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Tuesday games
National League
Mets @ Cardinals
Niese is 1-4, 8.15 in his last six starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine.
Garcia is 3-0, 3.00 in his last three starts; his last three home starts stayed under. Cardinals are 5-7 in his home starts.
Mets are 7-11 in last 18 games, 2-7 in last nine road series openers. Six of last seven New York games went over the total. St Louis won six of last seven games, won their last four home series openers. Over is 5-2-1 in their last eight home games.
Rockies @ Brewers
Gray is 0-2, 14.25 in his last three starts (over 3-0). Colorado lost five of his last six road starts.
Anderson 3-0, 2.86 in his last five starts; he left his last start in first inning with a quad injury. His last five starts stayed under. Brewers won his last three home starts.
Rockies won four of last six games; six of last eight Colorado road games went over. Milwaukee lost six of last eight games; four of last five Brewer games went over the total.
Braves @ Diamondbacks
Whalen is 1-2, 6.55 in four starts this year (over 3-1).
Bradley is 0-2, 11.00 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Arizona is 3-5 in his home starts.
Braves lost eight of last nine games; 10 of last 11 Atlanta games went over. Arizona is 5-7 in last 12 home games; eight of last nine Arizona games went over the total.
Cubs @ Padres
Arrieta is 3-0, 2.79 in his last three starts; over is 6-3-1 in his last ten starts. Cubs are 8-3 in his road starts, but 1-3 in his last four.
Friedrich is 0-3, 4.58 in his last three starts; three of his last four stayed under. Padres are 4-3 in his home starts (1-3 in last four).
Cubs are 17-4 in last 21 games; five of last seven Chicago games stayed under. San Diego lost seven of last ten games; seven of last nine games at Petco Park went over total.
Giants @ Dodgers
Bumgarner is 2-1, 2.25 in his last three starts; three of his last four went over. Giants lost his last four road starts.
Maeda is 4-0, 3.45 in his last five starts; five of his last six went over the total. Dodgers won four of his last five home starts.
Giants lost six of last eight games, are 2-7 in last nine road series openers. Over is 7-2 in last nine Giant games. Dodgers lost three of last four games, are 6-3 in last nine home series openers. Over is 7-2-1 in last ten games at Dodger Stadium.
American League
Angels @ Rays
Skaggs is 0-2, 7.11 in his last four starts (over 3-2).
Dickey is 1-4, 6.97 in his last six starts; (over 4-2). Blue Jays are 3-10 in his home starts.
Angels are 2-15 in last 17 road games, 2-9 in last 11 road series openers. Under is 7-2 in last nine Halo games. Toronto is 9-4 in its last 13 home games, 8-12 in home series openers. Over is 7-3-1 in Jays? last 11 home games.
Red Sox @ Rays
Buchholz is 0-5, 7.07 in his last eight starts; four of his last five stayed under. Boston is 1-4 in his road starts.
Archer is 2-1, 2.79 in his last three starts; four of his last five road starts stayed under. Tampa Bay is 3-9 in his home starts.
Red Sox won nine of last 11 games; under is 16-6-1 in Boston?s last 23 road games. Tampa Bay won six of last eight games; over is 10-2 in Rays? last 12 home games.
Tigers @ Twins
Sanchez is 1-1, 4.06 in his last five starts; under is 5-2-1 in his last eight. Detroit is 1-8 in his road starts.
Gibson is 3-1, 4.78 in his last six starts; his last four went over. Minnesota is 4-5 in his home starts.
Tigers are 4-10 in last 14 games, 7-13 in road series openers. Under is 7-2 in Detroit?s last nine games. Minnesota lost nine of last 12 games; they?re 8-12 in home series openers. Over is 16-4-2 in Twins? last 22 games.
Indians @ A?s
Salazar is 0-1, 16.71 in his last three starts; his last five went over the total. Cleveland split his eight road starts.
Manaea is 1-3, 5.70 in his last four starts; under is 9-5-1 in his last 14 starts. Oakland won five of his last six home starts.
Indians are 9-3 in last 11 games; under is 7-2 in their last nine road games. Oakland lost eight of last nine games; under is 13-3 in their last 16 games.
New York @ Mariners
Sabathia is 1-2, 5.01 in his last four starts; four of his last five went over. New York won four of his last five road starts.
Walker 1-1, 6.45 in his last five starts; three of his last four stayed under. Mariners won his last three home starts.
New York won four of last six games; four of last five New York road games stayed under. Seattle won nine of last ten home games; Mariners? last five games went over the total.
Interleague
Astros @ Pirates
Musgrove is 1-1, 5.12 in his first three MLB starts (over 1-1-1).
Nova is 2-0, 4.41 in three starts for the Pirates (under 2-1).
Astros won their last four games; over is 9-4 in their last 13 games. Pittsburgh lost their last four games; five of last six Pirate home games stayed under.
Nationals @ Orioles
Lopez is 2-0, 1.93 in his last two starts (over 3-1).
Gausman is 2-3, 5.74 in his last five starts; under is 12-5 in his last 17. Orioles won his last five home starts.
Washington is 7-4 in its last 11 road games; five of Nationals? last six games went over the total. Baltimore lost five of last seven games; under is 14-3-1 in last 18 games at Camden Yards.
Rangers @ Reds
Holland is 0-1, 9.00 in his last three starts, last of which was June 20 (over 6-6-2). Texas is 3-5 in his road starts.
Straily is 6-0, 2.25 in his last seven starts; his last four went over. Reds are 9-3 in his home starts.
Rangers are 6-3 in last nine road games, 5-8 in last 13 road series openers. Last three Texas games went over the total. Cincinnati is 12-5 in last 17 home games, 5-1 in last six home series openers. Over is 10-3-1 in Reds? last 14 games.
Royals @ Marlins
Ventura is 2-0, 2.25 in his last three starts; six of his last eight stayed under. Royals are 5-8 in his road starts.
Cashner is 0-2, 6.00 in four starts for Miami (over 2-2).
Royals won their last eight games, are 7-13 in road series openers. Under is 4-1-1 in their last six games. Miami won its last three games, but lost last five home series openers. Over is 6-3 in Marlins? last nine games.
Phillies @ White Sox
Thompson is 1-2, 8.79 in his first three MLB starts (over 2-0-1).
Rodon is 1-0, 2.50 in his last three starts; over is 4-2 in his last six. White Sox won three of his last four at home.
Phillies are 6-9 in last 15 road games (over 10-4-1), 4-1 in last five road series openers. White Sox are 7-3 in last ten home games, 1-4 in last five home series openers. Under is 5-2 in their last seven home games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Col-Mil: Gray 10-12; Anderson 9-14
NY-StL: Niese 0-1/9-9; Garcia 13-11
Atl-Az: Whalen 2-2; Bradley 8-10
Chi-SD: Arrieta 16-8 (3-0 last 3); Friedrich 7-10
SF-LA: Bumgarner 15-11; Maeda 16-9 (5-0 last 5)
LAA-Tor: Skaggs 1-4; Dickey 9-16
Bos-TB: Buchholz 4-11; Archer 8-18
Det-Min: Sanchez 4-15; Gibson 9-8
Clev-A?s: Salazar 14-7; Manaea 8-10
NY-Sea: Sabathia 11-11; unknown
Hst-Pitt: Musgrove 1-2; Nova 3-0/7-8
Wsh-Balt: Lopez 2-2; Gausman 9-13
Tex-Cin: Holland 8-6; Straily 14-9 (7-0 last 7)
KC-Mia: Ventura 13-11 (4-0 last 4); Cashner 1-3/7-9
Phil-Chi: Thompson 1-2; Rodon 7-13
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Col-Mil: Gray 8-22; Anderson 7-22
NY-StL: Niese 4-19; Garcia 9-24
Atl-Az: Whalen 3-4; Bradley 8-18
Chi-SD: Arrieta 3-24; Friedrich 7-17
SF-LA: Bumgarner 6-26; Maeda 5-25
LAA-Tor: Skaggs 2-5; Dickey 6-25
Bos-TB: Buchholz 7-15; Archer 12-26
Det-Min: Sanchez 7-19; Gibson 9-17
Clev-A?s: Salazar 4-21; Manaea 1-18
NY-Sea: Sabathia 5-22; unknown
Hst-Pitt: Musgrove 1-3; Nova 5-18
Wsh-Balt: Lopez 2-4; Gausman 8-22
Tex-Cin: Holland 2-14; Straily 8-23
KC-Mia: Ventura 5-24; Cashner 7-19
Phil-Chi: Thompson 1-3; Rodon 6-20
Umpires
Col-Mil? Over is 5-2-1 in last eight Emmel games.
Atl-Az? Three of last four Vanover games went over.
Chi-SD? Three of four Lentz games stayed under.
Bos-TB? Favorites won seven of last nine Kulpa games.
Clev-A?s? Five of last seven Carlson games stayed under.
NY-Sea? Underdogs are 5-4 in last nine Nelson games.
Hst-Pitt? Last four Baker games went over the total.
Wsh-Balt? Underdogs are 12-6 in last 18 Little games.
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/22
Arizona 22-30-11?..23-34-5??.45-64
Atlanta 24-30-8??18-31-13??42-61
Cubs 33-19-8??40-17-8??.73-36
Reds 17-37-7??29-30-4??46-67
Colo 23-28-11?..26-32-4??49-60
LA 27-26-9??36-20-7??63-46
Miami 28-26-9?..29-18-13??57-44
Milw 19-37-7??34-21-7??..53-58
Mets 25-40-9??27-24-9??52-54
Philly 20-27-15?.23-29-11??43-54
Pitt 18-33-10?..37-21-4??.55-53
St. Louis 29-27-6??24-25-12?.53-52
SD 19-40-4??28-28-6?..47-68
SF 27-28-7??31-18-13??58-46
Wash 33-19-13?..25-18-16?..58-37
Orioles 23-32-7??.32-24-8??.55-56
Boston 23-27-9??39-17-8??.62-44
White Sox 28-28-8??32-26-2??60-54
Cleveland 34-21-7??29-26-5??.62-47
Detroit 25-29-8??30-25-4??.55-54
Astros 25-28-11?..29-24-7??.54-52
KC 24-32-8??25-23-13??49-55
Angels 22-33-7??.23-30-10?..45-63
Twins 23-32-11?..20-32-11??43-64
NYY 20-34-8??27-28-9??.48-62
A?s 20-34-8??23-29-12??43-63
Seattle 29-25-8??29-20-12??58-45
Tampa Bay 21-25-10??30-28-9??.51-53
Texas 24-34-8??.28-21-9??.52-55
Toronto 38-19-4??..35-24-4??73-43
Tuesday games
National League
Mets @ Cardinals
Niese is 1-4, 8.15 in his last six starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine.
Garcia is 3-0, 3.00 in his last three starts; his last three home starts stayed under. Cardinals are 5-7 in his home starts.
Mets are 7-11 in last 18 games, 2-7 in last nine road series openers. Six of last seven New York games went over the total. St Louis won six of last seven games, won their last four home series openers. Over is 5-2-1 in their last eight home games.
Rockies @ Brewers
Gray is 0-2, 14.25 in his last three starts (over 3-0). Colorado lost five of his last six road starts.
Anderson 3-0, 2.86 in his last five starts; he left his last start in first inning with a quad injury. His last five starts stayed under. Brewers won his last three home starts.
Rockies won four of last six games; six of last eight Colorado road games went over. Milwaukee lost six of last eight games; four of last five Brewer games went over the total.
Braves @ Diamondbacks
Whalen is 1-2, 6.55 in four starts this year (over 3-1).
Bradley is 0-2, 11.00 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Arizona is 3-5 in his home starts.
Braves lost eight of last nine games; 10 of last 11 Atlanta games went over. Arizona is 5-7 in last 12 home games; eight of last nine Arizona games went over the total.
Cubs @ Padres
Arrieta is 3-0, 2.79 in his last three starts; over is 6-3-1 in his last ten starts. Cubs are 8-3 in his road starts, but 1-3 in his last four.
Friedrich is 0-3, 4.58 in his last three starts; three of his last four stayed under. Padres are 4-3 in his home starts (1-3 in last four).
Cubs are 17-4 in last 21 games; five of last seven Chicago games stayed under. San Diego lost seven of last ten games; seven of last nine games at Petco Park went over total.
Giants @ Dodgers
Bumgarner is 2-1, 2.25 in his last three starts; three of his last four went over. Giants lost his last four road starts.
Maeda is 4-0, 3.45 in his last five starts; five of his last six went over the total. Dodgers won four of his last five home starts.
Giants lost six of last eight games, are 2-7 in last nine road series openers. Over is 7-2 in last nine Giant games. Dodgers lost three of last four games, are 6-3 in last nine home series openers. Over is 7-2-1 in last ten games at Dodger Stadium.
American League
Angels @ Rays
Skaggs is 0-2, 7.11 in his last four starts (over 3-2).
Dickey is 1-4, 6.97 in his last six starts; (over 4-2). Blue Jays are 3-10 in his home starts.
Angels are 2-15 in last 17 road games, 2-9 in last 11 road series openers. Under is 7-2 in last nine Halo games. Toronto is 9-4 in its last 13 home games, 8-12 in home series openers. Over is 7-3-1 in Jays? last 11 home games.
Red Sox @ Rays
Buchholz is 0-5, 7.07 in his last eight starts; four of his last five stayed under. Boston is 1-4 in his road starts.
Archer is 2-1, 2.79 in his last three starts; four of his last five road starts stayed under. Tampa Bay is 3-9 in his home starts.
Red Sox won nine of last 11 games; under is 16-6-1 in Boston?s last 23 road games. Tampa Bay won six of last eight games; over is 10-2 in Rays? last 12 home games.
Tigers @ Twins
Sanchez is 1-1, 4.06 in his last five starts; under is 5-2-1 in his last eight. Detroit is 1-8 in his road starts.
Gibson is 3-1, 4.78 in his last six starts; his last four went over. Minnesota is 4-5 in his home starts.
Tigers are 4-10 in last 14 games, 7-13 in road series openers. Under is 7-2 in Detroit?s last nine games. Minnesota lost nine of last 12 games; they?re 8-12 in home series openers. Over is 16-4-2 in Twins? last 22 games.
Indians @ A?s
Salazar is 0-1, 16.71 in his last three starts; his last five went over the total. Cleveland split his eight road starts.
Manaea is 1-3, 5.70 in his last four starts; under is 9-5-1 in his last 14 starts. Oakland won five of his last six home starts.
Indians are 9-3 in last 11 games; under is 7-2 in their last nine road games. Oakland lost eight of last nine games; under is 13-3 in their last 16 games.
New York @ Mariners
Sabathia is 1-2, 5.01 in his last four starts; four of his last five went over. New York won four of his last five road starts.
Walker 1-1, 6.45 in his last five starts; three of his last four stayed under. Mariners won his last three home starts.
New York won four of last six games; four of last five New York road games stayed under. Seattle won nine of last ten home games; Mariners? last five games went over the total.
Interleague
Astros @ Pirates
Musgrove is 1-1, 5.12 in his first three MLB starts (over 1-1-1).
Nova is 2-0, 4.41 in three starts for the Pirates (under 2-1).
Astros won their last four games; over is 9-4 in their last 13 games. Pittsburgh lost their last four games; five of last six Pirate home games stayed under.
Nationals @ Orioles
Lopez is 2-0, 1.93 in his last two starts (over 3-1).
Gausman is 2-3, 5.74 in his last five starts; under is 12-5 in his last 17. Orioles won his last five home starts.
Washington is 7-4 in its last 11 road games; five of Nationals? last six games went over the total. Baltimore lost five of last seven games; under is 14-3-1 in last 18 games at Camden Yards.
Rangers @ Reds
Holland is 0-1, 9.00 in his last three starts, last of which was June 20 (over 6-6-2). Texas is 3-5 in his road starts.
Straily is 6-0, 2.25 in his last seven starts; his last four went over. Reds are 9-3 in his home starts.
Rangers are 6-3 in last nine road games, 5-8 in last 13 road series openers. Last three Texas games went over the total. Cincinnati is 12-5 in last 17 home games, 5-1 in last six home series openers. Over is 10-3-1 in Reds? last 14 games.
Royals @ Marlins
Ventura is 2-0, 2.25 in his last three starts; six of his last eight stayed under. Royals are 5-8 in his road starts.
Cashner is 0-2, 6.00 in four starts for Miami (over 2-2).
Royals won their last eight games, are 7-13 in road series openers. Under is 4-1-1 in their last six games. Miami won its last three games, but lost last five home series openers. Over is 6-3 in Marlins? last nine games.
Phillies @ White Sox
Thompson is 1-2, 8.79 in his first three MLB starts (over 2-0-1).
Rodon is 1-0, 2.50 in his last three starts; over is 4-2 in his last six. White Sox won three of his last four at home.
Phillies are 6-9 in last 15 road games (over 10-4-1), 4-1 in last five road series openers. White Sox are 7-3 in last ten home games, 1-4 in last five home series openers. Under is 5-2 in their last seven home games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Col-Mil: Gray 10-12; Anderson 9-14
NY-StL: Niese 0-1/9-9; Garcia 13-11
Atl-Az: Whalen 2-2; Bradley 8-10
Chi-SD: Arrieta 16-8 (3-0 last 3); Friedrich 7-10
SF-LA: Bumgarner 15-11; Maeda 16-9 (5-0 last 5)
LAA-Tor: Skaggs 1-4; Dickey 9-16
Bos-TB: Buchholz 4-11; Archer 8-18
Det-Min: Sanchez 4-15; Gibson 9-8
Clev-A?s: Salazar 14-7; Manaea 8-10
NY-Sea: Sabathia 11-11; unknown
Hst-Pitt: Musgrove 1-2; Nova 3-0/7-8
Wsh-Balt: Lopez 2-2; Gausman 9-13
Tex-Cin: Holland 8-6; Straily 14-9 (7-0 last 7)
KC-Mia: Ventura 13-11 (4-0 last 4); Cashner 1-3/7-9
Phil-Chi: Thompson 1-2; Rodon 7-13
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Col-Mil: Gray 8-22; Anderson 7-22
NY-StL: Niese 4-19; Garcia 9-24
Atl-Az: Whalen 3-4; Bradley 8-18
Chi-SD: Arrieta 3-24; Friedrich 7-17
SF-LA: Bumgarner 6-26; Maeda 5-25
LAA-Tor: Skaggs 2-5; Dickey 6-25
Bos-TB: Buchholz 7-15; Archer 12-26
Det-Min: Sanchez 7-19; Gibson 9-17
Clev-A?s: Salazar 4-21; Manaea 1-18
NY-Sea: Sabathia 5-22; unknown
Hst-Pitt: Musgrove 1-3; Nova 5-18
Wsh-Balt: Lopez 2-4; Gausman 8-22
Tex-Cin: Holland 2-14; Straily 8-23
KC-Mia: Ventura 5-24; Cashner 7-19
Phil-Chi: Thompson 1-3; Rodon 6-20
Umpires
Col-Mil? Over is 5-2-1 in last eight Emmel games.
Atl-Az? Three of last four Vanover games went over.
Chi-SD? Three of four Lentz games stayed under.
Bos-TB? Favorites won seven of last nine Kulpa games.
Clev-A?s? Five of last seven Carlson games stayed under.
NY-Sea? Underdogs are 5-4 in last nine Nelson games.
Hst-Pitt? Last four Baker games went over the total.
Wsh-Balt? Underdogs are 12-6 in last 18 Little games.
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/22
Arizona 22-30-11?..23-34-5??.45-64
Atlanta 24-30-8??18-31-13??42-61
Cubs 33-19-8??40-17-8??.73-36
Reds 17-37-7??29-30-4??46-67
Colo 23-28-11?..26-32-4??49-60
LA 27-26-9??36-20-7??63-46
Miami 28-26-9?..29-18-13??57-44
Milw 19-37-7??34-21-7??..53-58
Mets 25-40-9??27-24-9??52-54
Philly 20-27-15?.23-29-11??43-54
Pitt 18-33-10?..37-21-4??.55-53
St. Louis 29-27-6??24-25-12?.53-52
SD 19-40-4??28-28-6?..47-68
SF 27-28-7??31-18-13??58-46
Wash 33-19-13?..25-18-16?..58-37
Orioles 23-32-7??.32-24-8??.55-56
Boston 23-27-9??39-17-8??.62-44
White Sox 28-28-8??32-26-2??60-54
Cleveland 34-21-7??29-26-5??.62-47
Detroit 25-29-8??30-25-4??.55-54
Astros 25-28-11?..29-24-7??.54-52
KC 24-32-8??25-23-13??49-55
Angels 22-33-7??.23-30-10?..45-63
Twins 23-32-11?..20-32-11??43-64
NYY 20-34-8??27-28-9??.48-62
A?s 20-34-8??23-29-12??43-63
Seattle 29-25-8??29-20-12??58-45
Tampa Bay 21-25-10??30-28-9??.51-53
Texas 24-34-8??.28-21-9??.52-55
Toronto 38-19-4??..35-24-4??73-43
