Thursday?s games
National League
Dodgers @ Phillies
Maeda is 0-1, 9.82 in his last three starts; under is 3-1-1 in his last five. Dodgers lost his last four road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 14-7-3
Leiter is 1-3, 8.18 in his last four starts (under 6-2-1). Phillies are 1-3 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 3-6
Dodgers are 5-20 in their last 25 games (under 5-1-2 in last eight). Phillies won seven of last nine games, under is 4-1-1 in their last six.
Cardinals @ Reds
Martinez is 1-2, 4.64 in his last five starts; over is 10-5 in his last 15. He is 0-2, 7.71 against the Reds this year. Cardinals are 6-10 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 15-12-3
Bailey is 1-2, 4.18 in his last four starts (under 3-0-1). Reds are 2-6 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 6-9-1
Cardinals lost four of last five games; under is 9-4 in their last 13 games. Reds won four of last seven games; under is 7-4-1 in their last 12 home games.
Nationals @ Braves
Roark is 3-1, 3.52 in his last five starts; under is 10-2 in his last 12. He is 1-1, 7.36 vs Atlanta this season. Washington is 8-5 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 14-11-2
Dickey is 0-2, 10.68 in his last three starts; his last five starts went over. He is 0-2, 5.92 in four starts vs Washington this year. Braves are 10-7 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 13-11-5
Nationals won their last five road games; under is 6-2-2 in their last ten games. Atlanta lost five of last six games; over is 7-4 in their last 11 home games.
Cubs @ Brewers
Arrieta is 4-1, 2.48 in his last six starts; over is 5-3-2 in his last ten. He is 2-0, 2.77 against the Brewers this year. Cubs are 9-9 in his road starts ? their first 5-inning record with him: 15-8-5
Davies is 1-2, 4.86 in his last three starts; over is 3-1 in his last four. He is 2-2, 3.96 against the Cubs this season. Milwaukee is 8-7 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 15-10-6
Cubs won seven of last eight games; under is 3-1 in their last four. Chicago is 10-4 in last 14 road series openers. Milwaukee won six of last eight games; their last four home games went over. Brewers are 8-4 in last 12 home series openers.
Rockies @ Padres
Anderson is 2-2, 4.50 in his last six starts; over is 4-1 in his last five. Colorado is 3-4 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 7-6
Richard is 1-2, 4.32 in his last four starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. He is 1-2, 11.15 against Colorado this season. Padres are 7-8 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 13-15-2
Colorado lost its last three games; under is 5-1 in its last six games. San Diego won three of its last four games (under 5-3). Padres are 14-11 in home series openers.
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American League
Rays @ Orioles
Andriese is 0-2, 12.27 in his last three starts; over is 7-2 in his last nine. Rays are 1-5 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 11-4
Hellickson is 0-3, 11.81 in his last four starts; over is 6-1 in his last seven. Orioles are 3-1 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 2-6-1
Rays Baltimore lost 12 of last 14 games; over is 5-2 in their last seven. Baltimore is 2-11 in its last 13 games; over is 5-2 in their last seven. Orioles are 5-9 in last 14 home series openers.
Royals @ Blue Jays
Vargas is 2-0, 3.60 in his last two starts; under is 7-4 in his last 11. Royals are 9-5 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 14-12-3
Happ is 3-0. 4.00 in his last three starts; under is 7-3 in his last ten. Toronto is 5-7 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 10-12-1
Royals lost five of last seven games; under is 6-2 in their last eight. Toronto won seven of last 11 games (under 8-3).
Twins @ Tigers
Mejia is 0-3, 5.52 in his last seven starts; under is 7-3-1 in his last 11. Twins are 3-3 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 9-6-4
Zimmerman is 1-3, 9.74 in his last four starts; over is 7-4 in his last 11. He is 0-2, 10.80 against the Twins this year. Detroit is 6-6 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 12-15
Twins lost five of last six games; under is 6-2 in their last eight. Minnesota is 5-8 in last 13 road series openers. Detroit is 2-10 in its last 12 games; over is 9-1 in their last ten home games. Tigers are 1-10 in last 11 home series openers.
White Sox @ Astros
Fulmer is 1-1, 5.27 in three starts this year (over 1-1-1). Chicago lost his only road start? their first 5-inning record with him: 1-1-1
Keuchel is 2-2, 4.62 in his last four starts; over is 4-1 in his last five. Astros are 5-4 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 13-6-2
White Sox lost four of last five games; under is 5-3 in their last eight games. Houston won its last six games; under is 11-3 in their last 14 home games.
Indians @ Angels
Salazar is 1-1, 4.74 in his last five starts; over is 6-4-1 in his last 11. Indians are 6-5 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 8-6-3
Bridwell is 1-0, 1.50 in his last two starts; under is 10-3 in his last 13. Angels are 7-1 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 10-4-3
Cleveland is 26-1 in its last 27 games; under is 9-3 in their last 12 games. Angels are 3-9 in last 12 games (under 9-3).
Rangers @ Mariners
Hamels is 1-3, 6.28 in his last five starts (over 12-7-2). He is 1-0, 5.82 in three starts vs Seattle this season. Texas is 4-7 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 16-3-2
Paxton is 1-1, 5.27 in his last three starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Mariners are 8-4 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 11-6-4
Rangers lost seven of last 11 games; over is 11-6-1 in their last 18 games. Seattle lost its last five games; under is 11-4 in their last 15.
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Interleague
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
LA-Phil: Maeda 15-9; Leiter 4-5
StL-Cin: Martinez 15-15; Bailey 6-10
Wsh-Atl: Roark 17-10; Dickey 15-14
Chi-Mil: Arrieta 15-13; Davies 19-12
Colo-SD: Anderson 6-7; Richard 12-18
American League
TB-Balt: Andriese 6-9; Hellickson 4-5
KC-Tor: Vargas 18-11; Happ 10-13
Minn-Det: Mejia 8-11; Zimmerman 10-17
Chi-Hst: Fulmer 1-2; Keuchel 15-6
Clev-LA: Salazar 8-9; Bridwell 15-2
Tex-Sea: Hamels 12-9; Paxton 13-8
Interleague
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
LA-Phil: Maeda 9-24; Leiter 5-9
StL-Cin: Martinez 11-30; Bailey 8-16
Wsh-Atl: Roark 10-27; Dickey 7-29
Chi-Mil: Arrieta 8-28; Davies 9-31
Colo-SD: Anderson 1-13; Richard 9-30
American League
TB-Balt: Andriese 9-15; Hellickson 2-9
KC-Tor: Vargas 7-29; Happ 4-23
Minn-Det: Mejia 6-19; Zimmerman 10-27
Chi-Hst: Fulmer 0-3; Keuchel 5-21
Clev-LA: Salazar 7-17; Bridwell 1-17
Tex-Sea: Hamels 9-21; Paxton 2-21
Interleague
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Umpires
National League
American League
Interleague
Interleague play
NL @ AL? 84-57 AL, favorites -$280
AL @ NL? 73-69 NL, favorites +$116
Total: 153-130 AL, favorites -$164
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 71-68-4
AL @ NL: Over 74-62-7
Total: Over 145-130-11
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/19/17
Ariz 28-26-20??43-25?12??..71-51
Atl 27-35-10??26-42-8???..53-77
Cubs 33-31-8??.39-25-14???..72-56
Reds 23-43-9??..30-37-9????53-80
Colo 38-31-7???40-29-5???..78-60
LA 38-24-13??.41-25-9????79-49
Miami 32-36-10??.36-26-11???68-62
Milw 37-27-10??.38-29-10???.74-56
Mets 33-39-5??..30-37-7????.63-76
Philly 19-43-16??30-36-9???..49-79
Pitt 31-37-9??.28-33-13???..60-70
St. Louis 32-34-9??..39-25-10???..71-59
SD 21-46-8??..38-29?9????59-75
SF 16-49-9??..30-33-13???.46-81
Wash 43-23-7??34-33-10????.77-56
Orioles 29-39-5??..31-39-8???..60-78
Boston 31-35-11???34-37-3???.65-72
White Sox 25-40-11???29-42?4??.54-82
Cleveland 45-23-8??..39-24-10??..84-47
Detroit 27-38-10??.30-36-11??..57-74
Astros 37-28-11??..47-24-5???84-52
KC 26-35-13??..30-31-13??.56-66
Angels 26-39-8???31-31-14??..57-70
Twins 38-24-13???38-33-8??..76-57
NYY 34-38-7???.40-28-5?..?74-66
A?s 29-39-10??..32-32-12??..61-71
Seattle 29-39-9??..39-25-11???68-64
TB 36-29-11??..40-24-9??..76-53
Texas 35-27-12??..38-28-9??..73-55
Toronto 30-40-5??..30-33-12??..60-73
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 9/19/17)
Ariz 24-76??..27-74???..51
Atl 17-71???.19-79???36
Cubs 20-72??..26-78???..46
Reds 30-76??..27-76???.57
Colo 20-76??..25-74..??..45
LA 23-76??..26-74..??.49
Miami 32-78??..27-73???.59
Milw 24-74??29-78?..?..53
Mets 34-75??..26-75???.60
Philly 17-78??..24-74???.41
Pitt 22-77??..22-75???.44
StL 16-76??..23-73???..39
SD 23-75???.26-75???.49
SF 17-75???.22-77???.39
Wash 26-73??..30-77???.56
Orioles 17-76??..25-77???.42
Boston 21-77??..18-74???.39
White Sox 24-76??20-75???.44
Clev 22-77??..26-75???48
Detroit 18-74??.27-77???45
Astros 21-77??..29-74???50
KC 18-75??..16-76???..34
Angels 27-75??..22-77???.49
Twins 17-73??..20-77???.37
NYY 19-78??..21-73???.40
A?s 20-76??..27-76???47
Seattle 21-77??.25-77???.46
TB 22-74??..26-77???48
Texas 29-76??..30-74???59
Toronto 26-76??..21-78???47
National League
Dodgers @ Phillies
Maeda is 0-1, 9.82 in his last three starts; under is 3-1-1 in his last five. Dodgers lost his last four road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 14-7-3
Leiter is 1-3, 8.18 in his last four starts (under 6-2-1). Phillies are 1-3 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 3-6
Dodgers are 5-20 in their last 25 games (under 5-1-2 in last eight). Phillies won seven of last nine games, under is 4-1-1 in their last six.
Cardinals @ Reds
Martinez is 1-2, 4.64 in his last five starts; over is 10-5 in his last 15. He is 0-2, 7.71 against the Reds this year. Cardinals are 6-10 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 15-12-3
Bailey is 1-2, 4.18 in his last four starts (under 3-0-1). Reds are 2-6 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 6-9-1
Cardinals lost four of last five games; under is 9-4 in their last 13 games. Reds won four of last seven games; under is 7-4-1 in their last 12 home games.
Nationals @ Braves
Roark is 3-1, 3.52 in his last five starts; under is 10-2 in his last 12. He is 1-1, 7.36 vs Atlanta this season. Washington is 8-5 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 14-11-2
Dickey is 0-2, 10.68 in his last three starts; his last five starts went over. He is 0-2, 5.92 in four starts vs Washington this year. Braves are 10-7 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 13-11-5
Nationals won their last five road games; under is 6-2-2 in their last ten games. Atlanta lost five of last six games; over is 7-4 in their last 11 home games.
Cubs @ Brewers
Arrieta is 4-1, 2.48 in his last six starts; over is 5-3-2 in his last ten. He is 2-0, 2.77 against the Brewers this year. Cubs are 9-9 in his road starts ? their first 5-inning record with him: 15-8-5
Davies is 1-2, 4.86 in his last three starts; over is 3-1 in his last four. He is 2-2, 3.96 against the Cubs this season. Milwaukee is 8-7 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 15-10-6
Cubs won seven of last eight games; under is 3-1 in their last four. Chicago is 10-4 in last 14 road series openers. Milwaukee won six of last eight games; their last four home games went over. Brewers are 8-4 in last 12 home series openers.
Rockies @ Padres
Anderson is 2-2, 4.50 in his last six starts; over is 4-1 in his last five. Colorado is 3-4 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 7-6
Richard is 1-2, 4.32 in his last four starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. He is 1-2, 11.15 against Colorado this season. Padres are 7-8 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 13-15-2
Colorado lost its last three games; under is 5-1 in its last six games. San Diego won three of its last four games (under 5-3). Padres are 14-11 in home series openers.
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American League
Rays @ Orioles
Andriese is 0-2, 12.27 in his last three starts; over is 7-2 in his last nine. Rays are 1-5 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 11-4
Hellickson is 0-3, 11.81 in his last four starts; over is 6-1 in his last seven. Orioles are 3-1 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 2-6-1
Rays Baltimore lost 12 of last 14 games; over is 5-2 in their last seven. Baltimore is 2-11 in its last 13 games; over is 5-2 in their last seven. Orioles are 5-9 in last 14 home series openers.
Royals @ Blue Jays
Vargas is 2-0, 3.60 in his last two starts; under is 7-4 in his last 11. Royals are 9-5 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 14-12-3
Happ is 3-0. 4.00 in his last three starts; under is 7-3 in his last ten. Toronto is 5-7 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 10-12-1
Royals lost five of last seven games; under is 6-2 in their last eight. Toronto won seven of last 11 games (under 8-3).
Twins @ Tigers
Mejia is 0-3, 5.52 in his last seven starts; under is 7-3-1 in his last 11. Twins are 3-3 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 9-6-4
Zimmerman is 1-3, 9.74 in his last four starts; over is 7-4 in his last 11. He is 0-2, 10.80 against the Twins this year. Detroit is 6-6 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 12-15
Twins lost five of last six games; under is 6-2 in their last eight. Minnesota is 5-8 in last 13 road series openers. Detroit is 2-10 in its last 12 games; over is 9-1 in their last ten home games. Tigers are 1-10 in last 11 home series openers.
White Sox @ Astros
Fulmer is 1-1, 5.27 in three starts this year (over 1-1-1). Chicago lost his only road start? their first 5-inning record with him: 1-1-1
Keuchel is 2-2, 4.62 in his last four starts; over is 4-1 in his last five. Astros are 5-4 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 13-6-2
White Sox lost four of last five games; under is 5-3 in their last eight games. Houston won its last six games; under is 11-3 in their last 14 home games.
Indians @ Angels
Salazar is 1-1, 4.74 in his last five starts; over is 6-4-1 in his last 11. Indians are 6-5 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 8-6-3
Bridwell is 1-0, 1.50 in his last two starts; under is 10-3 in his last 13. Angels are 7-1 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 10-4-3
Cleveland is 26-1 in its last 27 games; under is 9-3 in their last 12 games. Angels are 3-9 in last 12 games (under 9-3).
Rangers @ Mariners
Hamels is 1-3, 6.28 in his last five starts (over 12-7-2). He is 1-0, 5.82 in three starts vs Seattle this season. Texas is 4-7 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 16-3-2
Paxton is 1-1, 5.27 in his last three starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Mariners are 8-4 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 11-6-4
Rangers lost seven of last 11 games; over is 11-6-1 in their last 18 games. Seattle lost its last five games; under is 11-4 in their last 15.
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Interleague
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
LA-Phil: Maeda 15-9; Leiter 4-5
StL-Cin: Martinez 15-15; Bailey 6-10
Wsh-Atl: Roark 17-10; Dickey 15-14
Chi-Mil: Arrieta 15-13; Davies 19-12
Colo-SD: Anderson 6-7; Richard 12-18
American League
TB-Balt: Andriese 6-9; Hellickson 4-5
KC-Tor: Vargas 18-11; Happ 10-13
Minn-Det: Mejia 8-11; Zimmerman 10-17
Chi-Hst: Fulmer 1-2; Keuchel 15-6
Clev-LA: Salazar 8-9; Bridwell 15-2
Tex-Sea: Hamels 12-9; Paxton 13-8
Interleague
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
LA-Phil: Maeda 9-24; Leiter 5-9
StL-Cin: Martinez 11-30; Bailey 8-16
Wsh-Atl: Roark 10-27; Dickey 7-29
Chi-Mil: Arrieta 8-28; Davies 9-31
Colo-SD: Anderson 1-13; Richard 9-30
American League
TB-Balt: Andriese 9-15; Hellickson 2-9
KC-Tor: Vargas 7-29; Happ 4-23
Minn-Det: Mejia 6-19; Zimmerman 10-27
Chi-Hst: Fulmer 0-3; Keuchel 5-21
Clev-LA: Salazar 7-17; Bridwell 1-17
Tex-Sea: Hamels 9-21; Paxton 2-21
Interleague
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Umpires
National League
American League
Interleague
Interleague play
NL @ AL? 84-57 AL, favorites -$280
AL @ NL? 73-69 NL, favorites +$116
Total: 153-130 AL, favorites -$164
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 71-68-4
AL @ NL: Over 74-62-7
Total: Over 145-130-11
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/19/17
Ariz 28-26-20??43-25?12??..71-51
Atl 27-35-10??26-42-8???..53-77
Cubs 33-31-8??.39-25-14???..72-56
Reds 23-43-9??..30-37-9????53-80
Colo 38-31-7???40-29-5???..78-60
LA 38-24-13??.41-25-9????79-49
Miami 32-36-10??.36-26-11???68-62
Milw 37-27-10??.38-29-10???.74-56
Mets 33-39-5??..30-37-7????.63-76
Philly 19-43-16??30-36-9???..49-79
Pitt 31-37-9??.28-33-13???..60-70
St. Louis 32-34-9??..39-25-10???..71-59
SD 21-46-8??..38-29?9????59-75
SF 16-49-9??..30-33-13???.46-81
Wash 43-23-7??34-33-10????.77-56
Orioles 29-39-5??..31-39-8???..60-78
Boston 31-35-11???34-37-3???.65-72
White Sox 25-40-11???29-42?4??.54-82
Cleveland 45-23-8??..39-24-10??..84-47
Detroit 27-38-10??.30-36-11??..57-74
Astros 37-28-11??..47-24-5???84-52
KC 26-35-13??..30-31-13??.56-66
Angels 26-39-8???31-31-14??..57-70
Twins 38-24-13???38-33-8??..76-57
NYY 34-38-7???.40-28-5?..?74-66
A?s 29-39-10??..32-32-12??..61-71
Seattle 29-39-9??..39-25-11???68-64
TB 36-29-11??..40-24-9??..76-53
Texas 35-27-12??..38-28-9??..73-55
Toronto 30-40-5??..30-33-12??..60-73
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 9/19/17)
Ariz 24-76??..27-74???..51
Atl 17-71???.19-79???36
Cubs 20-72??..26-78???..46
Reds 30-76??..27-76???.57
Colo 20-76??..25-74..??..45
LA 23-76??..26-74..??.49
Miami 32-78??..27-73???.59
Milw 24-74??29-78?..?..53
Mets 34-75??..26-75???.60
Philly 17-78??..24-74???.41
Pitt 22-77??..22-75???.44
StL 16-76??..23-73???..39
SD 23-75???.26-75???.49
SF 17-75???.22-77???.39
Wash 26-73??..30-77???.56
Orioles 17-76??..25-77???.42
Boston 21-77??..18-74???.39
White Sox 24-76??20-75???.44
Clev 22-77??..26-75???48
Detroit 18-74??.27-77???45
Astros 21-77??..29-74???50
KC 18-75??..16-76???..34
Angels 27-75??..22-77???.49
Twins 17-73??..20-77???.37
NYY 19-78??..21-73???.40
A?s 20-76??..27-76???47
Seattle 21-77??.25-77???.46
TB 22-74??..26-77???48
Texas 29-76??..30-74???59
Toronto 26-76??..21-78???47
