MLB
Monday?s games
National League
Nationals @ Phillies
Roark is 4-1, 3.03 in his last six starts; four of his last five went over. Washington won seven of his last eight road starts.
Thompson is 1-3, 9.78 in four MLB starts (over 3-0-1).
Nationals lost six of last eight games, are 12-9 in road series openers. Over is 8-4 in Washington?s last 12 road games. Philly is 4-7 in last 11 games, 6-14 in home series openers. Under is 3-0-1 in Phils? last five home games.
Marlins @ Mets
Fernandez 1-3, 4.50 in his last five starts; Miami lost four of his last five road starts. Over is 4-2 in his last six road starts.
Montero is making his first ?16 start; he is 1-4, 4.45 in 17 MLB games (9 starts, 8 of which were in 2014). He is 4-6, 7.20 in 16 AAA starts this year.
Marlins lost four of last six games, are 5-1 in last six road series openers. Under is 7-1 in their last eight games. New York won four of last five home games; over is 11-2 in their last 13 games. Mets are 1-5 in their last six home series openers.
Cardinals @ Brewers
Martinez is 2-0, 2.14 in his last three starts; four of his last five went over. St Louis is 7-3 in his road starts.
Davies is 1-2, 6.55 in his last four starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine. Milwaukee is 7-3 in his last ten home starts.
Cardinals are 3-5 in last eight games, 9-11 in road series openers. Over is 5-2-1 in their last eight road games. Milwaukee lost its last four games, is 10-12 in home series openers. Under is 5-2 in Brewers? last seven games.
Pirates @ Cubs
Brault is 0-1, 4.50 in two starts this year (under 2-0).
Arrieta is 4-0, 1.98 in his last four starts; his last three went over. Cubs lost five of their last seven home starts.
Pirates won their last eight road games; they?re 14-8 in road series openers. Under is 7-2 in Pittsburgh?s last nine games. Chicago is 16-3 in last 19 home games, 19-3 in home series openers. Over is 9-7 in their last 16 games.
Dodgers @ Rockies
Maeda is 5-0, 3.74 in his last six starts; six of his last seven went over. Dodgers are 8-3 in his road starts.
Gray is 0-2, 10.50 in his last four starts (over 4-0). Colorado is 6-4 in his home starts.
Dodgers won six of last eight games, are 7-13 in road series openers. Four of last five LA games stayed under the total. Colorado won four of its last five home games; they?re 11-10 in home series openers. Over is 10-6 in their last sixteen games.
American League
Blue Jays @ Orioles
Estrada is 0-2, 9.00 in his last three starts; four of his last five went over. Toronto won six of his last seven road starts.
Miley is 1-2, 9.00 in five starts for the Orioles; his last three went over the total.
Toronto won its last three games, scoring 32 runs; they?re 2-6 in last eight road series openers. Over is 7-4 in Jays? last 11 games. Orioles lost three of last four games; they?re 5-1 in last six home series openers. Last three games at Camden Yards stayed under.
Rays @ Red Sox
Andriese is 0-4, 6.07 in his last six starts; three of his last four went over. Rays lost three of his last four road starts.
Porcello is 3-1, 2.43 in his last four starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine. Boston is 13-0 when Porcello starts at home.
Tampa Bay is 2-5 in last seven road games, 2-11 in last 13 road series openers. Over is 7-1-1 in Rays? last nine road games. Boston lost four of last five games, is 7-2 in last nine home series openers. Over is 4-1-1 in last six games at Fenway Park.
Twins @ Indians
Santiago is 0-4, 11.37 in four starts for the Twins (over 4-0).
Bauer is 1-1, 4.79 in his last three starts; his last four starts stayed under. Cleveland is 6-2 in his last eight home starts.
Twins lost their last 10 games; they?re 8-13 in road series openers. Over is 7-1 in Minnesota?s last eight games. Cleveland lost five of last six games; they?re 14-6 in home series openers. Under is 5-2-1 in Tribe?s last eight games.
White Sox @ Tigers
Shields is 0-4, 13.09 in his last five starts (over 9-5-1). White Sox are 1-4 in his road starts.
Boyd is 5-0, 2.97 in his last seven starts; under is 5-3 in his last eight. Detroit won his last five home starts.
White Sox won six of last eight games, are 3-11 in last 14 road series openers. Four of last five Chicago road games went over. Detroit is 3-8 in last 11 home games, 8-1 in last nine home series openers. Under is 9-2 in Tigers? last 11 home games.
Mariners @ Rangers
Iwakuma is 3-3, 3.86 in his last six starts; four of his last five stayed under. Seattle is 8-6 in his road starts.
Darvish is 2-0, 3.71 in his last four starts (under 6-4-1). Texas is 4-2 in his home starts.
Mariners lost four of last five road games, are 4-9 in last 13 road series openers. Over is 10-6 in their last 16 road games. Texas won six of last seven home games, is 14-6 in home series openers. Under is 7-1-1 in last nine Ranger games.
A?s @ Astros
Manaea is 2-2, 3.96 in his last four starts; four of his last six went over. Oakland is 1-5 in his road starts.
Musgrove is 1-2, 6.17 in four MLB starts (under 2-1-1).
A?s won four of last five games, are 1-5 in last six road series openers. Under is 8-1 in last nine Oakland road games. Houston won seven of last nine games, is 10-4 in last 14 home series openers; over is 4-0-1 in last five games at Minute Maid Park.
New York @ Royals
Pineda is 1-1, 5.08 in his last five starts (over 4-1). New York is 4-7 in his road starts.
Gee is 1-5, 5.63 in his last seven starts; under is 4-0-1 in his last five. Royals are 2-4 in his home starts.
New York won four of last five games, is 10-11 in road series openers. Under is 6-1 in last seven Bronx road games. Royals are 12-2 in last 14 games, 14-5 in home series openers. Under is 6-2-2 in last ten games at Kauffman Stadium.
Interleague
Reds @ Angels
Straily is 7-0, 1.98 in his last eight starts; four of his last five went over. Reds won four of his last five road starts.
Shoemaker is 2-0, 1.39 in his last two starts; four of his last six starts went over. Angels are 5-2 in his last seven home starts.
Cincinnati lost five of last seven games; they?re 7-14 in road series openers. Five of Reds? last six road games went over. Angels won four of last five games, are 9-11 in home series openers. Under is 8-1 in their last nine games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Wsh-Phil? Roark 16-10; Thompson 1-3
Mia-NY? Fernandez 15-9; Montero 0-0
StL-Mil? Martinez 12-12; Davies 12-11
Pitt-Chi? Brault 1-1; Arrieta 17-8 (4-0 last 4)
LA-Colo? Maeda 17-9 (6-0 last 6); Gray 10-13
Tor-Balt? Estrada 12-10; Miley 2-3/10-9
TB-Bos? Andriese 6-7; Porcello 19-7
Min-Clev? Santiago 0-4/16-6; Bauer 11-10
Chi-Det? Shields 5-10/2-9; Boyd 8-5 (5-0 last 5)
Sea-Tex? Iwakuma 15-11; Darvish 6-5
A?s-Hst? Manaea 9-10; Musgrove 1-3
NY-KC? Pineda 12-13; Gee 3-8
Cin-LAA? Straily 15-9 (8-0 last 8); Shoemaker 9-16
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Wsh-Phil? Roark 5-26; Thompson 2-4
Mia-NY? Fernandez 6-24; Montero 0-0
StL-Mil? Martinez 3-24; Davies 7-23
Pitt-Chi? Brault 1-2; Arrieta 3-25
LA-Colo? Maeda 5-26; Gray 8-23
Tor-Balt? Estrada 9-22; Miley 9-24
TB-Bos? Andriese 4-13; Porcello 7-26
Min-Clev? Santiago 12-26; Bauer 6-21
Chi-Det? Shields 10-26; Boyd 2-13
Sea-Tex? Iwakuma 5-26; Darvish 4-11
A?s-Hst? Manaea 1-19; Musgrove 2-4
NY-KC? Pineda 8-25; Gee 7-11
Cin-LAA? Straily 5-24; Shoemaker 6-25
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/28
Arizona 22-30-11?..27-36-5??.49-66
Atlanta 26-34-8??18-31-13??44-65
Cubs 35-21-9??40-17-8??..75-38
Reds 18-39-7??29-31-5??.47-70
Colo 25-30-12?..26-32-4??51-62
LA 27-26-9??40-21-8??.67-47
Miami 28-26-9?.29-21-16??.57-47
Milw 19-37-7??36-23-9??.55-60
Mets 27-41-9??29-24-10?..56-55
Philly 21-30-16?.23-29-11??44-57
Pitt 19-34-12?..38-22-4??57-55
St. Louis 29-27-6?..27-28-12?..56-55
SD 22-40-4?..28-30-6??50-70
SF 28-30-7??33-19-13??61-49
Wash 33-20-13?..27-20-17?..60-40
Orioles 24-35-8??.33-24-8??..57-59
Boston 25-27-10??41-18-8??.66-45
White Sox 28-28-8??35-28-3??..63-56
Cleveland 35-26-7??29-26-5??..64-52
Detroit 27-30-8??.30-28-4??..57-58
Astros 26-29-11?..31-25-7???57-54
KC 25-34-11??25-23-13??50-57
Angels 26-35-7??.23-30-10??49-65
Twins 25-33-11??.21-34-11??.46-67
NYY 22-34-8??30-28-10??.52-62
A?s 21-36-8??25-29-12??.46-65
Seattle 30-27-9??29-22-12??59-49
Tampa Bay 22-27-10??30-30-10?..52-57
Texas 25-34-9??.31-22-9??.56-56
Toronto 38-19-4??..38-27-4??.76-46
Monday?s games
National League
Nationals @ Phillies
Roark is 4-1, 3.03 in his last six starts; four of his last five went over. Washington won seven of his last eight road starts.
Thompson is 1-3, 9.78 in four MLB starts (over 3-0-1).
Nationals lost six of last eight games, are 12-9 in road series openers. Over is 8-4 in Washington?s last 12 road games. Philly is 4-7 in last 11 games, 6-14 in home series openers. Under is 3-0-1 in Phils? last five home games.
Marlins @ Mets
Fernandez 1-3, 4.50 in his last five starts; Miami lost four of his last five road starts. Over is 4-2 in his last six road starts.
Montero is making his first ?16 start; he is 1-4, 4.45 in 17 MLB games (9 starts, 8 of which were in 2014). He is 4-6, 7.20 in 16 AAA starts this year.
Marlins lost four of last six games, are 5-1 in last six road series openers. Under is 7-1 in their last eight games. New York won four of last five home games; over is 11-2 in their last 13 games. Mets are 1-5 in their last six home series openers.
Cardinals @ Brewers
Martinez is 2-0, 2.14 in his last three starts; four of his last five went over. St Louis is 7-3 in his road starts.
Davies is 1-2, 6.55 in his last four starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine. Milwaukee is 7-3 in his last ten home starts.
Cardinals are 3-5 in last eight games, 9-11 in road series openers. Over is 5-2-1 in their last eight road games. Milwaukee lost its last four games, is 10-12 in home series openers. Under is 5-2 in Brewers? last seven games.
Pirates @ Cubs
Brault is 0-1, 4.50 in two starts this year (under 2-0).
Arrieta is 4-0, 1.98 in his last four starts; his last three went over. Cubs lost five of their last seven home starts.
Pirates won their last eight road games; they?re 14-8 in road series openers. Under is 7-2 in Pittsburgh?s last nine games. Chicago is 16-3 in last 19 home games, 19-3 in home series openers. Over is 9-7 in their last 16 games.
Dodgers @ Rockies
Maeda is 5-0, 3.74 in his last six starts; six of his last seven went over. Dodgers are 8-3 in his road starts.
Gray is 0-2, 10.50 in his last four starts (over 4-0). Colorado is 6-4 in his home starts.
Dodgers won six of last eight games, are 7-13 in road series openers. Four of last five LA games stayed under the total. Colorado won four of its last five home games; they?re 11-10 in home series openers. Over is 10-6 in their last sixteen games.
American League
Blue Jays @ Orioles
Estrada is 0-2, 9.00 in his last three starts; four of his last five went over. Toronto won six of his last seven road starts.
Miley is 1-2, 9.00 in five starts for the Orioles; his last three went over the total.
Toronto won its last three games, scoring 32 runs; they?re 2-6 in last eight road series openers. Over is 7-4 in Jays? last 11 games. Orioles lost three of last four games; they?re 5-1 in last six home series openers. Last three games at Camden Yards stayed under.
Rays @ Red Sox
Andriese is 0-4, 6.07 in his last six starts; three of his last four went over. Rays lost three of his last four road starts.
Porcello is 3-1, 2.43 in his last four starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine. Boston is 13-0 when Porcello starts at home.
Tampa Bay is 2-5 in last seven road games, 2-11 in last 13 road series openers. Over is 7-1-1 in Rays? last nine road games. Boston lost four of last five games, is 7-2 in last nine home series openers. Over is 4-1-1 in last six games at Fenway Park.
Twins @ Indians
Santiago is 0-4, 11.37 in four starts for the Twins (over 4-0).
Bauer is 1-1, 4.79 in his last three starts; his last four starts stayed under. Cleveland is 6-2 in his last eight home starts.
Twins lost their last 10 games; they?re 8-13 in road series openers. Over is 7-1 in Minnesota?s last eight games. Cleveland lost five of last six games; they?re 14-6 in home series openers. Under is 5-2-1 in Tribe?s last eight games.
White Sox @ Tigers
Shields is 0-4, 13.09 in his last five starts (over 9-5-1). White Sox are 1-4 in his road starts.
Boyd is 5-0, 2.97 in his last seven starts; under is 5-3 in his last eight. Detroit won his last five home starts.
White Sox won six of last eight games, are 3-11 in last 14 road series openers. Four of last five Chicago road games went over. Detroit is 3-8 in last 11 home games, 8-1 in last nine home series openers. Under is 9-2 in Tigers? last 11 home games.
Mariners @ Rangers
Iwakuma is 3-3, 3.86 in his last six starts; four of his last five stayed under. Seattle is 8-6 in his road starts.
Darvish is 2-0, 3.71 in his last four starts (under 6-4-1). Texas is 4-2 in his home starts.
Mariners lost four of last five road games, are 4-9 in last 13 road series openers. Over is 10-6 in their last 16 road games. Texas won six of last seven home games, is 14-6 in home series openers. Under is 7-1-1 in last nine Ranger games.
A?s @ Astros
Manaea is 2-2, 3.96 in his last four starts; four of his last six went over. Oakland is 1-5 in his road starts.
Musgrove is 1-2, 6.17 in four MLB starts (under 2-1-1).
A?s won four of last five games, are 1-5 in last six road series openers. Under is 8-1 in last nine Oakland road games. Houston won seven of last nine games, is 10-4 in last 14 home series openers; over is 4-0-1 in last five games at Minute Maid Park.
New York @ Royals
Pineda is 1-1, 5.08 in his last five starts (over 4-1). New York is 4-7 in his road starts.
Gee is 1-5, 5.63 in his last seven starts; under is 4-0-1 in his last five. Royals are 2-4 in his home starts.
New York won four of last five games, is 10-11 in road series openers. Under is 6-1 in last seven Bronx road games. Royals are 12-2 in last 14 games, 14-5 in home series openers. Under is 6-2-2 in last ten games at Kauffman Stadium.
Interleague
Reds @ Angels
Straily is 7-0, 1.98 in his last eight starts; four of his last five went over. Reds won four of his last five road starts.
Shoemaker is 2-0, 1.39 in his last two starts; four of his last six starts went over. Angels are 5-2 in his last seven home starts.
Cincinnati lost five of last seven games; they?re 7-14 in road series openers. Five of Reds? last six road games went over. Angels won four of last five games, are 9-11 in home series openers. Under is 8-1 in their last nine games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Wsh-Phil? Roark 16-10; Thompson 1-3
Mia-NY? Fernandez 15-9; Montero 0-0
StL-Mil? Martinez 12-12; Davies 12-11
Pitt-Chi? Brault 1-1; Arrieta 17-8 (4-0 last 4)
LA-Colo? Maeda 17-9 (6-0 last 6); Gray 10-13
Tor-Balt? Estrada 12-10; Miley 2-3/10-9
TB-Bos? Andriese 6-7; Porcello 19-7
Min-Clev? Santiago 0-4/16-6; Bauer 11-10
Chi-Det? Shields 5-10/2-9; Boyd 8-5 (5-0 last 5)
Sea-Tex? Iwakuma 15-11; Darvish 6-5
A?s-Hst? Manaea 9-10; Musgrove 1-3
NY-KC? Pineda 12-13; Gee 3-8
Cin-LAA? Straily 15-9 (8-0 last 8); Shoemaker 9-16
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Wsh-Phil? Roark 5-26; Thompson 2-4
Mia-NY? Fernandez 6-24; Montero 0-0
StL-Mil? Martinez 3-24; Davies 7-23
Pitt-Chi? Brault 1-2; Arrieta 3-25
LA-Colo? Maeda 5-26; Gray 8-23
Tor-Balt? Estrada 9-22; Miley 9-24
TB-Bos? Andriese 4-13; Porcello 7-26
Min-Clev? Santiago 12-26; Bauer 6-21
Chi-Det? Shields 10-26; Boyd 2-13
Sea-Tex? Iwakuma 5-26; Darvish 4-11
A?s-Hst? Manaea 1-19; Musgrove 2-4
NY-KC? Pineda 8-25; Gee 7-11
Cin-LAA? Straily 5-24; Shoemaker 6-25
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/28
Arizona 22-30-11?..27-36-5??.49-66
Atlanta 26-34-8??18-31-13??44-65
Cubs 35-21-9??40-17-8??..75-38
Reds 18-39-7??29-31-5??.47-70
Colo 25-30-12?..26-32-4??51-62
LA 27-26-9??40-21-8??.67-47
Miami 28-26-9?.29-21-16??.57-47
Milw 19-37-7??36-23-9??.55-60
Mets 27-41-9??29-24-10?..56-55
Philly 21-30-16?.23-29-11??44-57
Pitt 19-34-12?..38-22-4??57-55
St. Louis 29-27-6?..27-28-12?..56-55
SD 22-40-4?..28-30-6??50-70
SF 28-30-7??33-19-13??61-49
Wash 33-20-13?..27-20-17?..60-40
Orioles 24-35-8??.33-24-8??..57-59
Boston 25-27-10??41-18-8??.66-45
White Sox 28-28-8??35-28-3??..63-56
Cleveland 35-26-7??29-26-5??..64-52
Detroit 27-30-8??.30-28-4??..57-58
Astros 26-29-11?..31-25-7???57-54
KC 25-34-11??25-23-13??50-57
Angels 26-35-7??.23-30-10??49-65
Twins 25-33-11??.21-34-11??.46-67
NYY 22-34-8??30-28-10??.52-62
A?s 21-36-8??25-29-12??.46-65
Seattle 30-27-9??29-22-12??59-49
Tampa Bay 22-27-10??30-30-10?..52-57
Texas 25-34-9??.31-22-9??.56-56
Toronto 38-19-4??..38-27-4??.76-46
