Saturday?s games
National League
Brewers @ Cubs
Davies is 1-1, 2.73 in his last four starts; four of his last six went over. Milwaukee is 4-4 in his road starts. Arrieta is 1-1, 6.11 in his last three starts; five of his last six went over. Cubs are 3-6 in his last nine home starts.
Milwaukee is 10-6 in its last 16 games; under is 5-2-1 in their last eight games. Cubs are 11-2 in last 13 home games; under is 6-2-1 in their last nine games. Chicago has already clinched their division.
Marlins @ Phillies
Urena is 3-2, 1.30 in his last five starts (under 4-1). Miami is 3-1 in his road starts. Hellickson is 1-2, 5.64 in his last four starts; under is 9-3-2 in his last 14 starts. Phillies are 5-2 in his last seven home starts.
Miami is 3-8 in its last 11 home games, 5-3 in last eight games overall; five of Marlins? last six road games went over the total. Phillies lost nine of last 12 home games; under is 8-2-3 in their last 13 home games.
Pirates @ Reds
Taillon is 0-2, 4.18 in his last five starts; seven of his last eight stayed under. Pirates are 4-2 in his road starts. Williams is making first MLB start; he was 9-6, 2.53 in 19 AAA starts this year, has allowed four runs in four IP in two MLB relief stints.
DeSclafani is 1-1, 2.05 in his last three starts; under is 5-3 in his last eight. Reds are 6-2 in his home starts. Finnegan is 2-1, 1.80 in his last five starts; his last four stayed under. Cincy is 4-8 in his home starts.
Pirates won three of last four games; under is 5-2-2 in their last nine games. Cincy won five of last seven games; under is 11-5 in their last 16 games.
Nationals @ Braves
Gonzalez is 3-0, 4.09 in his last four starts; over is 14-9-1 in his last 24. Washington is 2-7 in his last nine road starts. Collmenter is making first ?16 start; he was 1-0, 2.25 in six AAA starts this year. He is 36-33, 3.54 in 200 MLB games (75 starts).
Nationals won nine of last 11 games; five of last seven Washington games stayed under. Atlanta lost eight of last ten games; over is 14-1 in Atlanta?s last 15 home games.
Padres @ Rockies
Jackson is 1-0, 1.38 in his last two starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine. Gray is 1-4, 8.23 in his last seven starts (over 6-1). Colorado is 7-5 in his home starts.
Padres won three of last four games; over is 6-4 in their last 10 road games. Colorado lost four of last six games; six of last eight Colorado games went over.
Dodgers @ Diamondbacks
Norris is 0-1, 10.80 in his last three starts (over 7-2). Miller is 0-5, 8.63 in his last six starts; four of his last six went over. Arizona is 2-7 in his home starts.
Dodgers are 9-4 in their last 13 games; eight of their last ten games stayed under the total. Arizona won four of last five games; over is 20-5 in their last 25 home games.
Cardinals @ Giants
Leake is 1-1, 3.99 in his last five starts; over is 10-6-1 in his last 17. Cardinals are 8-5 in his road starts. Samardzija is 3-1, 2.95 in his last seven starts; under is 9-1 in his last ten starts. Giants lost four of his last five home starts.
St Louis lost seven of its last ten games; five of its last seven games stayed under. San Francisco lost three of last five games; three of their last four games went over.
American League
Rays @ Orioles
Andriese is 1-2, 9.64 in his last three starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Rays are 4-4 in his road starts. Tillman is 2-2, 4.29 in his last four starts; under is 7-2-2 in his last 11. Orioles are 10-2 in his home starts (lost last two).
Tampa Bay won four of its last six games; under is 4-1-2 in their last seven. Orioles won five of their last seven games; under is 9-1-1 in their last 11 home games.
New York @ Boston
Mitchell is 1-1, 7.37 in his two starts this year (over 1-1). Price is 7-0, 2.16 in his last seven starts; over is 8-0-1 in his last nine. Boston is 9-5 in his home starts.
New York lost five of last six games; under is 9-6 in their last 15 games. Boston won seven of last ten games; over is 8-3-1 in their last 12 home games.
Tigers @ Indians
Verlander is 2-1, 2.76 in his last five starts; under is 12-2 in his last 14. Detroit is 7-5 in his road starts. Carrasco is 2-2, 6.55 in his last four starts; over is 4-1 in his last five home starts. Cleveland is 8-4 in his home starts.
Tigers lost seven of last ten games; over is 8-3 in their last 11 road games. Cleveland won ten of last 12 home games; over is 6-3 in their last nine home games.
A?s @ Rangers
Alcantara is 0-1, 7.27 in his first two MLB starts (over 1-1). Darvish is 1-1, 5.40 in his last four starts; four of his last six went over. Texas is 5-3 in his home starts.
A?s won four of last five games (over 4-0-1. Texas is 12-2 in last 14 home games; last seven Ranger home games went over the total.
White Sox @ Royals
Gonzalez is 2-0, 1.93 in his last three starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. White Sox lost four of his last five road starts. Vargas is making first ?16 start; he was 0-2, 5.93 in three AAA starts this year, is 67-70, 4.20 in 193 career MLB starts.
White Sox won seven of last ten games; over is 10-3 in their last 13 road games. Kansas City lost its last six home games; over is 9-1-1 in their last 11 home games.
Blue Jays @ Angels
Liriano is 1-0, 3.64 in his last three starts (under 4-1). Nolasco is 1-6, 4.50 in eight starts for the Angels (under 6-1-1).
Toronto lost nine of last 14 games; under is 5-2-2 in their last nine games. Angels lost nine of last ten games; under is 7-1-2 in their last ten home games.
Astros @ Mariners
Fiers is 1-1, 7.23 in his last four starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Houston is 10-4 in his home starts. Paxton is 0-1, 6.64 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Seattle is 2-6 in his home starts.
Astros lost six of last nine road games; over is 6-3 in their last nine road games. Seattle won eight of last nine games; over is 10-4 in last 14 Seattle?s home games.
Interleague
Twins @ Mets
Santana is 1-0, 3.38 in his last three starts; three of his last four went over. Twins are 4-9 in his road starts. Lugo is 4-0, 1.80 in his last four starts (over 4-1).
Twins are 2-13 in last 15 road games; under is 5-1-1 in their last seven games. Mets won nine of last 12 games; under is 7-2 in New York?s last nine home games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Mil-Chi? Davies 13-13; Arrieta 19-9
Mia-Phil? Urena 4-5; Hellickson 16-13
Pitt-Cin? Taillon 10-5 Williams 0-0; DeSclafani 10-7 Finnegan 12-18
Wsh-Atl? Gonzalez 14-15 (4-0 last 4); Perez 6-5
SD-Col? Jackson 5-5; Gray 11-15
LA-Az? Norris 5-4/5-5; Miller 5-12
StL-SF? Leake 12-15; Samardzija 15-15
TB-Balt? Andriese 7-9; Tillman 21-6
NY-Bos? Mitchell 1-1; Price 18-13 (7-0 last 7)
Det-Clev? Verlander 18-12; Carrasco 15-9
A?s-Tex? Alcantara 0-2; Darvish 8-6
Chi-KC? Gonzalez 10-10; Vargas 0-0
Tor-LAA? Liriano 3-2/9-12; Nolasco 1-7/9-12
Hst-Sea? Fiers 16-11; Paxton 5-12
Min-NYM? Santana 8-19; Lugo 4-0
%age of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Mil-Chi? Davies 7-26; Arrieta 4-28
Mia-Phil? Urena 2-9; Hellickson 9-29
Pitt-Cin? Taillon 6-15 Williams 0-0; DeSclafani 9-17 Finnegan 8-30
Wsh-Atl? Gonzalez 7-29; Perez 4-11
SD-Col? Jackson 1-10; Gray 10-26
LA-Az? Norris 6-19; Miller 7-17
StL-SF? Leake 9-27; Samardzija 10-30
TB-Balt? Andriese 4-16; Tillman 9-27
NY-Bos? Mitchell 1-2; Price 10-31
Det-Clev? Verlander 10-30; Carrasco 7-24
A?s-Tex? Alcantara 1-2; Darvish 5-14
Chi-KC? Gonzalez 6-20; Vargas 0-0
Tor-LAA? Liriano 7-26; Nolasco 11-29
Hst-Sea? Fiers 6-27; Paxton 5-17
Min-NYM? Santana 9-27; Lugo 1-5
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/16
Arizona 24-36-11?..32-38-6??.56-73
Atlanta 27-36-11?..24-35-13??51-71
Cubs 39-25-10??43-21-10??.82-46
Reds 20-42-9??34-36-5??.54-78
Colo 27-34-13?..33-34-4??..60-68
LA 30-32-11??46-21-8??.75-53
Miami 32-32-10?..32-24-16??.64-56
Milw 24-41-10??40-24-10?..64-65
Mets 32-44-10??34-26-11??66-60
Philly 24-32-18?..26-34-14??50-64
Pitt 21-39-13?..42-26-6??63-64
St. Louis 33-33-7??28-33-13??.61-66
SD 24-47-5?..32-34-6??..56-81
SF 33-35-7??.37-21-14??70-56
Wash 37-22-14?.30-22-22??67-44
Orioles 30-37-9??.36-29-8??.66-66
Boston 30-30-11??45-21-9??.75-51
White Sox 31-31-10??.39-31-6??..70-62
Cleveland 38-27-10??36-29-6??..74-56
Detroit 30-33-9??.31-36-5??..61-69
Astros 30-33-11?..34-29-8??..64-62
KC 28-37-11??29-28-14??57-65
Angels 30-37-7??.25-35-13??.55-72
Twins 28-36-13??.25-38-13?..53-74
NYY 24-39-8??34-31-13??..58-70
A?s 26-39-8??26-35-14??52-73
Seattle 35-29-11??33-26-12??68-55
Tampa Bay 27-31-13??32-33-12??59-64
Texas 28-39-11??.35-25-9??63-64
Toronto 44-24-5??..40-30-5??84-54
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total)
Arizona 26-69??28-77??.54
Atlanta 24-75??17-72??..41
Cubs 27-76??24-74??.51
Reds 25-72??27-75??..52
Colo 15-73??.27-71??..42
LA 21-72??.28-76??49
Miami 25-73??20-69??45
Milw 15-71??29-75??44
Mets 21-73??26-71??.47
Philly 11-75??19-70??.30
Pitt 18-67??.26-75??44
StL 17-71??.18-73??35
SD 18-76??.26-71??44
SF 14-72??..19-73??33
Wash 32-72???28-73??60
Orioles 17-78??.19-70??.36
Boston 20-69??34-76??..54
White Sox 23-71?..26-78??.49
Cleveland 15-75??27-71??..42
Detroit 15-72??25-74???40
Astros 26-72??.24-70??..50
KC 24-76?? 19-73???43
Angels 28-74??.25-73??..53
Twins 20-74??29-76??.49
NYY 9-72??.28-76??..37
A?s 19-72??.16-74??..35
Seattle 20-77??.25-71??.45
Tampa Bay 24-70?..27-74??.51
Texas 23-78??20-70??43
Toronto 25-72??30-78??.55
National League
Brewers @ Cubs
Davies is 1-1, 2.73 in his last four starts; four of his last six went over. Milwaukee is 4-4 in his road starts. Arrieta is 1-1, 6.11 in his last three starts; five of his last six went over. Cubs are 3-6 in his last nine home starts.
Milwaukee is 10-6 in its last 16 games; under is 5-2-1 in their last eight games. Cubs are 11-2 in last 13 home games; under is 6-2-1 in their last nine games. Chicago has already clinched their division.
Marlins @ Phillies
Urena is 3-2, 1.30 in his last five starts (under 4-1). Miami is 3-1 in his road starts. Hellickson is 1-2, 5.64 in his last four starts; under is 9-3-2 in his last 14 starts. Phillies are 5-2 in his last seven home starts.
Miami is 3-8 in its last 11 home games, 5-3 in last eight games overall; five of Marlins? last six road games went over the total. Phillies lost nine of last 12 home games; under is 8-2-3 in their last 13 home games.
Pirates @ Reds
Taillon is 0-2, 4.18 in his last five starts; seven of his last eight stayed under. Pirates are 4-2 in his road starts. Williams is making first MLB start; he was 9-6, 2.53 in 19 AAA starts this year, has allowed four runs in four IP in two MLB relief stints.
DeSclafani is 1-1, 2.05 in his last three starts; under is 5-3 in his last eight. Reds are 6-2 in his home starts. Finnegan is 2-1, 1.80 in his last five starts; his last four stayed under. Cincy is 4-8 in his home starts.
Pirates won three of last four games; under is 5-2-2 in their last nine games. Cincy won five of last seven games; under is 11-5 in their last 16 games.
Nationals @ Braves
Gonzalez is 3-0, 4.09 in his last four starts; over is 14-9-1 in his last 24. Washington is 2-7 in his last nine road starts. Collmenter is making first ?16 start; he was 1-0, 2.25 in six AAA starts this year. He is 36-33, 3.54 in 200 MLB games (75 starts).
Nationals won nine of last 11 games; five of last seven Washington games stayed under. Atlanta lost eight of last ten games; over is 14-1 in Atlanta?s last 15 home games.
Padres @ Rockies
Jackson is 1-0, 1.38 in his last two starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine. Gray is 1-4, 8.23 in his last seven starts (over 6-1). Colorado is 7-5 in his home starts.
Padres won three of last four games; over is 6-4 in their last 10 road games. Colorado lost four of last six games; six of last eight Colorado games went over.
Dodgers @ Diamondbacks
Norris is 0-1, 10.80 in his last three starts (over 7-2). Miller is 0-5, 8.63 in his last six starts; four of his last six went over. Arizona is 2-7 in his home starts.
Dodgers are 9-4 in their last 13 games; eight of their last ten games stayed under the total. Arizona won four of last five games; over is 20-5 in their last 25 home games.
Cardinals @ Giants
Leake is 1-1, 3.99 in his last five starts; over is 10-6-1 in his last 17. Cardinals are 8-5 in his road starts. Samardzija is 3-1, 2.95 in his last seven starts; under is 9-1 in his last ten starts. Giants lost four of his last five home starts.
St Louis lost seven of its last ten games; five of its last seven games stayed under. San Francisco lost three of last five games; three of their last four games went over.
American League
Rays @ Orioles
Andriese is 1-2, 9.64 in his last three starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Rays are 4-4 in his road starts. Tillman is 2-2, 4.29 in his last four starts; under is 7-2-2 in his last 11. Orioles are 10-2 in his home starts (lost last two).
Tampa Bay won four of its last six games; under is 4-1-2 in their last seven. Orioles won five of their last seven games; under is 9-1-1 in their last 11 home games.
New York @ Boston
Mitchell is 1-1, 7.37 in his two starts this year (over 1-1). Price is 7-0, 2.16 in his last seven starts; over is 8-0-1 in his last nine. Boston is 9-5 in his home starts.
New York lost five of last six games; under is 9-6 in their last 15 games. Boston won seven of last ten games; over is 8-3-1 in their last 12 home games.
Tigers @ Indians
Verlander is 2-1, 2.76 in his last five starts; under is 12-2 in his last 14. Detroit is 7-5 in his road starts. Carrasco is 2-2, 6.55 in his last four starts; over is 4-1 in his last five home starts. Cleveland is 8-4 in his home starts.
Tigers lost seven of last ten games; over is 8-3 in their last 11 road games. Cleveland won ten of last 12 home games; over is 6-3 in their last nine home games.
A?s @ Rangers
Alcantara is 0-1, 7.27 in his first two MLB starts (over 1-1). Darvish is 1-1, 5.40 in his last four starts; four of his last six went over. Texas is 5-3 in his home starts.
A?s won four of last five games (over 4-0-1. Texas is 12-2 in last 14 home games; last seven Ranger home games went over the total.
White Sox @ Royals
Gonzalez is 2-0, 1.93 in his last three starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. White Sox lost four of his last five road starts. Vargas is making first ?16 start; he was 0-2, 5.93 in three AAA starts this year, is 67-70, 4.20 in 193 career MLB starts.
White Sox won seven of last ten games; over is 10-3 in their last 13 road games. Kansas City lost its last six home games; over is 9-1-1 in their last 11 home games.
Blue Jays @ Angels
Liriano is 1-0, 3.64 in his last three starts (under 4-1). Nolasco is 1-6, 4.50 in eight starts for the Angels (under 6-1-1).
Toronto lost nine of last 14 games; under is 5-2-2 in their last nine games. Angels lost nine of last ten games; under is 7-1-2 in their last ten home games.
Astros @ Mariners
Fiers is 1-1, 7.23 in his last four starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Houston is 10-4 in his home starts. Paxton is 0-1, 6.64 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Seattle is 2-6 in his home starts.
Astros lost six of last nine road games; over is 6-3 in their last nine road games. Seattle won eight of last nine games; over is 10-4 in last 14 Seattle?s home games.
Interleague
Twins @ Mets
Santana is 1-0, 3.38 in his last three starts; three of his last four went over. Twins are 4-9 in his road starts. Lugo is 4-0, 1.80 in his last four starts (over 4-1).
Twins are 2-13 in last 15 road games; under is 5-1-1 in their last seven games. Mets won nine of last 12 games; under is 7-2 in New York?s last nine home games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Mil-Chi? Davies 13-13; Arrieta 19-9
Mia-Phil? Urena 4-5; Hellickson 16-13
Pitt-Cin? Taillon 10-5 Williams 0-0; DeSclafani 10-7 Finnegan 12-18
Wsh-Atl? Gonzalez 14-15 (4-0 last 4); Perez 6-5
SD-Col? Jackson 5-5; Gray 11-15
LA-Az? Norris 5-4/5-5; Miller 5-12
StL-SF? Leake 12-15; Samardzija 15-15
TB-Balt? Andriese 7-9; Tillman 21-6
NY-Bos? Mitchell 1-1; Price 18-13 (7-0 last 7)
Det-Clev? Verlander 18-12; Carrasco 15-9
A?s-Tex? Alcantara 0-2; Darvish 8-6
Chi-KC? Gonzalez 10-10; Vargas 0-0
Tor-LAA? Liriano 3-2/9-12; Nolasco 1-7/9-12
Hst-Sea? Fiers 16-11; Paxton 5-12
Min-NYM? Santana 8-19; Lugo 4-0
%age of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Mil-Chi? Davies 7-26; Arrieta 4-28
Mia-Phil? Urena 2-9; Hellickson 9-29
Pitt-Cin? Taillon 6-15 Williams 0-0; DeSclafani 9-17 Finnegan 8-30
Wsh-Atl? Gonzalez 7-29; Perez 4-11
SD-Col? Jackson 1-10; Gray 10-26
LA-Az? Norris 6-19; Miller 7-17
StL-SF? Leake 9-27; Samardzija 10-30
TB-Balt? Andriese 4-16; Tillman 9-27
NY-Bos? Mitchell 1-2; Price 10-31
Det-Clev? Verlander 10-30; Carrasco 7-24
A?s-Tex? Alcantara 1-2; Darvish 5-14
Chi-KC? Gonzalez 6-20; Vargas 0-0
Tor-LAA? Liriano 7-26; Nolasco 11-29
Hst-Sea? Fiers 6-27; Paxton 5-17
Min-NYM? Santana 9-27; Lugo 1-5
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/16
Arizona 24-36-11?..32-38-6??.56-73
Atlanta 27-36-11?..24-35-13??51-71
Cubs 39-25-10??43-21-10??.82-46
Reds 20-42-9??34-36-5??.54-78
Colo 27-34-13?..33-34-4??..60-68
LA 30-32-11??46-21-8??.75-53
Miami 32-32-10?..32-24-16??.64-56
Milw 24-41-10??40-24-10?..64-65
Mets 32-44-10??34-26-11??66-60
Philly 24-32-18?..26-34-14??50-64
Pitt 21-39-13?..42-26-6??63-64
St. Louis 33-33-7??28-33-13??.61-66
SD 24-47-5?..32-34-6??..56-81
SF 33-35-7??.37-21-14??70-56
Wash 37-22-14?.30-22-22??67-44
Orioles 30-37-9??.36-29-8??.66-66
Boston 30-30-11??45-21-9??.75-51
White Sox 31-31-10??.39-31-6??..70-62
Cleveland 38-27-10??36-29-6??..74-56
Detroit 30-33-9??.31-36-5??..61-69
Astros 30-33-11?..34-29-8??..64-62
KC 28-37-11??29-28-14??57-65
Angels 30-37-7??.25-35-13??.55-72
Twins 28-36-13??.25-38-13?..53-74
NYY 24-39-8??34-31-13??..58-70
A?s 26-39-8??26-35-14??52-73
Seattle 35-29-11??33-26-12??68-55
Tampa Bay 27-31-13??32-33-12??59-64
Texas 28-39-11??.35-25-9??63-64
Toronto 44-24-5??..40-30-5??84-54
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total)
Arizona 26-69??28-77??.54
Atlanta 24-75??17-72??..41
Cubs 27-76??24-74??.51
Reds 25-72??27-75??..52
Colo 15-73??.27-71??..42
LA 21-72??.28-76??49
Miami 25-73??20-69??45
Milw 15-71??29-75??44
Mets 21-73??26-71??.47
Philly 11-75??19-70??.30
Pitt 18-67??.26-75??44
StL 17-71??.18-73??35
SD 18-76??.26-71??44
SF 14-72??..19-73??33
Wash 32-72???28-73??60
Orioles 17-78??.19-70??.36
Boston 20-69??34-76??..54
White Sox 23-71?..26-78??.49
Cleveland 15-75??27-71??..42
Detroit 15-72??25-74???40
Astros 26-72??.24-70??..50
KC 24-76?? 19-73???43
Angels 28-74??.25-73??..53
Twins 20-74??29-76??.49
NYY 9-72??.28-76??..37
A?s 19-72??.16-74??..35
Seattle 20-77??.25-71??.45
Tampa Bay 24-70?..27-74??.51
Texas 23-78??20-70??43
Toronto 25-72??30-78??.55
