Thursday?s games
National League
Reds @ Brewers
Romano is 1-2, 3.57 in his last four starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Reds are 3-4 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 4-8-3
Brewers won last five Suter starts (1-0, 3.38), last three of which stayed under. Milwaukee is 6-1 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 8-3-2
Reds lost seven of their last eight games; under is 9-4 in their last 13 games. Milwaukee lost four of last six games (under 4-1-1). Brewers are 2.5 games out in the Wild Card race.
Pirates @ Nationals
Nova is 0-4, 7.77 in his last five starts, last three of which stayed under. Pirates are 4-13 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 11-15-3
Strasburg is 4-0, 1.06 in his last five starts; under is 7-1-1 in his last nine. Washington is 9-3 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 14-10-4
Pirates won their last four games; under is 12-2 in their last 14 road games. Pittsburgh is 2-7 in last nine road series openers. Washington is 6-4 in its last ten games; under is 10-5-2 in their last 17 games. Nationals are 7-9 in last 16 home series openers.
Braves @ Marlins
Teheran is 4-1, 2.31 in his last six starts; under is 7-1-2 in his last ten. Braves are 9-5 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 14-12-5
Peters is 0-2, 6.31 in five starts this year (over 4-1). Miami lost both his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 3-2
Braves lost four of last five games; under is 6-1 in their last seven. Atlanta is 2-6 in last eight road series openers. Marlins lost three of last four games (under 3-1); they?re 11-6 in last 17 home series openers.
Cubs @ Cardinals
Hendricks is 3-1, 2.48 in his last six starts, last five of which stayed under total. Cubs are 4-6 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 12-6-5
Lynn is 1-1, 13.97 in his last three starts; under is 12-4 in his last 16. St Louis is 7-6 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 15-15-2
Cubs won 12 of last 15 games; under is 7-3-1 in their last 11. St Louis won six of last nine home games; under is 7-3 in their last ten.
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American League
Rays @ New York
Faria is making his first start since August 16; he is 0-3, 5.06 in his last four starts. Under is 6-1-1 in his last eight. Rays are 5-2 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 7-4-2
Gray is 2-2, 3.42 in his last four starts (under 8-2). New York is 2-2 in his home starts ? their first 5-inning record with him: 4-5-1
Tampa Bay is 4-8 in its last 12 games; three of their last five games went over. New York won 11 of last 14 games; under is 6-3-1 in their last ten.
Twins @ Indians
Twins clinched playoff berth last night; not sure how long Santana goes here. Santana is 1-1, 2.41 in his last three starts. Twins are 10-5 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 17-8-7
Carrasco is 5-0, 1.52 in his last six starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Indians are 10-4 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 22-7-2
Twins won five of their last six games; over is 5-1-1 in their last seven games- they clinched a playoff spot last night. Cleveland is 30-3 in its last 33 games; under is 11-4 in their last 15 home games.
Astros @ Red Sox
Peacock is 3-0, 2.35 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Astros are 8-3 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 15-4-2
Rodriguez is 2-1, 2.13 in his last four starts; under is 9-1 in his last ten. Boston is 8-2 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 11-12
Houston won 11 of its last 13 games; under is 6-4 in their last ten. Boston won 10 of last 13 games; over is 5-1 in their last six home games.
A?s @ Rangers
Manaea is 2-2, 5.49 in his last four starts (under 3-1). A?s are 6-9 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 10-13-5
Gonzalez is 1-2, 7.16 in four starts for Texas (over 2-2). Texas lost his only home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 2-2
A?s won 8 of last 10 games; over is 9-5 in their last 14 road games. Oakland is 2-6 in last eight road series openers. Texas lost its last six games; under is 7-4 in their last 11. Rangers are 6-1 in last seven home series openers.
Angels @ White Sox
Angels got eliminated last night; no idea who pitches here. Likely a bullpen game.
Covey is 0-4, 8.15 in his last four starts (over 5-4-3). Chicago is 2-1 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 2-8-1
Angels lost eight of their last ten games; seven of their last ten road games stayed under- they are now eliminated from playoff contention. Chicago won five of last seven games; over is 7-2-1 in their last ten home games.
Tigers @ Royals
Norris is 0-4, 9.82 in his last four starts; over is 4-1-1 in his last six. Tigers are 5-3 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 6-9-2
Duffy is 2-1, 3.18 in his last three starts; under is 7-4 in his last 11. Royals are 6-4 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 9-10-4
Detroit lost its last nine games; over is 9-3-1 in their last 13. Royals won three of last four home games; under is 9-6 in their last 15.
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Interleague
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
Cin-Mil: Romano 6-9; Suter 8-5
Pitt-Wsh: Nova 13-17; Strasburg 21-6
Atl-Mia: Teheran 15-16; Peters 1-4
Chi-StL: Hendricks 11-12; Lynn 14-18
American League
Min-Clev: Santana 19-13; Carrasco 23-8
TB-NY: Faria 8-5; Gray 4-6
Hst-Bos: Peacock 14-6; Rodriguez 13-10
A?s-Tex: Manaea 13-15; Gonzalez 2-2
LAA-Chi: unknown Covey 3-8
Det-KC: Norris 7-10; Duffy 11-12
Interleague
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
Cin-Mil: Romano 6-15; Suter 1-13
Pitt-Wsh: Nova 11-30; Strasburg 4-27
Atl-Mia: Teheran 10-31; Peters 2-5
Chi-StL: Hendricks 8-23; Lynn 10-32
American League
Min-Clev: Santana 8-32; Carrasco 5-31
TB-NY: Faria 2-13; Gray 2-10
Hst-Bos: Peacock 2-20; Rodriguez 6-23
A?s-Tex: Manaea 9-28; Gonzalez 1-4
LAA-Chi: unknown Covey 7-11
Det-KC: Norris 3-17; Duffy 6-23
Interleague
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Umpires
National League
American League
Interleague
Interleague play
NL @ AL? 84-57 AL, favorites -$280
AL @ NL? 75-72 NL, favorites +$396
Total: 156-131 AL, favorites +$116
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 71-68-4
AL @ NL: Over 75-65-8
Total: Over 146-133-12
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
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National League
Reds @ Brewers
Romano is 1-2, 3.57 in his last four starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Reds are 3-4 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 4-8-3
Brewers won last five Suter starts (1-0, 3.38), last three of which stayed under. Milwaukee is 6-1 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 8-3-2
Reds lost seven of their last eight games; under is 9-4 in their last 13 games. Milwaukee lost four of last six games (under 4-1-1). Brewers are 2.5 games out in the Wild Card race.
Pirates @ Nationals
Nova is 0-4, 7.77 in his last five starts, last three of which stayed under. Pirates are 4-13 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 11-15-3
Strasburg is 4-0, 1.06 in his last five starts; under is 7-1-1 in his last nine. Washington is 9-3 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 14-10-4
Pirates won their last four games; under is 12-2 in their last 14 road games. Pittsburgh is 2-7 in last nine road series openers. Washington is 6-4 in its last ten games; under is 10-5-2 in their last 17 games. Nationals are 7-9 in last 16 home series openers.
Braves @ Marlins
Teheran is 4-1, 2.31 in his last six starts; under is 7-1-2 in his last ten. Braves are 9-5 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 14-12-5
Peters is 0-2, 6.31 in five starts this year (over 4-1). Miami lost both his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 3-2
Braves lost four of last five games; under is 6-1 in their last seven. Atlanta is 2-6 in last eight road series openers. Marlins lost three of last four games (under 3-1); they?re 11-6 in last 17 home series openers.
Cubs @ Cardinals
Hendricks is 3-1, 2.48 in his last six starts, last five of which stayed under total. Cubs are 4-6 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 12-6-5
Lynn is 1-1, 13.97 in his last three starts; under is 12-4 in his last 16. St Louis is 7-6 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 15-15-2
Cubs won 12 of last 15 games; under is 7-3-1 in their last 11. St Louis won six of last nine home games; under is 7-3 in their last ten.
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American League
Rays @ New York
Faria is making his first start since August 16; he is 0-3, 5.06 in his last four starts. Under is 6-1-1 in his last eight. Rays are 5-2 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 7-4-2
Gray is 2-2, 3.42 in his last four starts (under 8-2). New York is 2-2 in his home starts ? their first 5-inning record with him: 4-5-1
Tampa Bay is 4-8 in its last 12 games; three of their last five games went over. New York won 11 of last 14 games; under is 6-3-1 in their last ten.
Twins @ Indians
Twins clinched playoff berth last night; not sure how long Santana goes here. Santana is 1-1, 2.41 in his last three starts. Twins are 10-5 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 17-8-7
Carrasco is 5-0, 1.52 in his last six starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Indians are 10-4 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 22-7-2
Twins won five of their last six games; over is 5-1-1 in their last seven games- they clinched a playoff spot last night. Cleveland is 30-3 in its last 33 games; under is 11-4 in their last 15 home games.
Astros @ Red Sox
Peacock is 3-0, 2.35 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Astros are 8-3 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 15-4-2
Rodriguez is 2-1, 2.13 in his last four starts; under is 9-1 in his last ten. Boston is 8-2 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 11-12
Houston won 11 of its last 13 games; under is 6-4 in their last ten. Boston won 10 of last 13 games; over is 5-1 in their last six home games.
A?s @ Rangers
Manaea is 2-2, 5.49 in his last four starts (under 3-1). A?s are 6-9 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 10-13-5
Gonzalez is 1-2, 7.16 in four starts for Texas (over 2-2). Texas lost his only home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 2-2
A?s won 8 of last 10 games; over is 9-5 in their last 14 road games. Oakland is 2-6 in last eight road series openers. Texas lost its last six games; under is 7-4 in their last 11. Rangers are 6-1 in last seven home series openers.
Angels @ White Sox
Angels got eliminated last night; no idea who pitches here. Likely a bullpen game.
Covey is 0-4, 8.15 in his last four starts (over 5-4-3). Chicago is 2-1 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 2-8-1
Angels lost eight of their last ten games; seven of their last ten road games stayed under- they are now eliminated from playoff contention. Chicago won five of last seven games; over is 7-2-1 in their last ten home games.
Tigers @ Royals
Norris is 0-4, 9.82 in his last four starts; over is 4-1-1 in his last six. Tigers are 5-3 in his road starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 6-9-2
Duffy is 2-1, 3.18 in his last three starts; under is 7-4 in his last 11. Royals are 6-4 in his home starts? their first 5-inning record with him: 9-10-4
Detroit lost its last nine games; over is 9-3-1 in their last 13. Royals won three of last four home games; under is 9-6 in their last 15.
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Interleague
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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
Cin-Mil: Romano 6-9; Suter 8-5
Pitt-Wsh: Nova 13-17; Strasburg 21-6
Atl-Mia: Teheran 15-16; Peters 1-4
Chi-StL: Hendricks 11-12; Lynn 14-18
American League
Min-Clev: Santana 19-13; Carrasco 23-8
TB-NY: Faria 8-5; Gray 4-6
Hst-Bos: Peacock 14-6; Rodriguez 13-10
A?s-Tex: Manaea 13-15; Gonzalez 2-2
LAA-Chi: unknown Covey 3-8
Det-KC: Norris 7-10; Duffy 11-12
Interleague
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
Cin-Mil: Romano 6-15; Suter 1-13
Pitt-Wsh: Nova 11-30; Strasburg 4-27
Atl-Mia: Teheran 10-31; Peters 2-5
Chi-StL: Hendricks 8-23; Lynn 10-32
American League
Min-Clev: Santana 8-32; Carrasco 5-31
TB-NY: Faria 2-13; Gray 2-10
Hst-Bos: Peacock 2-20; Rodriguez 6-23
A?s-Tex: Manaea 9-28; Gonzalez 1-4
LAA-Chi: unknown Covey 7-11
Det-KC: Norris 3-17; Duffy 6-23
Interleague
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Umpires
National League
American League
Interleague
Interleague play
NL @ AL? 84-57 AL, favorites -$280
AL @ NL? 75-72 NL, favorites +$396
Total: 156-131 AL, favorites +$116
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 71-68-4
AL @ NL: Over 75-65-8
Total: Over 146-133-12
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
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