*** Apologize for not posting yesterday, wife & I were out of town celebrating our 27 th wedding anniversary.
MLB
Saturday?s games
National League
Cardinals @ Cubs
Weaver is making his MLB debut; he was 7-3, 3.30 in 13 minor league starts this year, 12 of which were in AA, only one in AA.
Hendricks is 6-1, 1.35 in his last seven starts, under is 4-0-1 in his last five. Cubs won his last seven home starts.
Cardinals lost nine of last 13 games; over is 9-4-2 in their last 15 games. Chicago won its last 11 games; seven of their last ten stayed under.
Braves @ Nationals
Whalen is 1-0, 5.73 in two MLB starts (over 1-1).
Lopez is 0-1, 9.35 in two MLB starts (over 1-1).
Braves won seven of last ten road games; three of last five Atlanta games stayed under. Washington won six of last nine games; under is 5-3-1 in their last nine home games.
Rockies @ Phillies
Anderson is 4-0, 3.05 in his last six starts (under 7-3). He is 0-2, 3.06 in three road starts.
Eickhoff is 1-2, 4.70 in his last four starts; under is 11-4 in his last 15. Phillies are 6-5 in his home starts.
Colorado lost seven of last nine games; over is 4-1-1 in their last six road games. Phillies are 8-6 in last 14 games, over is 8-1-1 in their last ten games.
Padres @ Mets
Cosart is 0-0, 5.40 in two starts for San Diego (over 2-0).
deGrom is 1-0, 0.44 in his last three starts; under is 9-3 in his last 12. Mets are 8-3 in his home starts.
San Diego lost 12 of last 17 road games; six of Padres? last eight games went over. Mets are 4-12 in last 16 games; seven of last eight games at Citi Field went over.
Reds @ Brewers
Straily is 4-0, 1.93 in his last five starts; over is 8-5 in his last 13. Reds are 5-5 in his road outings.
Davies is 4-0, 2.54 in his last six starts (under 5-1). Milwaukee is 7-2 in his last nine starts at Miller Park.
Reds are 5-7 in last 12 road games, 2-7 overall in game following their last nine wins. Milwaukee is 8-4 in last 12 home games; six of last seven games at Miller Park stayed under. Under is 7-2-1 in last ten Cincinnati road games.
Pirates @ Dodgers
Cole is 2-2, 2.81 in his last four starts, last three of which went over. Pirates are 5-3 in his road starts.
McCarthy is 0-2, 6.75 in his last three starts (under 6-1). Dodgers won three of his four home starts.
Pittsburgh lost eight of last ten road games; under is 8-4 in their last 12 games. Dodgers won four of last five games; over is 5-1-1 in last seven Dodger home games.
American League
Rays @ New York
Andriese is 0-2, 4.05 in his last three starts; three of his last four stayed under. Tampa Bay is 3-2 in his road starts.
Tanaka is 1-2, 6.23 in his last three starts; four of his last five stayed under. New York is 10-2 when he starts at home.
Rays are 2-7 in last nine road games (under 6-3). New York won four of last five games. Five of last eight New York games stayed under the total.
Astros @ Blue Jays
McHugh is 0-3, 8.59 in his last three starts; under is 7-3-1 in his last 11. Astros are 5-6 in his road starts.
Sanchez is 4-1, 2.06 in his last seven starts; under is 7-0-1 in his last eight. Toronto won six of his last eight home starts.
Astros won last four games; over is 5-3 in Astros? last eight road games. Toronto is 7-4 in last 11 home games; over is 6-2-1 in last nine games at Sky Dome.
Angels @ Indians
Shoemaker is 1-3, 4.05 in his last four starts; under is 9-4 in his last 13. Angels are 3-8 in his road starts.
Clevinger is 0-1, 7.71 in four starts this year (over 4-0).
Angels lost 13 of last 15 road games; three of their last five games stayed under. Cleveland is 6-3 in its last nine home games; their last six home games went over total.
Royals @ Twins
Gee is 0-3, 6.14 in his last four starts (over 4-4). He is 1-2, 6.60 in three road starts.
Duffey is 2-2, 9.77 in his last four starts; over is 5-1-1 in his last seven. Minnesota won four of his last five home starts.
Royals won five of last six games; under is 7-3 in Royals? last ten road games. Minnesota lost its last four games; six of Twins? last seven home games went over.
Tigers @ Rangers
Boyd is 3-0, 3.55 in his last five starts (over 5-4-1); Detroit is 1-4 in his road starts.
Hamels is 3-1, 2.36 in his last five starts (under 4-1). Texas is 8-2 in his home starts.
Tigers lost their last five games; three of last five Detroit games stayed under. Texas won six of last seven home games; under is 9-2-2 in last 13 Ranger games.
Mariners @ A?s
Iwakuma is 7-1, 2.54 in his last eight starts; six of his last nine stayed under. Seattle 7-5 in his road starts.
Graveman is 5-1, 3.75 in his last seven starts (under 5-2). Oakland won his last five home starts.
Mariners won six of last seven games; over is 6-2 in Seattle?s last eight road games. Oakland won four of last five games; five of last seven Oakland games stayed under.
Interleague
White Sox @ Marlins
Shields is 0-2, 19.91 in his last two starts; over is 8-3-1 in his Chicago starts. He is 0-3, 8.24 in his four road starts for the White Sox.
Conley is 2-1, 4.15 in his last four starts; under is 9-5 in his last 14. Miami won four of his last five home starts.
White Sox are 5-13 in last 18 road games; over is 7-5 in their last 12 games. Miami lost seven of last ten games; six of Marlins? last nine home games went over.
Diamondbacks @ Red Sox
Bradley is 1-2, 6.75 in his last four starts (over 10-6); Arizona is 5-3 in his road starts.
Buchholz is 0-5, 8.42 in his last five starts, last of which was July 2. Boston is 2-7 in his home starts. Over is 7-6 in his home starts.
Diamondbacks won four of last five games; six of their last eight road games went over. Boston lost seven of last ten home games; under is 11-5 in their last sixteen games.
Orioles @ Giants
Gausman is 1-2, 5.63 in his last three starts; seven of his last nine stayed under. Orioles lost eight of his last nine road starts.
Bumgarner is 0-3, 4.50 in his last five starts; five of his last six stayed under. Giants are 7-5 in his home starts.
Orioles are 7-5 in their last 13 games; under is 13-5-1 in their last 19 road games. Giants are 8-17 in last 25 games; under is 6-1-1 in their last eight games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
StL-Chi? Weaver 0-0; Hendricks 13-8
Atl-Wsh? Whalen 2-0; Lopez 0-2
Col-Phil? Anderson 6-5; Eickhoff 10-13
SD-NY? Cosart 1-1/1-3; deGrom 11-9
Cin-Mil? Straily 12-9; Davies 11-9
Pitt-LA? Cole 8-9; McCarthy 3-4
TB-NY? Andriese 5-5; Tanaka 16-7
Hst-Tor? McHugh 13-10 (0-3 last 3); Sanchez 13-9
LA-Cle? Shoemaker 7-15; Clevinger 2-2
Det-Tex? Boyd 5-5; Hamels 17-6
KC-Min? Gee 2-6; Duffey 9-10
Sea-A?s? Iwakuma 14-9; Graveman 11-11
CWS-Mia? Shields 4-8/2-9; Conley 13-10
Az-Bos? Bradley 8-8; Buchholz 3-10
Balt-SF? Gausman 8-12; Bumgarner 13-11 (0-5 last 5)
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
StL-Chi? Weaver 0-0; Hendricks 5-21
Atl-Wsh? Whalen 1-2; Lopez 1-2
Col-Phil? Anderson 3-11; Eickhoff 6-23
SD-NY? Cosart 3-6; deGrom 2-20
Cin-Mil? Straily 5-21; Davies 5-20
Pitt-LA? Cole 4-17; McCarthy 2-7
TB-NY? Andriese 3-10; Tanaka 3-23
Hst-Tor? McHugh 9-23; Sanchez 4-22
LA-Cle? Shoemaker 4-22; Clevinger 2-4
Det-Tex? Boyd 1-10; Hamels 5-23
KC-Min? Gee 5-8; Duffey 6-19
Sea-A?s? Iwakuma 3-23; Graveman 4-22
CWS-Mia? Shields 10-23; Conley 7-23
Az-Bos? Bradley 7-16; Buchholz 7-13
Balt-SF? Gausman 8-20; Bumgarner 6-24
Umpires
StL-Chi? Last four Meals games stayed under total.
Atl-Wsh? Four of last five Timmons games stayed under.
Col-Phil? Under is 7-3 in last ten Cooper games.
SD-NY? Under is 11-4-1 in last sixteen Estabrook games.
Cin-Mil? Under is 10-4 in last fourteen Tichenor games.
Pitt-LA? Under is 8-3 in last eleven Joyce games.
TB-NY? Underdogs won six of last eight Carapazza games.
Hst-Tor? Four of last five Eddings games went over.
LA-Cle? Nine of last ten Rackley games went over.
Det-Tex? Three of last four Hallion games stayed under.
KC-Min? Eight of last nine Danley games stayed under.
Sea-A?s? Under is 7-4-2 in last 13 Guccione games.
CWS-Mia? Under is 7-4-1 in last twelve Barry games.
Az-Bos? Over is 9-2-2 in last thirteen TBarrett games.
Balt-SF? Over is 3-0-1 in last four O?Nora games.
MLB
Saturday?s games
National League
Cardinals @ Cubs
Weaver is making his MLB debut; he was 7-3, 3.30 in 13 minor league starts this year, 12 of which were in AA, only one in AA.
Hendricks is 6-1, 1.35 in his last seven starts, under is 4-0-1 in his last five. Cubs won his last seven home starts.
Cardinals lost nine of last 13 games; over is 9-4-2 in their last 15 games. Chicago won its last 11 games; seven of their last ten stayed under.
Braves @ Nationals
Whalen is 1-0, 5.73 in two MLB starts (over 1-1).
Lopez is 0-1, 9.35 in two MLB starts (over 1-1).
Braves won seven of last ten road games; three of last five Atlanta games stayed under. Washington won six of last nine games; under is 5-3-1 in their last nine home games.
Rockies @ Phillies
Anderson is 4-0, 3.05 in his last six starts (under 7-3). He is 0-2, 3.06 in three road starts.
Eickhoff is 1-2, 4.70 in his last four starts; under is 11-4 in his last 15. Phillies are 6-5 in his home starts.
Colorado lost seven of last nine games; over is 4-1-1 in their last six road games. Phillies are 8-6 in last 14 games, over is 8-1-1 in their last ten games.
Padres @ Mets
Cosart is 0-0, 5.40 in two starts for San Diego (over 2-0).
deGrom is 1-0, 0.44 in his last three starts; under is 9-3 in his last 12. Mets are 8-3 in his home starts.
San Diego lost 12 of last 17 road games; six of Padres? last eight games went over. Mets are 4-12 in last 16 games; seven of last eight games at Citi Field went over.
Reds @ Brewers
Straily is 4-0, 1.93 in his last five starts; over is 8-5 in his last 13. Reds are 5-5 in his road outings.
Davies is 4-0, 2.54 in his last six starts (under 5-1). Milwaukee is 7-2 in his last nine starts at Miller Park.
Reds are 5-7 in last 12 road games, 2-7 overall in game following their last nine wins. Milwaukee is 8-4 in last 12 home games; six of last seven games at Miller Park stayed under. Under is 7-2-1 in last ten Cincinnati road games.
Pirates @ Dodgers
Cole is 2-2, 2.81 in his last four starts, last three of which went over. Pirates are 5-3 in his road starts.
McCarthy is 0-2, 6.75 in his last three starts (under 6-1). Dodgers won three of his four home starts.
Pittsburgh lost eight of last ten road games; under is 8-4 in their last 12 games. Dodgers won four of last five games; over is 5-1-1 in last seven Dodger home games.
American League
Rays @ New York
Andriese is 0-2, 4.05 in his last three starts; three of his last four stayed under. Tampa Bay is 3-2 in his road starts.
Tanaka is 1-2, 6.23 in his last three starts; four of his last five stayed under. New York is 10-2 when he starts at home.
Rays are 2-7 in last nine road games (under 6-3). New York won four of last five games. Five of last eight New York games stayed under the total.
Astros @ Blue Jays
McHugh is 0-3, 8.59 in his last three starts; under is 7-3-1 in his last 11. Astros are 5-6 in his road starts.
Sanchez is 4-1, 2.06 in his last seven starts; under is 7-0-1 in his last eight. Toronto won six of his last eight home starts.
Astros won last four games; over is 5-3 in Astros? last eight road games. Toronto is 7-4 in last 11 home games; over is 6-2-1 in last nine games at Sky Dome.
Angels @ Indians
Shoemaker is 1-3, 4.05 in his last four starts; under is 9-4 in his last 13. Angels are 3-8 in his road starts.
Clevinger is 0-1, 7.71 in four starts this year (over 4-0).
Angels lost 13 of last 15 road games; three of their last five games stayed under. Cleveland is 6-3 in its last nine home games; their last six home games went over total.
Royals @ Twins
Gee is 0-3, 6.14 in his last four starts (over 4-4). He is 1-2, 6.60 in three road starts.
Duffey is 2-2, 9.77 in his last four starts; over is 5-1-1 in his last seven. Minnesota won four of his last five home starts.
Royals won five of last six games; under is 7-3 in Royals? last ten road games. Minnesota lost its last four games; six of Twins? last seven home games went over.
Tigers @ Rangers
Boyd is 3-0, 3.55 in his last five starts (over 5-4-1); Detroit is 1-4 in his road starts.
Hamels is 3-1, 2.36 in his last five starts (under 4-1). Texas is 8-2 in his home starts.
Tigers lost their last five games; three of last five Detroit games stayed under. Texas won six of last seven home games; under is 9-2-2 in last 13 Ranger games.
Mariners @ A?s
Iwakuma is 7-1, 2.54 in his last eight starts; six of his last nine stayed under. Seattle 7-5 in his road starts.
Graveman is 5-1, 3.75 in his last seven starts (under 5-2). Oakland won his last five home starts.
Mariners won six of last seven games; over is 6-2 in Seattle?s last eight road games. Oakland won four of last five games; five of last seven Oakland games stayed under.
Interleague
White Sox @ Marlins
Shields is 0-2, 19.91 in his last two starts; over is 8-3-1 in his Chicago starts. He is 0-3, 8.24 in his four road starts for the White Sox.
Conley is 2-1, 4.15 in his last four starts; under is 9-5 in his last 14. Miami won four of his last five home starts.
White Sox are 5-13 in last 18 road games; over is 7-5 in their last 12 games. Miami lost seven of last ten games; six of Marlins? last nine home games went over.
Diamondbacks @ Red Sox
Bradley is 1-2, 6.75 in his last four starts (over 10-6); Arizona is 5-3 in his road starts.
Buchholz is 0-5, 8.42 in his last five starts, last of which was July 2. Boston is 2-7 in his home starts. Over is 7-6 in his home starts.
Diamondbacks won four of last five games; six of their last eight road games went over. Boston lost seven of last ten home games; under is 11-5 in their last sixteen games.
Orioles @ Giants
Gausman is 1-2, 5.63 in his last three starts; seven of his last nine stayed under. Orioles lost eight of his last nine road starts.
Bumgarner is 0-3, 4.50 in his last five starts; five of his last six stayed under. Giants are 7-5 in his home starts.
Orioles are 7-5 in their last 13 games; under is 13-5-1 in their last 19 road games. Giants are 8-17 in last 25 games; under is 6-1-1 in their last eight games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
StL-Chi? Weaver 0-0; Hendricks 13-8
Atl-Wsh? Whalen 2-0; Lopez 0-2
Col-Phil? Anderson 6-5; Eickhoff 10-13
SD-NY? Cosart 1-1/1-3; deGrom 11-9
Cin-Mil? Straily 12-9; Davies 11-9
Pitt-LA? Cole 8-9; McCarthy 3-4
TB-NY? Andriese 5-5; Tanaka 16-7
Hst-Tor? McHugh 13-10 (0-3 last 3); Sanchez 13-9
LA-Cle? Shoemaker 7-15; Clevinger 2-2
Det-Tex? Boyd 5-5; Hamels 17-6
KC-Min? Gee 2-6; Duffey 9-10
Sea-A?s? Iwakuma 14-9; Graveman 11-11
CWS-Mia? Shields 4-8/2-9; Conley 13-10
Az-Bos? Bradley 8-8; Buchholz 3-10
Balt-SF? Gausman 8-12; Bumgarner 13-11 (0-5 last 5)
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
StL-Chi? Weaver 0-0; Hendricks 5-21
Atl-Wsh? Whalen 1-2; Lopez 1-2
Col-Phil? Anderson 3-11; Eickhoff 6-23
SD-NY? Cosart 3-6; deGrom 2-20
Cin-Mil? Straily 5-21; Davies 5-20
Pitt-LA? Cole 4-17; McCarthy 2-7
TB-NY? Andriese 3-10; Tanaka 3-23
Hst-Tor? McHugh 9-23; Sanchez 4-22
LA-Cle? Shoemaker 4-22; Clevinger 2-4
Det-Tex? Boyd 1-10; Hamels 5-23
KC-Min? Gee 5-8; Duffey 6-19
Sea-A?s? Iwakuma 3-23; Graveman 4-22
CWS-Mia? Shields 10-23; Conley 7-23
Az-Bos? Bradley 7-16; Buchholz 7-13
Balt-SF? Gausman 8-20; Bumgarner 6-24
Umpires
StL-Chi? Last four Meals games stayed under total.
Atl-Wsh? Four of last five Timmons games stayed under.
Col-Phil? Under is 7-3 in last ten Cooper games.
SD-NY? Under is 11-4-1 in last sixteen Estabrook games.
Cin-Mil? Under is 10-4 in last fourteen Tichenor games.
Pitt-LA? Under is 8-3 in last eleven Joyce games.
TB-NY? Underdogs won six of last eight Carapazza games.
Hst-Tor? Four of last five Eddings games went over.
LA-Cle? Nine of last ten Rackley games went over.
Det-Tex? Three of last four Hallion games stayed under.
KC-Min? Eight of last nine Danley games stayed under.
Sea-A?s? Under is 7-4-2 in last 13 Guccione games.
CWS-Mia? Under is 7-4-1 in last twelve Barry games.
Az-Bos? Over is 9-2-2 in last thirteen TBarrett games.
Balt-SF? Over is 3-0-1 in last four O?Nora games.
