MLB
Tuesday?s games
National League
Diamondbacks @ Nationals
Koch is making first MLB start; he?s allowed one run in seven IP in five MLB relief stints. He was 6-6, 4.08 in 21 AAA starts this year.
Scherzer is 6-0, 2.36 in his last seven starts; three of his last four went over. Nationals are 8-5 in his home starts.
Arizona lost seven of last ten games; eight of last nine Arizona road games stayed under. Nationals are 8-3 in last 11 home games; under is 5-2 in Washington?s last seven home games.
Cubs @ Pirates
Lackey is 2-1, 2.72 in his last six starts; three of his last four road starts stayed under total. Cubs lost four of his last five road starts.
Vogelsong is 0-3, 9.14 in his last five starts (under 6-6). Pirates are 1-5 in his home starts.
Chicago won six of last seven games; under is 6-2 in last eight Cub road games. Pirates lost six of last seven home games; over is 9-6 in Pittsburgh?s last 15 home games.
Mets @ Marlins
Syndergaard is 3-2, 2.15 in his last six starts; over is 5-3 in his last eight. Mets won his last four road starts.
Koehler is 0-4, 5.52 in his last six starts; over is 5-3 in his last eight. Miami is 7-7 in his home starts.
Mets are 3-5 in last eight games; seven of Mets? last eight games went over total. Miami lost three of last five games; under is 12-5 in their last 17 home games.
Phillies @ Braves
Eickhoff is 2-1, 3.86 in his last four starts; under is 7-1 in his last eight road starts. Phillies are 6-2 in his last eight road starts.
Teheran is 3-1, 2.87 in his last five starts; seven of his last eight starts went over. Braves are 2-12 in his home starts.
Phillies lost six of last seven road games; they?re 11-14 in road series openers. Last seven Philly games went over total. Atlanta won seven of last eight games, is 8-16 in home series openers. over is 10-2-1 in last 13 Brave games.
Reds @ Cardinals
Stephenson is 0-2, 7.41 in his last four starts; his last three went over.
Wainwright is 3-1, 5.52 in his last five starts; over is 9-3 in his last 12. Cardinals are 10-5 in his home starts.
Reds lost eight of last 12 games; under is 9-4 in last 13 Cincinnati road games. St Louis lost four of last five games; five of last six Cardinal home games stayed under the total.
Dodgers @ Padres
DeLeon is 2-0, 7.36 in his three MLB starts (over 3-0). Dodgers scored 24 runs in the three games.
Clemens is 1-0, 1.69 in his last two starts; his last three stayed under. Padres are 4-3 in his home starts.
Dodgers won eight of last ten games, are 7-16 in road series openers. Under is 9-4 in Dodgers? last 13 road games. San Diego is 7-10 in last 17 home games, 15-10 in home series openers. Under is 6-2 in their last eight home games.
Rockies @ Giants
Marquez allowed one run in five IP (82 PT) in his first MLB start.
Moore is 2-2, 9.19 in his last four starts (under 6-4). Giants split his four home starts.
Rockies lost last seven road games, are 4-14 in last 18 road series openers. Over is 9-5 in their last 14 road games. San Francisco is 5-9 in last 14 games, 3-6 in last nine home series openers. Under is 9-4 in their last 13 home games.
American League
Red Sox @ New York
Price is 8-0, 2.86 in his last nine starts; Boston won his last five road starts. Over is 9-1-1 in his last 11 starts.
Cessa is 0-3, 4.86 in his last three starts (over 4-3).
Red Sox won their last 11 games, are 18-8 in road series openers. Under is 7-1 in their last eight games. New York lost nine of last 12 games, is 9-1 in last 10 home series openers. Four of last five NY home games stayed under.
Orioles @ Blue Jays
Gausman is 5-1, 2.54 in his last seven starts; five of his last six stayed under. Orioles are 3-10 in his last 13 road starts.
Sanchez is 2-0, 4.81 in his last six starts; under is 10-3-1 in his last 14. Toronto is 7-3 in his last ten home starts.
Orioles won their last three games, are 12-13 in road series openers. Last nine Baltimore games stayed under the total. Toronto won five of last seven games, is 9-3 in last 12 home series openers. Under is 4-2-1 in their last seven home games.
Indians @ Tigers
Clevinger is 1-0, 2.77 in his last three starts; his last five stayed under. Indians lost his last three road starts.
Verlander is 3-1, 2.37 in his last seven starts; under is 14-2 in his last 16. Tigers are 8-4 in his last 12 home starts.
Indians won seven of last ten games; under is 6-3-1 in last ten Cleveland road games. Detroit lost its last three games; five of Tigers? last six games went over the total.
Twins @ Royals
Berrios is 0-4, 8.24 in his last five starts; over is 6-2-1 in his last nine. Twins are 2-3 in his road starts.
Kennedy is 2-1, 3.52 in his last four starts; over is 4-2-1 in his last seven. Royals are 7-5 in his home starts.
Minnesota lost eight of last nine games, is 8-16 in road series openers. Under is 7-2-1 in their last ten road games. Royals won last three home games, are 2-6 in last eight home series openers. Over is 11-2-1 in their last 14 home games.
Rays @ White Sox
Cobb is 2-1, 6.63 in four starts this year (over 3-0-1).
Sale is 1-3, 3.72 in his last six starts; three of his last four went over. Chicago lost four of his last five home starts.
Rays lost seven of last eight games; under is 7-1-2 in their last ten road games. Chicago won their last three games; six of White Sox? last eight games went over.
Mariners @ Astros
Hernandez is 2-1, 4.70 in his last four starts; over is 5-3 in his last eight road starts. Seattle is 7-4 in his road starts.
Fiers is 1-1, 1.42 in his last two starts; four of his last five stayed under the total. Houston is 10-5 in his home starts.
Mariners won nine of last ten road games; under is 8-3 in their last 11 games. Houston lost seven of last nine home games; under is 10-4 in Astros? last 14 home games.
A?s @ Angels
Mengden is 1-4, 6.00 in his last six starts; over is 8-2 in his last ten. A?s are 2-3 in his road starts.
Nolasco is 2-0, 0.00 (13 IP) in his last two starts; under is 8-0-1 in his last nine. Angels are 2-4 in his home starts.
Oakland lost six of last seven games; seven of A?s last eight games stayed under. Angels won five of last six games; under is 10-2-1 in their last thirteen games.
Interleague
Brewers @ Rangers
Garza is 0-2, 6.60 in his last three starts; under is 3-1-1 in his last five. Milwaukee is 2-8 in his road starts.
Perez is 2-0, 2.84 in his last four starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine home starts. Texas won 11 of his last 12 home starts.
Brewers won five of last six road games; four of last six Milwaukee games stayed under. Texas is 10-5 in its last 15 home games; seven of Rangers? last eight games stayed under the total.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Az-Wash? Koch 0-0; Scherzer 22-10
Chi-Pitt? Lackey 16-12; Vogelsong 4-8
NY-Mia? Syndergaard 18-11; Koehler 12-19
Phil-Atl? Eickhoff 15-16; Teheran 8-20
Cin-StL? Stephenson 3-3; Wainwright 20-11
LA-SD? DeLeon 2-1; Clemens 5-5/1-1
Col-SF? Marquez 1-0; Moore 5-5/9-12
Bos-NY? Price 20-13; Cessa 4-3
Balt-Tor? Gausman 13-15; Sanchez 16-12
Cle-Det? Clevinger 4-5; Verlander 19-13
Min-KC? Berrios 2-10; Kennedy 15-16
TB-Chi? Cobb 2-2; Sale 17-13
Sea-Hst? Hernandez 15-8; Fiers 17-12
A?s-LAA? Mengden 3-10; Nolasco 3-7/9-12
Mil-Tex? Nelson 12-19; Griffin 15-7
# of times pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Az-Wash? Koch 0-0; Scherzer 9-32
Chi-Pitt? Lackey 9-28; Vogelsong 6-12
NY-Mia? Syndergaard 6-29; Koehler 9-31
Phil-Atl? Eickhoff 11-31; Teheran 7-28
Cin-StL? Stephenson 3-6; Wainwright 12-31
LA-SD? DeLeon 1-3; Clemens 3-12
Col-SF? Marquez 0-1; Moore 7-31
Bos-NY? Price 10-33; Cessa 5-7
Balt-Tor? Gausman 8-28; Sanchez 6-28
Cle-Det? Clevinger 3-9; Verlander 10-32
Min-KC? Berrios 4-12; Kennedy 10-31
TB-Chi? Cobb 4-4; Sale 10-30
Sea-Hst? Hernandez 3-23; Fiers 7-29
A?s-LAA? Mengden 4-13; Nolasco 11-31
Mil-Tex? Nelson 11-31; Griffin 5-22
Umpires
Chi-Pitt? Under is 6-3 in last nine Wolcott games.
Az-Wash? Under is 3-0-1 in last four Hamari games.
NY-Mia? Five of last seven Carapazza games stayed under.
Cin-StL? Under is 3-1-1 in last five Knight games.
Cle-Det? Four of last five Bellino games stayed under.
Sea-Hst? Five of last six Cooper games stayed under.
TB-Chi? Home side won six of last seven Estabrook games.
A?s-LA? Seven of last nine Blakney games stayed under.
Mil-Tex? Six of last seven Hudson games went over total.
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/26
Arizona 26-40-11?..34-39-6??.60-78
Atlanta 29-40-11?..26-35-13??55-75
Cubs 40-25-10??48-24-10??.88-49
Reds 25-44-9??35-38-5??.60-82
Colo 29-36-13?..36-36-4??..65-72
LA 31-33-11??49-25-8??.79-58
Miami 32-34-10?..35-27-17??.67-61
Milw 26-42-10??41-29-10?..67-71
Mets 32-45-10??39-29-12??71-64
Philly 25-34-19?..30-34-14??55-68
Pitt 25-41-13?..42-28-8??67-68
St. Louis 37-37-7??28-34-13??.65-71
SD 24-50-5?..35-35-8??..59-85
SF 36-37-9??.38-22-14??74-59
Wash 40-24-17?.30-23-22??69-47
Orioles 30-37-9??.40-34-8??.70-71
Boston 35-32-11??45-23-9??.80-55
White Sox 33-37-10??.40-31-6??..73-68
Cleveland 39-27-10??39-32-8??..78-59
Detroit 32-33-12??.33-38-5??..65-71
Astros 30-35-14?..36-32-8??..66-67
KC 29-40-13??32-28-14??61-68
Angels 33-41-7??.28-35-13??.61-76
Twins 29-37-13??.26-41-15?..55-78
NYY 27-44-9??34-31-13??..61-75
A?s 27-41-8??28-36-17??55-76
Seattle 38-30-11??35-28-13??73-58
Tampa Bay 28-33-13??35-36-12??63-69
Texas 29-40-12??.38-28-9??67-68
Toronto 46-27-5??..43-30-6??89-57
Tuesday?s games
National League
Diamondbacks @ Nationals
Koch is making first MLB start; he?s allowed one run in seven IP in five MLB relief stints. He was 6-6, 4.08 in 21 AAA starts this year.
Scherzer is 6-0, 2.36 in his last seven starts; three of his last four went over. Nationals are 8-5 in his home starts.
Arizona lost seven of last ten games; eight of last nine Arizona road games stayed under. Nationals are 8-3 in last 11 home games; under is 5-2 in Washington?s last seven home games.
Cubs @ Pirates
Lackey is 2-1, 2.72 in his last six starts; three of his last four road starts stayed under total. Cubs lost four of his last five road starts.
Vogelsong is 0-3, 9.14 in his last five starts (under 6-6). Pirates are 1-5 in his home starts.
Chicago won six of last seven games; under is 6-2 in last eight Cub road games. Pirates lost six of last seven home games; over is 9-6 in Pittsburgh?s last 15 home games.
Mets @ Marlins
Syndergaard is 3-2, 2.15 in his last six starts; over is 5-3 in his last eight. Mets won his last four road starts.
Koehler is 0-4, 5.52 in his last six starts; over is 5-3 in his last eight. Miami is 7-7 in his home starts.
Mets are 3-5 in last eight games; seven of Mets? last eight games went over total. Miami lost three of last five games; under is 12-5 in their last 17 home games.
Phillies @ Braves
Eickhoff is 2-1, 3.86 in his last four starts; under is 7-1 in his last eight road starts. Phillies are 6-2 in his last eight road starts.
Teheran is 3-1, 2.87 in his last five starts; seven of his last eight starts went over. Braves are 2-12 in his home starts.
Phillies lost six of last seven road games; they?re 11-14 in road series openers. Last seven Philly games went over total. Atlanta won seven of last eight games, is 8-16 in home series openers. over is 10-2-1 in last 13 Brave games.
Reds @ Cardinals
Stephenson is 0-2, 7.41 in his last four starts; his last three went over.
Wainwright is 3-1, 5.52 in his last five starts; over is 9-3 in his last 12. Cardinals are 10-5 in his home starts.
Reds lost eight of last 12 games; under is 9-4 in last 13 Cincinnati road games. St Louis lost four of last five games; five of last six Cardinal home games stayed under the total.
Dodgers @ Padres
DeLeon is 2-0, 7.36 in his three MLB starts (over 3-0). Dodgers scored 24 runs in the three games.
Clemens is 1-0, 1.69 in his last two starts; his last three stayed under. Padres are 4-3 in his home starts.
Dodgers won eight of last ten games, are 7-16 in road series openers. Under is 9-4 in Dodgers? last 13 road games. San Diego is 7-10 in last 17 home games, 15-10 in home series openers. Under is 6-2 in their last eight home games.
Rockies @ Giants
Marquez allowed one run in five IP (82 PT) in his first MLB start.
Moore is 2-2, 9.19 in his last four starts (under 6-4). Giants split his four home starts.
Rockies lost last seven road games, are 4-14 in last 18 road series openers. Over is 9-5 in their last 14 road games. San Francisco is 5-9 in last 14 games, 3-6 in last nine home series openers. Under is 9-4 in their last 13 home games.
American League
Red Sox @ New York
Price is 8-0, 2.86 in his last nine starts; Boston won his last five road starts. Over is 9-1-1 in his last 11 starts.
Cessa is 0-3, 4.86 in his last three starts (over 4-3).
Red Sox won their last 11 games, are 18-8 in road series openers. Under is 7-1 in their last eight games. New York lost nine of last 12 games, is 9-1 in last 10 home series openers. Four of last five NY home games stayed under.
Orioles @ Blue Jays
Gausman is 5-1, 2.54 in his last seven starts; five of his last six stayed under. Orioles are 3-10 in his last 13 road starts.
Sanchez is 2-0, 4.81 in his last six starts; under is 10-3-1 in his last 14. Toronto is 7-3 in his last ten home starts.
Orioles won their last three games, are 12-13 in road series openers. Last nine Baltimore games stayed under the total. Toronto won five of last seven games, is 9-3 in last 12 home series openers. Under is 4-2-1 in their last seven home games.
Indians @ Tigers
Clevinger is 1-0, 2.77 in his last three starts; his last five stayed under. Indians lost his last three road starts.
Verlander is 3-1, 2.37 in his last seven starts; under is 14-2 in his last 16. Tigers are 8-4 in his last 12 home starts.
Indians won seven of last ten games; under is 6-3-1 in last ten Cleveland road games. Detroit lost its last three games; five of Tigers? last six games went over the total.
Twins @ Royals
Berrios is 0-4, 8.24 in his last five starts; over is 6-2-1 in his last nine. Twins are 2-3 in his road starts.
Kennedy is 2-1, 3.52 in his last four starts; over is 4-2-1 in his last seven. Royals are 7-5 in his home starts.
Minnesota lost eight of last nine games, is 8-16 in road series openers. Under is 7-2-1 in their last ten road games. Royals won last three home games, are 2-6 in last eight home series openers. Over is 11-2-1 in their last 14 home games.
Rays @ White Sox
Cobb is 2-1, 6.63 in four starts this year (over 3-0-1).
Sale is 1-3, 3.72 in his last six starts; three of his last four went over. Chicago lost four of his last five home starts.
Rays lost seven of last eight games; under is 7-1-2 in their last ten road games. Chicago won their last three games; six of White Sox? last eight games went over.
Mariners @ Astros
Hernandez is 2-1, 4.70 in his last four starts; over is 5-3 in his last eight road starts. Seattle is 7-4 in his road starts.
Fiers is 1-1, 1.42 in his last two starts; four of his last five stayed under the total. Houston is 10-5 in his home starts.
Mariners won nine of last ten road games; under is 8-3 in their last 11 games. Houston lost seven of last nine home games; under is 10-4 in Astros? last 14 home games.
A?s @ Angels
Mengden is 1-4, 6.00 in his last six starts; over is 8-2 in his last ten. A?s are 2-3 in his road starts.
Nolasco is 2-0, 0.00 (13 IP) in his last two starts; under is 8-0-1 in his last nine. Angels are 2-4 in his home starts.
Oakland lost six of last seven games; seven of A?s last eight games stayed under. Angels won five of last six games; under is 10-2-1 in their last thirteen games.
Interleague
Brewers @ Rangers
Garza is 0-2, 6.60 in his last three starts; under is 3-1-1 in his last five. Milwaukee is 2-8 in his road starts.
Perez is 2-0, 2.84 in his last four starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine home starts. Texas won 11 of his last 12 home starts.
Brewers won five of last six road games; four of last six Milwaukee games stayed under. Texas is 10-5 in its last 15 home games; seven of Rangers? last eight games stayed under the total.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Az-Wash? Koch 0-0; Scherzer 22-10
Chi-Pitt? Lackey 16-12; Vogelsong 4-8
NY-Mia? Syndergaard 18-11; Koehler 12-19
Phil-Atl? Eickhoff 15-16; Teheran 8-20
Cin-StL? Stephenson 3-3; Wainwright 20-11
LA-SD? DeLeon 2-1; Clemens 5-5/1-1
Col-SF? Marquez 1-0; Moore 5-5/9-12
Bos-NY? Price 20-13; Cessa 4-3
Balt-Tor? Gausman 13-15; Sanchez 16-12
Cle-Det? Clevinger 4-5; Verlander 19-13
Min-KC? Berrios 2-10; Kennedy 15-16
TB-Chi? Cobb 2-2; Sale 17-13
Sea-Hst? Hernandez 15-8; Fiers 17-12
A?s-LAA? Mengden 3-10; Nolasco 3-7/9-12
Mil-Tex? Nelson 12-19; Griffin 15-7
# of times pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Az-Wash? Koch 0-0; Scherzer 9-32
Chi-Pitt? Lackey 9-28; Vogelsong 6-12
NY-Mia? Syndergaard 6-29; Koehler 9-31
Phil-Atl? Eickhoff 11-31; Teheran 7-28
Cin-StL? Stephenson 3-6; Wainwright 12-31
LA-SD? DeLeon 1-3; Clemens 3-12
Col-SF? Marquez 0-1; Moore 7-31
Bos-NY? Price 10-33; Cessa 5-7
Balt-Tor? Gausman 8-28; Sanchez 6-28
Cle-Det? Clevinger 3-9; Verlander 10-32
Min-KC? Berrios 4-12; Kennedy 10-31
TB-Chi? Cobb 4-4; Sale 10-30
Sea-Hst? Hernandez 3-23; Fiers 7-29
A?s-LAA? Mengden 4-13; Nolasco 11-31
Mil-Tex? Nelson 11-31; Griffin 5-22
Umpires
Chi-Pitt? Under is 6-3 in last nine Wolcott games.
Az-Wash? Under is 3-0-1 in last four Hamari games.
NY-Mia? Five of last seven Carapazza games stayed under.
Cin-StL? Under is 3-1-1 in last five Knight games.
Cle-Det? Four of last five Bellino games stayed under.
Sea-Hst? Five of last six Cooper games stayed under.
TB-Chi? Home side won six of last seven Estabrook games.
A?s-LA? Seven of last nine Blakney games stayed under.
Mil-Tex? Six of last seven Hudson games went over total.
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/26
Arizona 26-40-11?..34-39-6??.60-78
Atlanta 29-40-11?..26-35-13??55-75
Cubs 40-25-10??48-24-10??.88-49
Reds 25-44-9??35-38-5??.60-82
Colo 29-36-13?..36-36-4??..65-72
LA 31-33-11??49-25-8??.79-58
Miami 32-34-10?..35-27-17??.67-61
Milw 26-42-10??41-29-10?..67-71
Mets 32-45-10??39-29-12??71-64
Philly 25-34-19?..30-34-14??55-68
Pitt 25-41-13?..42-28-8??67-68
St. Louis 37-37-7??28-34-13??.65-71
SD 24-50-5?..35-35-8??..59-85
SF 36-37-9??.38-22-14??74-59
Wash 40-24-17?.30-23-22??69-47
Orioles 30-37-9??.40-34-8??.70-71
Boston 35-32-11??45-23-9??.80-55
White Sox 33-37-10??.40-31-6??..73-68
Cleveland 39-27-10??39-32-8??..78-59
Detroit 32-33-12??.33-38-5??..65-71
Astros 30-35-14?..36-32-8??..66-67
KC 29-40-13??32-28-14??61-68
Angels 33-41-7??.28-35-13??.61-76
Twins 29-37-13??.26-41-15?..55-78
NYY 27-44-9??34-31-13??..61-75
A?s 27-41-8??28-36-17??55-76
Seattle 38-30-11??35-28-13??73-58
Tampa Bay 28-33-13??35-36-12??63-69
Texas 29-40-12??.38-28-9??67-68
Toronto 46-27-5??..43-30-6??89-57
