MLB
Thursday?s games
National League
Mets @ Cardinals
Lugo allowed three runs in 6.2 IP (69 PT) in his first ?16 start.
Wainwright is 0-2, 6.82 in his last six starts (over 5-1). St Louis won four of his last five home starts.
Mets won three of last four games; eight of last nine New York games went over the total. St Louis won six of last nine games; over is 7-2-1 in their last ten home games.
Pirates @ Brewers
Kuhl is 2-1, 2.63 in his last four starts (over 3-3-1). He is 2-0, 2.00 in his three road starts.
Peralta is 2-4, 5.29 in his last six starts (over 11-4). Brewers are 4-4 in his home starts.
Pirates lost five of last six games, are 13-8 in road series openers. Five of last six Pittsburgh road games went over. Milwaukee won its last four games; they?re 10-11 in home series openers. Over is 5-2 in their last seven home games.
Braves @ Diamondbacks
Wisler is 0-3, 11.15 in his last three starts; over is 10-3 in his last 13. Braves are 3-5 in his road starts.
Ray is 2-0, 1.42 in his last three starts; his last three home starts went over. Arizona is 5-7 in his home starts.
Braves lost nine of last 11 games; 12 of last 13 Atlanta games went over. Arizona is 6-3 in its last nine home games; 10 of last 11 Arizona games went over the total.
Giants @ Dodgers
Moore is 0-3, 4.70 in four starts for the Giants (over 2-2).
Stripling 1-2, 5.66 in his last four starts (under 7-3-2). Dodgers split his six home starts.
Giants lost eight of last ten games; over is 8-3 in last 11 Giant games. Dodgers won their last four games; over is 8-3-1 in last 12 games at Dodger Stadium.
American League
Angels @ Blue Jays
Weaver is 0-3, 9.00 in his last three starts; over is 9-4-1 in his last 14. Angels lost his last three road starts.
Happ is 7-0, 1.78 in his last eight starts; over is 7-5-1 in his last 13. Blue Jays won his last eight home starts.
Angels are 3-16 in last 19 road games; under is 8-3 in last 11 Halo games. Toronto is 10-5 in its last 15 home games; over is 8-4-1 in Jays? last 13 home games.
Red Sox @ Rays
Pomeranz is 2-0, 2.25 in his last four starts; five of his last six starts stayed under the total.
Odorizzi is 5-0, 2.05 in his last seven starts; his last four went over. Tampa Bay won his last four home starts.
Red Sox won ten of last 13 games; under is 18-6-1 in Boston?s last 25 road games. Tampa Bay won seven of last ten games; over is 10-4 in Rays? last 14 home games.
Tigers @ Twins
Norris is 0-2, 4.15 in his last four starts (under 4-2).
Berrios is 0-2, 11.45 in his last three starts; over is 4-0-1 in his last five. he is 0-2, 11.45 in three home starts.
Tigers won its last four road games; four of last five Detroit games went over. Minnesota lost 11 of last 14 games; over is 18-4-2 in Twins? last 24 games.
Indians @ Rangers
Tomlin is 0-4, 10.02 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Cleveland is 8-4 in his road starts, but lost last three.
Hamels is 4-2, 2.22 in his last seven starts; four of his last five stayed under. Rangers won four of his last five home starts.
Indians are 3-8 in last 11 road games; they scored three runs in last three games. Under is 8-3 in their last 11 road games. Cleveland is 10-5 in last 15 road series openers. Texas lost three of last four games; four of their last five games went over the total. Rangers won their last five home series openers.
Mariners @ White Sox
Paxton is 2-1, 1.91 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Seattle is 2-4 in his road starts.
Ranaudo is 0-1, 6.75 in two starts (over 1-0-1) this year.
Seattle lost three of last four games; five of Mariners? last seven games went over the total. Seattle is 4-8 in last 12 road series openers. White Sox won three of last four games, are 10-10 in home series openers. Four of last five Chicago games stayed under.
Interleague
Orioles @ Nationals
Jimenez is 0-2, 10.12 in his last three starts; over is 10-2 in his last 12 starts. Baltimore is 1-7 in his road starts.
Scherzer is 4-1, 3.04 in his last eight starts; under is 8-2 in his last ten. Washington is 5-5 in his home starts.
Washington lost its last four games; six of Nationals? last eight games went over the total. Baltimore won four of last five road games; three of their last four games stayed under.
Royals @ Marlins
Volquez is 1-2, 8.56 in his last five starts (over 4-0-1). Royals are 4-6 in his road starts.
Koehler is 3-0, 2.08 in his last six starts; over is 8-3 in his last 11. Miami won his last four home starts.
Royals won nine of last ten games; under is 6-1-1 in their last eight games. Miami won four of last five games; their last four games stayed under.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
NY-StL: Lugo 0-1; Wainwright 16-9
Pitt-Mil: Kuhl 6-1; Peralta 6-10
Atl-Az: Wisler 5-15; Ray 9-16
SF-LA: Moore 1-3/9-12; Stripling 5-6
Det-Min: Norris 2-4; Berrios 2-6
Bos-TB: Pomeranz 4-3; Odorizzi 13-13
LAA-Tor: Weaver 9-15; Happ 19-5 (12-0 last 12)
Clev-Tex: Tomlin 16-7 (0-4 last 4); Hamels 18-7
Sea-Chi: Paxton 4-9; Ranaudo 1-1
Balt-Wsh: Jimenez 8-10; Scherzer 16-10 (5-1 last 6)
KC-Mia: Volquez 14-12; Koehler 12-13 (5-1 last 6)
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
NY-StL: Lugo 0-1; Wainwright 10-25 (4 of last 4)
Pitt-Mil: Kuhl 3-7; Peralta 6-16
Atl-Az: Wisler 10-20; Ray 5-25
SF-LA: Moore 6-25; Stripling 3-11
Det-Min: Norris 1-6; Berrios 4-8
Bos-TB: Pomeranz 1-7; Odorizzi 5-26
LAA-Tor: Weaver 9-24; Happ 5-24
Clev-Tex: Tomlin 11-23; Hamels 5-25
Sea-Chi: Paxton 3-13; Ranaudo 0-2
Balt-Wsh: Jimenez 9-18 (5 of last 6); Scherzer 9-26
KC-Mia: Volquez 8-26; Koehler 8-25
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/24
Arizona 22-30-11?..25-34-5??.47-64
Atlanta 24-32-8??18-31-13??42-63
Cubs 35-19-8??40-17-8??.75-36
Reds 17-37-7??29-31-5??.46-68
Colo 24-29-11?..26-32-4??50-61
LA 27-26-9??38-20-7??65-46
Miami 28-26-9?..29-18-15??57-44
Milw 19-37-7??35-22-7??.54-59
Mets 26-41-9??27-24-9??53-55
Philly 21-28-15?.23-29-11??44-55
Pitt 18-33-10?..38-22-4??56-54
St. Louis 29-27-6?..25-26-12?..54-53
SD 19-40-4?..28-30-6??47-70
SF 27-30-7??31-18-13??58-48
Wash 33-20-13?..25-19-16?..58-39
Orioles 24-32-7??.33-24-8??.57-56
Boston 25-27-9??39-17-8??.64-44
White Sox 28-28-8??33-27-2??.61-55
Cleveland 34-23-7??29-26-5??.62-49
Detroit 26-30-8??30-25-4??.56-55
Astros 26-29-11?..29-24-7??.55-53
KC 24-32-10??25-23-13?..49-55
Angels 23-34-7??.23-30-10?..46-64
Twins 23-32-11?..21-33-11??.44-65
NYY 22-34-8??27-28-9??..50-62
A?s 20-34-8??25-29-12??45-63
Seattle 29-25-8??29-22-12??58-47
Tampa Bay 21-25-10??30-30-9??.51-55
Texas 25-34-9??.28-21-9??.53-55
Toronto 38-19-4??..36-25-4?..74-44
Thursday?s games
National League
Mets @ Cardinals
Lugo allowed three runs in 6.2 IP (69 PT) in his first ?16 start.
Wainwright is 0-2, 6.82 in his last six starts (over 5-1). St Louis won four of his last five home starts.
Mets won three of last four games; eight of last nine New York games went over the total. St Louis won six of last nine games; over is 7-2-1 in their last ten home games.
Pirates @ Brewers
Kuhl is 2-1, 2.63 in his last four starts (over 3-3-1). He is 2-0, 2.00 in his three road starts.
Peralta is 2-4, 5.29 in his last six starts (over 11-4). Brewers are 4-4 in his home starts.
Pirates lost five of last six games, are 13-8 in road series openers. Five of last six Pittsburgh road games went over. Milwaukee won its last four games; they?re 10-11 in home series openers. Over is 5-2 in their last seven home games.
Braves @ Diamondbacks
Wisler is 0-3, 11.15 in his last three starts; over is 10-3 in his last 13. Braves are 3-5 in his road starts.
Ray is 2-0, 1.42 in his last three starts; his last three home starts went over. Arizona is 5-7 in his home starts.
Braves lost nine of last 11 games; 12 of last 13 Atlanta games went over. Arizona is 6-3 in its last nine home games; 10 of last 11 Arizona games went over the total.
Giants @ Dodgers
Moore is 0-3, 4.70 in four starts for the Giants (over 2-2).
Stripling 1-2, 5.66 in his last four starts (under 7-3-2). Dodgers split his six home starts.
Giants lost eight of last ten games; over is 8-3 in last 11 Giant games. Dodgers won their last four games; over is 8-3-1 in last 12 games at Dodger Stadium.
American League
Angels @ Blue Jays
Weaver is 0-3, 9.00 in his last three starts; over is 9-4-1 in his last 14. Angels lost his last three road starts.
Happ is 7-0, 1.78 in his last eight starts; over is 7-5-1 in his last 13. Blue Jays won his last eight home starts.
Angels are 3-16 in last 19 road games; under is 8-3 in last 11 Halo games. Toronto is 10-5 in its last 15 home games; over is 8-4-1 in Jays? last 13 home games.
Red Sox @ Rays
Pomeranz is 2-0, 2.25 in his last four starts; five of his last six starts stayed under the total.
Odorizzi is 5-0, 2.05 in his last seven starts; his last four went over. Tampa Bay won his last four home starts.
Red Sox won ten of last 13 games; under is 18-6-1 in Boston?s last 25 road games. Tampa Bay won seven of last ten games; over is 10-4 in Rays? last 14 home games.
Tigers @ Twins
Norris is 0-2, 4.15 in his last four starts (under 4-2).
Berrios is 0-2, 11.45 in his last three starts; over is 4-0-1 in his last five. he is 0-2, 11.45 in three home starts.
Tigers won its last four road games; four of last five Detroit games went over. Minnesota lost 11 of last 14 games; over is 18-4-2 in Twins? last 24 games.
Indians @ Rangers
Tomlin is 0-4, 10.02 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Cleveland is 8-4 in his road starts, but lost last three.
Hamels is 4-2, 2.22 in his last seven starts; four of his last five stayed under. Rangers won four of his last five home starts.
Indians are 3-8 in last 11 road games; they scored three runs in last three games. Under is 8-3 in their last 11 road games. Cleveland is 10-5 in last 15 road series openers. Texas lost three of last four games; four of their last five games went over the total. Rangers won their last five home series openers.
Mariners @ White Sox
Paxton is 2-1, 1.91 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Seattle is 2-4 in his road starts.
Ranaudo is 0-1, 6.75 in two starts (over 1-0-1) this year.
Seattle lost three of last four games; five of Mariners? last seven games went over the total. Seattle is 4-8 in last 12 road series openers. White Sox won three of last four games, are 10-10 in home series openers. Four of last five Chicago games stayed under.
Interleague
Orioles @ Nationals
Jimenez is 0-2, 10.12 in his last three starts; over is 10-2 in his last 12 starts. Baltimore is 1-7 in his road starts.
Scherzer is 4-1, 3.04 in his last eight starts; under is 8-2 in his last ten. Washington is 5-5 in his home starts.
Washington lost its last four games; six of Nationals? last eight games went over the total. Baltimore won four of last five road games; three of their last four games stayed under.
Royals @ Marlins
Volquez is 1-2, 8.56 in his last five starts (over 4-0-1). Royals are 4-6 in his road starts.
Koehler is 3-0, 2.08 in his last six starts; over is 8-3 in his last 11. Miami won his last four home starts.
Royals won nine of last ten games; under is 6-1-1 in their last eight games. Miami won four of last five games; their last four games stayed under.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
NY-StL: Lugo 0-1; Wainwright 16-9
Pitt-Mil: Kuhl 6-1; Peralta 6-10
Atl-Az: Wisler 5-15; Ray 9-16
SF-LA: Moore 1-3/9-12; Stripling 5-6
Det-Min: Norris 2-4; Berrios 2-6
Bos-TB: Pomeranz 4-3; Odorizzi 13-13
LAA-Tor: Weaver 9-15; Happ 19-5 (12-0 last 12)
Clev-Tex: Tomlin 16-7 (0-4 last 4); Hamels 18-7
Sea-Chi: Paxton 4-9; Ranaudo 1-1
Balt-Wsh: Jimenez 8-10; Scherzer 16-10 (5-1 last 6)
KC-Mia: Volquez 14-12; Koehler 12-13 (5-1 last 6)
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
NY-StL: Lugo 0-1; Wainwright 10-25 (4 of last 4)
Pitt-Mil: Kuhl 3-7; Peralta 6-16
Atl-Az: Wisler 10-20; Ray 5-25
SF-LA: Moore 6-25; Stripling 3-11
Det-Min: Norris 1-6; Berrios 4-8
Bos-TB: Pomeranz 1-7; Odorizzi 5-26
LAA-Tor: Weaver 9-24; Happ 5-24
Clev-Tex: Tomlin 11-23; Hamels 5-25
Sea-Chi: Paxton 3-13; Ranaudo 0-2
Balt-Wsh: Jimenez 9-18 (5 of last 6); Scherzer 9-26
KC-Mia: Volquez 8-26; Koehler 8-25
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/24
Arizona 22-30-11?..25-34-5??.47-64
Atlanta 24-32-8??18-31-13??42-63
Cubs 35-19-8??40-17-8??.75-36
Reds 17-37-7??29-31-5??.46-68
Colo 24-29-11?..26-32-4??50-61
LA 27-26-9??38-20-7??65-46
Miami 28-26-9?..29-18-15??57-44
Milw 19-37-7??35-22-7??.54-59
Mets 26-41-9??27-24-9??53-55
Philly 21-28-15?.23-29-11??44-55
Pitt 18-33-10?..38-22-4??56-54
St. Louis 29-27-6?..25-26-12?..54-53
SD 19-40-4?..28-30-6??47-70
SF 27-30-7??31-18-13??58-48
Wash 33-20-13?..25-19-16?..58-39
Orioles 24-32-7??.33-24-8??.57-56
Boston 25-27-9??39-17-8??.64-44
White Sox 28-28-8??33-27-2??.61-55
Cleveland 34-23-7??29-26-5??.62-49
Detroit 26-30-8??30-25-4??.56-55
Astros 26-29-11?..29-24-7??.55-53
KC 24-32-10??25-23-13?..49-55
Angels 23-34-7??.23-30-10?..46-64
Twins 23-32-11?..21-33-11??.44-65
NYY 22-34-8??27-28-9??..50-62
A?s 20-34-8??25-29-12??45-63
Seattle 29-25-8??29-22-12??58-47
Tampa Bay 21-25-10??30-30-9??.51-55
Texas 25-34-9??.28-21-9??.53-55
Toronto 38-19-4??..36-25-4?..74-44
