MLB
Saturday?s games
National League
Reds @ Pirates
Bailey allowed two runs in 5.2 IP (89 PT) in his first ?16 start.
Nova makes his Pirate debut; he was 1-1, 3.64 in his last three starts for New York. Four of his last five starts stayed under.
Reds are 12-7 in last 19 games (7-0 in game after those seven losses); under is 6-1-1 in their last eight games. Pittsburgh lost five of last seven games; four of last five Pittsburgh home games went over.
Giants @ Nationals
Cain is 2-0, 3.48 in his last two starts; three of his last four went over. Giants lost four of his five road starts.
Strasburg is 5-1, 1.99 in his last six starts; over is 15-3-1 in his last 19 starts. Washington is 10-1 in his home starts.
Giants lost ten of last 12 road games; seven of their last nine games stayed under. Washington won seven of its last nine games; four of last six Washington home games went over.
Braves @ Cardinals
Hernandez (formerly known as Fausto Carmona) is making his first ?16 start; he was 3-5, 4.36 n 11 starts for Houston LY, is 70-98, 4.58 in 217 major league starts. In minors this year, he is 4-6, 4.60 in 16 AAA starts.
Martinez is 3-0, 3.18 in his last four starts; under is 7-1-1 in his last nine. Cardinals are 2-7 in his last nine home starts.
Cardinals lost four of last six games, over is 6-2-1 in their last nine. Atlanta lost six of last eight road games; under is 5-2 in their last seven road games.
Marlins @ Rockies
Cashner is 1-0, 2.66 in his last four starts; four of his last five went over.
Bettis is 3-0, 3.09 in his last five starts; five of his last seven home starts went over.
Marlins lost five of last eight games; six of last nine Miami games went over. Colorado won 11 of last 15 games; under is 13-5-2 in their last 20 games.
Brewers @ Diamondbacks
Garza is 1-4, 8.04 in his last six starts (under 4-3-2). Milwaukee is 0-6 in his road starts.
Corbin is 0-4, 10.22 in his last five starts; his last seven went over the total. Arizona is 1-8 when he starts at home.
Brewers lost three of last four games; under is 12-6 in their last 18 games. Arizona lost eight of last 11 games; four of last five Diamondback games went over.
Phillies @ Padres
Thompson makes his MLB debut here; he is 11-5, 2.50 in 21 AAA starts this year.
Clemens is 0-2, 5.23 in two starts for San Diego (under 2-0).
Phillies are 5-3 in last eight games; over is 10-6 in their last 16 road games. San Diego is 4-6 in its last ten games; three of their last four games went over.
American League
Indians @ Bronx
Kluber is 2-0, 1.24 in his last four starts; over is 6-2-1 in his last nine. Indians are 5-6 in his road starts.
Sabathia is 1-2, 5.92 in his last four starts; over is 5-2-1 in his last eight. He is 0-3, 7.19 in his last three home starts.
Indians lost four of last five games; last five Cleveland games went over. New York is 8-3 in its last 11 home games; under is 11-2 in their last 13 home games.
Twins @ Rays
Berrios is 2-1, 8.57 in his five starts; Twins scored 34 runs in those five games (over 3-1-1).
Archer is 1-4, 4.54 in his last five starts; under is 7-3 in his last ten. Tampa Bay lost his last seven home starts.
Twins won six of last eight road games; last seven Minnesota games went over. Tampa Bay won six of its last nine games, under is 8-4 in Rays? last dozen home games.
Orioles @ White Sox
Tillman is 4-1, 2.79 in his last six starts; under is 5-0-2 in his last seven. Orioles are 6-3 in his road starts.
Rodon is 0-4, 5.49 in his last seven starts; his last three went over. White Sox are 3-5 when he starts at home.
Orioles won four of last five games; under is 9-3-1 in their last 13 road games. Chicago lost seven of last nine games; five of last six White Sox games went over.
Rangers @ Astros
Harrell is 2-0, 2.25 in his last two starts; under is 3-1-1 in his last five starts.
Fister is 2-1, 3.57 in his last four starts; four of his last six home starts went over. Houston is 6-3 when he starts at home.
Rangers lost three of last four games; six of last eight Texas road games stayed under. Houston lost eight of last 11 games; under is 14-4-1 in last 19 Astro home games.
Blue Jays @ Royals
Sanchez is 4-0, 1.50 in his last six starts; under is 6-0-1 in his last seven. Toronto is 6-4 in his road starts.
Duffy is 3-0, 2.67 in his last four starts; Royals won seven of his eight home starts. Under is 4-2-1 in his last seven starts.
Blue Jays are 8-3 in last eleven games; six of last seven Toronto road games stayed under. Kansas City lost 12 of last 16 games; seven of their last nine games stayed under.
Angels @ Mariners
Skaggs is 1-0, 0.00 (12.1 IP) in his first two ?16 starts (over 1-1).
Walker is 2-1, 3.42 in his last five starts (under 4-1); Seattle is 5-4 in his home starts.
Angels are 6-4 in last ten games; Halos? last four games went over total. Seattle won four of last six home games; five of last eight Mariner home games stayed under.
Interleague
Mets @ Tigers
Verrett is 0-4, 6.32 in his last eight starts (under 5-4-1). Mets are 2-4 in his road starts.
Boyd is 2-0, 3.10 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Detroit won his last three home starts.
Mets lost seven of last ten games; five of their last seven games went over. Detroit won 10 of last 11 games; five of Tigers? last eight games went over.
Cubs @ A?s
Arrieta is 0-3, 4.88 in his last five starts; over is 4-2-1 in his last seven. Chicago lost his last three road outings.
Gray is 1-2, 10.68 in his last three starts; over is 4-1-2 in his last seven. Oakland lost five of his last six home starts.
Cubs won eight of last nine games; over is 14-4-1 in their last 19 road games. Oakland lost six of last seven games; five of their last seven home games stayed under.
Red Sox @ Dodgers
Rodriguez is 1-1, 2.63 in his last four starts (under 4-0); Boston won four of his five road starts.
Stripling is 2-3, 6.31 in his last five starts (under 5-2-1); Dodgers split his four home starts.
Red Sox are 5-9 in its last 14 games; under is 11-2 in their last 13 road games. Dodgers are 7-10 in last 17 games; under is 21-9 in their last 30 home games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts
Cin-Pitt: Bailey 1-0; Nova 0-0/7-8
SF-Wsh: Cain 6-8; Strasburg 18-2
Atl-StL: Hernandez 0-0; Martinez 10-10
Mia-Colo: Cashner 1-0/7-9; Bettis 13-9
Mil-Az: Garza 3-6; Corbin 7-15 (0-5 last 5)
Phil-SD: Thompson 0-0; Clemens 0-2/1-1
Cle-NY: Kluber 10-11; Sabathia 10-9
Min-TB: Berrios 2-3; Archer 6-17
Blt-Chi: Tillman 19-4; Rodon 5-12
Tex-Hst: Harrell 1-0/3-2; Fister 14-7
Tor-KC: Sanchez 13-8; Duffy 12-3 (7-0 last 7)
LAA-Sea: Skaggs 1-1; Walker 6-10
NYM-Det: Verrett 3-7; Boyd 4-5
Chi-A?s: Arrieta 13-8 (3-8 last 11); Gray 7-13
Bos-LA: Rodriguez 4-6; Stripling 4-4
Starting pitchers allowing 1+ runs in first inning:
Cin-Pitt: Bailey 1-1; Nova 4-15
SF-Wsh: Cain 2-14; Strasburg 6-20
Atl-StL: Hernandez 0-0; Martinez 2-20
Mia-Colo: Cashner 8-16; Bettis 7-22
Mil-Az: Garza 3-9; Corbin 10-22
Phil-SD: Thompson 0-0; Clemens 0-4
Cle-NY: Kluber 5-21; Sabathia 4-19 (4 of last 7)
Min-TB: Berrios 2-5; Archer 10-23
Blt-Chi: Tillman 7-23; Rodon 6-17
Tex-Hst: Harrell 3-6; Fister 3-21
Tor-KC: Sanchez 4-21; Duffy 3-15
LAA-Sea: Skaggs 0-2; Walker 2-16
NYM-Det: Verrett 1-10; Boyd 1-9
Chi-A?s: Arrieta 3-21; Gray 4-20
Bos-LA: Rodriguez 3-10; Stripling 2-8
Umpires
Cin-Pitt: Four of last five Basner games stayed under.
SF-Wsh: Last four Torres games stayed under total.
Atl-StL: Three of last four Layne games stayed under.
Mia-Colo: Underdogs won six of last ten Fagan games.
Mil-Az: Three of last four Tumpane games stayed under.
Phil-SD: Eight of last nine Everitt games stayed under.
Cle-NY: Eight of last ten Davidson games went over.
Min-TB: Last three Cuzzi games went over total.
Blt-Chi: Over is 15-2 in last 17 Wegner games.
Tex-Hst: Over is 6-2-1 in last nine Porter games.
Tor-KC: Over is 7-0-1 in last eight Gorman games.
LAA-Sea: Seven of last ten Hoye games went over.
NYM-Det: Under is 4-1-1 in last six Randazzo games.
Chi-A?s: Underdogs won four of last five Demuth games.
Bos-LA: Both Whitson games this season went over total.
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/5
Arizona 20-25-8??20-31-5??40-56
Atlanta 20-25-7??18-26-12??38-51
Cubs 29-18-7??31-16-8??.60-34
Reds 13-34-6??24-27-4??37-61
Colo 22-23-11?..20-28-4??42-51
LA 23-23-9??30-18-7??.53-41
Miami 22-23-9?..25-16-12?..47-39
Milw 17-29-7??29-19-7??46-48
Mets 23-36-6??25-21-8??48-47
Philly 19-23-15?..19-25-10?..38-46
Pitt 14-32-9??33-16-4??47-47
St. Louis 26-23-4??23-22-11?..49-45
SD 17-33-4??25-26-4??42-59
SF 25-26-6??28-14-10?..53-40
Wash 29-15-13??22-16-14?..51-31
Orioles 20-28-6??.30-18-8??50-46
Boston 18-23-8??.33-17-8??51-40
White Sox 23-24-8??29-24-2??52-48
Cleveland 34-19-4??23-21-5??.56-40
Detroit 23-26-7??27-21-2??.50-47
Astros 17-24-11?..28-22-6??.45-46
KC 20-30-8??21-20-11?..41-50
Angels 20-27-7??21-25-10??.41-52
Twins 21-29-8??17-28-11??.38-57
NYY 18-29-8??24-26-7??.42-55
A?s 18-30-8??20-25-9??38-55
Seattle 24-23-8??22-19-11?..46-42
Tampa Bay 19-23-8??.24-25-9??43-48
Texas 22-29-8??.24-17-9??.46-46
Toronto 34-15-4??..33-21-3???67-36
Saturday?s games
National League
Reds @ Pirates
Bailey allowed two runs in 5.2 IP (89 PT) in his first ?16 start.
Nova makes his Pirate debut; he was 1-1, 3.64 in his last three starts for New York. Four of his last five starts stayed under.
Reds are 12-7 in last 19 games (7-0 in game after those seven losses); under is 6-1-1 in their last eight games. Pittsburgh lost five of last seven games; four of last five Pittsburgh home games went over.
Giants @ Nationals
Cain is 2-0, 3.48 in his last two starts; three of his last four went over. Giants lost four of his five road starts.
Strasburg is 5-1, 1.99 in his last six starts; over is 15-3-1 in his last 19 starts. Washington is 10-1 in his home starts.
Giants lost ten of last 12 road games; seven of their last nine games stayed under. Washington won seven of its last nine games; four of last six Washington home games went over.
Braves @ Cardinals
Hernandez (formerly known as Fausto Carmona) is making his first ?16 start; he was 3-5, 4.36 n 11 starts for Houston LY, is 70-98, 4.58 in 217 major league starts. In minors this year, he is 4-6, 4.60 in 16 AAA starts.
Martinez is 3-0, 3.18 in his last four starts; under is 7-1-1 in his last nine. Cardinals are 2-7 in his last nine home starts.
Cardinals lost four of last six games, over is 6-2-1 in their last nine. Atlanta lost six of last eight road games; under is 5-2 in their last seven road games.
Marlins @ Rockies
Cashner is 1-0, 2.66 in his last four starts; four of his last five went over.
Bettis is 3-0, 3.09 in his last five starts; five of his last seven home starts went over.
Marlins lost five of last eight games; six of last nine Miami games went over. Colorado won 11 of last 15 games; under is 13-5-2 in their last 20 games.
Brewers @ Diamondbacks
Garza is 1-4, 8.04 in his last six starts (under 4-3-2). Milwaukee is 0-6 in his road starts.
Corbin is 0-4, 10.22 in his last five starts; his last seven went over the total. Arizona is 1-8 when he starts at home.
Brewers lost three of last four games; under is 12-6 in their last 18 games. Arizona lost eight of last 11 games; four of last five Diamondback games went over.
Phillies @ Padres
Thompson makes his MLB debut here; he is 11-5, 2.50 in 21 AAA starts this year.
Clemens is 0-2, 5.23 in two starts for San Diego (under 2-0).
Phillies are 5-3 in last eight games; over is 10-6 in their last 16 road games. San Diego is 4-6 in its last ten games; three of their last four games went over.
American League
Indians @ Bronx
Kluber is 2-0, 1.24 in his last four starts; over is 6-2-1 in his last nine. Indians are 5-6 in his road starts.
Sabathia is 1-2, 5.92 in his last four starts; over is 5-2-1 in his last eight. He is 0-3, 7.19 in his last three home starts.
Indians lost four of last five games; last five Cleveland games went over. New York is 8-3 in its last 11 home games; under is 11-2 in their last 13 home games.
Twins @ Rays
Berrios is 2-1, 8.57 in his five starts; Twins scored 34 runs in those five games (over 3-1-1).
Archer is 1-4, 4.54 in his last five starts; under is 7-3 in his last ten. Tampa Bay lost his last seven home starts.
Twins won six of last eight road games; last seven Minnesota games went over. Tampa Bay won six of its last nine games, under is 8-4 in Rays? last dozen home games.
Orioles @ White Sox
Tillman is 4-1, 2.79 in his last six starts; under is 5-0-2 in his last seven. Orioles are 6-3 in his road starts.
Rodon is 0-4, 5.49 in his last seven starts; his last three went over. White Sox are 3-5 when he starts at home.
Orioles won four of last five games; under is 9-3-1 in their last 13 road games. Chicago lost seven of last nine games; five of last six White Sox games went over.
Rangers @ Astros
Harrell is 2-0, 2.25 in his last two starts; under is 3-1-1 in his last five starts.
Fister is 2-1, 3.57 in his last four starts; four of his last six home starts went over. Houston is 6-3 when he starts at home.
Rangers lost three of last four games; six of last eight Texas road games stayed under. Houston lost eight of last 11 games; under is 14-4-1 in last 19 Astro home games.
Blue Jays @ Royals
Sanchez is 4-0, 1.50 in his last six starts; under is 6-0-1 in his last seven. Toronto is 6-4 in his road starts.
Duffy is 3-0, 2.67 in his last four starts; Royals won seven of his eight home starts. Under is 4-2-1 in his last seven starts.
Blue Jays are 8-3 in last eleven games; six of last seven Toronto road games stayed under. Kansas City lost 12 of last 16 games; seven of their last nine games stayed under.
Angels @ Mariners
Skaggs is 1-0, 0.00 (12.1 IP) in his first two ?16 starts (over 1-1).
Walker is 2-1, 3.42 in his last five starts (under 4-1); Seattle is 5-4 in his home starts.
Angels are 6-4 in last ten games; Halos? last four games went over total. Seattle won four of last six home games; five of last eight Mariner home games stayed under.
Interleague
Mets @ Tigers
Verrett is 0-4, 6.32 in his last eight starts (under 5-4-1). Mets are 2-4 in his road starts.
Boyd is 2-0, 3.10 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Detroit won his last three home starts.
Mets lost seven of last ten games; five of their last seven games went over. Detroit won 10 of last 11 games; five of Tigers? last eight games went over.
Cubs @ A?s
Arrieta is 0-3, 4.88 in his last five starts; over is 4-2-1 in his last seven. Chicago lost his last three road outings.
Gray is 1-2, 10.68 in his last three starts; over is 4-1-2 in his last seven. Oakland lost five of his last six home starts.
Cubs won eight of last nine games; over is 14-4-1 in their last 19 road games. Oakland lost six of last seven games; five of their last seven home games stayed under.
Red Sox @ Dodgers
Rodriguez is 1-1, 2.63 in his last four starts (under 4-0); Boston won four of his five road starts.
Stripling is 2-3, 6.31 in his last five starts (under 5-2-1); Dodgers split his four home starts.
Red Sox are 5-9 in its last 14 games; under is 11-2 in their last 13 road games. Dodgers are 7-10 in last 17 games; under is 21-9 in their last 30 home games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts
Cin-Pitt: Bailey 1-0; Nova 0-0/7-8
SF-Wsh: Cain 6-8; Strasburg 18-2
Atl-StL: Hernandez 0-0; Martinez 10-10
Mia-Colo: Cashner 1-0/7-9; Bettis 13-9
Mil-Az: Garza 3-6; Corbin 7-15 (0-5 last 5)
Phil-SD: Thompson 0-0; Clemens 0-2/1-1
Cle-NY: Kluber 10-11; Sabathia 10-9
Min-TB: Berrios 2-3; Archer 6-17
Blt-Chi: Tillman 19-4; Rodon 5-12
Tex-Hst: Harrell 1-0/3-2; Fister 14-7
Tor-KC: Sanchez 13-8; Duffy 12-3 (7-0 last 7)
LAA-Sea: Skaggs 1-1; Walker 6-10
NYM-Det: Verrett 3-7; Boyd 4-5
Chi-A?s: Arrieta 13-8 (3-8 last 11); Gray 7-13
Bos-LA: Rodriguez 4-6; Stripling 4-4
Starting pitchers allowing 1+ runs in first inning:
Cin-Pitt: Bailey 1-1; Nova 4-15
SF-Wsh: Cain 2-14; Strasburg 6-20
Atl-StL: Hernandez 0-0; Martinez 2-20
Mia-Colo: Cashner 8-16; Bettis 7-22
Mil-Az: Garza 3-9; Corbin 10-22
Phil-SD: Thompson 0-0; Clemens 0-4
Cle-NY: Kluber 5-21; Sabathia 4-19 (4 of last 7)
Min-TB: Berrios 2-5; Archer 10-23
Blt-Chi: Tillman 7-23; Rodon 6-17
Tex-Hst: Harrell 3-6; Fister 3-21
Tor-KC: Sanchez 4-21; Duffy 3-15
LAA-Sea: Skaggs 0-2; Walker 2-16
NYM-Det: Verrett 1-10; Boyd 1-9
Chi-A?s: Arrieta 3-21; Gray 4-20
Bos-LA: Rodriguez 3-10; Stripling 2-8
Umpires
Cin-Pitt: Four of last five Basner games stayed under.
SF-Wsh: Last four Torres games stayed under total.
Atl-StL: Three of last four Layne games stayed under.
Mia-Colo: Underdogs won six of last ten Fagan games.
Mil-Az: Three of last four Tumpane games stayed under.
Phil-SD: Eight of last nine Everitt games stayed under.
Cle-NY: Eight of last ten Davidson games went over.
Min-TB: Last three Cuzzi games went over total.
Blt-Chi: Over is 15-2 in last 17 Wegner games.
Tex-Hst: Over is 6-2-1 in last nine Porter games.
Tor-KC: Over is 7-0-1 in last eight Gorman games.
LAA-Sea: Seven of last ten Hoye games went over.
NYM-Det: Under is 4-1-1 in last six Randazzo games.
Chi-A?s: Underdogs won four of last five Demuth games.
Bos-LA: Both Whitson games this season went over total.
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/5
Arizona 20-25-8??20-31-5??40-56
Atlanta 20-25-7??18-26-12??38-51
Cubs 29-18-7??31-16-8??.60-34
Reds 13-34-6??24-27-4??37-61
Colo 22-23-11?..20-28-4??42-51
LA 23-23-9??30-18-7??.53-41
Miami 22-23-9?..25-16-12?..47-39
Milw 17-29-7??29-19-7??46-48
Mets 23-36-6??25-21-8??48-47
Philly 19-23-15?..19-25-10?..38-46
Pitt 14-32-9??33-16-4??47-47
St. Louis 26-23-4??23-22-11?..49-45
SD 17-33-4??25-26-4??42-59
SF 25-26-6??28-14-10?..53-40
Wash 29-15-13??22-16-14?..51-31
Orioles 20-28-6??.30-18-8??50-46
Boston 18-23-8??.33-17-8??51-40
White Sox 23-24-8??29-24-2??52-48
Cleveland 34-19-4??23-21-5??.56-40
Detroit 23-26-7??27-21-2??.50-47
Astros 17-24-11?..28-22-6??.45-46
KC 20-30-8??21-20-11?..41-50
Angels 20-27-7??21-25-10??.41-52
Twins 21-29-8??17-28-11??.38-57
NYY 18-29-8??24-26-7??.42-55
A?s 18-30-8??20-25-9??38-55
Seattle 24-23-8??22-19-11?..46-42
Tampa Bay 19-23-8??.24-25-9??43-48
Texas 22-29-8??.24-17-9??.46-46
Toronto 34-15-4??..33-21-3???67-36
