MLB
Saturday's games
National League games
Pirates @ Cubs
Niese is 3-1, 3.47 in his last six starts (over 8-5).
Lester is 4-0, 1.19 in his last four starts six of his last eight went over.
Pirates lost 13 of their last 17 games; six of their last nine games went over. Chicago won nine of last 11 home games; seven of last eight Wrigley games stayed under.
Diamondbacks @ Phillies
Greinke is 6-0, 2.05 in his last six starts, last three of which stayed under. .
Eickhoff is 2-1, 1.37 in his last three starts; eight of his last nine starts stayed under.
Arizona lost six of last nine road games; four of their last five games stayed under the total. Phillies are 1-8 in last nine games; eight of last nine Philly home games went over the total.
Rockies @ Marlins
Chatwood is 5-0, 0.86 in six road starts (under 12-1).
Chen is 1-1, 5.29 in his last six starts; four of his last five went over.
Rockies won six of last eight games; six of their last seven road games stayed under the total. Miami is 6-7 in its last 13 games; over is 9-4 in their last 13 games.
Braves @ Mets
Blair is 0-1, 7.58 in his last four starts; five of his last seven went over. .
Matz is 0-2, 5.40 in his last three starts; five of his last six starts stayed under.
Braves lost six of last eight road games; seven of last nine Atlanta road games stayed under. New York lost six of eight home games; under is 8-4 in their last 12 games.
Nationals @ Padres
Scherzer is 3-0, 1.23 in his last three starts; four of his last five went over. .
Rea is 0-2, 8.28 in his last five starts; five of his last seven went over.
Padres lost seven of their last nine games; over is 11-8-1 in last 20 games. Washington won ten of last 12 games; eight of their last nine road games went over the total.
Brewers @ Dodgers
Anderson is 2-0, 2.42 in his last four starts; five of his last seven stayed under.
Bolsinger is 0-3, 6.60 in his last three starts, which all stayed under.
Milwaukee lost five of last seven road games; six of its last seven road games went over the total. Dodgers won eight of last 11 at home; six of their last eight home games went under the total.
American League games
Blue Jays @ Orioles
Dickey is 2-1, 2.95 in his last three starts; under is 4-0-1 in his last five. .
Gallardo is making first start since April 22; he is 1-1, 7.00 in four starts (over 2-2).
Toronto won eight of last ten games; seven of their last nine games went over. Orioles won seven of last nine home games; over is 10-6 in their last sixteen games.
White Sox @ Indians
Shields allowed 24 runs in 9.2 IP in his last three starts, all of which went over.
Salazar is 3-0, 1.83 in his last three starts; over is 4-2-1 in his last seven. .
White Sox lost ten of last 12 road games; over is 17-6 in their last 23 road games. Cleveland won its last six home games. Under is 9-3-2 in their last fourteen games.
Mariners @ Red Sox
Sampson is making first MLB start; he is 7-4, 3.25 in 13 AAA starts this year. .
Porcello is 0-0, 5.61 in his last four starts (over 3-0-1).
Mariners lost five of last seven road games; over is 7-2 in their last nine road games. Boston lost six of last eight home games; over is 15-6 in their last 21 home games.
Tigers @ Royals
Boyd is 0-2, 5.91 in four starts this year (over 2-1-1).
Volquez is 1-2, 4.50 in his last four starts; his last three stayed under.
Tigers won eight of their last 13 games; nine of its last 13 road games stayed under. Royals won ten of last 11 home games; under is 7-5-1 in KC's last 13 games.
Bronx @ Twins
Pineda is 1-1, 2.89 in his last three starts; over is 3-1-1 in his last five.
Nolasco is 2-3, 6.27 in his last six starts; 11 of his last 12 starts went over.
New York is 9-6 in its last 15 games; five of their last seven road games went over the total. Minnesota lost seven of its last nine games; over is 12-3 in their last 15 home games.
Angels @ A's
Lincecum is making his Angels' debut; he is 108-83, 3.61 in 261 big league starts, was 0-2, 2.65 in three AAA starts since signing with the Halos.
No idea who Oakland's starter is; could be a bullpen game.
A's lost 11 of last 14 games; under is 7-3-1 in their last 11 games. Angels lost eight of last ten road games; over is 10-3-1 in their last fourteen games.
Interleague
Giants @ Rays
Peavy is .2-1, 1.82 in his last four starts; five of his last seven starts stayed under.
Moore is 2-1, 4.21 in his last four starts; over is 5-2-1 in his last eight.
Giants won their last six games; six of last ten SF road games went over. Tampa Bay won nine of last 13 games; under is 22-9 in Rays' last 31 home games.
Reds @ Astros
Reed is making MLB debut here; he was 6-3, 3.20 in 11 AAA starts this year.
Keuchel is 0-3, 5.89 in his last three starts; his last four stayed under.
Cincinnati is 11-7 in its last 18 games, over is 9-3 in their last 12 road games. Astros won seven of last nine home games; last nine Houston games stayed under the total.
Rangers @ Cardinals
NMartinez is making first '16 start; he is 13-20, 4.26 in 45 big league starts, was 6-4, 4.50 in 11 AAA starts this year.
CMartinez is 3-0, 1.61 in his last three starts (over 8-3-1).
Rangers are 20-6 in their last 25 games; nine of their last 12 road tilts went over. St Louis lost six of last eight home games; over is 7-5-1 in their last 13 home games.
Teams won-lost records when this pitcher starts:
Pitt-Chi-- Niese 8-5; Lester 10-3
Az-Phil-- Greinke 10-4; Eickhoff 5-8
Col-Mia-- Chatwood 9-4; Chen 7-6
Atl-NY-- Blair 1-8; Matz 7-4
Mil-LA-- Anderson 5-8; Bolsinger 1-4
Wsh-SD-- Scherzer 9-5; Rea 6-6
Tor-Balt-- Dickey 4-10; Gallardo 2-2
Chi-Clev-- Shields 1-1/2-9; Salazar 7-5
Sea-Bos-- Sampson 0-0; Porcello 9-4
NY-Min-- Pineda 5-8; Nolasco 6-7
Det-KC-- Boyd 1-3; Volquez 8-6
LA-A's-- Lincecum 0-0; unknown
SF-TB-- Peavy 6-7; Moore 5-8
Cin-Hst-- Reed 0-0; Keuchel 4-10
Tex-StL-- NMartinez 0-0; CMartinez 7-5
Starting pitchers allowing 1+ runs in first inning:
Pitt-Chi-- Niese 3-13; Lester 3-13
Az-Phil-- Greinke 3-14; Eickhoff 4-13
Col-Mia-- Chatwood 4-13; Chen 6-13
Atl-NY-- Blair 5-9; Matz 2-11
Mil-LA-- Anderson 5-13; Bolsinger 3-5
Wsh-SD-- Scherzer 5-14; Rea 7-12
Tor-Balt-- Dickey 5-14; Gallardo 3-4
Chi-Clev-- Shields 6-13; Salazar 1-12
Sea-Bos-- Sampson 0-0; Porcello 3-13
NY-Min-- Pineda 6-13; Nolasco 7-13
Det-KC-- Boyd 0-4; Volquez 2-14
LA-A's-- Lincecum 0-0; unknown
SF-TB-- Peavy 3-13; Moore 3-13
Cin-Hst-- Reed 0-0; Keuchel 4-14
Tex-StL-- NMartinez 0-0; CMartinez 1-12
Umpires
Pitt-Chi-- Seven of nine Cooper starts stayed under.
Az-Phil-- Over is 6-2-1 in last nine Diaz games.
Col-Mia-- Over is 28-13-1 in Meals games since start of LY.
Atl-NY-- Underdogs won four of last five Foster games.
Mil-LA-- Three of last four Baker games stayed under.
Wsh-SD-- Over is 7-0-1 in last eight Knight games.
Tor-Blt-- Last three Iassonga games stayed under.
Chi-Clev-- Nine of last eleven Miller games went over.
Sea-Bos-- Five of last six Wendelstedt games stayed under.
NY-Min-- Over is 5-0-1 in last six Wolcott games.
Det-KC-- Eight of last nine TBarrett games went over.
LA-A's-- Underdogs are 6-5 in Nelson games this year.
SF-TB-- Five of last six Timmons games went over.
Cin-Hst-- Favorites won six of last seven Carapazza games.
Tex-StL-- Eight of last nine Danley games went over.
Saturday's games
National League games
Pirates @ Cubs
Niese is 3-1, 3.47 in his last six starts (over 8-5).
Lester is 4-0, 1.19 in his last four starts six of his last eight went over.
Pirates lost 13 of their last 17 games; six of their last nine games went over. Chicago won nine of last 11 home games; seven of last eight Wrigley games stayed under.
Diamondbacks @ Phillies
Greinke is 6-0, 2.05 in his last six starts, last three of which stayed under. .
Eickhoff is 2-1, 1.37 in his last three starts; eight of his last nine starts stayed under.
Arizona lost six of last nine road games; four of their last five games stayed under the total. Phillies are 1-8 in last nine games; eight of last nine Philly home games went over the total.
Rockies @ Marlins
Chatwood is 5-0, 0.86 in six road starts (under 12-1).
Chen is 1-1, 5.29 in his last six starts; four of his last five went over.
Rockies won six of last eight games; six of their last seven road games stayed under the total. Miami is 6-7 in its last 13 games; over is 9-4 in their last 13 games.
Braves @ Mets
Blair is 0-1, 7.58 in his last four starts; five of his last seven went over. .
Matz is 0-2, 5.40 in his last three starts; five of his last six starts stayed under.
Braves lost six of last eight road games; seven of last nine Atlanta road games stayed under. New York lost six of eight home games; under is 8-4 in their last 12 games.
Nationals @ Padres
Scherzer is 3-0, 1.23 in his last three starts; four of his last five went over. .
Rea is 0-2, 8.28 in his last five starts; five of his last seven went over.
Padres lost seven of their last nine games; over is 11-8-1 in last 20 games. Washington won ten of last 12 games; eight of their last nine road games went over the total.
Brewers @ Dodgers
Anderson is 2-0, 2.42 in his last four starts; five of his last seven stayed under.
Bolsinger is 0-3, 6.60 in his last three starts, which all stayed under.
Milwaukee lost five of last seven road games; six of its last seven road games went over the total. Dodgers won eight of last 11 at home; six of their last eight home games went under the total.
American League games
Blue Jays @ Orioles
Dickey is 2-1, 2.95 in his last three starts; under is 4-0-1 in his last five. .
Gallardo is making first start since April 22; he is 1-1, 7.00 in four starts (over 2-2).
Toronto won eight of last ten games; seven of their last nine games went over. Orioles won seven of last nine home games; over is 10-6 in their last sixteen games.
White Sox @ Indians
Shields allowed 24 runs in 9.2 IP in his last three starts, all of which went over.
Salazar is 3-0, 1.83 in his last three starts; over is 4-2-1 in his last seven. .
White Sox lost ten of last 12 road games; over is 17-6 in their last 23 road games. Cleveland won its last six home games. Under is 9-3-2 in their last fourteen games.
Mariners @ Red Sox
Sampson is making first MLB start; he is 7-4, 3.25 in 13 AAA starts this year. .
Porcello is 0-0, 5.61 in his last four starts (over 3-0-1).
Mariners lost five of last seven road games; over is 7-2 in their last nine road games. Boston lost six of last eight home games; over is 15-6 in their last 21 home games.
Tigers @ Royals
Boyd is 0-2, 5.91 in four starts this year (over 2-1-1).
Volquez is 1-2, 4.50 in his last four starts; his last three stayed under.
Tigers won eight of their last 13 games; nine of its last 13 road games stayed under. Royals won ten of last 11 home games; under is 7-5-1 in KC's last 13 games.
Bronx @ Twins
Pineda is 1-1, 2.89 in his last three starts; over is 3-1-1 in his last five.
Nolasco is 2-3, 6.27 in his last six starts; 11 of his last 12 starts went over.
New York is 9-6 in its last 15 games; five of their last seven road games went over the total. Minnesota lost seven of its last nine games; over is 12-3 in their last 15 home games.
Angels @ A's
Lincecum is making his Angels' debut; he is 108-83, 3.61 in 261 big league starts, was 0-2, 2.65 in three AAA starts since signing with the Halos.
No idea who Oakland's starter is; could be a bullpen game.
A's lost 11 of last 14 games; under is 7-3-1 in their last 11 games. Angels lost eight of last ten road games; over is 10-3-1 in their last fourteen games.
Interleague
Giants @ Rays
Peavy is .2-1, 1.82 in his last four starts; five of his last seven starts stayed under.
Moore is 2-1, 4.21 in his last four starts; over is 5-2-1 in his last eight.
Giants won their last six games; six of last ten SF road games went over. Tampa Bay won nine of last 13 games; under is 22-9 in Rays' last 31 home games.
Reds @ Astros
Reed is making MLB debut here; he was 6-3, 3.20 in 11 AAA starts this year.
Keuchel is 0-3, 5.89 in his last three starts; his last four stayed under.
Cincinnati is 11-7 in its last 18 games, over is 9-3 in their last 12 road games. Astros won seven of last nine home games; last nine Houston games stayed under the total.
Rangers @ Cardinals
NMartinez is making first '16 start; he is 13-20, 4.26 in 45 big league starts, was 6-4, 4.50 in 11 AAA starts this year.
CMartinez is 3-0, 1.61 in his last three starts (over 8-3-1).
Rangers are 20-6 in their last 25 games; nine of their last 12 road tilts went over. St Louis lost six of last eight home games; over is 7-5-1 in their last 13 home games.
Teams won-lost records when this pitcher starts:
Pitt-Chi-- Niese 8-5; Lester 10-3
Az-Phil-- Greinke 10-4; Eickhoff 5-8
Col-Mia-- Chatwood 9-4; Chen 7-6
Atl-NY-- Blair 1-8; Matz 7-4
Mil-LA-- Anderson 5-8; Bolsinger 1-4
Wsh-SD-- Scherzer 9-5; Rea 6-6
Tor-Balt-- Dickey 4-10; Gallardo 2-2
Chi-Clev-- Shields 1-1/2-9; Salazar 7-5
Sea-Bos-- Sampson 0-0; Porcello 9-4
NY-Min-- Pineda 5-8; Nolasco 6-7
Det-KC-- Boyd 1-3; Volquez 8-6
LA-A's-- Lincecum 0-0; unknown
SF-TB-- Peavy 6-7; Moore 5-8
Cin-Hst-- Reed 0-0; Keuchel 4-10
Tex-StL-- NMartinez 0-0; CMartinez 7-5
Starting pitchers allowing 1+ runs in first inning:
Pitt-Chi-- Niese 3-13; Lester 3-13
Az-Phil-- Greinke 3-14; Eickhoff 4-13
Col-Mia-- Chatwood 4-13; Chen 6-13
Atl-NY-- Blair 5-9; Matz 2-11
Mil-LA-- Anderson 5-13; Bolsinger 3-5
Wsh-SD-- Scherzer 5-14; Rea 7-12
Tor-Balt-- Dickey 5-14; Gallardo 3-4
Chi-Clev-- Shields 6-13; Salazar 1-12
Sea-Bos-- Sampson 0-0; Porcello 3-13
NY-Min-- Pineda 6-13; Nolasco 7-13
Det-KC-- Boyd 0-4; Volquez 2-14
LA-A's-- Lincecum 0-0; unknown
SF-TB-- Peavy 3-13; Moore 3-13
Cin-Hst-- Reed 0-0; Keuchel 4-14
Tex-StL-- NMartinez 0-0; CMartinez 1-12
Umpires
Pitt-Chi-- Seven of nine Cooper starts stayed under.
Az-Phil-- Over is 6-2-1 in last nine Diaz games.
Col-Mia-- Over is 28-13-1 in Meals games since start of LY.
Atl-NY-- Underdogs won four of last five Foster games.
Mil-LA-- Three of last four Baker games stayed under.
Wsh-SD-- Over is 7-0-1 in last eight Knight games.
Tor-Blt-- Last three Iassonga games stayed under.
Chi-Clev-- Nine of last eleven Miller games went over.
Sea-Bos-- Five of last six Wendelstedt games stayed under.
NY-Min-- Over is 5-0-1 in last six Wolcott games.
Det-KC-- Eight of last nine TBarrett games went over.
LA-A's-- Underdogs are 6-5 in Nelson games this year.
SF-TB-- Five of last six Timmons games went over.
Cin-Hst-- Favorites won six of last seven Carapazza games.
Tex-StL-- Eight of last nine Danley games went over.
