MLB
Saturday?s games
National League
Phillies @ Nationals
Eickhoff is 4-1, 4.79 in his last six starts; under is 7-3-1 in his last 11. Phillies are 6-2 in his last eight road starts.
Scherzer is 4-0, 2.45 in his last four starts; under is 10-3 in his last 13. Washington is 7-5 in his home starts.
Phillies won three of last five games; under is 9-2-1 in their last 12. Washington won eight of last 11 games with over 3-1-1 in their last five.
Reds @ Pirates
Stephenson is 2-1, 3.64 in three starts this year (under 2-1).
Hutchison was 1-0, 3.86 in two starts for Toronto (under 2-0) earlier this year.
Reds lost nine of last 12 games; under is 8-2 in their last ten games. Pittsburgh lost nine of last 11 games; four of last six Pirate games went over the total.
Dodgers @ Marlins
Hill is 2-0, 0.00 (12 IP) in two starta for the Dodgers.
Koehler is 0-2, 4.34 in his last five starts (over 4-1). Miami won four of his last five home starts.
Dodgers won six of last eight games; under is 9-3 in LA?s last 12 games. Miami lost 10 of last 13 games; under is 9-1 in their last ten home games.
Mets @ Braves
Lugo is 3-0, 1.50 in his last three starts (over 3-1).
Gant is 1-3, 4.56 in five starts this year (over 3-2).
Mets won their last six games; five of last seven NY games stayed under. Atlanta lost its last four games; over is 18-4 in Braves? last 22 games.
Brewers @ Cardinals
Anderson is 2-1, 2.95 in his last five starts; his last three starts went over. Milwaukee is 4-7 in his road starts.
Wainwright is 1-3, 8.13 in his last six starts; over is 7-2 in his last nine. Cardinals are 9-5 in his home starts.
Brewers won seven of last nine games; five of their last seven games went over. St Louis is 5-8 in its last 13 home games (over 8-4-1).
Giants @ Diamondbacks
Cueto is 0-2, 3.06 in his last three starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Giants are 2-4 in his last six road starts.
Bradley is 2-0, 3.71 in his last three starts; six of his last seven went over. Arizona is 3-6 in his last nine home starts.
Giants lost five of last eight games; five of last seven SF games stayed under the total. Arizona lost six of last eight games; over is 15-3 in last 18 games at Chase Field.
Rockies @ Padres
Gray is 1-3, 7.55 in his last six starts; four of his last five went over.
Friedrich is 0-4, 5.83 in his last five starts (over 12-6). Padres lost four of his last five home starts.
Rockies lost five of last seven games; over is 8-4 in their last 12 road games. San Diego lost 12 of last 17 games; five of last seven Padre games stayed under the total.
American League
Rays @ New York
Archer is 2-1, 2.45 in his last four starts; four of his last six went over. Rays are 4-10 in his road starts.
Tanaka is 5-0, 2.08 in his last six starts; under is 7-3 in his last 10. New York is 12-2 in his home starts.
Rays lost five of last six games; over is 11-2-1 in Tampa?s last 14 road games. New York won seven of its last eight home games; over is 9-4 in last 13 New York home games.
Red Sox @ Blue Jays
Rodriguez is 0-3, 2.96 in his last eight starts; Boston scored 18 runs in the eight games- Red Sox are 5-3 in his road starts. Eight of his last nine starts stayed under.
Happ is 0-1, 6.43 in his last three starts; under is 6-3-1 in his last 10. Toronto won eight of his last nine home starts.
Red Sox won six of last eight games; over is 8-4 in their last 12 games. Toronto lost six of last seven games; over is 6-2 in Jays? last eight home games.
Orioles @ Tigers
Jimenez is 1-1, 2.70 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Baltimore is 2-7 in his road starts.
Zimmerman is 0-3, 14.36 in his last four starts; under is 8-1-1 in his last ten. Detroit is 5-4 in his home starts.
Orioles won three of last five road games; over is 8-3 in their last 11 road games. Detroit won six of last eight home games; under is 12-3 in last 15 home games.
Royals @ White Sox
Volquez is 2-0, 6.32 in his last six starts; over is 6-1-1 in his last eight. Royals are 5-6 in his road starts.
Shields is 0-4, 12.73 in his last six starts; three of his last four stayed under. Pale Hose lost five of his last six home starts.
Royals are 10-4 in last 14 road games; over is 11-1 in their last 12 games. Chicago won five of last six home games; seven of last eight White Sox games went over.
Indians @ Twins
Clevinger is 1-2, 6.23 in six starts this year (over 4-2).
Santiago is 1-0, 2.19 in his last couple starts; over is 5-1 in his starts for Minnesota.
Indians won nine of last 11 games; under is 6-3-2 in Tribe?s last 11 road games. Minnesota is 3-18 in its last 21 games; over is 15-1-1 in their last 17 home games.
Rangers @ Angels
Hamels allowed 13 runs in six IP in his last two starts; over is 3-0-1 in his last four. Rangers are 9-5 in his road starts.
Wright was 0-1, 9.72 in two starts for Cincinnati earlier this year (over 2-0).
Texas lost three of last five games; nine of Rangers? last ten games went over the total. Angels are 10-5 in last 15 games; under is 8-3 in last 11 games at the Big A.
Mariners @ A?s
Hernandez is 3-1, 5.40 in his last four starts; over is 7-2 in his last nine. Seattle is 6-4 in his road starts.
Graveman is 2-1, 1.29 in his last four starts; his last six starts stayed under total. Oakland is 7-1 in his last eight home starts.
Mariners lost six of last eight road games; over is 15-6 in their last 21 games. Oakland won three of last five games; under is 12-7 in their last 19 home games.
Interleague
Cubs @ Astros
Lackey is 2-0, 2.20 in his last five starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Cubs lost three of his last four road starts. This is his first road start since July 23.
McHugh is 2-0, 4.70 in his last three starts; three of his last four went over. Astros are 8-2 in his last ten home starts.
Cubs are 8-3 in their last 11 games; under is 5-2 in their last seven games. Houston won five of last seven home games; their last four games stayed under.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Phil-Wsh: Eickhoff 14-14; Scherzer 19-10
Cin-Pitt: Stephenson 2-1; Hutchison 0-0
LA-Mia: Hill 2-0/9-5; Koehler 12-16
NY-Atl: Lugo 3-1; Gant 2-3
Mil-StL: Anderson 11-15; Wainwright 18-10
SF-Az: Cueto 19-9; Bradley 10-11
Col-SD: Gray 11-14; Friedrich 9-7
TB-NY: Archer 9-20; Tanaka 21-7
Bos-Tor: Rodriguez 5-10; Happ 20-7
Balt-Det: Jimenez 10-11; Zimmerman 10-6
KC-Chi: Volquez 15-14; Shields 5-12/2-9
Cle-Min: Clevinger 3-3; Santiago 1-5/16-6
Tex-LAA: Hamels 20-8; Wright 0-0
Sea-A?s: Hernandez 13-7; Graveman 14-13
Chi-Hst: Lackey 14-11; McHugh 17-11
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Phil-Wsh: Eickhoff 9-28; Scherzer 9-29
Cin-Pitt: Stephenson 0-3; Hutchison 0-0
LA-Mia: Hill 4-15; Koehler 9-28
NY-Atl: Lugo 1-4; Gant 3-5
Mil-StL: Anderson 7-25; Wainwright 10-28
SF-Az: Cueto 6-28; Bradley 10-21
Col-SD: Gray 9-25; Friedrich 7-16
TB-NY: Archer 12-29; Tanaka 4-28
Bos-Tor: Rodriguez 3-15; Happ 6-27
Balt-Det: Jimenez 10-21; Zimmerman 5-16
KC-Chi: Volquez 8-29; Shields 11-28
Cle-Min: Clevinger 3-6; Santiago 13-28
Tex-LAA: Hamels 6-28; Wright 0-0
Sea-A?s: Hernandez 3-20; Graveman 4-27
Chi-Hst: Lackey 9-25; McHugh 11-28
Umpires
Phil-Wsh: Underdogs won five of last seven Rackley games.
Cin-Pitt: Six of last eight LBarrett games stayed under.
LA-Mia: Underdogs are 8-3 in last eleven Randazzo games.
NY-Atl: Under is 7-2 in last nine Hallion games.
Mil-StL: Under is 8-3-1 in last twelve Torres games.
SF-Az: Over is 10-5 in last fifteen Davidson games.
Col-SD: Underdogs won five of last seven Eddings games.
TB-NY: Five of last six Timmons games went over.
Bos-Tor: Five of last seven Hoye games went over.
Balt-Det: Last four Fletcher games stayed under.
KC-Chi: Last seven Gonzalez games went over.
Cle-Min: Underdogs are 9-4 in last 13 Carapazza games.
Tex-LAA: Last five Winters games went over the total.
Sea-A?s: Over is 14-6-1 in last 21 TBarrett games.
Chi-Hst: Under is 8-3 in last eleven Carlson games.
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/9
Arizona 24-36-11?..28-36-5??.52-71
Atlanta 27-36-11?..22-31-13??49-67
Cubs 36-24-9??43-21-8??.79-45
Reds 18-42-9??31-35-5??.49-77
Colo 26-31-12?..33-34-4??.59-65
LA 27-30-9??46-21-8??.72-51
Miami 30-30-10?..31-23-16?..61-53
Milw 21-39-8??40-24-10?..61-63
Mets 29-43-9??33-26-11??62-59
Philly 24-31-17?..24-32-13??48-61
Pitt 20-36-12?..42-24-6??62-59
St. Louis 33-31-7??28-29-12??61-60
SD 22-46-4?..31-33-6??..53-79
SF 32-34-7??.34-20-13??66-54
Wash 36-22-14?.28-21-20??.64-43
Orioles 26-36-9??.36-27-8??..62-63
Boston 30-28-11??43-18-9??.73-46
White Sox 31-31-9??.37-29-4??..68-60
Cleveland 36-26-7??35-29-6??..71-55
Detroit 30-32-9??.31-31-4??..61-63
Astros 29-33-11?..32-27-7??..61-60
KC 27-36-11??28-25-13??55-61
Angels 30-37-7??.24-30-12??54-67
Twins 25-35-12??.25-37-12?..50-72
NYY 23-38-8??34-29-10??57-67
A?s 22-38-8??26-34-13??.48-71
Seattle 32-29-9??33-25-12??.65-54
Tampa Bay 22-31-11??32-33-12??54-64
Texas 26-37-10??.35-24-9??61-61
Toronto 42-24-5??..38-28-4??80-52
Saturday?s games
National League
Phillies @ Nationals
Eickhoff is 4-1, 4.79 in his last six starts; under is 7-3-1 in his last 11. Phillies are 6-2 in his last eight road starts.
Scherzer is 4-0, 2.45 in his last four starts; under is 10-3 in his last 13. Washington is 7-5 in his home starts.
Phillies won three of last five games; under is 9-2-1 in their last 12. Washington won eight of last 11 games with over 3-1-1 in their last five.
Reds @ Pirates
Stephenson is 2-1, 3.64 in three starts this year (under 2-1).
Hutchison was 1-0, 3.86 in two starts for Toronto (under 2-0) earlier this year.
Reds lost nine of last 12 games; under is 8-2 in their last ten games. Pittsburgh lost nine of last 11 games; four of last six Pirate games went over the total.
Dodgers @ Marlins
Hill is 2-0, 0.00 (12 IP) in two starta for the Dodgers.
Koehler is 0-2, 4.34 in his last five starts (over 4-1). Miami won four of his last five home starts.
Dodgers won six of last eight games; under is 9-3 in LA?s last 12 games. Miami lost 10 of last 13 games; under is 9-1 in their last ten home games.
Mets @ Braves
Lugo is 3-0, 1.50 in his last three starts (over 3-1).
Gant is 1-3, 4.56 in five starts this year (over 3-2).
Mets won their last six games; five of last seven NY games stayed under. Atlanta lost its last four games; over is 18-4 in Braves? last 22 games.
Brewers @ Cardinals
Anderson is 2-1, 2.95 in his last five starts; his last three starts went over. Milwaukee is 4-7 in his road starts.
Wainwright is 1-3, 8.13 in his last six starts; over is 7-2 in his last nine. Cardinals are 9-5 in his home starts.
Brewers won seven of last nine games; five of their last seven games went over. St Louis is 5-8 in its last 13 home games (over 8-4-1).
Giants @ Diamondbacks
Cueto is 0-2, 3.06 in his last three starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Giants are 2-4 in his last six road starts.
Bradley is 2-0, 3.71 in his last three starts; six of his last seven went over. Arizona is 3-6 in his last nine home starts.
Giants lost five of last eight games; five of last seven SF games stayed under the total. Arizona lost six of last eight games; over is 15-3 in last 18 games at Chase Field.
Rockies @ Padres
Gray is 1-3, 7.55 in his last six starts; four of his last five went over.
Friedrich is 0-4, 5.83 in his last five starts (over 12-6). Padres lost four of his last five home starts.
Rockies lost five of last seven games; over is 8-4 in their last 12 road games. San Diego lost 12 of last 17 games; five of last seven Padre games stayed under the total.
American League
Rays @ New York
Archer is 2-1, 2.45 in his last four starts; four of his last six went over. Rays are 4-10 in his road starts.
Tanaka is 5-0, 2.08 in his last six starts; under is 7-3 in his last 10. New York is 12-2 in his home starts.
Rays lost five of last six games; over is 11-2-1 in Tampa?s last 14 road games. New York won seven of its last eight home games; over is 9-4 in last 13 New York home games.
Red Sox @ Blue Jays
Rodriguez is 0-3, 2.96 in his last eight starts; Boston scored 18 runs in the eight games- Red Sox are 5-3 in his road starts. Eight of his last nine starts stayed under.
Happ is 0-1, 6.43 in his last three starts; under is 6-3-1 in his last 10. Toronto won eight of his last nine home starts.
Red Sox won six of last eight games; over is 8-4 in their last 12 games. Toronto lost six of last seven games; over is 6-2 in Jays? last eight home games.
Orioles @ Tigers
Jimenez is 1-1, 2.70 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Baltimore is 2-7 in his road starts.
Zimmerman is 0-3, 14.36 in his last four starts; under is 8-1-1 in his last ten. Detroit is 5-4 in his home starts.
Orioles won three of last five road games; over is 8-3 in their last 11 road games. Detroit won six of last eight home games; under is 12-3 in last 15 home games.
Royals @ White Sox
Volquez is 2-0, 6.32 in his last six starts; over is 6-1-1 in his last eight. Royals are 5-6 in his road starts.
Shields is 0-4, 12.73 in his last six starts; three of his last four stayed under. Pale Hose lost five of his last six home starts.
Royals are 10-4 in last 14 road games; over is 11-1 in their last 12 games. Chicago won five of last six home games; seven of last eight White Sox games went over.
Indians @ Twins
Clevinger is 1-2, 6.23 in six starts this year (over 4-2).
Santiago is 1-0, 2.19 in his last couple starts; over is 5-1 in his starts for Minnesota.
Indians won nine of last 11 games; under is 6-3-2 in Tribe?s last 11 road games. Minnesota is 3-18 in its last 21 games; over is 15-1-1 in their last 17 home games.
Rangers @ Angels
Hamels allowed 13 runs in six IP in his last two starts; over is 3-0-1 in his last four. Rangers are 9-5 in his road starts.
Wright was 0-1, 9.72 in two starts for Cincinnati earlier this year (over 2-0).
Texas lost three of last five games; nine of Rangers? last ten games went over the total. Angels are 10-5 in last 15 games; under is 8-3 in last 11 games at the Big A.
Mariners @ A?s
Hernandez is 3-1, 5.40 in his last four starts; over is 7-2 in his last nine. Seattle is 6-4 in his road starts.
Graveman is 2-1, 1.29 in his last four starts; his last six starts stayed under total. Oakland is 7-1 in his last eight home starts.
Mariners lost six of last eight road games; over is 15-6 in their last 21 games. Oakland won three of last five games; under is 12-7 in their last 19 home games.
Interleague
Cubs @ Astros
Lackey is 2-0, 2.20 in his last five starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Cubs lost three of his last four road starts. This is his first road start since July 23.
McHugh is 2-0, 4.70 in his last three starts; three of his last four went over. Astros are 8-2 in his last ten home starts.
Cubs are 8-3 in their last 11 games; under is 5-2 in their last seven games. Houston won five of last seven home games; their last four games stayed under.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Phil-Wsh: Eickhoff 14-14; Scherzer 19-10
Cin-Pitt: Stephenson 2-1; Hutchison 0-0
LA-Mia: Hill 2-0/9-5; Koehler 12-16
NY-Atl: Lugo 3-1; Gant 2-3
Mil-StL: Anderson 11-15; Wainwright 18-10
SF-Az: Cueto 19-9; Bradley 10-11
Col-SD: Gray 11-14; Friedrich 9-7
TB-NY: Archer 9-20; Tanaka 21-7
Bos-Tor: Rodriguez 5-10; Happ 20-7
Balt-Det: Jimenez 10-11; Zimmerman 10-6
KC-Chi: Volquez 15-14; Shields 5-12/2-9
Cle-Min: Clevinger 3-3; Santiago 1-5/16-6
Tex-LAA: Hamels 20-8; Wright 0-0
Sea-A?s: Hernandez 13-7; Graveman 14-13
Chi-Hst: Lackey 14-11; McHugh 17-11
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Phil-Wsh: Eickhoff 9-28; Scherzer 9-29
Cin-Pitt: Stephenson 0-3; Hutchison 0-0
LA-Mia: Hill 4-15; Koehler 9-28
NY-Atl: Lugo 1-4; Gant 3-5
Mil-StL: Anderson 7-25; Wainwright 10-28
SF-Az: Cueto 6-28; Bradley 10-21
Col-SD: Gray 9-25; Friedrich 7-16
TB-NY: Archer 12-29; Tanaka 4-28
Bos-Tor: Rodriguez 3-15; Happ 6-27
Balt-Det: Jimenez 10-21; Zimmerman 5-16
KC-Chi: Volquez 8-29; Shields 11-28
Cle-Min: Clevinger 3-6; Santiago 13-28
Tex-LAA: Hamels 6-28; Wright 0-0
Sea-A?s: Hernandez 3-20; Graveman 4-27
Chi-Hst: Lackey 9-25; McHugh 11-28
Umpires
Phil-Wsh: Underdogs won five of last seven Rackley games.
Cin-Pitt: Six of last eight LBarrett games stayed under.
LA-Mia: Underdogs are 8-3 in last eleven Randazzo games.
NY-Atl: Under is 7-2 in last nine Hallion games.
Mil-StL: Under is 8-3-1 in last twelve Torres games.
SF-Az: Over is 10-5 in last fifteen Davidson games.
Col-SD: Underdogs won five of last seven Eddings games.
TB-NY: Five of last six Timmons games went over.
Bos-Tor: Five of last seven Hoye games went over.
Balt-Det: Last four Fletcher games stayed under.
KC-Chi: Last seven Gonzalez games went over.
Cle-Min: Underdogs are 9-4 in last 13 Carapazza games.
Tex-LAA: Last five Winters games went over the total.
Sea-A?s: Over is 14-6-1 in last 21 TBarrett games.
Chi-Hst: Under is 8-3 in last eleven Carlson games.
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/9
Arizona 24-36-11?..28-36-5??.52-71
Atlanta 27-36-11?..22-31-13??49-67
Cubs 36-24-9??43-21-8??.79-45
Reds 18-42-9??31-35-5??.49-77
Colo 26-31-12?..33-34-4??.59-65
LA 27-30-9??46-21-8??.72-51
Miami 30-30-10?..31-23-16?..61-53
Milw 21-39-8??40-24-10?..61-63
Mets 29-43-9??33-26-11??62-59
Philly 24-31-17?..24-32-13??48-61
Pitt 20-36-12?..42-24-6??62-59
St. Louis 33-31-7??28-29-12??61-60
SD 22-46-4?..31-33-6??..53-79
SF 32-34-7??.34-20-13??66-54
Wash 36-22-14?.28-21-20??.64-43
Orioles 26-36-9??.36-27-8??..62-63
Boston 30-28-11??43-18-9??.73-46
White Sox 31-31-9??.37-29-4??..68-60
Cleveland 36-26-7??35-29-6??..71-55
Detroit 30-32-9??.31-31-4??..61-63
Astros 29-33-11?..32-27-7??..61-60
KC 27-36-11??28-25-13??55-61
Angels 30-37-7??.24-30-12??54-67
Twins 25-35-12??.25-37-12?..50-72
NYY 23-38-8??34-29-10??57-67
A?s 22-38-8??26-34-13??.48-71
Seattle 32-29-9??33-25-12??.65-54
Tampa Bay 22-31-11??32-33-12??54-64
Texas 26-37-10??.35-24-9??61-61
Toronto 42-24-5??..38-28-4??80-52
