Thursday?s games
National League
Reds @ Cubs
Feldman is 0-2, 10.80 in his last three starts; under is 6-2 in his last eight starts. Reds are 4-6 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 10-8-2
Lester is 0-1, 5.40 in his last three starts; under is 4-2 in his last six. Cubs are 9-6 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 10-10-5
Reds lost five of last seven road games; 10 of their last 11 games went over total. Cubs are 6-8 in last 14 games; over is 6-3 in their last nine home games.
Braves @ Rockies
Sims is 0-3, 6.23 in three starts this year (under 2-1). Atlanta lost his only road start? their first 5-inning record with him: 0-3
Hoffman is 0-3, 7.56 in his last five starts; his last three starts stayed under. Colorado is 4-4 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 7-7-1 (2-7-1 last 10).
Braves lost seven of last nine games; over is 15-4-1 in their last 20 road games. Colorado won five of last seven home games; under is 11-3-1 in their last 15 games.
Cardinals @ Pirates
Wainwright is 3-0, 3.21 in his last five starts; over is 6-3-1 in his last ten road starts. Cardinals are 6-4 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 12-6-4
Taillon is 1-0, 2.92 in his last two starts; under is 7-2-1 in his last ten. Pirates are 4-5 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 8-6-3
Cardinals lost their last three games; their last nine games went over the total. St Louis is 7-12 in road series openers. Pittsburgh lost its last four games; under is 4-1 in their last five games. Pirates are 9-10 in home series openers.
Nationals @ Padres
Jackson is 2-1, 2.89 in his last three starts (under 4-1). Washington split his two road starts ? their first 5-inning record with him: 2-2-1
Chacin is 3-1, 3.07 in his last five starts; over is 4-1-1 in his last six starts. San Diego is 8-3 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 9-12-3
Nationals won five of last seven games; their last six games stayed under. Washington is 13-6 in road series openers. San Diego is 8-2 in last ten home games; under is 6-2 in last eight home tilts. Padres are 12-8 in home series openers
Phillies @ Giants
Nola is 3-1, 1.64 in his last five starts; under is 7-1 in his last eight. Phillies are 4-6 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 9-3-6
Samardzija is 3-1, 3.62 in his last four starts; over is 4-2-1 in his last seven. Giants are 5-6 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 5-13-4
Philly lost six of last seven games; under is 7-4 in their last 11 road games. Phils are 8-13 in road series openers. Giants lost four of last six games and their last seven home series openers. Last three Giant games went over the total.
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American League
Rays @ Blue Jays
Archer is 1-1, 4.24 in his last four starts; under is 4-2 in his last six. Rays are 6-6 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 15-6-5
Rowley won his first MLB start, allowing one run in 5.1 IP (75 PT) to the Pirates. Jays? 1st 5-inning record with him: 1-0
Rays lost nine of last 12 games; under is 12-2 in their last 14 games. Toronto won seven of last ten home games; under is 7-2 in their last nine games.
Indians @ Twins
Carrasco is 1-1, 4.55 in his last five starts (over 4-1). Indians are 9-4 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 15-6-1 Merritt allowed three runs in four IP (63 PT) in his only ?17 start, June 17 at Pittsburgh. Tribe?s first 5-inning record with him: 1-0
Gibson is 1-3, 6.59 in his last five starts; under is 6-2 in his last nine. Minnesota is 4-7 in his last 11 starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 8-11-1 Berrios is 0-2, 7.45 in his last four starts; over is 5-3 in his last eight. Minnesota is 6-1 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 10-5-2
Indians won their last five games; under is 6-0-2 in their last eight games. Minnesota won seven of its last nine games (over 4-1-4).
White Sox @ Rangers
Lopez allowed two runs in six IP (102 PT) in his first ?17 start, vs KC. Chicago?s first 5-inning record with him: 1-0
Ross is 1-1, 12.08 in his last three starts (over 5-2-1). Texas is 3-1 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 4-3-1
White Sox lost their last five games; under is 4-1 in their last five road games. Chicago is 6-14 in road series openers. Texas won six of last seven games; over is 3-2-1 in their last six games. Rangers are 11-9 in home series openers.
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Interleague
Bronx @ Mets
Severino allowed 10 runs in 4.1 IP last start, after a 4-0, 1.40 run before that; his last four starts went over. Bronx is 6-6 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 11-9-3
Matz is 0-5, 9.51 in his last seven starts, last three of which stayed under. Mets are 1-3 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 3-8-1
Mets lost four of last five games; under is 7-5-1 in their last 13 games. Bronx is 7-4 in its last 11 games; under is 13-6 in their last 19 games.
Diamondbacks @ Astros
Corbin is 1-2, 8.04 in his last three starts; over is 5-1 in his last six. Arizona is 2-9 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 8-12-4
Fiers is 0-3, 8.85 in his last four starts; over is 4-0-1 in his last five. Houston is 6-5 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 10-10-3
Astros lost six of last nine games; under is 4-3-1 in their last eight games. Arizona lost six of last eight games; over is 5-2 in their last seven road games.
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
Cin-Cubs: Feldman 8-12; Lester 14-11
Atl-Colo: Sims 0-3; Hoffman 8-7
StL-Pitt: Wainwright 14-8 ; Taillon 9-8
Wsh-SD: Jackson 3-2; Chacin 13-11
Phil-SF: Nola 10-9; Samardzija 10-14
American League
TB-Tor: Archer 13-12; Rowley 1-0
Clev-Minn: Carrasco 16-7 Merritt 1-0; Gibson 10-10 Berrios 10-7
Chi-Tex: Lopez 1-0; Ross 5-3
Interleague
NY-NY Severino 13-10; Matz 3-9
Az-Hst: Corbin 11-13; Fiers 5-1
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
Cin-Cubs: Feldman 5-20; Lester 9-25
Atl-Colo: Sims 2-3; Hoffman 6-15
StL-Pitt: Wainwright 5-22; Taillon 4-17
Wsh-SD: Jackson 3-5; Chacin 10-24
Phil-SF: Nola 4-19; Samardzija 11-24
American League
TB-Tor: Archer 6-25; Rowley 0-1
Clev-Minn: Carrasco 16-7 Merritt 0-1; Gibson 10-10 Berrios 5-17
Chi-Tex: Lopez 0-1; Ross 4-8
Interleague
NY-NY Severino 5-23; Matz 5-12
Az-Hst: Corbin 12-24; Fiers 1-6
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Umpires
National League
American League
Interleague
Interleague play
NL @ AL? 69-49 AL, favorites +$427
AL @ NL? 64-59 NL, favorites -$154
Total: 128-113 AL, favorites +$273
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 60-57-3
AL @ NL: Over 64-53-7
Total: Over 124-110-10
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/16/17
Ariz 21-23-15??31-21?11??..52-44
Atl 22-30-9??19-30-7???..41-60
Cubs 28-27-6??27-21-10???..55-48
Reds 20-35-6??..22-33?5???.42-68
Colo 31-24-6??.33-21-4???..64-45
LA 28-18-8??.40-18-7???.68-36
Miami 25-27-6??.32-22-7???57-49
Milw 29-20-8??.31-26-8???59-46
Mets 28-28-3??..24-30-5??..52-58
Philly 15-35-13??21-27-7???.36-62
Pitt 29-29-4??.23-26-9???52-55
St. Louis 24-26-8??33-20-9???..57-46
SD 19-36-6??..29-23?7???.48-59
SF 13-40-9??..22-28-9???.38-68
Wash 35-18-5??27-24-8????.62-43
Orioles 24-33-5??..26-27-5???50-60
Boston 25-27-8???28-29-2??..53-56
White Sox 20-32-9???21-32?3??..41-63
Cleveland 32-20-7??..28-21-7??..60-41
Detroit 22-32-9??.26-25-6??..48-57
Astros 30-23-8??..37-19-4??..67-42
KC 24-28-8???23-24-12??.47-52
Angels 22-31-8???26-22-12??..48-53
Twins 33-16-9???25-30-6??..58-45
NYY 23-33-6???.30-23-4?..?53-56
A?s 21-28-7??..26-30-10??..47-58
Seattle 20-29-8??..34-22-9??..54-51
TB 29-22-10??..33-18-8??..62-40
Texas 28-21-10??..29-23-8???57-44
Toronto 23-32-3??..24-29-8??..47-61
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 8/16/17)
Ariz 17-57??..21-62???..37
Atl 13-60??..16-56???..29
Cubs 15-61??..22-58???..37
Reds 24-61??..24-59???.48
Colo 16-61??..21-58..???37
LA 17-54??..24-64..??..41
Miami 24-58??..22-61???46
Milw 20-57??25-66?..?..45
Mets 25-59??..20-59???.45
Philly 16-63??..16-56???.32
Pitt 19-62??..18-58???.37
StL 12-58??..19-61???..31
SD 23-61??..18-58????41
SF 15-63??..17-59????32
Wash 24-58??..24-60???.48
Orioles 13-63??..19-59???32
Boston 18-61??..14-59???..32
White Sox 18-61??13-56???.31
Clev 12-59??..19-58???31
Detroit 16-63??.24-58???40
Astros 17-61??..24-59???.41
KC 16-61??..10-59???.26
Angels 21-63??.15-60???..35
Twins 13-56??..13-60???.26
NYY 13-62??..16-57???29
A?s 13-56??..25-66???38
Seattle 19-56??.22-66???41
TB 18-61??..20-61??..38
Texas 22-59??..26-60???48
Toronto 19-58??..17-64???36
National League
Reds @ Cubs
Feldman is 0-2, 10.80 in his last three starts; under is 6-2 in his last eight starts. Reds are 4-6 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 10-8-2
Lester is 0-1, 5.40 in his last three starts; under is 4-2 in his last six. Cubs are 9-6 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 10-10-5
Reds lost five of last seven road games; 10 of their last 11 games went over total. Cubs are 6-8 in last 14 games; over is 6-3 in their last nine home games.
Braves @ Rockies
Sims is 0-3, 6.23 in three starts this year (under 2-1). Atlanta lost his only road start? their first 5-inning record with him: 0-3
Hoffman is 0-3, 7.56 in his last five starts; his last three starts stayed under. Colorado is 4-4 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 7-7-1 (2-7-1 last 10).
Braves lost seven of last nine games; over is 15-4-1 in their last 20 road games. Colorado won five of last seven home games; under is 11-3-1 in their last 15 games.
Cardinals @ Pirates
Wainwright is 3-0, 3.21 in his last five starts; over is 6-3-1 in his last ten road starts. Cardinals are 6-4 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 12-6-4
Taillon is 1-0, 2.92 in his last two starts; under is 7-2-1 in his last ten. Pirates are 4-5 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 8-6-3
Cardinals lost their last three games; their last nine games went over the total. St Louis is 7-12 in road series openers. Pittsburgh lost its last four games; under is 4-1 in their last five games. Pirates are 9-10 in home series openers.
Nationals @ Padres
Jackson is 2-1, 2.89 in his last three starts (under 4-1). Washington split his two road starts ? their first 5-inning record with him: 2-2-1
Chacin is 3-1, 3.07 in his last five starts; over is 4-1-1 in his last six starts. San Diego is 8-3 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 9-12-3
Nationals won five of last seven games; their last six games stayed under. Washington is 13-6 in road series openers. San Diego is 8-2 in last ten home games; under is 6-2 in last eight home tilts. Padres are 12-8 in home series openers
Phillies @ Giants
Nola is 3-1, 1.64 in his last five starts; under is 7-1 in his last eight. Phillies are 4-6 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 9-3-6
Samardzija is 3-1, 3.62 in his last four starts; over is 4-2-1 in his last seven. Giants are 5-6 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 5-13-4
Philly lost six of last seven games; under is 7-4 in their last 11 road games. Phils are 8-13 in road series openers. Giants lost four of last six games and their last seven home series openers. Last three Giant games went over the total.
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American League
Rays @ Blue Jays
Archer is 1-1, 4.24 in his last four starts; under is 4-2 in his last six. Rays are 6-6 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 15-6-5
Rowley won his first MLB start, allowing one run in 5.1 IP (75 PT) to the Pirates. Jays? 1st 5-inning record with him: 1-0
Rays lost nine of last 12 games; under is 12-2 in their last 14 games. Toronto won seven of last ten home games; under is 7-2 in their last nine games.
Indians @ Twins
Carrasco is 1-1, 4.55 in his last five starts (over 4-1). Indians are 9-4 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 15-6-1 Merritt allowed three runs in four IP (63 PT) in his only ?17 start, June 17 at Pittsburgh. Tribe?s first 5-inning record with him: 1-0
Gibson is 1-3, 6.59 in his last five starts; under is 6-2 in his last nine. Minnesota is 4-7 in his last 11 starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 8-11-1 Berrios is 0-2, 7.45 in his last four starts; over is 5-3 in his last eight. Minnesota is 6-1 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 10-5-2
Indians won their last five games; under is 6-0-2 in their last eight games. Minnesota won seven of its last nine games (over 4-1-4).
White Sox @ Rangers
Lopez allowed two runs in six IP (102 PT) in his first ?17 start, vs KC. Chicago?s first 5-inning record with him: 1-0
Ross is 1-1, 12.08 in his last three starts (over 5-2-1). Texas is 3-1 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 4-3-1
White Sox lost their last five games; under is 4-1 in their last five road games. Chicago is 6-14 in road series openers. Texas won six of last seven games; over is 3-2-1 in their last six games. Rangers are 11-9 in home series openers.
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Interleague
Bronx @ Mets
Severino allowed 10 runs in 4.1 IP last start, after a 4-0, 1.40 run before that; his last four starts went over. Bronx is 6-6 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 11-9-3
Matz is 0-5, 9.51 in his last seven starts, last three of which stayed under. Mets are 1-3 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 3-8-1
Mets lost four of last five games; under is 7-5-1 in their last 13 games. Bronx is 7-4 in its last 11 games; under is 13-6 in their last 19 games.
Diamondbacks @ Astros
Corbin is 1-2, 8.04 in his last three starts; over is 5-1 in his last six. Arizona is 2-9 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 8-12-4
Fiers is 0-3, 8.85 in his last four starts; over is 4-0-1 in his last five. Houston is 6-5 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 10-10-3
Astros lost six of last nine games; under is 4-3-1 in their last eight games. Arizona lost six of last eight games; over is 5-2 in their last seven road games.
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
Cin-Cubs: Feldman 8-12; Lester 14-11
Atl-Colo: Sims 0-3; Hoffman 8-7
StL-Pitt: Wainwright 14-8 ; Taillon 9-8
Wsh-SD: Jackson 3-2; Chacin 13-11
Phil-SF: Nola 10-9; Samardzija 10-14
American League
TB-Tor: Archer 13-12; Rowley 1-0
Clev-Minn: Carrasco 16-7 Merritt 1-0; Gibson 10-10 Berrios 10-7
Chi-Tex: Lopez 1-0; Ross 5-3
Interleague
NY-NY Severino 13-10; Matz 3-9
Az-Hst: Corbin 11-13; Fiers 5-1
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
Cin-Cubs: Feldman 5-20; Lester 9-25
Atl-Colo: Sims 2-3; Hoffman 6-15
StL-Pitt: Wainwright 5-22; Taillon 4-17
Wsh-SD: Jackson 3-5; Chacin 10-24
Phil-SF: Nola 4-19; Samardzija 11-24
American League
TB-Tor: Archer 6-25; Rowley 0-1
Clev-Minn: Carrasco 16-7 Merritt 0-1; Gibson 10-10 Berrios 5-17
Chi-Tex: Lopez 0-1; Ross 4-8
Interleague
NY-NY Severino 5-23; Matz 5-12
Az-Hst: Corbin 12-24; Fiers 1-6
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Umpires
National League
American League
Interleague
Interleague play
NL @ AL? 69-49 AL, favorites +$427
AL @ NL? 64-59 NL, favorites -$154
Total: 128-113 AL, favorites +$273
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 60-57-3
AL @ NL: Over 64-53-7
Total: Over 124-110-10
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/16/17
Ariz 21-23-15??31-21?11??..52-44
Atl 22-30-9??19-30-7???..41-60
Cubs 28-27-6??27-21-10???..55-48
Reds 20-35-6??..22-33?5???.42-68
Colo 31-24-6??.33-21-4???..64-45
LA 28-18-8??.40-18-7???.68-36
Miami 25-27-6??.32-22-7???57-49
Milw 29-20-8??.31-26-8???59-46
Mets 28-28-3??..24-30-5??..52-58
Philly 15-35-13??21-27-7???.36-62
Pitt 29-29-4??.23-26-9???52-55
St. Louis 24-26-8??33-20-9???..57-46
SD 19-36-6??..29-23?7???.48-59
SF 13-40-9??..22-28-9???.38-68
Wash 35-18-5??27-24-8????.62-43
Orioles 24-33-5??..26-27-5???50-60
Boston 25-27-8???28-29-2??..53-56
White Sox 20-32-9???21-32?3??..41-63
Cleveland 32-20-7??..28-21-7??..60-41
Detroit 22-32-9??.26-25-6??..48-57
Astros 30-23-8??..37-19-4??..67-42
KC 24-28-8???23-24-12??.47-52
Angels 22-31-8???26-22-12??..48-53
Twins 33-16-9???25-30-6??..58-45
NYY 23-33-6???.30-23-4?..?53-56
A?s 21-28-7??..26-30-10??..47-58
Seattle 20-29-8??..34-22-9??..54-51
TB 29-22-10??..33-18-8??..62-40
Texas 28-21-10??..29-23-8???57-44
Toronto 23-32-3??..24-29-8??..47-61
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 8/16/17)
Ariz 17-57??..21-62???..37
Atl 13-60??..16-56???..29
Cubs 15-61??..22-58???..37
Reds 24-61??..24-59???.48
Colo 16-61??..21-58..???37
LA 17-54??..24-64..??..41
Miami 24-58??..22-61???46
Milw 20-57??25-66?..?..45
Mets 25-59??..20-59???.45
Philly 16-63??..16-56???.32
Pitt 19-62??..18-58???.37
StL 12-58??..19-61???..31
SD 23-61??..18-58????41
SF 15-63??..17-59????32
Wash 24-58??..24-60???.48
Orioles 13-63??..19-59???32
Boston 18-61??..14-59???..32
White Sox 18-61??13-56???.31
Clev 12-59??..19-58???31
Detroit 16-63??.24-58???40
Astros 17-61??..24-59???.41
KC 16-61??..10-59???.26
Angels 21-63??.15-60???..35
Twins 13-56??..13-60???.26
NYY 13-62??..16-57???29
A?s 13-56??..25-66???38
Seattle 19-56??.22-66???41
TB 18-61??..20-61??..38
Texas 22-59??..26-60???48
Toronto 19-58??..17-64???36
