Thursday?s games
National League
Braves @ Marlins
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Collmenter allowed two runs in five IP (94 PT) in his first ?16 start. Urena is 2-3, 4.28 in his last five starts; five of his last six stayed under. Miami is 1-4 in his home starts.
Braves won their last five games, are 10-9 in last 19 road series openers. Over is 8-2 in their last ten road games. Miami won three of last four games; they?re 11-14 in home series openers. Under is 13-2 in Miami?s last fifteen home games.
Phillies @ Mets
Morgan is 1-1, 2.76 in his last three starts; his last four stayed under. Philly is 1-8 in his road starts. Lugo is 4-0, 1.80 in his last five starts (over 4-2). He is 2-0, 2.00 in three home starts.
Phillies won four of last five games, are 11-13 in road series openers. Under is 7-0-1 in their last eight road games. Mets just got swept three in row in home by Atlanta; seven of last nine games at Citi Field stayed under the total. NY is 15-10 in home series openers.
Pirates @ Brewers
Vogelsong is 0-2, 10.19 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Pirates are 3-2 in his road starts. Anderson is 1-0, 1.08 in his last three starts; under is 7-3 in his last ten. Brewers won four of his last five home starts.
Pirates won six of last seven games; over is 5-1-1 in their last seven games. Milwaukee is 3-9 in last 12 home games; four of their last six games went over.
Giants @ Padres
Samardzija is 0-1, 3.80 in his last four starts; under is 10-1 in his last 11. Friedrich is 1-4, 5.01 in his last seven starts; his last four went over. Padres are 5-4 in his home starts.
Giants lost four of last five games, are 3-11 in last 14 road series openers. Four of last five Giant games stayed under. San Diego is 5-8 in last 13 home games, 15-9 in home series openers. Last five Padre games stayed under the total.
Rockies @ Dodgers
Chatwood is 1-2, 8.71 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Colorado is 9-2 in his road starts. Anderson is 0-2, 11.00 in two starts this season.
Colorado is 4-12 in last sixteen road games, 4-13 in last 17 road series openers. Over is 7-3 in their last ten road games. Dodgers won seven of last eight home games; they?re 13-13 in home series openers. Under is 11-4 in their last fifteen games.
American League
Red Sox @ Orioles
Price is 7-0, 2.73 in his last eight starts; over is 9-0-1 in his last ten. Tillman is 1-2, 6.59 in his last three starts; under is 8-2-2 in his last 12. Orioles lost his last three home starts.
Boston won its last seven games; their last four games stayed under. Orioles lost six of last eight home games; under is 15-1-1 in last 17 games at Camden Yards.
New York @ Rays
Cessa is 0-2, 5.32 in his last four starts; four of his last five went over. Snell is 1-3, 6.86 in his last five starts (over 4-1). Rays are 4-5 in his home starts.
New York lost seven of last ten games; five of last six NY games went over. Tampa Bay lost four of last five games; Rays? last eight home games went over the total.
Royals @ Indians
Vargas allowed one run in three IP (52 PT) in his first ?16 start. Clevinger is 1-1, 2.35 in his last four starts (under 4-0). Indians are 2-2 in his home starts.
Royals won three of last five games; over is 19-5-1 in KC?s last 25 games. Cleveland won six of last seven home games; under is 5-2 in their last seven games.
Tigers @ Twins (doubleheader)
Verlander is 2-1, 2.27 in his last six starts; under is 13-2 in his last 15. Detroit is 5-3 in his last eight road starts. Sanchez is 0-1, 7.78 in his last four starts; four of his last five went over the total. Detroit is 3-9 in his road starts.
Santana is 1-0, 2.35 in his last four starts; under is 10-5 in his last fifteen. Twins are 3-9 in his home starts. Dean is 0-3, 17.69 in his last three starts; his last five starts went over.
Detroit is 5-8 in its last 13 games; over is 9-4 in their last 13 road games. Twins lost seven of last nine games; under is 8-1-1 in their last ten games.
Angels @ Astros
Nolasco is 2-2, 2.25 in his last four starts; under is 7-0-1 in his last eight. Angels lost all three of his road starts. Fiers is 0-2, 6.86 in his last four home starts; three of his last four starts overall stayed under. Houston is 10-4 in his home starts.
Angels lost four of last five road games; they?re 3-13 in last 16 road series openers. Under is 8-0-1 in Halos? last nine games. Astros won six of last seven games; under is 8-4 in their last 12 games. Houston is 14-10 in home series openers.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Atl-Mia? Collmenter 1-0; Urena 4-6
Phil-NY? Morgan 5-14; Lugo 5-1
Pitt-Mil? Vogelsong 4-7; Anderson 11-17
SF-SD? Samardzija 15-16; Friedrich 8-13
Col-LA? Chatwood 14-11; Anderson 0-2
Bos-Balt? Price 19-13 (8-0 last 8); Tillman 21-5
NY-TB? Cessa 4-2; Snell 6-11
KC-Clev? Vargas 1-0; Clevinger 3-5
Det-Min? Verlander 18-13 Sanchez 7-17; Santana 8-20 Dean 4-4
LA-Hst? Nolasco 2-7/9-12; Fiers 17-11
%age of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Atl-Mia? Collmenter 1-1; Urena 3-10
Phil-NY? Morgan 9-19; Lugo 1-6
Pitt-Mil? Vogelsong 5-11; Anderson 7-27
SF-SD? Samardzija 11-31; Friedrich 7-21
Col-LA? Chatwood 8-25; Anderson 2-2
Bos-Balt? Price 10-32; Tillman 8-26
NY-TB? Cessa 4-6; Snell 7-17
KC-Clev? Vargas 1-1; Clevinger 3-8
Det-Min? Verlander 11-31 Sanchez 8-24; Santana 9-28 Dean 3-8
LA-Hst? Nolasco 11-30; Fiers 6-28
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/21
Arizona 24-38-11?..34-39-6??.58-76
Atlanta 28-38-11?..26-35-13??54-73
Cubs 39-25-10??46-23-10??.85-48
Reds 21-44-9??35-38-5??.56-82
Colo 27-34-13?..36-36-4??..63-70
LA 31-33-11??47-23-8??.77-56
Miami 32-34-10?..32-26-17??.64-60
Milw 25-42-10??40-26-10?..65-68
Mets 32-44-10??37-28-11??69-62
Philly 24-32-18?..30-34-14??54-64
Pitt 25-40-13?..42-26-6??67-65
St. Louis 36-35-7??28-33-13??.64-68
SD 24-50-5?..34-34-6??..58-84
SF 35-36-7??.38-22-14??73-58
Wash 39-24-15?.30-22-22??69-46
Orioles 30-37-9??.38-32-8??.68-69
Boston 32-31-11??45-23-9??.77-54
White Sox 31-36-10??.39-31-6??..70-67
Cleveland 38-27-10??38-30-7??..76-57
Detroit 32-33-10??.31-36-5??..63-69
Astros 30-35-14?..34-29-8??..64-64
KC 28-38-12??32-28-14??60-66
Angels 31-39-7??.27-35-13??.58-74
Twins 29-37-13??.25-39-13?..54-76
NYY 27-40-8??34-31-13??..61-71
A?s 27-40-8??27-35-16??54-74
Seattle 35-29-11??35-28-13??70-57
Tampa Bay 28-32-13??33-34-12??61-66
Texas 28-39-11??.38-27-9??66-66
Toronto 46-27-5??..40-30-5??86-57
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total)
Arizona 27-71??30-78??.57
Atlanta 24-77??18-74??..42
Cubs 27-76??26-78??.53
Reds 25-74??27-78??..52
Colo 15-73??.30-75??..45
LA 22-74??.29-78??51
Miami 25-75??20-71??45
Milw 15-73??29-77??44
Mets 21-73??28-75??.49
Philly 11-75??23-74??.34
Pitt 21-72??.26-75??47
StL 18-75??.18-73??36
SD 18-78??.26-73??44
SF 15-74??..19-75??34
Wash 33-76???28-73??61
Orioles 17-78??.20-74??.37
Boston 20-71??34-78??..54
White Sox 25-75?..26-78??.51
Cleveland 15-75??27-75??..42
Detroit 15-75??25-74???40
Astros 26-76??.24-70??..50
KC 24-78?? 21-75???45
Angels 28-76??.25-75??..53
Twins 20-76??29-77??.49
NYY 11-76??.28-76??..39
A?s 20-74??.16-76??..36
Seattle 20-77??.26-75??.46
Tampa Bay 24-72?..27-76??.51
Texas 23-79??21-74??44
Toronto 25-75??30-78??.55
Interleague play
NL @ AL? 76-66 AL, favorites -$1,784
AL @ NL? 81-75 AL, favorites -$826
Total: 157-139 AL, favorites -$2,610
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL? Over 77-57-3
AL @ NL? Over 75-71-5
Total? Over 152-138-8
National League
Braves @ Marlins
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Collmenter allowed two runs in five IP (94 PT) in his first ?16 start. Urena is 2-3, 4.28 in his last five starts; five of his last six stayed under. Miami is 1-4 in his home starts.
Braves won their last five games, are 10-9 in last 19 road series openers. Over is 8-2 in their last ten road games. Miami won three of last four games; they?re 11-14 in home series openers. Under is 13-2 in Miami?s last fifteen home games.
Phillies @ Mets
Morgan is 1-1, 2.76 in his last three starts; his last four stayed under. Philly is 1-8 in his road starts. Lugo is 4-0, 1.80 in his last five starts (over 4-2). He is 2-0, 2.00 in three home starts.
Phillies won four of last five games, are 11-13 in road series openers. Under is 7-0-1 in their last eight road games. Mets just got swept three in row in home by Atlanta; seven of last nine games at Citi Field stayed under the total. NY is 15-10 in home series openers.
Pirates @ Brewers
Vogelsong is 0-2, 10.19 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Pirates are 3-2 in his road starts. Anderson is 1-0, 1.08 in his last three starts; under is 7-3 in his last ten. Brewers won four of his last five home starts.
Pirates won six of last seven games; over is 5-1-1 in their last seven games. Milwaukee is 3-9 in last 12 home games; four of their last six games went over.
Giants @ Padres
Samardzija is 0-1, 3.80 in his last four starts; under is 10-1 in his last 11. Friedrich is 1-4, 5.01 in his last seven starts; his last four went over. Padres are 5-4 in his home starts.
Giants lost four of last five games, are 3-11 in last 14 road series openers. Four of last five Giant games stayed under. San Diego is 5-8 in last 13 home games, 15-9 in home series openers. Last five Padre games stayed under the total.
Rockies @ Dodgers
Chatwood is 1-2, 8.71 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Colorado is 9-2 in his road starts. Anderson is 0-2, 11.00 in two starts this season.
Colorado is 4-12 in last sixteen road games, 4-13 in last 17 road series openers. Over is 7-3 in their last ten road games. Dodgers won seven of last eight home games; they?re 13-13 in home series openers. Under is 11-4 in their last fifteen games.
American League
Red Sox @ Orioles
Price is 7-0, 2.73 in his last eight starts; over is 9-0-1 in his last ten. Tillman is 1-2, 6.59 in his last three starts; under is 8-2-2 in his last 12. Orioles lost his last three home starts.
Boston won its last seven games; their last four games stayed under. Orioles lost six of last eight home games; under is 15-1-1 in last 17 games at Camden Yards.
New York @ Rays
Cessa is 0-2, 5.32 in his last four starts; four of his last five went over. Snell is 1-3, 6.86 in his last five starts (over 4-1). Rays are 4-5 in his home starts.
New York lost seven of last ten games; five of last six NY games went over. Tampa Bay lost four of last five games; Rays? last eight home games went over the total.
Royals @ Indians
Vargas allowed one run in three IP (52 PT) in his first ?16 start. Clevinger is 1-1, 2.35 in his last four starts (under 4-0). Indians are 2-2 in his home starts.
Royals won three of last five games; over is 19-5-1 in KC?s last 25 games. Cleveland won six of last seven home games; under is 5-2 in their last seven games.
Tigers @ Twins (doubleheader)
Verlander is 2-1, 2.27 in his last six starts; under is 13-2 in his last 15. Detroit is 5-3 in his last eight road starts. Sanchez is 0-1, 7.78 in his last four starts; four of his last five went over the total. Detroit is 3-9 in his road starts.
Santana is 1-0, 2.35 in his last four starts; under is 10-5 in his last fifteen. Twins are 3-9 in his home starts. Dean is 0-3, 17.69 in his last three starts; his last five starts went over.
Detroit is 5-8 in its last 13 games; over is 9-4 in their last 13 road games. Twins lost seven of last nine games; under is 8-1-1 in their last ten games.
Angels @ Astros
Nolasco is 2-2, 2.25 in his last four starts; under is 7-0-1 in his last eight. Angels lost all three of his road starts. Fiers is 0-2, 6.86 in his last four home starts; three of his last four starts overall stayed under. Houston is 10-4 in his home starts.
Angels lost four of last five road games; they?re 3-13 in last 16 road series openers. Under is 8-0-1 in Halos? last nine games. Astros won six of last seven games; under is 8-4 in their last 12 games. Houston is 14-10 in home series openers.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Atl-Mia? Collmenter 1-0; Urena 4-6
Phil-NY? Morgan 5-14; Lugo 5-1
Pitt-Mil? Vogelsong 4-7; Anderson 11-17
SF-SD? Samardzija 15-16; Friedrich 8-13
Col-LA? Chatwood 14-11; Anderson 0-2
Bos-Balt? Price 19-13 (8-0 last 8); Tillman 21-5
NY-TB? Cessa 4-2; Snell 6-11
KC-Clev? Vargas 1-0; Clevinger 3-5
Det-Min? Verlander 18-13 Sanchez 7-17; Santana 8-20 Dean 4-4
LA-Hst? Nolasco 2-7/9-12; Fiers 17-11
%age of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Atl-Mia? Collmenter 1-1; Urena 3-10
Phil-NY? Morgan 9-19; Lugo 1-6
Pitt-Mil? Vogelsong 5-11; Anderson 7-27
SF-SD? Samardzija 11-31; Friedrich 7-21
Col-LA? Chatwood 8-25; Anderson 2-2
Bos-Balt? Price 10-32; Tillman 8-26
NY-TB? Cessa 4-6; Snell 7-17
KC-Clev? Vargas 1-1; Clevinger 3-8
Det-Min? Verlander 11-31 Sanchez 8-24; Santana 9-28 Dean 3-8
LA-Hst? Nolasco 11-30; Fiers 6-28
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/21
Arizona 24-38-11?..34-39-6??.58-76
Atlanta 28-38-11?..26-35-13??54-73
Cubs 39-25-10??46-23-10??.85-48
Reds 21-44-9??35-38-5??.56-82
Colo 27-34-13?..36-36-4??..63-70
LA 31-33-11??47-23-8??.77-56
Miami 32-34-10?..32-26-17??.64-60
Milw 25-42-10??40-26-10?..65-68
Mets 32-44-10??37-28-11??69-62
Philly 24-32-18?..30-34-14??54-64
Pitt 25-40-13?..42-26-6??67-65
St. Louis 36-35-7??28-33-13??.64-68
SD 24-50-5?..34-34-6??..58-84
SF 35-36-7??.38-22-14??73-58
Wash 39-24-15?.30-22-22??69-46
Orioles 30-37-9??.38-32-8??.68-69
Boston 32-31-11??45-23-9??.77-54
White Sox 31-36-10??.39-31-6??..70-67
Cleveland 38-27-10??38-30-7??..76-57
Detroit 32-33-10??.31-36-5??..63-69
Astros 30-35-14?..34-29-8??..64-64
KC 28-38-12??32-28-14??60-66
Angels 31-39-7??.27-35-13??.58-74
Twins 29-37-13??.25-39-13?..54-76
NYY 27-40-8??34-31-13??..61-71
A?s 27-40-8??27-35-16??54-74
Seattle 35-29-11??35-28-13??70-57
Tampa Bay 28-32-13??33-34-12??61-66
Texas 28-39-11??.38-27-9??66-66
Toronto 46-27-5??..40-30-5??86-57
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total)
Arizona 27-71??30-78??.57
Atlanta 24-77??18-74??..42
Cubs 27-76??26-78??.53
Reds 25-74??27-78??..52
Colo 15-73??.30-75??..45
LA 22-74??.29-78??51
Miami 25-75??20-71??45
Milw 15-73??29-77??44
Mets 21-73??28-75??.49
Philly 11-75??23-74??.34
Pitt 21-72??.26-75??47
StL 18-75??.18-73??36
SD 18-78??.26-73??44
SF 15-74??..19-75??34
Wash 33-76???28-73??61
Orioles 17-78??.20-74??.37
Boston 20-71??34-78??..54
White Sox 25-75?..26-78??.51
Cleveland 15-75??27-75??..42
Detroit 15-75??25-74???40
Astros 26-76??.24-70??..50
KC 24-78?? 21-75???45
Angels 28-76??.25-75??..53
Twins 20-76??29-77??.49
NYY 11-76??.28-76??..39
A?s 20-74??.16-76??..36
Seattle 20-77??.26-75??.46
Tampa Bay 24-72?..27-76??.51
Texas 23-79??21-74??44
Toronto 25-75??30-78??.55
Interleague play
NL @ AL? 76-66 AL, favorites -$1,784
AL @ NL? 81-75 AL, favorites -$826
Total: 157-139 AL, favorites -$2,610
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL? Over 77-57-3
AL @ NL? Over 75-71-5
Total? Over 152-138-8
