MLB
Tuesday?s games
National League
Pirates @ Phillies
Nova is 5-0, 2.53 in seven starts for the Pirates (under 5-2).
Asher shut Nationals out for six inning (75 PT) in his first ?16 start.
Pirates lost 12 of last 14 games; under is 4-1-1 in their last six games. Phillies lost four of last six games; under is 7-0-2 in their last nine.
Mets @ Nationals
Syndergaard is 4-1, 1.93 in his last five starts; four of his last six starts went over. Mets are 9-3 in his road starts.
Cole is 1-2, 4.56 in four starts for Washington (under 3-1).
Mets won seven of last nine games; over is 13-4 in their last 17 road games. Washington won seven of last eight games; over is 7-3-1 in their last 11 home games.
Marlins @ Braves
Esch is 0-1, 4.82 in his two starts (under 2-0).
Wisler is 2-0, 1.29 in his last two starts; over is 9-3 in his last 12. Braves are 3-10 in his home starts.
Marlins won three of last five games; under is 6-1 in their last seven games. Atlanta lost five of last seven games; over is 11-1 in Braves? last 12 home games.
Brewers @ Reds
Garza is 1-0, 1.38 in his last two starts; four of his last five starts stayed under. Milwaukee is 2-7 in his road starts.
Straily is 1-2, 7.43 in his last three starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Cincinnati won his last six home starts.
Brewers are 8-4 in last 12 games, five of last six Milwaukee games stayed under. Cincinnati won its last four games; under is 10-3 in their last 13 games.
Cubs @ Cardinals
Hammel is 1-3, 9.35 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Cubs lost seven of his last eight road starts.
Garcia is 0-4, 7.84 in his last four starts; his last five went over. Cardinals are 5-10 in his home starts.
Cubs are 10-4 in last 14 games; seven of their last ten games stayed under. St Louis is 6-10 in its last 16 home games; five of their last six games stayed under.
Rockies @ Diamondbacks
De la Rosa is 1-0, 5.05 in his last seven starts; three of his last four went over. Rockies split his 12 road starts.
Ray is 0-2, 6.46 in his last three starts; three of his last four stayed under the total. Arizona is 5-8 in his home starts.
Rockies are 9-7 in last 16 games; over is 10-5 in their last 15 road games. Arizona lost six of last seven games; over is 13-3 in their last 16 home games.
Padres @ Giants
Richard is 2-0, 1.47 in his last three starts (under 4-1).
Suarez is 0-2, 5.79 in his last five starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six. He is 0-1, 7.07 in three home starts.
San Diego lost five of last seven road games; under is 7-4 in their last 11 games. Giants won four of last six games; six of Giants? last seven home games stayed under.
American League
Rays @ Blue Jays
Smyly is 0-0, 7.98 in his last three starts; his last six went over. Rays are 2-8 in his last ten road starts.
Stroman is 0-2, 4.77 in his last four starts; over is 6-4 in his last ten. Toronto won his last four home starts.
Rays lost seven of last nine games; over is 9-3 in their last 12 games. Toronto lost seven of last ten games; five of Jays? last seven home games went over.
Orioles @ Red Sox
Bundy is 2-2, 6.46 in his last five starts (under 7-3-1). Orioles are 2-3 in his road starts.
Pomeranz is 0-2, 3.44 in his last three starts; eight of his last nine stayed under. Boston lost three of his four Fenway starts.
Orioles are 6-4 in last ten games; over is 10-4 in their last 14 road games. Boston won five of last six games; over is 6-1-1 in their last eight home games.
Twins @ Tigers
Gibson is 0-2, 7.36 in his last four starts; his last eight went over. Minnesota won four of his last five road starts.
Boyd is 2-1, 2.40 in his last five starts (under 4-1). Detroit won his last six home starts.
Twins lost six of last eight games; over is 8-3-1 in their last 12 games. Detroit lost four of last six games; under is 14-4 in their last 18 home games.
A?s @ Royals
Cotton allowed one run in 6.1 IP (102 PT) in his first MLB start.
Duffy is 0-1, 7.56 in his last three starts (over 3-0). Royals are 10-2 in his home starts.
A?s lost nine of last 13 games; under is 11-2 in their last 13 road games. Kansas City lost five of last seven home games; over is 11-2 in their last 13 games.
Indians @ White Sox
Bauer is 2-0, 3.72 in his last three starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Cleveland is 4-6 in his road starts.
Quintana is 0-1, 8.49 in his last two starts; his last three went over. Chicago won his last five home starts.
Indians won four of last six games; under is 4-1-1 in their last six road games. Chicago is 6-8 in last 14 games; nine of their last 11 games went over.
Rangers @ Astros
Griffin is 2-3, 5.46 in his last five starts; three of his last four went over. Texas is 7-4 in his road starts.
Peacock allowed one run in 3.2 IP (72 PT) in his first ?16 start.
Rangers won three of last four games; over is 11-3 in their last 14 games. Houston lost five of last six games; six of Astros? last seven home games stayed under.
Mariners @ Angels
Walker is 1-3, 8.20 in his last four starts; under is 5-3 in his last eight. Seattle lost his last seven road starts.
Meyer allowed one run in 3.1 IP (68 PT) in his only ?16 start.
Seattle won its last six games; over is 10-3-1 in their last 14 games. Angels lost five of last six games; under is 7-2-1 in their last ten home games.
Interleague
Dodgers @ Bronx
Urias is 3-0, 2.42 in his last four starts; his last three stayed under. Dodgers are 3-3 in his road starts.
Sabathia is 0-2, 4.32 in his last three starts; three of his last four stayed under. New York lost five of his last six home starts.
Dodgers won six of last eight games; under is 9-4 in their last 13 games. New York won seven of last nine games; under is 7-4 in their last 11 games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Pitt-Phil: Nova 6-1/7-8; Asher 1-0
NY-Wsh: Syndergaard 17-10; Cole 1-3
Mia-Atl: Esch 0-2; Wisler 7-15
Mil-Cin: Garza 8-8; Straily 16-11
Chi-StL: Hammel 16-11; Garcia 13-15 (0-4 last 4)
Colo-Az: De la Rosa 11-11 (4-0 last 4); Ray 9-19
SD-SF: Richard 3-2; Suarez 3-6
TB-Tor: Smyly 12-15; Stroman 13-15
Blt-Bos: Bundy 6-5; Pomeranz 4-6/9-8
Min-Det: Gibson 10-11; Boyd 9-6
A?s-KC: Cotton 1-0; Duffy 16-6 (0-3 last 3)
Cle-Chi: Bauer 14-10; Quintana 15-13
Tex-Hst: Griffin 13-7; Peacock 1-0
Sea-LA: Walker 8-13; Meyer 0-1
LA-NY: Urias 9-4; Sabathia 13-13
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Pitt-Phil: Nova 5-22; Asher 0-1
NY-Wsh: Syndergaard 6-27; Cole 0-4
Mia-Atl: Esch 0-2; Wisler 10-22
Mil-Cin: Garza 4-16; Straily 8-27 (3 of last 3)
Chi-StL: Hammel 7-27; Garcia 11-28
Colo-Az: De la Rosa 9-22; Ray 7-28
SD-SF: Richard 0-5; Suarez 3-9
TB-Tor: Smyly 9-27; Stroman 7-28
Blt-Bos: Bundy 4-11; Pomeranz 5-27
Min-Det: Gibson 11-21; Boyd 2-15
A?s-KC: Cotton 0-1; Duffy 6-22
Cle-Chi: Bauer 8-24; Quintana 7-28
Tex-Hst: Griffin 5-20 (3 of last 4); Peacock 0-1
Sea-LA: Walker 4-21; Meyer 0-1
LA-NY: Urias 3-13; Sabathia 4-26
Umpires
Pitt-Phil: Underdogs won six of last nine Tumpane games.
NY-Wsh: Under is 9-2-2 in last 13 Wendelstedt games.
Mia-Atl: Last eight DeJesus games stayed under total.
Mil-Cin: Seven of last nine Baker games went over total.
Chi-StL: Four of last five Fletcher games stayed under.
Colo-Az: Three of last four Fagan games went over.
SD-SF: Under is 7-1-1 in last nine Meals games.
TB-Tor: Over is 6-1-1 in last eight BWelke games.
Blt-Bos: Four of last five Marquez games went over total.
Min-Det: Four of last five Holbrook games stayed under.
A?s-KC: Three of last four Demuth games went over.
Cle-Chi: Six of last nine LBarrett games stayed under.
Tex-Hst: Favorites won nine of last ten Hernandez games.
Sea-LA: Underdogs are 13-5 in last 18 Blaser games.
LA-NY: Five of last seven Cederstrom games went over.
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/12
Arizona 24-36-11?..29-37-6??.53-72
Atlanta 27-36-11?..23-33-13??50-69
Cubs 38-25-9??43-21-8??.81-46
Reds 20-42-9??32-35-5??.52-77
Colo 27-32-13?..33-34-4??.60-66
LA 29-31-9??46-21-8??.74-52
Miami 30-31-10?..32-24-16?..62-55
Milw 23-40-8??40-24-10?..63-64
Mets 31-44-9??33-26-11??64-60
Philly 24-32-18?..25-32-13??49-62
Pitt 20-37-12?..42-26-6??62-62
St. Louis 33-31-7??28-32-12??.61-63
SD 23-46-4?..32-34-6??..55-80
SF 33-35-7??.34-21-13??67-56
Wash 36-22-14?.30-21-21??.66-43
Orioles 28-37-9??.36-27-8??..64-64
Boston 30-30-11??44-18-9??.74-48
White Sox 31-31-9??.39-30-4??..70-61
Cleveland 37-27-8??35-29-6??..72-56
Detroit 30-32-9??.31-34-4??..61-66
Astros 29-33-11?..33-29-7??..62-62
KC 28-37-11??28-26-13??56-63
Angels 30-37-7??.25-32-12??.55-69
Twins 26-35-12??.25-38-13?..51-73
NYY 23-38-8??34-31-11??..57-69
A?s 23-38-8??26-35-14??.49-72
Seattle 34-29-10??33-25-12??67-54
Tampa Bay 23-31-13??32-33-12??55-64
Texas 28-38-10??.35-24-9??63-62
Toronto 42-24-5??..40-28-5??82-52
Tuesday?s games
National League
Pirates @ Phillies
Nova is 5-0, 2.53 in seven starts for the Pirates (under 5-2).
Asher shut Nationals out for six inning (75 PT) in his first ?16 start.
Pirates lost 12 of last 14 games; under is 4-1-1 in their last six games. Phillies lost four of last six games; under is 7-0-2 in their last nine.
Mets @ Nationals
Syndergaard is 4-1, 1.93 in his last five starts; four of his last six starts went over. Mets are 9-3 in his road starts.
Cole is 1-2, 4.56 in four starts for Washington (under 3-1).
Mets won seven of last nine games; over is 13-4 in their last 17 road games. Washington won seven of last eight games; over is 7-3-1 in their last 11 home games.
Marlins @ Braves
Esch is 0-1, 4.82 in his two starts (under 2-0).
Wisler is 2-0, 1.29 in his last two starts; over is 9-3 in his last 12. Braves are 3-10 in his home starts.
Marlins won three of last five games; under is 6-1 in their last seven games. Atlanta lost five of last seven games; over is 11-1 in Braves? last 12 home games.
Brewers @ Reds
Garza is 1-0, 1.38 in his last two starts; four of his last five starts stayed under. Milwaukee is 2-7 in his road starts.
Straily is 1-2, 7.43 in his last three starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Cincinnati won his last six home starts.
Brewers are 8-4 in last 12 games, five of last six Milwaukee games stayed under. Cincinnati won its last four games; under is 10-3 in their last 13 games.
Cubs @ Cardinals
Hammel is 1-3, 9.35 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Cubs lost seven of his last eight road starts.
Garcia is 0-4, 7.84 in his last four starts; his last five went over. Cardinals are 5-10 in his home starts.
Cubs are 10-4 in last 14 games; seven of their last ten games stayed under. St Louis is 6-10 in its last 16 home games; five of their last six games stayed under.
Rockies @ Diamondbacks
De la Rosa is 1-0, 5.05 in his last seven starts; three of his last four went over. Rockies split his 12 road starts.
Ray is 0-2, 6.46 in his last three starts; three of his last four stayed under the total. Arizona is 5-8 in his home starts.
Rockies are 9-7 in last 16 games; over is 10-5 in their last 15 road games. Arizona lost six of last seven games; over is 13-3 in their last 16 home games.
Padres @ Giants
Richard is 2-0, 1.47 in his last three starts (under 4-1).
Suarez is 0-2, 5.79 in his last five starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six. He is 0-1, 7.07 in three home starts.
San Diego lost five of last seven road games; under is 7-4 in their last 11 games. Giants won four of last six games; six of Giants? last seven home games stayed under.
American League
Rays @ Blue Jays
Smyly is 0-0, 7.98 in his last three starts; his last six went over. Rays are 2-8 in his last ten road starts.
Stroman is 0-2, 4.77 in his last four starts; over is 6-4 in his last ten. Toronto won his last four home starts.
Rays lost seven of last nine games; over is 9-3 in their last 12 games. Toronto lost seven of last ten games; five of Jays? last seven home games went over.
Orioles @ Red Sox
Bundy is 2-2, 6.46 in his last five starts (under 7-3-1). Orioles are 2-3 in his road starts.
Pomeranz is 0-2, 3.44 in his last three starts; eight of his last nine stayed under. Boston lost three of his four Fenway starts.
Orioles are 6-4 in last ten games; over is 10-4 in their last 14 road games. Boston won five of last six games; over is 6-1-1 in their last eight home games.
Twins @ Tigers
Gibson is 0-2, 7.36 in his last four starts; his last eight went over. Minnesota won four of his last five road starts.
Boyd is 2-1, 2.40 in his last five starts (under 4-1). Detroit won his last six home starts.
Twins lost six of last eight games; over is 8-3-1 in their last 12 games. Detroit lost four of last six games; under is 14-4 in their last 18 home games.
A?s @ Royals
Cotton allowed one run in 6.1 IP (102 PT) in his first MLB start.
Duffy is 0-1, 7.56 in his last three starts (over 3-0). Royals are 10-2 in his home starts.
A?s lost nine of last 13 games; under is 11-2 in their last 13 road games. Kansas City lost five of last seven home games; over is 11-2 in their last 13 games.
Indians @ White Sox
Bauer is 2-0, 3.72 in his last three starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Cleveland is 4-6 in his road starts.
Quintana is 0-1, 8.49 in his last two starts; his last three went over. Chicago won his last five home starts.
Indians won four of last six games; under is 4-1-1 in their last six road games. Chicago is 6-8 in last 14 games; nine of their last 11 games went over.
Rangers @ Astros
Griffin is 2-3, 5.46 in his last five starts; three of his last four went over. Texas is 7-4 in his road starts.
Peacock allowed one run in 3.2 IP (72 PT) in his first ?16 start.
Rangers won three of last four games; over is 11-3 in their last 14 games. Houston lost five of last six games; six of Astros? last seven home games stayed under.
Mariners @ Angels
Walker is 1-3, 8.20 in his last four starts; under is 5-3 in his last eight. Seattle lost his last seven road starts.
Meyer allowed one run in 3.1 IP (68 PT) in his only ?16 start.
Seattle won its last six games; over is 10-3-1 in their last 14 games. Angels lost five of last six games; under is 7-2-1 in their last ten home games.
Interleague
Dodgers @ Bronx
Urias is 3-0, 2.42 in his last four starts; his last three stayed under. Dodgers are 3-3 in his road starts.
Sabathia is 0-2, 4.32 in his last three starts; three of his last four stayed under. New York lost five of his last six home starts.
Dodgers won six of last eight games; under is 9-4 in their last 13 games. New York won seven of last nine games; under is 7-4 in their last 11 games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Pitt-Phil: Nova 6-1/7-8; Asher 1-0
NY-Wsh: Syndergaard 17-10; Cole 1-3
Mia-Atl: Esch 0-2; Wisler 7-15
Mil-Cin: Garza 8-8; Straily 16-11
Chi-StL: Hammel 16-11; Garcia 13-15 (0-4 last 4)
Colo-Az: De la Rosa 11-11 (4-0 last 4); Ray 9-19
SD-SF: Richard 3-2; Suarez 3-6
TB-Tor: Smyly 12-15; Stroman 13-15
Blt-Bos: Bundy 6-5; Pomeranz 4-6/9-8
Min-Det: Gibson 10-11; Boyd 9-6
A?s-KC: Cotton 1-0; Duffy 16-6 (0-3 last 3)
Cle-Chi: Bauer 14-10; Quintana 15-13
Tex-Hst: Griffin 13-7; Peacock 1-0
Sea-LA: Walker 8-13; Meyer 0-1
LA-NY: Urias 9-4; Sabathia 13-13
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Pitt-Phil: Nova 5-22; Asher 0-1
NY-Wsh: Syndergaard 6-27; Cole 0-4
Mia-Atl: Esch 0-2; Wisler 10-22
Mil-Cin: Garza 4-16; Straily 8-27 (3 of last 3)
Chi-StL: Hammel 7-27; Garcia 11-28
Colo-Az: De la Rosa 9-22; Ray 7-28
SD-SF: Richard 0-5; Suarez 3-9
TB-Tor: Smyly 9-27; Stroman 7-28
Blt-Bos: Bundy 4-11; Pomeranz 5-27
Min-Det: Gibson 11-21; Boyd 2-15
A?s-KC: Cotton 0-1; Duffy 6-22
Cle-Chi: Bauer 8-24; Quintana 7-28
Tex-Hst: Griffin 5-20 (3 of last 4); Peacock 0-1
Sea-LA: Walker 4-21; Meyer 0-1
LA-NY: Urias 3-13; Sabathia 4-26
Umpires
Pitt-Phil: Underdogs won six of last nine Tumpane games.
NY-Wsh: Under is 9-2-2 in last 13 Wendelstedt games.
Mia-Atl: Last eight DeJesus games stayed under total.
Mil-Cin: Seven of last nine Baker games went over total.
Chi-StL: Four of last five Fletcher games stayed under.
Colo-Az: Three of last four Fagan games went over.
SD-SF: Under is 7-1-1 in last nine Meals games.
TB-Tor: Over is 6-1-1 in last eight BWelke games.
Blt-Bos: Four of last five Marquez games went over total.
Min-Det: Four of last five Holbrook games stayed under.
A?s-KC: Three of last four Demuth games went over.
Cle-Chi: Six of last nine LBarrett games stayed under.
Tex-Hst: Favorites won nine of last ten Hernandez games.
Sea-LA: Underdogs are 13-5 in last 18 Blaser games.
LA-NY: Five of last seven Cederstrom games went over.
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/12
Arizona 24-36-11?..29-37-6??.53-72
Atlanta 27-36-11?..23-33-13??50-69
Cubs 38-25-9??43-21-8??.81-46
Reds 20-42-9??32-35-5??.52-77
Colo 27-32-13?..33-34-4??.60-66
LA 29-31-9??46-21-8??.74-52
Miami 30-31-10?..32-24-16?..62-55
Milw 23-40-8??40-24-10?..63-64
Mets 31-44-9??33-26-11??64-60
Philly 24-32-18?..25-32-13??49-62
Pitt 20-37-12?..42-26-6??62-62
St. Louis 33-31-7??28-32-12??.61-63
SD 23-46-4?..32-34-6??..55-80
SF 33-35-7??.34-21-13??67-56
Wash 36-22-14?.30-21-21??.66-43
Orioles 28-37-9??.36-27-8??..64-64
Boston 30-30-11??44-18-9??.74-48
White Sox 31-31-9??.39-30-4??..70-61
Cleveland 37-27-8??35-29-6??..72-56
Detroit 30-32-9??.31-34-4??..61-66
Astros 29-33-11?..33-29-7??..62-62
KC 28-37-11??28-26-13??56-63
Angels 30-37-7??.25-32-12??.55-69
Twins 26-35-12??.25-38-13?..51-73
NYY 23-38-8??34-31-11??..57-69
A?s 23-38-8??26-35-14??.49-72
Seattle 34-29-10??33-25-12??67-54
Tampa Bay 23-31-13??32-33-12??55-64
Texas 28-38-10??.35-24-9??63-62
Toronto 42-24-5??..40-28-5??82-52
