MLB
Monday?s games
National League
Phillies @ Marlins
Eickhoff is 3-1, 4.41 in his last six starts; under is 6-3-1 in his last 10 starts. Phils are 5-2 in his last seven road starts.
Esch allowed two runs in 4.1 IP (71 PT) in his only ?16 start.
Phillies lost 10 of last 12 games, are 9-13 in road series openers. Over is 8-2-1 in their last 11 road games. Miami lost eight of last nine games, is 1-6 in last seven home series openers. Under is 8-3 in their last 11 home games.
Mets @ Reds
Colon is 2-0, 3.54 in his last three starts; three of his last four went over. New York is 7-4 in his road starts this year.
Stephenson was 2-0, 3.75 in two starts back in April (over 1-1). Mets are 11-4 in last 15 games, 3-7 in last 10 road series openers.
Under is 6-2 in their last eight games. Cincinnati lost seven of last 10 games, is 6-1 in last seven home series openers. Four of Reds? last five games stayed under. Mets played at home last night, have 1:10 game here; tough turnaround.
Cubs @ Brewers
Hendricks is 4-0, 1.29 in his last six starts; three of his last four went over. Cubs are 5-7 in his road starts.
Davies is 1-2, 6.04 in his last five starts; three of his last four went over. Brewers lost three of his last four home starts.
Cubs won five of last six games, are 12-9 in road series openers. Last three Chicago games stayed under. Milwaukee won its last four games, is 10-13 in home series openers. Under is 6-2 in last eight games at Miller Park.
Cardinals @ Pirates
Wainwright is 0-3, 8.31 in his last five starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight starts. St Louis is 9-2 in his last 11 road starts.
Kuhl is 0-2, 4.15 in his last three starts (under 3-0). Cardinals lost three of last four games, are 10-12 in road series openers.
Four of last five St Louis games stayed under. Pittsburgh lost its last six games, is 2-5 in last seven home series openers. Three of last four Pirate home games went over.
Braves @ Nationals
Weber is making his first ?16 start; he was 0-3, 4.76 in five MLB starts LY, is 1-0, 5.24 in 12 relief stints this year.
Scherzer is 3-0, 2.42 in his last three starts; under is 10-2 in his last 12 starts. Washington is 6-5 in his home starts.
Braves won their last six games, are 8-6 in last 14 road series openers. Over is 10-4 in their last 14 road games. Washington won four of last six games, is 3-6 in laat nine home series openers. Last seven National games stayed under.
Giants @ Rockies
Moore is 2-0, 0.64 in his last two starts (under 4-2).
Bettis is 1-1, 5.85 in his last four starts; his last three stayed under. Colorado won his last seven home starts.
Giants lost five of last seven road games, are 4-11 in last 15 road series openers. Under is 7-2 in their last nine road games. Colorado lost three of last four games, is 12-7 in last 19 home series openers. Last four Rockies games went over the total.
Diamondbacks @ Dodgers
Forner Dodger Greinke is 1-0, 3.79 in his last three starts; his last five starts went over. Arizona is 8-2 in his road starts.
Maeda is 5-1, 3.72 in his last seven starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Dodgers won his last four home starts.
Arizona is 8-6 in its last 14 games, 2-7 in last nine road series openers. Over is 11-5 in their last 16 road games. Dodgers won four of last five home games, are 11-12 in home series openers. Under is 8-3 in their last 11 games.
American League
Blue Jays @ New York
Dickey is 1-1, 4.91 in his last four starts; over is 5-3 in his last eight. Toronto is 5-6 in his road starts.
Tanaka is 4-0, 1.93 in his last five starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine. New York is 11-2 in his home starts.
Blue Jays won six of last nine games, are 3-7 in last 10 road series openers. Last three Toronto games went over total. New York is 7-4 in its last 11 games, 7-0 in last seven home series openers. Over is 7-2 in last nine games in the Bronx.
Orioles @ Rays
Jimenez is 0-1, 2.55 in his last three starts (under 3-0). Baltimore is 1-7 in his road starts.
Andriese is 0-5, 6.95 in his last seven starts; four of his last five went over. Rays are 3-4 in his home starts.
Orioles lost three of last four games; they?re 11-11 in road series openers. Last seven Baltimore games stayed under. Tampa Bay won four of last five home games; they?re 9-14 in home series openers. Over is 12-4 in their last 16 home games.
Royals @ Twins
Kennedy is 3-0, 1.77 in his last seven starts; over is 2-0-1 in his last three. Royals are 6-10 in his road starts, but won last two.
Berrios is 0-3, 11.25 in his last four starts; over is 5-0-1 in his last six. Twins are 0-4 in his home starts.
Royals lost four of last five games, but won last five road series openers. Seven of KC?s last eight games went over. Minnesota is 2-15 in its last 17 games, 6-12 in last 18 home series openers. Over is 14-2 in last 16 games at Target Field.
Angels @ A?s
Weaver is 2-0, 3.00 in his last two starts; four of his last five stayed under. angels are 5-7 in his road starts.
Alcantara is making his first MLB start; he was 4-0, 1.18 in eight AAA starts this year.
Angels are 9-2 in last 11 games, 2-12 in last 14 road series openers. Under is 8-3 in their last 11 road games. Oakland lost five of its last six games, is 10-7 in last 17 home series openers. Under is 14-4 in their last 18 games.
Tigers @ White Sox
Verlander is 2-0, 2.18 in his last three starts; under is 11-1 in his last 12 starts. Detroit is 6-5 in his road starts.
Sale is 1-1, 1.80 in his last three starts; under is 6-2 in his last eight.
Chicago is 8-4 in his home starts. Tigers won seven of last eight road games, are 9-13 in road series openers. Oer is 5-1 in their last six road games. Chicago lost five of last seven games; they?re 11-10 in home series openers. Five of last six White Sox games went over.
Rangers @ Mariners
Hamels is 2-0, 3.20 in his last three starts (over 2-0-1). Texas is 9-4 in his road starts.
Hernandez is 0-2, 8.10 vs Texas this year, 2-0, 2.74 in his last three home starts.
Over is 6-2 in his last eight starts. Mariners are 5-3 in his home starts. Rangers won seven of last eight games, are 2-7 in last nine road series openers. Last six Texas games went over the total. Seattle lost 10 of last 12 games, but won last five home series openers. Over is 12-5 in their last 17 games.
Astros @ Indians
Fiers is 1-0, 3.44 in his last three starts; four of his last five went over. Astros are 4-7 in his road starts.
Clevinger is 1-1, 6.29 in five starts this year (over 4-1).
Astros are 11-4 in last 15 games, 2-5 in last seven road series openers. Astros? last four road games all went over. Cleveland won its last seven home games, is 16-7 in home series openers. Three of their last four games went over.
Interleague
Red Sox @ Padres
Former Padre Pomeranz is 2-1, 2.84 in his last four starts; under is 7-1 in his last eight starts.
Jackson is 0-3, 13.89 in his last three starts (over 4-4).
Red Sox won four of last six games, are 11-3 in last 14 road series openers. Over is 6-2 in their last eight games. San Diego lost nine of last 12 games, is 12-9 in home series openers. Over is 9-2 in last 11 games at Petco Park.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Phil-Mia? Eickhoff 13-12; Esch 0-1
NY-Cin? Colon 17-10; Stephenson 2-0
Chi-Mil? Hendricks 15-10; Davies 12-12
StL-Pitt? Wainwright 17-10; Kuhl 7-2
Atl-Wsh? Weber 0-0; Scherzer 18-10
SF-Col? Moore 3-3/9-12; Bettis 17-10
Az-LA? Greinke 15-7; Maeda 17-10
Tor-NY? Dickey 13-14; Tanaka 20-7
Balt-TB? Jimenez 9-11; Andriese 6-8
KC-Min? Kennedy 13-14; Berrios 2-7
LA-A?s? Weaver 11-15; Alcantara 0-0
Det-Chi? Verlander 17-11; Sale 16-10
Tex-Sea? Hamels 20-7; Hernandez 12-7
Hst-Clev? Fiers 15-10; Clevinger 3-2
Bos-SD? Pomeranz 4-5/9-8; Jackson 3-5
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Phil-Mia? Eickhoff 8-25; Esch 0-1
NY-Cin? Colon 8-27; Stephenson 0-2
Chi-Mil? Hendricks 6-25; Davies 7-24
StL-Pitt? Wainwright 10-27; Kuhl 4-9
Atl-Wsh? Weber 0-0; Scherzer 9-28
SF-Col? Moore 6-27; Bettis 11-27
Az-LA? Greinke 7-22; Maeda 5-27
Tor-NY? Dickey 7-27; Tanaka 3-27
Balt-TB? Jimenez 9-20; Andriese 4-14
KC-Min? Kennedy 9-27; Berrios 4-9
LA-A?s? Weaver 9-26; Alcantara 0-0
Det-Chi? Verlander 10-28; Sale 8-26
Tex-Sea? Hamels 5-27; Hernandez 3-19
Hst-Clev? Fiers 5-25; Clevinger 2-5
Bos-SD? Pomeranz 5-26; Jackson 1-8
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/4
Arizona 24-33-11?..27-36-5??.51-69
Atlanta 27-35-9??21-31-13??48-66
Cubs 35-21-9??43-21-8??..78-42
Reds 18-41-8??30-33-5??.48-74
Colo 25-30-12?..31-33-4??.56-63
LA 27-29-9??43-21-8??.70-50
Miami 30-30-10?.29-21-16??59-51
Milw 20-38-8??37-24-10?..57-62
Mets 27-41-9??33-26-11??.60-57
Philly 21-30-16?.24-32-13??.45-60
Pitt 20-36-12?..39-23-5??59-58
St. Louis 32-29-7??27-28-12??59-57
SD 22-46-4?..28-30-6??.50-76
SF 31-31-7??34-20-13??..65-51
Wash 36-22-14?..27-20-17?..63-42
Orioles 24-35-8??.36-27-8??..60-62
Boston 27-27-11??43-18-9??.70-45
White Sox 31-31-9??35-28-3??..66-59
Cleveland 35-26-7??33-27-6??..68-53
Detroit 29-31-8??.30-31-4??..59-62
Astros 27-31-11?..32-26-7??..59-57
KC 25-34-11??28-25-13??53-59
Angels 28-36-7??.24-30-11??52-66
Twins 25-35-12??.24-34-12?..49-69
NYY 23-38-8??30-28-10??53-66
A?s 22-38-8??25-31-13??.47-68
Seattle 31-29-9??30-24-12??61-53
Tampa Bay 22-29-11??32-31-11??54-60
Texas 25-34-9??.35-24-9??60-58
Toronto 41-22-5??..38-27-4??.79-49
Monday?s games
National League
Phillies @ Marlins
Eickhoff is 3-1, 4.41 in his last six starts; under is 6-3-1 in his last 10 starts. Phils are 5-2 in his last seven road starts.
Esch allowed two runs in 4.1 IP (71 PT) in his only ?16 start.
Phillies lost 10 of last 12 games, are 9-13 in road series openers. Over is 8-2-1 in their last 11 road games. Miami lost eight of last nine games, is 1-6 in last seven home series openers. Under is 8-3 in their last 11 home games.
Mets @ Reds
Colon is 2-0, 3.54 in his last three starts; three of his last four went over. New York is 7-4 in his road starts this year.
Stephenson was 2-0, 3.75 in two starts back in April (over 1-1). Mets are 11-4 in last 15 games, 3-7 in last 10 road series openers.
Under is 6-2 in their last eight games. Cincinnati lost seven of last 10 games, is 6-1 in last seven home series openers. Four of Reds? last five games stayed under. Mets played at home last night, have 1:10 game here; tough turnaround.
Cubs @ Brewers
Hendricks is 4-0, 1.29 in his last six starts; three of his last four went over. Cubs are 5-7 in his road starts.
Davies is 1-2, 6.04 in his last five starts; three of his last four went over. Brewers lost three of his last four home starts.
Cubs won five of last six games, are 12-9 in road series openers. Last three Chicago games stayed under. Milwaukee won its last four games, is 10-13 in home series openers. Under is 6-2 in last eight games at Miller Park.
Cardinals @ Pirates
Wainwright is 0-3, 8.31 in his last five starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight starts. St Louis is 9-2 in his last 11 road starts.
Kuhl is 0-2, 4.15 in his last three starts (under 3-0). Cardinals lost three of last four games, are 10-12 in road series openers.
Four of last five St Louis games stayed under. Pittsburgh lost its last six games, is 2-5 in last seven home series openers. Three of last four Pirate home games went over.
Braves @ Nationals
Weber is making his first ?16 start; he was 0-3, 4.76 in five MLB starts LY, is 1-0, 5.24 in 12 relief stints this year.
Scherzer is 3-0, 2.42 in his last three starts; under is 10-2 in his last 12 starts. Washington is 6-5 in his home starts.
Braves won their last six games, are 8-6 in last 14 road series openers. Over is 10-4 in their last 14 road games. Washington won four of last six games, is 3-6 in laat nine home series openers. Last seven National games stayed under.
Giants @ Rockies
Moore is 2-0, 0.64 in his last two starts (under 4-2).
Bettis is 1-1, 5.85 in his last four starts; his last three stayed under. Colorado won his last seven home starts.
Giants lost five of last seven road games, are 4-11 in last 15 road series openers. Under is 7-2 in their last nine road games. Colorado lost three of last four games, is 12-7 in last 19 home series openers. Last four Rockies games went over the total.
Diamondbacks @ Dodgers
Forner Dodger Greinke is 1-0, 3.79 in his last three starts; his last five starts went over. Arizona is 8-2 in his road starts.
Maeda is 5-1, 3.72 in his last seven starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Dodgers won his last four home starts.
Arizona is 8-6 in its last 14 games, 2-7 in last nine road series openers. Over is 11-5 in their last 16 road games. Dodgers won four of last five home games, are 11-12 in home series openers. Under is 8-3 in their last 11 games.
American League
Blue Jays @ New York
Dickey is 1-1, 4.91 in his last four starts; over is 5-3 in his last eight. Toronto is 5-6 in his road starts.
Tanaka is 4-0, 1.93 in his last five starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine. New York is 11-2 in his home starts.
Blue Jays won six of last nine games, are 3-7 in last 10 road series openers. Last three Toronto games went over total. New York is 7-4 in its last 11 games, 7-0 in last seven home series openers. Over is 7-2 in last nine games in the Bronx.
Orioles @ Rays
Jimenez is 0-1, 2.55 in his last three starts (under 3-0). Baltimore is 1-7 in his road starts.
Andriese is 0-5, 6.95 in his last seven starts; four of his last five went over. Rays are 3-4 in his home starts.
Orioles lost three of last four games; they?re 11-11 in road series openers. Last seven Baltimore games stayed under. Tampa Bay won four of last five home games; they?re 9-14 in home series openers. Over is 12-4 in their last 16 home games.
Royals @ Twins
Kennedy is 3-0, 1.77 in his last seven starts; over is 2-0-1 in his last three. Royals are 6-10 in his road starts, but won last two.
Berrios is 0-3, 11.25 in his last four starts; over is 5-0-1 in his last six. Twins are 0-4 in his home starts.
Royals lost four of last five games, but won last five road series openers. Seven of KC?s last eight games went over. Minnesota is 2-15 in its last 17 games, 6-12 in last 18 home series openers. Over is 14-2 in last 16 games at Target Field.
Angels @ A?s
Weaver is 2-0, 3.00 in his last two starts; four of his last five stayed under. angels are 5-7 in his road starts.
Alcantara is making his first MLB start; he was 4-0, 1.18 in eight AAA starts this year.
Angels are 9-2 in last 11 games, 2-12 in last 14 road series openers. Under is 8-3 in their last 11 road games. Oakland lost five of its last six games, is 10-7 in last 17 home series openers. Under is 14-4 in their last 18 games.
Tigers @ White Sox
Verlander is 2-0, 2.18 in his last three starts; under is 11-1 in his last 12 starts. Detroit is 6-5 in his road starts.
Sale is 1-1, 1.80 in his last three starts; under is 6-2 in his last eight.
Chicago is 8-4 in his home starts. Tigers won seven of last eight road games, are 9-13 in road series openers. Oer is 5-1 in their last six road games. Chicago lost five of last seven games; they?re 11-10 in home series openers. Five of last six White Sox games went over.
Rangers @ Mariners
Hamels is 2-0, 3.20 in his last three starts (over 2-0-1). Texas is 9-4 in his road starts.
Hernandez is 0-2, 8.10 vs Texas this year, 2-0, 2.74 in his last three home starts.
Over is 6-2 in his last eight starts. Mariners are 5-3 in his home starts. Rangers won seven of last eight games, are 2-7 in last nine road series openers. Last six Texas games went over the total. Seattle lost 10 of last 12 games, but won last five home series openers. Over is 12-5 in their last 17 games.
Astros @ Indians
Fiers is 1-0, 3.44 in his last three starts; four of his last five went over. Astros are 4-7 in his road starts.
Clevinger is 1-1, 6.29 in five starts this year (over 4-1).
Astros are 11-4 in last 15 games, 2-5 in last seven road series openers. Astros? last four road games all went over. Cleveland won its last seven home games, is 16-7 in home series openers. Three of their last four games went over.
Interleague
Red Sox @ Padres
Former Padre Pomeranz is 2-1, 2.84 in his last four starts; under is 7-1 in his last eight starts.
Jackson is 0-3, 13.89 in his last three starts (over 4-4).
Red Sox won four of last six games, are 11-3 in last 14 road series openers. Over is 6-2 in their last eight games. San Diego lost nine of last 12 games, is 12-9 in home series openers. Over is 9-2 in last 11 games at Petco Park.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Phil-Mia? Eickhoff 13-12; Esch 0-1
NY-Cin? Colon 17-10; Stephenson 2-0
Chi-Mil? Hendricks 15-10; Davies 12-12
StL-Pitt? Wainwright 17-10; Kuhl 7-2
Atl-Wsh? Weber 0-0; Scherzer 18-10
SF-Col? Moore 3-3/9-12; Bettis 17-10
Az-LA? Greinke 15-7; Maeda 17-10
Tor-NY? Dickey 13-14; Tanaka 20-7
Balt-TB? Jimenez 9-11; Andriese 6-8
KC-Min? Kennedy 13-14; Berrios 2-7
LA-A?s? Weaver 11-15; Alcantara 0-0
Det-Chi? Verlander 17-11; Sale 16-10
Tex-Sea? Hamels 20-7; Hernandez 12-7
Hst-Clev? Fiers 15-10; Clevinger 3-2
Bos-SD? Pomeranz 4-5/9-8; Jackson 3-5
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Phil-Mia? Eickhoff 8-25; Esch 0-1
NY-Cin? Colon 8-27; Stephenson 0-2
Chi-Mil? Hendricks 6-25; Davies 7-24
StL-Pitt? Wainwright 10-27; Kuhl 4-9
Atl-Wsh? Weber 0-0; Scherzer 9-28
SF-Col? Moore 6-27; Bettis 11-27
Az-LA? Greinke 7-22; Maeda 5-27
Tor-NY? Dickey 7-27; Tanaka 3-27
Balt-TB? Jimenez 9-20; Andriese 4-14
KC-Min? Kennedy 9-27; Berrios 4-9
LA-A?s? Weaver 9-26; Alcantara 0-0
Det-Chi? Verlander 10-28; Sale 8-26
Tex-Sea? Hamels 5-27; Hernandez 3-19
Hst-Clev? Fiers 5-25; Clevinger 2-5
Bos-SD? Pomeranz 5-26; Jackson 1-8
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/4
Arizona 24-33-11?..27-36-5??.51-69
Atlanta 27-35-9??21-31-13??48-66
Cubs 35-21-9??43-21-8??..78-42
Reds 18-41-8??30-33-5??.48-74
Colo 25-30-12?..31-33-4??.56-63
LA 27-29-9??43-21-8??.70-50
Miami 30-30-10?.29-21-16??59-51
Milw 20-38-8??37-24-10?..57-62
Mets 27-41-9??33-26-11??.60-57
Philly 21-30-16?.24-32-13??.45-60
Pitt 20-36-12?..39-23-5??59-58
St. Louis 32-29-7??27-28-12??59-57
SD 22-46-4?..28-30-6??.50-76
SF 31-31-7??34-20-13??..65-51
Wash 36-22-14?..27-20-17?..63-42
Orioles 24-35-8??.36-27-8??..60-62
Boston 27-27-11??43-18-9??.70-45
White Sox 31-31-9??35-28-3??..66-59
Cleveland 35-26-7??33-27-6??..68-53
Detroit 29-31-8??.30-31-4??..59-62
Astros 27-31-11?..32-26-7??..59-57
KC 25-34-11??28-25-13??53-59
Angels 28-36-7??.24-30-11??52-66
Twins 25-35-12??.24-34-12?..49-69
NYY 23-38-8??30-28-10??53-66
A?s 22-38-8??25-31-13??.47-68
Seattle 31-29-9??30-24-12??61-53
Tampa Bay 22-29-11??32-31-11??54-60
Texas 25-34-9??.35-24-9??60-58
Toronto 41-22-5??..38-27-4??.79-49
