MLB
Wednesday?s games
National League
Nationals @ Marlins
Scherzer is 5-0, 2.09 in his last six starts; under is 11-4 in his last 15. Washington won his last seven road starts.
Koehler is 0-3, 5.00 in his last five starts; four of his last five home starts stayed under. Miami is 5-2 in his last seven home starts.
Washington lost six of last seven road games; under is 10-2 in their last 12 road games. Marlins won five of last six home games; under is 13-1 in Miami?s last 14 home games.
Braves @ Mets
Weber allowed five runs in three IP (57 PT) in hsi first ?16 start.
Colon is 4-0, 2.52 in his last six starts; his last four stayed under. Mets are 7-6 in his home starts.
Atlanta is 6-8 in its last 13 games; eight of Braves? last nine road games went over. Mets won five of last seven home games; six of last eight games at Citi Field stayed under the total.
Reds @ Cubs
Stephenson is 0-1, 6.75 in his last three starts (over 3-2).
Lackey is 1-1, 2.76 in his last five starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine. Cubs won five of his last six home starts.
Reds lost six of last seven games; four of last six Cincinnati games went over. Chicago are 13-4 in last 17 home games; four of last five Cub home games stayed under the total. Cubs have already clinched their division.
Pirates @ Brewers
Kuhl is 1-3, 4.62 in his last five starts (over 5-5-1). Pirates are 5-1 in his road starts.
Nelson is 1-1, 6.00 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Milwaukee is 2-6 in his last eight home starts.
Pirates won five of last six games; over is 5-0-1 in their last six games. Milwaukee won four of last six games; four of their last five games went over.
Cardinals @ Rockies
Weaver is 0-2, 5.79 in his last four starts (under 4-3).
Marquez is making his first MLB start; he was 11-6, 3.13 in 26 AAA starts this year. He?s allowed three runs in 5.1 IP in three relief stints in big leagues.
Cardinals won their last four games; under is 8-3 in their last 11 games. Colorado is 7-10 in its last 17 games; six of last eight games at Coors Field stayed under.
Diamondbacks @ Padres
Greinke is 0-3, 7.56 in his last three starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Arizona is 8-3 in his road starts.
Perdomo is 1-2, 4.74 in his last three starts; his last four stayed under. San Diego is 3-3 in his home starts.
Arizona lost four of last five games; four of their last five games stayed under. Padres won four of last six home games; seven of their last nine games stayed under.
Giants @ Dodgers
Moore is 4-1, 3.45 in his last five starts (under 4-1). Giants are 3-2 in his road starts.
Maeda is 2-1, 2.60 in his last three starts; three of his last four stayed under. Dodgers won his last five home starts.
Giants lost six of last nine games; under is 12-6 in their last 18 games. Dodgers won six of last seven home games; under is 11-3 in their last 14 games.
American League
Red Sox @ Orioles
Buchholz is 3-0, 3.54 in his last five starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine. Bostn won his last three road starts.
Jimenez is 2-0, 3.52 in his last three starts; over is 12-4-1 in his last 17. Orioles are 7-2 in his last nine home starts.
Boston won its last six games; their last three games stayed under. Orioles lost five of last seven home games; under is 14-1-1 in last 16 games at Camden Yards.
New York @ Rays
Tanaka is 6-0, 1.86 in his last eight starts; under is 8-4 in his last 12. New York won six of his last nine road starts.
Cobb is 2-0, 3.57 in three starts this year (over 2-0-1).
New York lost seven of last nine games; four of last five NY games went over. Tampa Bay lost three of last four games; Rays? last seven home games went over the total.
Royals @ Indians
Kennedy is 5-0, 2.68 in his last seven starts; over is 4-1-1 in his last six. KC won his last three road starts.
Kluber is 4-1, 3.34 in his last five starts; under is 6-4-1 in his last 11. Tribe won nine of his last ten home starts.
Royals won three of last four games; over is 19-4-1 in KC?s last 24 games. Cleveland won five of last six home games; four of Indians? last six home games went over.
Angels @ Rangers
Weaver is 3-1, 4.08 in his last five starts; five of his last six stayed under. Angels are 6-7 in his road starts.
Holland is 0-2, 8.38 in his last two starts; his last three went over. Rangers won his last four home starts.
Angels lost 11 of last 14 games; under is 8-0-2 in their last ten games. Rangers are 10-3 in last 13 home games; over is 8-3 in their last 11 home games. Texas is 36-10 in one-run games.
Tigers @ Twins
Farmer is making his first ?16 start; he was 0-4, 7.36 in 14 MLB games (5 starts) LY, is 5-6, 3.96 in 20 AAA starts this year. He is 0-0, 4.07 in 13 relief stints for Detroit this year (24.1 IP).
Berrios is 0-6, 10.41 in his last seven starts; over is 6-2-1 in his last nine. Minnesota is 0-6 in his home starts.
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.
Astros @ A?s
McHugh is 4-0, 2.96 in his last five starts; three of his last four stayed under.
Mengden is 1-1, 1.50 in his last two starts; Oakland is 1-5 in his home starts. Over is 7-2 in his last nine starts.
Astros won five of last six games; under is 8-3 in their last 11 games. Oakland lost its last five home games; under is 6-1 in A?s last seven home games.
Blue Jays @ Mariners
Happ is 2-0, 3.00 in his last two starts; under is 3-1-1 in his last five. Toronto is 7-1 in his last eight road starts.
Iwakuma is 2-0, 2.07 in his last two starts; under is 7-2 in his last nine. Seattle is 8-5 in his home starts, but lost last two.
Blue Jays won our of last six games; under is 5-1-1 in their last seven road games. Seattle lost four of last five games; over is 8-4 in their last 12 home games.
Interleague
White Sox @ Phillies
Shields is 0-3, 6.39 in his last six starts (under 4-2). Chicago is 1-6 in his road starts.
Thompson is 1-2, 2.49 in his last four starts (under 3-0-1).
White Sox lost their last four games; over is 8-1 in Chicago?s last nine road games. Phillies are 5-3 in last seven games; under is 9-5-3 in their last 17 home games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Wsh-Mia? Scherzer 21-10; Koehler 12-18
Atl-NY? Weber 0-1; Colon 19-11
Cin-Chi? Stephenson 3-2; Lackey 15-12
Pitt-Mil? Kuhl 8-3; Nelson 12-18
StL-Col? Weaver 3-4; Marquez 0-0
Az-SD? Greinke 15-10; Perdomo 10-8
SF-LA? Moore 5-4/9-12; Maeda 19-11
Bos-Balt? Buchholz 8-11; Jimenez 12-11
NY-TB? Tanaka 22-8; Cobb 2-1
KC-Clev? Kennedy 15-15; Kluber 18-12
LA-Tex? Weaver 13-16; Holland 10-9
Det-Min? Farner 0-0; Berrios 2-10
Hst-A?s? McHugh 19-11; Mengden 3-9
Tor-Sea? Sanchez 16-11; Hernandez 14-8
CWS-Phil? Sale 17-12; Eickhoff 14-16
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Wsh-Mia? Scherzer 9-31; Koehler 9-30
Atl-NY? Weber 0-1; Colon 9-30
Cin-Chi? Stephenson 2-5; Lackey 9-7
Pitt-Mil? Kuhl 4-11; Nelson 10-30
StL-Col? Weaver 2-7; Marquez 0-0
Az-SD? Greinke 9-25; Perdomo 7-18
SF-LA? Moore 6-30; Maeda 5-30
Bos-Balt? Buchholz 8-19; Jimenez 12-23
NY-TB? Tanaka 4-30; Cobb 3-3
KC-Clev? Kennedy 10-30; Kluber 6-30
LA-Tex? Weaver 10-29; Holland 3-19
Det-Min? Farmer 0-0; Berrios 4-12
Hst-A?s? McHugh 11-30; Mengden 4-12
Tor-Sea? Sanchez 6-27; Hernandez 3-22
CWS-Phil? Sale 9-29; Eickhoff 10-30
Umpires
Wsh-Mia? Favorites won five of last six Scheurwater games.
Atl-NY? Seven of last nine Segal games went over.
Cin-Chi? Underdogs are 9-7 in last 16 Tumpane games.
Pitt-Mil? Four of last six Layne games went over.
StL-Col? Underdogs are 6-4 in last ten Fairchild games.
Az-SD? Three of last four Whitson games went over.
SF-LA? Nine of last ten Gonzalez games went over.
Bos-Balt? Over is 9-2 in last eleven Baker games.
NY-TB? Underdogs are 12-10 in last 22 Iassogna games.
KC-Clev? Over is 7-2-1 in last ten BWelke games.
LA-Tex? Six of last nine Wolcott games stayed under.
Det-Min? Under is 11-5 in last sixteen Cederstrom games.
Hst-A?s? Four of last five Fagan games went over.
Tor-Sea? Last six Ripperger games went over total.
CWS-Phil? Six of last nine Eddings games went over.
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/20
Arizona 24-37-11?..34-39-6??.58-75
Atlanta 28-37-11?..26-35-13??54-72
Cubs 39-25-10??45-23-10??.84-48
Reds 21-43-9??35-38-5??.56-81
Colo 27-34-13?..35-36-4??..62-70
LA 31-33-11??46-23-8??.76-56
Miami 32-34-10?..32-25-17??.64-59
Milw 25-42-10??40-25-10?..65-67
Mets 32-44-10??36-28-11??68-62
Philly 24-32-18?..29-34-14??53-64
Pitt 24-40-13?..42-26-6??66-65
St. Louis 36-34-7??28-33-13??.64-67
SD 24-50-5?..33-34-6??..57-84
SF 35-35-7??.38-22-14??73-57
Wash 38-24-15?.30-22-22??68-46
Orioles 30-37-9??.37-32-8??.67-69
Boston 32-30-11??45-23-9??.77-53
White Sox 31-35-10??.39-31-6??..70-66
Cleveland 38-27-10??37-30-7??..75-57
Detroit 32-33-10??.31-36-5??..63-69
Astros 30-35-13?..34-29-8??..64-64
KC 28-37-12??32-28-14??60-65
Angels 30-39-7??.27-35-13??.57-74
Twins 29-37-13??.25-39-13?..54-76
NYY 26-40-8??34-31-13??..60-71
A?s 27-40-8??27-35-15??54-74
Seattle 35-29-11??34-28-13??69-57
Tampa Bay 28-32-13??33-33-12??61-65
Texas 28-39-11??.38-26-9??66-65
Toronto 46-26-5??..40-30-5??86-56
Wednesday?s games
National League
Nationals @ Marlins
Scherzer is 5-0, 2.09 in his last six starts; under is 11-4 in his last 15. Washington won his last seven road starts.
Koehler is 0-3, 5.00 in his last five starts; four of his last five home starts stayed under. Miami is 5-2 in his last seven home starts.
Washington lost six of last seven road games; under is 10-2 in their last 12 road games. Marlins won five of last six home games; under is 13-1 in Miami?s last 14 home games.
Braves @ Mets
Weber allowed five runs in three IP (57 PT) in hsi first ?16 start.
Colon is 4-0, 2.52 in his last six starts; his last four stayed under. Mets are 7-6 in his home starts.
Atlanta is 6-8 in its last 13 games; eight of Braves? last nine road games went over. Mets won five of last seven home games; six of last eight games at Citi Field stayed under the total.
Reds @ Cubs
Stephenson is 0-1, 6.75 in his last three starts (over 3-2).
Lackey is 1-1, 2.76 in his last five starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine. Cubs won five of his last six home starts.
Reds lost six of last seven games; four of last six Cincinnati games went over. Chicago are 13-4 in last 17 home games; four of last five Cub home games stayed under the total. Cubs have already clinched their division.
Pirates @ Brewers
Kuhl is 1-3, 4.62 in his last five starts (over 5-5-1). Pirates are 5-1 in his road starts.
Nelson is 1-1, 6.00 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Milwaukee is 2-6 in his last eight home starts.
Pirates won five of last six games; over is 5-0-1 in their last six games. Milwaukee won four of last six games; four of their last five games went over.
Cardinals @ Rockies
Weaver is 0-2, 5.79 in his last four starts (under 4-3).
Marquez is making his first MLB start; he was 11-6, 3.13 in 26 AAA starts this year. He?s allowed three runs in 5.1 IP in three relief stints in big leagues.
Cardinals won their last four games; under is 8-3 in their last 11 games. Colorado is 7-10 in its last 17 games; six of last eight games at Coors Field stayed under.
Diamondbacks @ Padres
Greinke is 0-3, 7.56 in his last three starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Arizona is 8-3 in his road starts.
Perdomo is 1-2, 4.74 in his last three starts; his last four stayed under. San Diego is 3-3 in his home starts.
Arizona lost four of last five games; four of their last five games stayed under. Padres won four of last six home games; seven of their last nine games stayed under.
Giants @ Dodgers
Moore is 4-1, 3.45 in his last five starts (under 4-1). Giants are 3-2 in his road starts.
Maeda is 2-1, 2.60 in his last three starts; three of his last four stayed under. Dodgers won his last five home starts.
Giants lost six of last nine games; under is 12-6 in their last 18 games. Dodgers won six of last seven home games; under is 11-3 in their last 14 games.
American League
Red Sox @ Orioles
Buchholz is 3-0, 3.54 in his last five starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine. Bostn won his last three road starts.
Jimenez is 2-0, 3.52 in his last three starts; over is 12-4-1 in his last 17. Orioles are 7-2 in his last nine home starts.
Boston won its last six games; their last three games stayed under. Orioles lost five of last seven home games; under is 14-1-1 in last 16 games at Camden Yards.
New York @ Rays
Tanaka is 6-0, 1.86 in his last eight starts; under is 8-4 in his last 12. New York won six of his last nine road starts.
Cobb is 2-0, 3.57 in three starts this year (over 2-0-1).
New York lost seven of last nine games; four of last five NY games went over. Tampa Bay lost three of last four games; Rays? last seven home games went over the total.
Royals @ Indians
Kennedy is 5-0, 2.68 in his last seven starts; over is 4-1-1 in his last six. KC won his last three road starts.
Kluber is 4-1, 3.34 in his last five starts; under is 6-4-1 in his last 11. Tribe won nine of his last ten home starts.
Royals won three of last four games; over is 19-4-1 in KC?s last 24 games. Cleveland won five of last six home games; four of Indians? last six home games went over.
Angels @ Rangers
Weaver is 3-1, 4.08 in his last five starts; five of his last six stayed under. Angels are 6-7 in his road starts.
Holland is 0-2, 8.38 in his last two starts; his last three went over. Rangers won his last four home starts.
Angels lost 11 of last 14 games; under is 8-0-2 in their last ten games. Rangers are 10-3 in last 13 home games; over is 8-3 in their last 11 home games. Texas is 36-10 in one-run games.
Tigers @ Twins
Farmer is making his first ?16 start; he was 0-4, 7.36 in 14 MLB games (5 starts) LY, is 5-6, 3.96 in 20 AAA starts this year. He is 0-0, 4.07 in 13 relief stints for Detroit this year (24.1 IP).
Berrios is 0-6, 10.41 in his last seven starts; over is 6-2-1 in his last nine. Minnesota is 0-6 in his home starts.
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.
Astros @ A?s
McHugh is 4-0, 2.96 in his last five starts; three of his last four stayed under.
Mengden is 1-1, 1.50 in his last two starts; Oakland is 1-5 in his home starts. Over is 7-2 in his last nine starts.
Astros won five of last six games; under is 8-3 in their last 11 games. Oakland lost its last five home games; under is 6-1 in A?s last seven home games.
Blue Jays @ Mariners
Happ is 2-0, 3.00 in his last two starts; under is 3-1-1 in his last five. Toronto is 7-1 in his last eight road starts.
Iwakuma is 2-0, 2.07 in his last two starts; under is 7-2 in his last nine. Seattle is 8-5 in his home starts, but lost last two.
Blue Jays won our of last six games; under is 5-1-1 in their last seven road games. Seattle lost four of last five games; over is 8-4 in their last 12 home games.
Interleague
White Sox @ Phillies
Shields is 0-3, 6.39 in his last six starts (under 4-2). Chicago is 1-6 in his road starts.
Thompson is 1-2, 2.49 in his last four starts (under 3-0-1).
White Sox lost their last four games; over is 8-1 in Chicago?s last nine road games. Phillies are 5-3 in last seven games; under is 9-5-3 in their last 17 home games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Wsh-Mia? Scherzer 21-10; Koehler 12-18
Atl-NY? Weber 0-1; Colon 19-11
Cin-Chi? Stephenson 3-2; Lackey 15-12
Pitt-Mil? Kuhl 8-3; Nelson 12-18
StL-Col? Weaver 3-4; Marquez 0-0
Az-SD? Greinke 15-10; Perdomo 10-8
SF-LA? Moore 5-4/9-12; Maeda 19-11
Bos-Balt? Buchholz 8-11; Jimenez 12-11
NY-TB? Tanaka 22-8; Cobb 2-1
KC-Clev? Kennedy 15-15; Kluber 18-12
LA-Tex? Weaver 13-16; Holland 10-9
Det-Min? Farner 0-0; Berrios 2-10
Hst-A?s? McHugh 19-11; Mengden 3-9
Tor-Sea? Sanchez 16-11; Hernandez 14-8
CWS-Phil? Sale 17-12; Eickhoff 14-16
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Wsh-Mia? Scherzer 9-31; Koehler 9-30
Atl-NY? Weber 0-1; Colon 9-30
Cin-Chi? Stephenson 2-5; Lackey 9-7
Pitt-Mil? Kuhl 4-11; Nelson 10-30
StL-Col? Weaver 2-7; Marquez 0-0
Az-SD? Greinke 9-25; Perdomo 7-18
SF-LA? Moore 6-30; Maeda 5-30
Bos-Balt? Buchholz 8-19; Jimenez 12-23
NY-TB? Tanaka 4-30; Cobb 3-3
KC-Clev? Kennedy 10-30; Kluber 6-30
LA-Tex? Weaver 10-29; Holland 3-19
Det-Min? Farmer 0-0; Berrios 4-12
Hst-A?s? McHugh 11-30; Mengden 4-12
Tor-Sea? Sanchez 6-27; Hernandez 3-22
CWS-Phil? Sale 9-29; Eickhoff 10-30
Umpires
Wsh-Mia? Favorites won five of last six Scheurwater games.
Atl-NY? Seven of last nine Segal games went over.
Cin-Chi? Underdogs are 9-7 in last 16 Tumpane games.
Pitt-Mil? Four of last six Layne games went over.
StL-Col? Underdogs are 6-4 in last ten Fairchild games.
Az-SD? Three of last four Whitson games went over.
SF-LA? Nine of last ten Gonzalez games went over.
Bos-Balt? Over is 9-2 in last eleven Baker games.
NY-TB? Underdogs are 12-10 in last 22 Iassogna games.
KC-Clev? Over is 7-2-1 in last ten BWelke games.
LA-Tex? Six of last nine Wolcott games stayed under.
Det-Min? Under is 11-5 in last sixteen Cederstrom games.
Hst-A?s? Four of last five Fagan games went over.
Tor-Sea? Last six Ripperger games went over total.
CWS-Phil? Six of last nine Eddings games went over.
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/20
Arizona 24-37-11?..34-39-6??.58-75
Atlanta 28-37-11?..26-35-13??54-72
Cubs 39-25-10??45-23-10??.84-48
Reds 21-43-9??35-38-5??.56-81
Colo 27-34-13?..35-36-4??..62-70
LA 31-33-11??46-23-8??.76-56
Miami 32-34-10?..32-25-17??.64-59
Milw 25-42-10??40-25-10?..65-67
Mets 32-44-10??36-28-11??68-62
Philly 24-32-18?..29-34-14??53-64
Pitt 24-40-13?..42-26-6??66-65
St. Louis 36-34-7??28-33-13??.64-67
SD 24-50-5?..33-34-6??..57-84
SF 35-35-7??.38-22-14??73-57
Wash 38-24-15?.30-22-22??68-46
Orioles 30-37-9??.37-32-8??.67-69
Boston 32-30-11??45-23-9??.77-53
White Sox 31-35-10??.39-31-6??..70-66
Cleveland 38-27-10??37-30-7??..75-57
Detroit 32-33-10??.31-36-5??..63-69
Astros 30-35-13?..34-29-8??..64-64
KC 28-37-12??32-28-14??60-65
Angels 30-39-7??.27-35-13??.57-74
Twins 29-37-13??.25-39-13?..54-76
NYY 26-40-8??34-31-13??..60-71
A?s 27-40-8??27-35-15??54-74
Seattle 35-29-11??34-28-13??69-57
Tampa Bay 28-32-13??33-33-12??61-65
Texas 28-39-11??.38-26-9??66-65
Toronto 46-26-5??..40-30-5??86-56
