MLB
Tuesday?s games
National League
Nationals @ Phillies
Strasburg was 0-3, 14.66 in his last three starts before going on DL; over is 4-1-1 in his last six starts. Washington is 8-2 in his road starts.
Eickhoff is 3-0, 4.40 in his last five starts; under is 5-3-1 in his last nine. Phillies are 4-1 in his last five home starts.
Nationals lost six of last nine games; over is 8-5 in Washington?s last 13 road games. Philly is 4-8 in last 12 games; under is 4-0-1 in Phils? last five home games.
Marlins @ Mets
Koehler is 4-0, 2.60 in his last seven starts; over is 8-4 in his last 12 starts. Miami is 6-8 in his road starts.
Lugo is 1-1, 2.31 in two starts this year (over 2-0).
Marlins lost five of last seven games; under is 8-1 in their last nine games. New York won five of last six home games; over is 11-3 in their last 14 games.
Padres @ Braves
Jackson is 0-2, 13.00 in his last two starts; under is 4-2 in his last six. He is 1-1, 5.29 in three road starts.
Teheran is 0-1, 6.75 in his last three starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Braves are 1-11 in his home starts.
Padres are 3-7 in last 10 road games, 12-9 in road series openers. Under is 7-4 in San Diego?s last 11 road games. Atlanta lost five of last six home games, is 6-14 in home series openers. Over is 9-3 in Braves? last 12 games.
Cardinals @ Brewers
Wainwright is 0-3, 10.89 in his last four starts; six of his last seven starts went over. St Louis is 9-4 in his road starts.
Peralta is 1-2, 3.52 in his last four starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Milwaukee is 4-5 in his home starts.
Cardinals are 7-2 in last nine road games (over 6-2-1). Milwaukee lost its last five games; under is 5-3 in Brewers? last eight games.
Pirates @ Cubs
Kuhl is 2-1, 2.67 in his last five starts (under 4-3-1). He is 1-0, 2.22 in four road starts.
Hendricks is 3-0, 1.51 in his last five starts; his last three went over. Cubs are 9-3 in his home starts.
Pirates won eight of last nine road games; under is 7-3 in Pittsburgh?s last ten games. Chicago is 17-3 in last 20 home games; over is 7-4 in their last eleven games.
Dodgers @ Rockies
Hill blanked Giants for six innings (81 PT) in his Dodger debut, also his first start in four weeks after blister issues.
Anderson is 0-2, 6.60 in his last three starts (under 9-5). Colorado is 6-3 in his home starts.
Dodgers won six of last nine games; five of last six LA games stayed under the total. Colorado won five of its last six home games; over is 10-7 in their last 17 games.
Diamondbacks @ Giants
Greinke is 0-1, 9.20 in his last three starts; five of his last six went over. Arizona is 6-2 in his road starts.
Cueto is 1-1, 2.29 in his last three starts; four of his left five went over. Giants are 8-3 in his home starts.
Arizona lost six of last seven road games; they?re 1-6 in last seven road series openers. Over is 14-4 in their last 18 games. Giants won three of last four games, are 10-11 in home series openers. Under is 5-2 in Giants? last seven games.
American League
Blue Jays @ Orioles
Happ is 5-1, 2.41 in his last six starts; under is 5-2-1 in his last eight. Toronto won his last five road starts.
Jimenez is 0-3, 7.02 in his last four starts; over is 10-3 in his last 13. Orioles are 7-3 in his last ten home starts.
Toronto won its last four games, scoring 37 runs; over is 7-5 in Jays? last 12 games. Orioles lost four of last five games; last four games at Camden Yards stayed under.
Rays @ Red Sox
Odorizzi is 6-0, 1.94 in his last eight starts; four of his last five went over. Rays lost four of his last five road starts.
Pomeranz is 2-1, 2.25 in his last four starts; six of his last seven stayed under. Red Sox are 0-3 in his starts at Fenway.
Tampa Bay is 2-6 in last eight road games; over is 8-1-1 in Rays? last ten road games. Boston lost four of last six games; over is 5-1-1 in last seven games at Fenway Park.
Twins @ Indians
Albers was 2-5, 4.05 in 10 starts for Minnesota in 2013; this his first MLB start since then. He is 10-6, 3.69 in 21 AAA starts this year, and allowed seven runs in 8.1 IP in two relief stints for the Twins this season.
Tomlin is 0-5, 11.16 in his last five starts (over 3-1-1). Cleveland is 7-4 in his home starts.
Twins lost their last 11 games; over is 7-2 in Minnesota?s last nine games. Cleveland lost five of last seven games; under is 6-2-1 in Tribe?s last nine games.
White Sox @ Tigers
Ranaudo is 0-1, 7.88 in his three starts (over 2-0-1) for Chicago.
Norris is 1-2, 3.32 in his last four starts (under 4-3).
White Sox won six of last nine games; four of last six Chicago road games went over. Detroit is 4-8 in last 12 home games; under is 10-2 in Tigers? last 11 home games.
Mariners @ Rangers
Paxton is 1-0, 2.11 in his last three starts (over 7-7). Seattle is 2-5 in his road starts.
Hamels is 2-1, 1.59 in his last four starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six. Rangers won five of his last six home starts.
Mariners lost five of last six road games; over is 10-7 in their last 17 road games. Texas won seven of last eight home games; under is 8-1-1 in last ten Ranger games.
A?s @ Astros
Graveman is 3-1, 1.88 in his last four starts; six of his last seven starts stayed under. Oakland is 6-2 in his last eight road starts.
McHugh is 1-4, 8.68 in his last six starts; over is 5-3-1 in his last nine. Houston is 7-2 in his home starts.
A?s won four of last six games; under is 9-1 in last ten Oakland road games. Houston won eight of last ten games; over is 4-1-1 in last six games at Minute Maid Park.
New York @ Royals
Tanaka is 4-0, 1.63 in his last four starts; under is 6-2 in his last eight. New York is 8-5 in his road starts.
Volquez is 2-0, 5.87 in his last three starts; over is 4-1-1 in his last six (Royals scored 21 runs in his last three starts). KC is 9-5 in his home starts.
New York won four of last six games; under is 6-2 in last eight Bronx road games. Royals are 13-2 in last 14 games; under is 6-3-2 in last 11 games at Kauffman Stadium.
Interleague
Reds @ Angels
Adleman is 1-0, 4.73 in his last three starts (over 3-0).
Weaver is 1-3, 7.40 in his last four starts (under 3-1); Angels are 6-7 in his home starts.
Cincinnati lost six of last eight games; six of Reds? last seven road games went over. Angels won five of last six games; under is 8-2 in their last ten games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Wsh-Phil? Strasburg 18-5 (0-3 last 3); Eickhoff 13-13 (4-0 last 4)
Mia-NY? Koehler 12-14; Lugo 1-1
SD-Atl? Jackson 3-4; Teheran 5-18
StL-Mil? Wainwright 16-10; Peralta 6-11
Pitt-Chi? Kuhl 7-1; Hendricks 14-10
LA-Colo? Hill 1-0/9-5; Anderson 7-7
Az-SF? Greinke 14-7; Cueto 19-7
Tor-Balt? Happ 19-6; Jimenez 8-11 (0-4 last 4)
TB-Bos? Odorizzi 14-13 (5-1 last 6); Pomeranz 4-4
Min-Clev? Albers 0-0; Tomlin 16-8 (0-5 last 5)
Chi-Det? Ranaudo 2-1; Norris 3-4
Sea-Tex? Paxton 4-10; Hamels 19-7
A?s-Hst? Graveman 13-12; McHugh 15-11
NY-KC? Tanaka 19-7; Volquez 15-12
Cin-LAA? Adleman 3-3; Weaver 10-15
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Wsh-Phil? Strasburg 8-23; Eickhoff 7-26
Mia-NY? Koehler 8-26; Lugo 0-2
SD-Atl? Jackson 1-7; Teheran 6-23
StL-Mil? Wainwright 7-26 (4 of last 5); Peralta 7-17
Pitt-Chi? Kuhl 3-8; Hendricks 6-24
LA-Colo? Hill 4-14; Anderson 5-14
Az-SF? Greinke 7-21; Cueto 6-26
Tor-Balt? Happ 5-25; Jimenez 9-19 (5 of last 7)
TB-Bos? Odorizzi 5-27; Pomeranz 1-8
Min-Clev? Albers 0-0; Tomlin 11-24
Chi-Det? Ranaudo 1-3; Norris 1-7
Sea-Tex? Paxton 4-10; Hamels 5-26
A?s-Hst? Graveman 4-25; McHugh 11-26
NY-KC? Tanaka 3-26; Volquez 8-27
Cin-LAA? Adleman 0-6; Weaver 9-25
Umpires
Wsh-Phil? Favorites won five of last six Fagan games.
Mia-NY? Under is 11-2 in last thirteen Everitt games.
StL-Mil? Under is 7-2 in last nine West games.
Pitt-Chi? Over is 8-2-1 in last eleven Knight games.
LA-Colo? Over is 8-3-1 in last twelve Bellino games.
Tor-Balt? Underdongs won eight of last 12 Barry games.
TB-Bos? Underdogs won five of last seven Demuth games.
Min-Cle? Under is 6-1-1 in last eight Conroy games.
Chi-Det? Under is 5-2-1 in last eight Hernandez games.
Sea-Tex? Last seven Davis games stayed under the total.
A?s-Hst? Four of last five Marquez games went over.
NY-KC? Under is 11-5 in last sixteen Hoberg games.
Cin-LAA? Under is 5-2 in last seven Diaz games.
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/29
Arizona 22-30-11?..27-36-5??.49-66
Atlanta 26-34-8??18-31-13??44-65
Cubs 35-21-9??40-18-8??..75-39
Reds 18-40-7??29-31-5??.47-71
Colo 25-30-12?..27-32-4??52-62
LA 27-27-9??40-21-8??.67-48
Miami 28-26-10?.29-21-16??57-47
Milw 19-37-7??36-24-9??.55-61
Mets 27-41-9??29-24-11?..56-55
Philly 21-30-16?.23-30-11??44-58
Pitt 20-34-12?..38-22-4??58-55
St. Louis 30-27-6?..27-28-12?..57-55
SD 22-40-4?..28-30-6??50-70
SF 28-30-7??33-19-13??61-49
Wash 34-20-13?..27-20-17?..61-40
Orioles 24-35-8??.33-25-8??..57-60
Boston 25-27-10??42-18-8??.67-45
White Sox 29-28-8??35-28-3??..64-56
Cleveland 35-26-7??29-26-6??..64-52
Detroit 27-30-8??.30-29-4??..57-59
Astros 26-29-11?..32-25-7???58-54
KC 25-34-11??26-23-13??51-57
Angels 26-35-7??.24-30-10??50-65
Twins 25-33-12??.21-34-11??.46-67
NYY 22-35-8??30-28-10??.52-63
A?s 21-37-8??25-29-12??.46-66
Seattle 30-28-9??29-22-12??59-50
Tampa Bay 22-28-10??30-30-10?..52-58
Texas 25-34-9??.32-22-9??.57-56
Toronto 39-19-4??..38-27-4??.77-46
Tuesday?s games
National League
Nationals @ Phillies
Strasburg was 0-3, 14.66 in his last three starts before going on DL; over is 4-1-1 in his last six starts. Washington is 8-2 in his road starts.
Eickhoff is 3-0, 4.40 in his last five starts; under is 5-3-1 in his last nine. Phillies are 4-1 in his last five home starts.
Nationals lost six of last nine games; over is 8-5 in Washington?s last 13 road games. Philly is 4-8 in last 12 games; under is 4-0-1 in Phils? last five home games.
Marlins @ Mets
Koehler is 4-0, 2.60 in his last seven starts; over is 8-4 in his last 12 starts. Miami is 6-8 in his road starts.
Lugo is 1-1, 2.31 in two starts this year (over 2-0).
Marlins lost five of last seven games; under is 8-1 in their last nine games. New York won five of last six home games; over is 11-3 in their last 14 games.
Padres @ Braves
Jackson is 0-2, 13.00 in his last two starts; under is 4-2 in his last six. He is 1-1, 5.29 in three road starts.
Teheran is 0-1, 6.75 in his last three starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Braves are 1-11 in his home starts.
Padres are 3-7 in last 10 road games, 12-9 in road series openers. Under is 7-4 in San Diego?s last 11 road games. Atlanta lost five of last six home games, is 6-14 in home series openers. Over is 9-3 in Braves? last 12 games.
Cardinals @ Brewers
Wainwright is 0-3, 10.89 in his last four starts; six of his last seven starts went over. St Louis is 9-4 in his road starts.
Peralta is 1-2, 3.52 in his last four starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Milwaukee is 4-5 in his home starts.
Cardinals are 7-2 in last nine road games (over 6-2-1). Milwaukee lost its last five games; under is 5-3 in Brewers? last eight games.
Pirates @ Cubs
Kuhl is 2-1, 2.67 in his last five starts (under 4-3-1). He is 1-0, 2.22 in four road starts.
Hendricks is 3-0, 1.51 in his last five starts; his last three went over. Cubs are 9-3 in his home starts.
Pirates won eight of last nine road games; under is 7-3 in Pittsburgh?s last ten games. Chicago is 17-3 in last 20 home games; over is 7-4 in their last eleven games.
Dodgers @ Rockies
Hill blanked Giants for six innings (81 PT) in his Dodger debut, also his first start in four weeks after blister issues.
Anderson is 0-2, 6.60 in his last three starts (under 9-5). Colorado is 6-3 in his home starts.
Dodgers won six of last nine games; five of last six LA games stayed under the total. Colorado won five of its last six home games; over is 10-7 in their last 17 games.
Diamondbacks @ Giants
Greinke is 0-1, 9.20 in his last three starts; five of his last six went over. Arizona is 6-2 in his road starts.
Cueto is 1-1, 2.29 in his last three starts; four of his left five went over. Giants are 8-3 in his home starts.
Arizona lost six of last seven road games; they?re 1-6 in last seven road series openers. Over is 14-4 in their last 18 games. Giants won three of last four games, are 10-11 in home series openers. Under is 5-2 in Giants? last seven games.
American League
Blue Jays @ Orioles
Happ is 5-1, 2.41 in his last six starts; under is 5-2-1 in his last eight. Toronto won his last five road starts.
Jimenez is 0-3, 7.02 in his last four starts; over is 10-3 in his last 13. Orioles are 7-3 in his last ten home starts.
Toronto won its last four games, scoring 37 runs; over is 7-5 in Jays? last 12 games. Orioles lost four of last five games; last four games at Camden Yards stayed under.
Rays @ Red Sox
Odorizzi is 6-0, 1.94 in his last eight starts; four of his last five went over. Rays lost four of his last five road starts.
Pomeranz is 2-1, 2.25 in his last four starts; six of his last seven stayed under. Red Sox are 0-3 in his starts at Fenway.
Tampa Bay is 2-6 in last eight road games; over is 8-1-1 in Rays? last ten road games. Boston lost four of last six games; over is 5-1-1 in last seven games at Fenway Park.
Twins @ Indians
Albers was 2-5, 4.05 in 10 starts for Minnesota in 2013; this his first MLB start since then. He is 10-6, 3.69 in 21 AAA starts this year, and allowed seven runs in 8.1 IP in two relief stints for the Twins this season.
Tomlin is 0-5, 11.16 in his last five starts (over 3-1-1). Cleveland is 7-4 in his home starts.
Twins lost their last 11 games; over is 7-2 in Minnesota?s last nine games. Cleveland lost five of last seven games; under is 6-2-1 in Tribe?s last nine games.
White Sox @ Tigers
Ranaudo is 0-1, 7.88 in his three starts (over 2-0-1) for Chicago.
Norris is 1-2, 3.32 in his last four starts (under 4-3).
White Sox won six of last nine games; four of last six Chicago road games went over. Detroit is 4-8 in last 12 home games; under is 10-2 in Tigers? last 11 home games.
Mariners @ Rangers
Paxton is 1-0, 2.11 in his last three starts (over 7-7). Seattle is 2-5 in his road starts.
Hamels is 2-1, 1.59 in his last four starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six. Rangers won five of his last six home starts.
Mariners lost five of last six road games; over is 10-7 in their last 17 road games. Texas won seven of last eight home games; under is 8-1-1 in last ten Ranger games.
A?s @ Astros
Graveman is 3-1, 1.88 in his last four starts; six of his last seven starts stayed under. Oakland is 6-2 in his last eight road starts.
McHugh is 1-4, 8.68 in his last six starts; over is 5-3-1 in his last nine. Houston is 7-2 in his home starts.
A?s won four of last six games; under is 9-1 in last ten Oakland road games. Houston won eight of last ten games; over is 4-1-1 in last six games at Minute Maid Park.
New York @ Royals
Tanaka is 4-0, 1.63 in his last four starts; under is 6-2 in his last eight. New York is 8-5 in his road starts.
Volquez is 2-0, 5.87 in his last three starts; over is 4-1-1 in his last six (Royals scored 21 runs in his last three starts). KC is 9-5 in his home starts.
New York won four of last six games; under is 6-2 in last eight Bronx road games. Royals are 13-2 in last 14 games; under is 6-3-2 in last 11 games at Kauffman Stadium.
Interleague
Reds @ Angels
Adleman is 1-0, 4.73 in his last three starts (over 3-0).
Weaver is 1-3, 7.40 in his last four starts (under 3-1); Angels are 6-7 in his home starts.
Cincinnati lost six of last eight games; six of Reds? last seven road games went over. Angels won five of last six games; under is 8-2 in their last ten games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Wsh-Phil? Strasburg 18-5 (0-3 last 3); Eickhoff 13-13 (4-0 last 4)
Mia-NY? Koehler 12-14; Lugo 1-1
SD-Atl? Jackson 3-4; Teheran 5-18
StL-Mil? Wainwright 16-10; Peralta 6-11
Pitt-Chi? Kuhl 7-1; Hendricks 14-10
LA-Colo? Hill 1-0/9-5; Anderson 7-7
Az-SF? Greinke 14-7; Cueto 19-7
Tor-Balt? Happ 19-6; Jimenez 8-11 (0-4 last 4)
TB-Bos? Odorizzi 14-13 (5-1 last 6); Pomeranz 4-4
Min-Clev? Albers 0-0; Tomlin 16-8 (0-5 last 5)
Chi-Det? Ranaudo 2-1; Norris 3-4
Sea-Tex? Paxton 4-10; Hamels 19-7
A?s-Hst? Graveman 13-12; McHugh 15-11
NY-KC? Tanaka 19-7; Volquez 15-12
Cin-LAA? Adleman 3-3; Weaver 10-15
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Wsh-Phil? Strasburg 8-23; Eickhoff 7-26
Mia-NY? Koehler 8-26; Lugo 0-2
SD-Atl? Jackson 1-7; Teheran 6-23
StL-Mil? Wainwright 7-26 (4 of last 5); Peralta 7-17
Pitt-Chi? Kuhl 3-8; Hendricks 6-24
LA-Colo? Hill 4-14; Anderson 5-14
Az-SF? Greinke 7-21; Cueto 6-26
Tor-Balt? Happ 5-25; Jimenez 9-19 (5 of last 7)
TB-Bos? Odorizzi 5-27; Pomeranz 1-8
Min-Clev? Albers 0-0; Tomlin 11-24
Chi-Det? Ranaudo 1-3; Norris 1-7
Sea-Tex? Paxton 4-10; Hamels 5-26
A?s-Hst? Graveman 4-25; McHugh 11-26
NY-KC? Tanaka 3-26; Volquez 8-27
Cin-LAA? Adleman 0-6; Weaver 9-25
Umpires
Wsh-Phil? Favorites won five of last six Fagan games.
Mia-NY? Under is 11-2 in last thirteen Everitt games.
StL-Mil? Under is 7-2 in last nine West games.
Pitt-Chi? Over is 8-2-1 in last eleven Knight games.
LA-Colo? Over is 8-3-1 in last twelve Bellino games.
Tor-Balt? Underdongs won eight of last 12 Barry games.
TB-Bos? Underdogs won five of last seven Demuth games.
Min-Cle? Under is 6-1-1 in last eight Conroy games.
Chi-Det? Under is 5-2-1 in last eight Hernandez games.
Sea-Tex? Last seven Davis games stayed under the total.
A?s-Hst? Four of last five Marquez games went over.
NY-KC? Under is 11-5 in last sixteen Hoberg games.
Cin-LAA? Under is 5-2 in last seven Diaz games.
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/29
Arizona 22-30-11?..27-36-5??.49-66
Atlanta 26-34-8??18-31-13??44-65
Cubs 35-21-9??40-18-8??..75-39
Reds 18-40-7??29-31-5??.47-71
Colo 25-30-12?..27-32-4??52-62
LA 27-27-9??40-21-8??.67-48
Miami 28-26-10?.29-21-16??57-47
Milw 19-37-7??36-24-9??.55-61
Mets 27-41-9??29-24-11?..56-55
Philly 21-30-16?.23-30-11??44-58
Pitt 20-34-12?..38-22-4??58-55
St. Louis 30-27-6?..27-28-12?..57-55
SD 22-40-4?..28-30-6??50-70
SF 28-30-7??33-19-13??61-49
Wash 34-20-13?..27-20-17?..61-40
Orioles 24-35-8??.33-25-8??..57-60
Boston 25-27-10??42-18-8??.67-45
White Sox 29-28-8??35-28-3??..64-56
Cleveland 35-26-7??29-26-6??..64-52
Detroit 27-30-8??.30-29-4??..57-59
Astros 26-29-11?..32-25-7???58-54
KC 25-34-11??26-23-13??51-57
Angels 26-35-7??.24-30-10??50-65
Twins 25-33-12??.21-34-11??.46-67
NYY 22-35-8??30-28-10??.52-63
A?s 21-37-8??25-29-12??.46-66
Seattle 30-28-9??29-22-12??59-50
Tampa Bay 22-28-10??30-30-10?..52-58
Texas 25-34-9??.32-22-9??.57-56
Toronto 39-19-4??..38-27-4??.77-46
