians
Lamet is 1-0, 2.84 in his last three starts; over is 4-1 in his last five. San Diego is 2-1 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 3-4
Tomlin is 1-3, 7.20 in his last six starts; over is 3-1 in his last four. Indians are 3-6 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-10-2
Padres won their last three games; under is 11-4 in their last 15 games. Indians are 2-3 in last five games; under is 8-1 in their last nine home games.
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
Mia-StL: Koehler 3-6; Wacha 7-8
Cin-Colo: Romano 0-1; Chatwood 7-10
Pitt-Phil: Kuhl 4-12; Hellickson 9-8 (1-7 last 8)
Atl-Wsh: Foltynewicz 8-7 (5-0 last 5); Gonzalez (9-8)
Az-LA: Ray 12-5; Hill 6-5
Mil-Chi: Davies 11-6; Montgomery 1-4
American League
Hst-Tor: McCullers 12-3; Liriano 8-5
Bos-TB: Sale 13-4; Faria 4-1
Balt-Min: Bundy 9-8; Berrios 7-3
A?s-Sea: Blackburn 0-1; Gaviglio 6-3
Interleague
SF-Det: Cueto 9-8; Sanchez 7-7-3
SD-Clev: Lamet 5-2; Tomlin 5-11
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
Mia-StL: Koehler 4-5; Wacha 7-8
Cin-Colo: Romano 0-1; Chatwood 7-9-1
Pitt-Phil: Kuhl 7-7-2; Hellickson 6-9-2
Atl-Wsh: Foltynewicz 7-5-3; Gonzalez 11-4-2
Az-LA: Ray 7-4-5; Hill 5-6
Mil-Chi: Davies 8-6-3; Montgomery 2-2-1
American League
Hst-Tor: McCullers 3-15; Liriano 4-6-3
Bos-TB: Sale 9-2-6; Faria 4-0-1
Balt-Min: Bundy 8-7-2; Berrios 6-3-1
A?s-Sea: Blackburn 0-0-1; Gaviglio 4-4-1
Interleague
SF-Det: Cueto 7-7-3; Sanchez 2-0-1
SD-Clev: Lamet 3-4; Tomlin 4-10-2
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Umpires
National League
American League
Interleague
Interleague play
NL @ AL? 42-31 AL, favorites -$1,193
AL @ NL? 44-43 NL, favorites -$552
Total: 86-74 AL, favorites -$1,745
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 42-34-2
AL @ NL: Over 47-35-2
Total: Over 89-69-4
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 7/5/17
Ariz 14-17-9??26-13?6???.39-30
Atl 18-18-5??16-22-5???..34-40
Cubs 17-24-2??18-17-5???..35-41
Reds 12-26-3??18-22?2????30-48
Colo 26-15-6??.21-17-2???.47-32
LA 18-17-5??.30-13-3???.48-30
Miami 17-22-2??.21-16-4??..38-38
Milw 19-13-6??.23-20-6???42-33
Mets 21-17-2??..18-22-3???39-39
Philly 11-26-8??12-18-6???.23-44
Pitt 20-19-3?..17-20-7???..37-39
St. Louis 16-17-3??25-14-7???.41-31
SD 11-24-5??..21-19?4???32-43
SF 10-31-7??..17-18-4???.30-49
Wash 29-12-2??20-15-5???..49-27
Orioles 13-25-5??..18-20-3???31-45
Boston 19-21-6???18-19-2??.37-40
White Sox 15-26-6??..17-18?2??..32-43
Cleveland 21-17-4??..17-20-4??..37-37
Detroit 16-20-5??.21-17-4??..37-37
Astros 21-11-8??..27-15-3??..48-26
KC 15-19-7???19-17-8??.34-36
Angels 17-23-7???18-16-7???35-39
Twins 23-12-4???17-21-6??..40-33
NYY 18-22-3???.24-13-2?..?42-35
A?s 12-22-5??..19-17-9??..31-39
Seattle 14-22-5??..21-17-7??..35-39
TB 21-14-8??..26-10-6??..47-24
Texas 23-12-7??..18-16-8???41-28
Toronto 15-24-3??..13-21-6??..28-45
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 7/5/17)
Ariz 12-40??..18-45???30
Atl 8-40??..11-43????19
Cubs 13-44??..16-40???.29
Reds 16-41??..17-43???.33
Colo 10-48??..11-40..??.22
LA 11-40??..18-45..??..29
Miami 15-41??..14-42???29
Milw 15-38??20-49?..?..35
Mets 18-39??..15-42???.33
Philly 13-46??..11-37???.24
Pitt 11-42??..14-43???.25
StL 10-37??..13-46???.23
SD 17-40??..13-42????30
SF 10-51??..11-37????21
Wash 16-43??..19-41???35
Orioles 5-43??..15-42???.20
Boston 14-45??..10-38???24
White Sox 14-47??11-37???.25
Clev 9-43??..13-41???.22
Detroit 8-41??.17-42???..25
Astros 13-40??..19-45???32
KC 9-41??..7-42????16
Angels 19-48??.10-42???29
Twins 9-40??..11-45???.20
NYY 11-43??..14-40???25
A?s 7-40??..13-46???.20
Seattle 15-41??.17-46???32
TB 13-44??..19-42???32
Texas 14-43??..19-42???33
Toronto 12-42??..9-42???.21
National League
Marlins @ Cardinals
Koehler is 0-2, 11.84 in his last five starts; his last six starts went over. Miami is 2-3 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-5
Wacha is 2-0, 0.75 in his last two starts; over is 10-2 in his last 12 starts. St Louis is 5-5 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-6-2
Marlins won three of last four games; over is 4-1 in their last five games. St Louis lost three of last four games; over is 9-4 in their last 13 home games.
Reds @ Rockies
Romano allowed three runs in three IP (82 PT) in his only ?17 start, April 16. Reds? 1st 5-inning record with him: 0-1
Chatwood is 0-2, 5.32 in his last four starts; under is 4-1 in his last five. Colorado is 3-4 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-9-1
Reds are 3-16 in last 19 road games; over is 13-7 in their last 20 road games. Colorado lost 10 of last 13 games; under is 7-1-1 in their last nine games.
Pirates @ Phillies
Kuhl is 1-1, 3.77 in his last six starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Pirates are 1-6 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-7-2
Hellickson is 0-0, 2.79 in his last three starts (under 9-5-3). Phillies are 5-3 in his home starts-their 1st 5-inning record with him: 6-9-2
Pirates lost four of their last six games; under is 8-1 in their last nine games. Phillies lost seven of last nine home games; under is 9-3-1 in their last 13 games.
Braves @ Nationals
Foltynewicz is is 3-0, 2.97 in his last six starts; his last three starts stayed under. Braves are 3-5 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-5-3
Gonzalez is 3-2, 2.31 in his last six starts, four of which stayed under. Washington lost his last four home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 11-4-2
Braves are 4-5 in last nine games; under is 8-3 in their last 11 games. Braves are 9-2 in last 11 road series openers. Washington won four of last five home games; under is 7-3 in their last ten games. Nationals are 10-5 in home series openers.
Diamondbacks @ Dodgers
Ray is 1-1, 5.19 in his last three starts; over is 3-0-2 in his last five. Arizona is 6-1 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-4-5
Hill is 2-1, 1.89 in his last three starts (under 7-4). Dodgers are 3-3 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 5-6
Arizona won seven of last ten road games; under is 6-2-2 in their last ten games. Los Angeles is 14-1 in last 15 home games; under is 8-3-1 in their last 12 games.
Brewers @ Cubs
Davies is 2-0, 2.77 in his last two starts; over is 4-1 in his last five. Milwaukee is 6-2 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 8-6-3
Montgomery is 0-2, 4.97 in his last two starts; under is 4-1 in his last five. Cubs? 1st 5-inning record with him: 2-2-1
Milwaukee won six of last seven games; they?re 6-6 in road series openers. Under is 10-4 in their last 14 games. Chicago lost five of last eight games; under is 9-3 in their last 12 games. Cubs are 5-8 in home series openers.
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American League
Astros @ Blue Jays
McCullers is 1-0, 2.60 in his last three starts; under is 7-3 in his last ten. Houston is 6-2 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 8-4-3
Liriano is 1-2, 6.48 in his last three starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Toronto is 5-2 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-6-3
Houston is 9-1 in its last ten road games; they?re 11-2 in road series openers. Over is 10-2 in their last 12 games. Toronto lost nine of last 13 games; under is 7-4-1 in their last 12 games. Jays are 4-10 in home series openers.
Red Sox @ Rays
Sale is 5-1, 2.32 in his last six starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. Boston is 6-3 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 9-2-6
Faria is 3-0, 2.51 in six starts this year; under is 3-1-1 in his last five. Rays are 1-1 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-0-1
Boston won six of its last seven games; over is 6-2 in their last eight road games. Rays are 8-4 in last 12 home games, 5-8 in home series openers; over is 11-0 in their last 11 home games.
Orioles @ Twins
Bundy is 1-2, 8.22 in his last three starts; his last five starts all went over. Orioles are 4-4 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 8-7-2
Berrios is 0-1, 7.15 in his last two starts; under is 8-1-1 in his last ten. Minnesota is 3-1 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 6-3-1
Baltimore lost five of last six games; under is 8-1 in their last nine games. Orioles are 4-10 in road series openers. Minnesota won three of last five games; under is 8-3 in their last 11 home games. Twins are 7-7 in home series openers.
A?s @ Mariners
Blackburn allowed one run in six IP (96 PT) in his first ?17 start, vs Atlanta. A?s 1st 5-inning record with him: 0-0-1
Gaviglio is 0-2, 3.64 in his last three starts; under is 4-0-1 in his last five. Seattle is 4- 1in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-4-1
Oakland lost six of last eight games but won last two; they?re 4-9 in road series openers. Over is 8-3-1 in their last 12 road games. Seattle lost eight of its last ten games; over is 7-2-1 in their last ten home games.
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Interleague
Giants @ Tigers
Cueto is 1-1, 2.84 in his last three starts; under is 6-4-1 in his last 11. Giants are 5-5 in his road starts their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-7-3
Sanchez is 0-0, 3.63 in three starts this year (over 2-1). Detroit?s 1st 5-inning record with him: 2-0-1
Giants won seven of their last eight games; six of their last seven games stayed under. Detroit is 5-12 in its last 17 games; under is 3-1 in their last four games.
Padres @ Indians
Lamet is 1-0, 2.84 in his last three starts; over is 4-1 in his last five. San Diego is 2-1 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 3-4
Tomlin is 1-3, 7.20 in his last six starts; over is 3-1 in his last four. Indians are 3-6 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-10-2
Padres won their last three games; under is 11-4 in their last 15 games. Indians are 2-3 in last five games; under is 8-1 in their last nine home games.
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
Mia-StL: Koehler 3-6; Wacha 7-8
Cin-Colo: Romano 0-1; Chatwood 7-10
Pitt-Phil: Kuhl 4-12; Hellickson 9-8 (1-7 last 8)
Atl-Wsh: Foltynewicz 8-7 (5-0 last 5); Gonzalez (9-8)
Az-LA: Ray 12-5; Hill 6-5
Mil-Chi: Davies 11-6; Montgomery 1-4
American League
Hst-Tor: McCullers 12-3; Liriano 8-5
Bos-TB: Sale 13-4; Faria 4-1
Balt-Min: Bundy 9-8; Berrios 7-3
A?s-Sea: Blackburn 0-1; Gaviglio 6-3
Interleague
SF-Det: Cueto 9-8; Sanchez 7-7-3
SD-Clev: Lamet 5-2; Tomlin 5-11
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
Mia-StL: Koehler 4-5; Wacha 7-8
Cin-Colo: Romano 0-1; Chatwood 7-9-1
Pitt-Phil: Kuhl 7-7-2; Hellickson 6-9-2
Atl-Wsh: Foltynewicz 7-5-3; Gonzalez 11-4-2
Az-LA: Ray 7-4-5; Hill 5-6
Mil-Chi: Davies 8-6-3; Montgomery 2-2-1
American League
Hst-Tor: McCullers 3-15; Liriano 4-6-3
Bos-TB: Sale 9-2-6; Faria 4-0-1
Balt-Min: Bundy 8-7-2; Berrios 6-3-1
A?s-Sea: Blackburn 0-0-1; Gaviglio 4-4-1
Interleague
SF-Det: Cueto 7-7-3; Sanchez 2-0-1
SD-Clev: Lamet 3-4; Tomlin 4-10-2
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Umpires
National League
American League
Interleague
Interleague play
NL @ AL? 42-31 AL, favorites -$1,193
AL @ NL? 44-43 NL, favorites -$552
Total: 86-74 AL, favorites -$1,745
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 42-34-2
AL @ NL: Over 47-35-2
Total: Over 89-69-4
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 7/5/17
Ariz 14-17-9??26-13?6???.39-30
Atl 18-18-5??16-22-5???..34-40
Cubs 17-24-2??18-17-5???..35-41
Reds 12-26-3??18-22?2????30-48
Colo 26-15-6??.21-17-2???.47-32
LA 18-17-5??.30-13-3???.48-30
Miami 17-22-2??.21-16-4??..38-38
Milw 19-13-6??.23-20-6???42-33
Mets 21-17-2??..18-22-3???39-39
Philly 11-26-8??12-18-6???.23-44
Pitt 20-19-3?..17-20-7???..37-39
St. Louis 16-17-3??25-14-7???.41-31
SD 11-24-5??..21-19?4???32-43
SF 10-31-7??..17-18-4???.30-49
Wash 29-12-2??20-15-5???..49-27
Orioles 13-25-5??..18-20-3???31-45
Boston 19-21-6???18-19-2??.37-40
White Sox 15-26-6??..17-18?2??..32-43
Cleveland 21-17-4??..17-20-4??..37-37
Detroit 16-20-5??.21-17-4??..37-37
Astros 21-11-8??..27-15-3??..48-26
KC 15-19-7???19-17-8??.34-36
Angels 17-23-7???18-16-7???35-39
Twins 23-12-4???17-21-6??..40-33
NYY 18-22-3???.24-13-2?..?42-35
A?s 12-22-5??..19-17-9??..31-39
Seattle 14-22-5??..21-17-7??..35-39
TB 21-14-8??..26-10-6??..47-24
Texas 23-12-7??..18-16-8???41-28
Toronto 15-24-3??..13-21-6??..28-45
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 7/5/17)
Ariz 12-40??..18-45???30
Atl 8-40??..11-43????19
Cubs 13-44??..16-40???.29
Reds 16-41??..17-43???.33
Colo 10-48??..11-40..??.22
LA 11-40??..18-45..??..29
Miami 15-41??..14-42???29
Milw 15-38??20-49?..?..35
Mets 18-39??..15-42???.33
Philly 13-46??..11-37???.24
Pitt 11-42??..14-43???.25
StL 10-37??..13-46???.23
SD 17-40??..13-42????30
SF 10-51??..11-37????21
Wash 16-43??..19-41???35
Orioles 5-43??..15-42???.20
Boston 14-45??..10-38???24
White Sox 14-47??11-37???.25
Clev 9-43??..13-41???.22
Detroit 8-41??.17-42???..25
Astros 13-40??..19-45???32
KC 9-41??..7-42????16
Angels 19-48??.10-42???29
Twins 9-40??..11-45???.20
NYY 11-43??..14-40???25
A?s 7-40??..13-46???.20
Seattle 15-41??.17-46???32
TB 13-44??..19-42???32
Texas 14-43??..19-42???33
Toronto 12-42??..9-42???.21
