Thursday?s games
National League
Mets @ Reds
deGrom is 2-4, 3.92 in his last six starts; over is 7-3 in his last ten starts. New York is 9-5 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 16-9-1
Stephenson is 2-0, 2.76 in his last three starts (under 3-2). Reds split his two home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 3-1-1
Mets are 5-12 in their last 17 games; four of their last five games went over. Cincinnati lost six of last nine games; under is 4-2 in their last six games.
Phillies @ Marlins
Lively is 0-4, 6.49 in his last five starts (under 6-2-1). Phillies are 1-4 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 0-8-1
Despaigne is 0-1, 7.59 in two starts this season (over 1-1). Miami won his only home start? their first 5-inning record with him: 0-1-1
Phillies are 2-5 in last seven road games (over 5-2)- they?re 8-14 in road series openers. Marlins lost their last three games; over is 6-2 in their last eight games. Miami is 7-14 in home series openers.
Dodgers @ Diamondbacks
Maeda is 6-1, 2.84 in his last eight starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six. He is 0-0, 5.00 in two starts against Arizona this season. Dodgers are 6-5 in his road starts ? their first 5-inning record with him: 14-5-2
Greinke is 2-2, 4.13 in his last four starts (under 4-0). He is 0-2, 6.17 against the Dodgers this season. LA is 15-2 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 15-6-4
Dodgers lost four in row for first time this year; five of their last seven games stayed under. Arizona won eight of last nine games; their last three games went over.
Braves @ Cubs
Newcomb is 1-2, 4.44 in his last five starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. Atlanta is 2-3 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 4-10
Hendricks is 1-0, 2.19 in his last four starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Cubs are 5-5 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 9-6-3
Atlanta is 5-3 in its last eight road games; over is 7-4 in their last 11 road games. Braves are 12-7 in last 19 road series openers. Cubs won four of last five games; under is 4-2-1 in their last seven games. Chicago is 10-12 in home series openers.
Nationals @ Brewers
Gonzalez is 5-0, 1.05 in his last five starts; under is 7-4 in his last 11 starts. Washington is 9-4 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 16-5-5
Davies is 2-1, 1.37 in his last three starts; under is 7-0-1 in his last eight. Milwaukee is 7-6 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 14-8-5
Washington won its last four games; five of their last six games went over. Nationals are 14-9 in home series openers. Milwaukee won five of their last six home games; eight of their last ten games stayed under. Brewers are 12-10 in home series openers.
Cardinals @ Giants
Wacha is 0-3, 10.22 in his last three starts; over is 4-0 in his last four. St Louis is 4-6 in his road starts ? their first 5-inning record with him: 10-10-4
Bumgarner is 2-1, 2.77 in his last four starts; under is 4-2 in his last six starts. Giants are 2-4 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 3-7-3
Cardinals lost four of last six games; over is 4-1 in their last five. St Louis is 9-12 in road series openers. Giants lost five of their last six games; eight of their last ten games overall stayed under. SF is 7-14 in home series openers.
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American League
White Sox @ Twins
Gonzalez is 2-0, 1.29 in his last four starts; under is 6-2 in his last eight. Chicago is 4-8 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 8-11-2
Colon is 4-1, 3.21 in his last five starts; over is 4-2-1 in his last seven. Minnesota split his four home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 5-3
White Sox lost three of last four games; six of their last eight games stayed under. Minnesota won its last six home games; under is 5-3 in their last eight games overall.
Boston @ New York
Rodriguez is 0-1, 6.23 in his last three starts; under is 7-1 in his last eight. Boston lost his last four road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 9-9
Sabathia is 1-0, 1.93 in his last two starts; under is 13-2 in his last 15 starts. New York is 6-3 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 10-10-1
Red Sox won five of last six road games; four of their last five games stayed under. Boston is 10-12 in road series openers. New York lost its last three games; under is 9-4 in their last 13 home games. NY is 13-8 in home series openers.
Blue Jays @ Orioles
Estrada is 1-1, 6.61 in his last three starts (over 3-0). Toronto lost four of his last five road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 9-15-3
Hellickson is 1-2, 7.54 in his last four starts, last three of which went over. Baltimore is 2-0 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 2-2-1
Toronto lost nine of last 11 games; under is 5-2 in their last seven. Blue Jays lost their last five road series openers. Orioles won eight of last nine games; seven of their last 11 games stayed under. Baltimore is 15-7 in home series openers.
Rangers vs Astros (@ St Petersburg)
Hamels is 4-1, 3.51 in his last five starts; over is 3-1 in his last four. Texas is 4-5 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 14-1-2
McHugh is 2-0, 0.75 in his last two starts; his last six starts stayed under. Houston is 2-3 in his starts away from home? their first 5-inning record with him: 3-3-1
This is series is in the Trop where the Rays normally play. Rangers lost four of last seven games (over 6-1). Houston lost three of last four games; over is 4-0 in their last four games.
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Interleague
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
NY-Cin: deGrom 16-10; Stephenson 3-2
LA-Az: Maeda 15-6; Greinke 18-8
Phil-Mia: Lively 2-7; Despaigne 1-1
Atl-Chi: Newcomb 4-10; Hendricks 15-12
American League
Chi-Minn: Gonzalez 9-12; Colon 4-4
Bos-NY: Rodriguez 10-8; Sabathia 14-7
Tor-Balt: Estrada 12-15; Hellickson 3-2
Tex-Hst: Hamels 10-7; McHugh 3-4
Interleague
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
NY-Cin: deGrom 8-26; Stephenson 1-5
LA-Az: Maeda 7-21; Greinke 3-26
Phil-Mia: Lively 3-9; Despaigne 1-2
Atl-Chi: Newcomb 3-14; Hendricks 7-27
American League
Chi-Minn: Gonzalez 6-21; Colon 1-8
Bos-NY: Rodriguez 4-18; Sabathia 5-21
Tor-Balt: Estrada 9-27; Hellickson 1-5
Tex-Hst: Hamels 7-17; McHugh 1-7
Interleague
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Interleague
Interleague play
NL @ AL? 76-55 AL, favorites +$103
AL @ NL? 71-65 NL, favorites +$164
Total: 141-126 AL, favorites +$267
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 65-65-3
AL @ NL: Over 71-59-7
Total: Over 136-124-10
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/30/17
Ariz 25-26-16??36-21?11??..61-47
Atl 25-31-9??23-35-7???..48-66
Cubs 30-30-7??.31-21-13???61-51
Reds 21-37-7??..25-36?7???.46-73
Colo 34-27-6??.35-26-4???..69-53
LA 30-21-12??.41-20-7???.71-41
Miami 28-32-8??.33-22-9???61-54
Milw 33-24-9??.32-27-8???.64-51
Mets 31-31-3??..25-36-6???.56-67
Philly 15-38-14??26-31-8???.41-69
Pitt 30-32-6??.26-28-11???57-60
St. Louis 26-29-8??35-24-9????61-53
SD 20-39-8??..32-26?8???.52-65
SF 14-45-9??..27-28-11???.41-73
Wash 39-20-6??32-27-8????.71-47
Orioles 27-33-5??..30-31-6???57-64
Boston 29-29-10???30-33-2??.59-62
White Sox 21-37-9???24-36?4??..45-72
Cleveland 37-23-7??..31-24-8???68-47
Detroit 26-34-9??.27-29-8??..53-63
Astros 32-25-9??..40-24-4??..72-49
KC 24-30-9??..27-28-12??.51-58
Angels 25-31-8???29-27-13??..54-58
Twins 37-19-10???30-31-7??..66-49
NYY 28-36-6???.33-26-4?..?61-62
A?s 24-34-7??..28-30-11??..52-64
Seattle 26-35-9??..34-22-9???60-57
TB 34-24-10??..36-21-8??..70-45
Texas 32-24-11??..32-24-8??..64-48
Toronto 24-36-4??..27-31-10??..51-67
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 8/30/17)
Ariz 20-65??..24-66???..44
Atl 15-64???.18-66???.33
Cubs 18-67??..24-65???..42
Reds 24-65??..26-68???50
Colo 17-67??..24-65..??..41
LA 18-63??..24-67..??..42
Miami 29-68??..23-64???52
Milw 22-66??25-68?..?..47
Mets 29-65??..22-67???.51
Philly 16-67??..20-66???.36
Pitt 20-68??..21-66???.41
StL 14-64??..21-67???..35
SD 23-67???.20-65???.43
SF 15-69???.20-66???.35
Wash 25-65??..26-67???.51
Orioles 15-66??..21-68???.36
Boston 20-68??..14-65???.34
White Sox 21-67??16-64???..37
Clev 18-67??..21-65???.39
Detroit 16-68??.26-64???42
Astros 19-66??..26-67???.45
KC 16-64??..13-69???.29
Angels 23-66??..20-70???.43
Twins 15-64??..16-67???.31
NYY 16-69??..17-63???.33
A?s 15-65??..26-69???41
Seattle 21-70??.22-66???43
TB 20-68??..23-67???.43
Texas 25-68??..27-64???52
Toronto 22-64??..19-71???41
National League
Mets @ Reds
deGrom is 2-4, 3.92 in his last six starts; over is 7-3 in his last ten starts. New York is 9-5 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 16-9-1
Stephenson is 2-0, 2.76 in his last three starts (under 3-2). Reds split his two home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 3-1-1
Mets are 5-12 in their last 17 games; four of their last five games went over. Cincinnati lost six of last nine games; under is 4-2 in their last six games.
Phillies @ Marlins
Lively is 0-4, 6.49 in his last five starts (under 6-2-1). Phillies are 1-4 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 0-8-1
Despaigne is 0-1, 7.59 in two starts this season (over 1-1). Miami won his only home start? their first 5-inning record with him: 0-1-1
Phillies are 2-5 in last seven road games (over 5-2)- they?re 8-14 in road series openers. Marlins lost their last three games; over is 6-2 in their last eight games. Miami is 7-14 in home series openers.
Dodgers @ Diamondbacks
Maeda is 6-1, 2.84 in his last eight starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six. He is 0-0, 5.00 in two starts against Arizona this season. Dodgers are 6-5 in his road starts ? their first 5-inning record with him: 14-5-2
Greinke is 2-2, 4.13 in his last four starts (under 4-0). He is 0-2, 6.17 against the Dodgers this season. LA is 15-2 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 15-6-4
Dodgers lost four in row for first time this year; five of their last seven games stayed under. Arizona won eight of last nine games; their last three games went over.
Braves @ Cubs
Newcomb is 1-2, 4.44 in his last five starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. Atlanta is 2-3 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 4-10
Hendricks is 1-0, 2.19 in his last four starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Cubs are 5-5 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 9-6-3
Atlanta is 5-3 in its last eight road games; over is 7-4 in their last 11 road games. Braves are 12-7 in last 19 road series openers. Cubs won four of last five games; under is 4-2-1 in their last seven games. Chicago is 10-12 in home series openers.
Nationals @ Brewers
Gonzalez is 5-0, 1.05 in his last five starts; under is 7-4 in his last 11 starts. Washington is 9-4 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 16-5-5
Davies is 2-1, 1.37 in his last three starts; under is 7-0-1 in his last eight. Milwaukee is 7-6 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 14-8-5
Washington won its last four games; five of their last six games went over. Nationals are 14-9 in home series openers. Milwaukee won five of their last six home games; eight of their last ten games stayed under. Brewers are 12-10 in home series openers.
Cardinals @ Giants
Wacha is 0-3, 10.22 in his last three starts; over is 4-0 in his last four. St Louis is 4-6 in his road starts ? their first 5-inning record with him: 10-10-4
Bumgarner is 2-1, 2.77 in his last four starts; under is 4-2 in his last six starts. Giants are 2-4 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 3-7-3
Cardinals lost four of last six games; over is 4-1 in their last five. St Louis is 9-12 in road series openers. Giants lost five of their last six games; eight of their last ten games overall stayed under. SF is 7-14 in home series openers.
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American League
White Sox @ Twins
Gonzalez is 2-0, 1.29 in his last four starts; under is 6-2 in his last eight. Chicago is 4-8 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 8-11-2
Colon is 4-1, 3.21 in his last five starts; over is 4-2-1 in his last seven. Minnesota split his four home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 5-3
White Sox lost three of last four games; six of their last eight games stayed under. Minnesota won its last six home games; under is 5-3 in their last eight games overall.
Boston @ New York
Rodriguez is 0-1, 6.23 in his last three starts; under is 7-1 in his last eight. Boston lost his last four road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 9-9
Sabathia is 1-0, 1.93 in his last two starts; under is 13-2 in his last 15 starts. New York is 6-3 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 10-10-1
Red Sox won five of last six road games; four of their last five games stayed under. Boston is 10-12 in road series openers. New York lost its last three games; under is 9-4 in their last 13 home games. NY is 13-8 in home series openers.
Blue Jays @ Orioles
Estrada is 1-1, 6.61 in his last three starts (over 3-0). Toronto lost four of his last five road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 9-15-3
Hellickson is 1-2, 7.54 in his last four starts, last three of which went over. Baltimore is 2-0 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 2-2-1
Toronto lost nine of last 11 games; under is 5-2 in their last seven. Blue Jays lost their last five road series openers. Orioles won eight of last nine games; seven of their last 11 games stayed under. Baltimore is 15-7 in home series openers.
Rangers vs Astros (@ St Petersburg)
Hamels is 4-1, 3.51 in his last five starts; over is 3-1 in his last four. Texas is 4-5 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 14-1-2
McHugh is 2-0, 0.75 in his last two starts; his last six starts stayed under. Houston is 2-3 in his starts away from home? their first 5-inning record with him: 3-3-1
This is series is in the Trop where the Rays normally play. Rangers lost four of last seven games (over 6-1). Houston lost three of last four games; over is 4-0 in their last four games.
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Interleague
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
NY-Cin: deGrom 16-10; Stephenson 3-2
LA-Az: Maeda 15-6; Greinke 18-8
Phil-Mia: Lively 2-7; Despaigne 1-1
Atl-Chi: Newcomb 4-10; Hendricks 15-12
American League
Chi-Minn: Gonzalez 9-12; Colon 4-4
Bos-NY: Rodriguez 10-8; Sabathia 14-7
Tor-Balt: Estrada 12-15; Hellickson 3-2
Tex-Hst: Hamels 10-7; McHugh 3-4
Interleague
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
NY-Cin: deGrom 8-26; Stephenson 1-5
LA-Az: Maeda 7-21; Greinke 3-26
Phil-Mia: Lively 3-9; Despaigne 1-2
Atl-Chi: Newcomb 3-14; Hendricks 7-27
American League
Chi-Minn: Gonzalez 6-21; Colon 1-8
Bos-NY: Rodriguez 4-18; Sabathia 5-21
Tor-Balt: Estrada 9-27; Hellickson 1-5
Tex-Hst: Hamels 7-17; McHugh 1-7
Interleague
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Interleague
Interleague play
NL @ AL? 76-55 AL, favorites +$103
AL @ NL? 71-65 NL, favorites +$164
Total: 141-126 AL, favorites +$267
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 65-65-3
AL @ NL: Over 71-59-7
Total: Over 136-124-10
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/30/17
Ariz 25-26-16??36-21?11??..61-47
Atl 25-31-9??23-35-7???..48-66
Cubs 30-30-7??.31-21-13???61-51
Reds 21-37-7??..25-36?7???.46-73
Colo 34-27-6??.35-26-4???..69-53
LA 30-21-12??.41-20-7???.71-41
Miami 28-32-8??.33-22-9???61-54
Milw 33-24-9??.32-27-8???.64-51
Mets 31-31-3??..25-36-6???.56-67
Philly 15-38-14??26-31-8???.41-69
Pitt 30-32-6??.26-28-11???57-60
St. Louis 26-29-8??35-24-9????61-53
SD 20-39-8??..32-26?8???.52-65
SF 14-45-9??..27-28-11???.41-73
Wash 39-20-6??32-27-8????.71-47
Orioles 27-33-5??..30-31-6???57-64
Boston 29-29-10???30-33-2??.59-62
White Sox 21-37-9???24-36?4??..45-72
Cleveland 37-23-7??..31-24-8???68-47
Detroit 26-34-9??.27-29-8??..53-63
Astros 32-25-9??..40-24-4??..72-49
KC 24-30-9??..27-28-12??.51-58
Angels 25-31-8???29-27-13??..54-58
Twins 37-19-10???30-31-7??..66-49
NYY 28-36-6???.33-26-4?..?61-62
A?s 24-34-7??..28-30-11??..52-64
Seattle 26-35-9??..34-22-9???60-57
TB 34-24-10??..36-21-8??..70-45
Texas 32-24-11??..32-24-8??..64-48
Toronto 24-36-4??..27-31-10??..51-67
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 8/30/17)
Ariz 20-65??..24-66???..44
Atl 15-64???.18-66???.33
Cubs 18-67??..24-65???..42
Reds 24-65??..26-68???50
Colo 17-67??..24-65..??..41
LA 18-63??..24-67..??..42
Miami 29-68??..23-64???52
Milw 22-66??25-68?..?..47
Mets 29-65??..22-67???.51
Philly 16-67??..20-66???.36
Pitt 20-68??..21-66???.41
StL 14-64??..21-67???..35
SD 23-67???.20-65???.43
SF 15-69???.20-66???.35
Wash 25-65??..26-67???.51
Orioles 15-66??..21-68???.36
Boston 20-68??..14-65???.34
White Sox 21-67??16-64???..37
Clev 18-67??..21-65???.39
Detroit 16-68??.26-64???42
Astros 19-66??..26-67???.45
KC 16-64??..13-69???.29
Angels 23-66??..20-70???.43
Twins 15-64??..16-67???.31
NYY 16-69??..17-63???.33
A?s 15-65??..26-69???41
Seattle 21-70??.22-66???43
TB 20-68??..23-67???.43
Texas 25-68??..27-64???52
Toronto 22-64??..19-71???41
