Wednesday?s games
National League
Diamondbacks @ Nationals
Miller is 0-3, 5.74 in his last five starts (under 4-1). Arizona lost his last four road starts. Gonzalez is 1-1, 7.45 in his last four starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Washington won his last six home starts.
Arizona lost eight of last 11 games; nine of last ten Arizona road games stayed under. Nationals are 9-3 in last 12 home games; under is 6-2 in Washington?s last eight home games.
Cubs @ Pirates
Arrieta is 2-2, 4.70 in his last five starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Cubs won his last three road starts. Taillon is 1-1, 3.86 in his last four starts; under is 7-3 in his last 10. Pirates are 7-3 in his home starts.
Chicago won seven of last eight games; under is 6-3 in last nine Cub road games. Pirates lost seven of last eight home games; over is 10-6 in Pittsburgh?s last 16 home games.
Mets @ Marlins
Lugo is 4-0, 2.31 in his last six starts; over is 5-2 in his starts. Urena is 1-3, 7.71 in his last four starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Miami is 1-5 in his home starts.
Mets are 4-2 in last six games; eight of Mets? last nine games went over total. Miami lost four of last six games; five of their last six games went over.
Phillies @ Braves
Morgan is 1-1, 3.38 in his last four starts; four of his last five stayed under. Phillies are 1-9 in his road starts. Foltynewicz is 4-0, 4.11 in his last eight starts; over is 9-1 in his last 10 starts. Atlanta split his eight home starts.
Phillies lost seven of last eight road games; last eight Philly games went over total. Atlanta won eight of last nine games; over is 11-2-1 in last 14 Brave games.
Reds @ Cardinals
DeSclafani is 0-3, 7.88 in his last three starts; four of his last five went over. Reds lost four of his last five road starts. Leake is 0-2, 6.41 in his last four starts (under 4-0). Cardinals are 1-6 in his last seven home starts.
Reds lost nine of last 13 games; over is 8-4 in their last 12 games. St Louis lost four of last six games; five of last seven 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. Perdomo is 1-3, 4.50 in his last four starts; his last five starts stayed under. Padres split his six home starts.
Dodgers won eight of last 11 games; under is 9-5 in Dodgers? last 14 road games. San Diego is 8-10 in last 18 home games; under is 6-3 in their last nine home games.
Rockies @ Giants
Chatwood is 1-2, 7.42 in his last five starts (over 4-1). Colorado is 9-2 in his road starts. Samardzija is 1-1, 2.36 in his last four starts; under is 11-1 in his last 12. Giants lost five of his last six home starts.
Rockies lost last eight road games; over is 10-5 in their last 15 road games. San Francisco is 6-9 in last 15 games; under is 9-5 in their last 14 home games.
American League
Red Sox @ New York
Buchholz is 4-0, 3.41 in his last five starts; Boston won his last four road starts. Under is 7-3 in his last ten starts. Mitchell is 0-2, 9.00 in his last three starts (over 3-0).
Red Sox won 11 of last 12 games; under is 7-2 in their last nine games. New York lost nine of last 13 games; four of last six NY home games stayed under the total.
Orioles @ Blue Jays
Tillman is 1-2, 7.63 in his last four starts; under is 9-2-2 in his last 13. Orioles won seven of his last nine road starts. Liriano is 1-0, 2.95 in his last three starts (under 5-2).
Orioles won three of last four games; last ten Baltimore games stayed under the total. Toronto won five of last eight games; under is 5-2-1 in their last eight home games.
Indians @ Tigers
McAllister allowed three runs in one inning (31 PT) in his only start for Cleveland this year. Fulmer is 1-4, 5.30 in his last six starts; under is 7-3 in his last ten. Detroit is 7-2 in his home starts.
Indians won seven of last 11 games; four of their last five games went over. Detroit lost three of last four games; six of Tigers? last seven games went over the total.
Twins @ Royals
Santana is 0-1, 3.00 in his last four starts; his last three stayed under. Minnesota lost his last four road starts. Vargas is 0-1, 3.86 in two starts this year (under 2-0).
Minnesota lost nine of last ten games; under is 8-2-1 in their last 11 road games. Royals won last four home games; over is 11-3-1 in their last 15 home games.
Rays @ White Sox
Snell is 2-1, 4.00 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Rays are 2-6 in his road starts. Gonzalez is 0-2, 6.17 in his last two starts; six of his last nine went over. Chicago won four of his last five home starts.
Rays lost eight of last nine games; under is 7-2-2 in their last 11 road games. Chicago won their last four games; seven of White Sox? last nine games went over.
Mariners @ Astros
Paxton is 1-1, 2.25 in his last three starts; four of his last six went over. Seattle is 4-5 in his road starts. Fister is 0-4, 10.38 in his last six starts; over is 7-2 in his last nine. Astros lost his last five home starts.
Mariners won nine of last 11 road games; under is 8-4 in their last 12 games. Houston lost seven of last ten home games; under is 10-5 in Astros? last 15 home games.
A?s @ Angels
Gray is making his first start since August 6; guessing he is on a pitch count here. He is 1-3, 8.85 in his last four starts. Over is 4-2-2 in his last eight starts. A?s are 3-7 in his road starts. Meyer is 1-2, 4.58 in four starts this year (under 3-1).
Oakland lost seven of last eight games; seven of A?s last nine games stayed under. Angels won six of last seven games; under is 10-3-1 in their last fourteen games.
Interleague
Brewers @ Rangers
Anderson is 2-0, 1.21 in his last four starts; under is 8-3 in his last 11. Milwaukee is 4-10 in his road starts. Hamels is 1-0, 3.79 in his last three starts; over is 5-1-1 in his last seven. Texas is 7-1 in his last eight home starts.
Brewers won five of last seven road games; over is 4-1-1 in their last six road games. Texas is 11-5 in its last 16 home games; under is 7-1-1 in their last nine games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Az-Wash? Miller 5-14; Gonzalez 14-17
Chi-Pitt? Arrieta 20-10; Taillon 12-5
NY-Mia? Lugo 5-2; Urena 4-7
Phil-Atl? Morgan 5-15; Foltynewicz 10-11
Cin-StL? DeSclafani 10-9; Leake 13-16
LA-SD? DeLeon 2-1; Perdomo 10-9
Col-SF? Chatwood 14-12; Samardzija 16-16
Bos-NY? Buchholz 9-11; Mitchell 1-3
Balt-Tor? Tillman 21-8; Liriano 4-3/9-12
Cle-Det? McAllister 0-1; Fulmer 18-7
Min-KC? Santana 8-21; Vargas 1-1
TB-Chi? Snell 7-11; Gonzalez 10-12
Sea-Hst? Paxton 6-13; Fister 16-15
A?s-LAA? Gray 7-14; Meyer 2-2
Mil-Tex? Anderson 12-17; Hamels 23-8
%age of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Az-Wash? Miller 8-19; Gonzalez 8-31
Chi-Pitt? Arrieta 4-30; Taillon 6-17
NY-Mia? Lugo 1-7; Urena 4-11
Phil-Atl? Morgan 9-20; Foltynewicz 4-21
Cin-StL? DeSclafani 10-19; Leake 10-29
LA-SD? DeLeon 1-3; Perdomo 8-19
Col-SF? Chatwood 8-26; Samardzija 11-32
Bos-NY? Buchholz 8-20; Mitchell 2-4
Balt-Tor? Tillman 10-29; Liriano 7-28
Cle-Det? McAllister 1-1; Fulmer 6-25
Min-KC? Santana 9-29; Vargas 2-2
TB-Chi? Snell 6-18; Gonzalez 7-22
Sea-Hst? Paxton 5-19; Fister 5-31
A?s-LAA? Gray 4-21; Meyer 1-4
Mil-Tex? Anderson 7-28; Hamels 6-31
Umpires
Az-Wash? Last four Bucknor games stayed under.
Chi-Pitt? Five of last six Guccione games stayed under.
NY-Mia? Over is 8-2-1 in last eleven BWelke games.
Phil-Atl? Over is 5-2-1 in last eight Scheurwater games.
Cin-StL? Underdogs won seven of last eight Barry games.
LA-SD? Five of last six Davidson games went over.
Col-SF? Over is 20-4 in last 24 Wegner games.
Bos-NY? Underdogs are 7-4 in last 11 Tumpane games.
Balt-Tor? Three of last four Barksdale games went over.
Cle-Det? Home team won nine of last ten Wendelstedt games.
Min-KC? Seven of last nine Winters games went over.
TB-Chi? Over is 10-6 in last sixteen May games.
Sea-Hst? Over is 8-2-1 in last eleven Wolf games.
A?s-LAA? Five of last seven Woodring games went over.
Mil-Tex? Five of last six Joyce games went over the total.
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/27
Arizona 27-40-11?..34-39-6??.61-78
Atlanta 29-40-11?..26-36-13??55-76
Cubs 41-25-10??48-24-10??.89-49
Reds 25-45-9??35-38-5??.60-83
Colo 29-37-13?..36-36-4??..65-73
LA 31-34-11??49-25-8??.79-59
Miami 32-34-10?..35-28-17??.67-62
Milw 27-42-10??41-29-10?..68-71
Mets 33-45-10??39-29-12??72-64
Philly 26-34-19?..30-34-14??56-68
Pitt 25-41-13?..42-29-8??67-69
St. Louis 37-37-7??29-34-13??.66-71
SD 24-50-5?..36-35-8??..60-85
SF 36-37-9??.39-22-14??75-59
Wash 40-24-17?.30-24-22??69-48
Orioles 30-38-9??.40-34-8??.70-72
Boston 35-33-11??45-23-9??.80-56
White Sox 33-37-10??.41-31-6??..74-68
Cleveland 39-28-10??39-32-8??..78-60
Detroit 32-33-12??.34-38-5??..66-71
Astros 30-35-14?..36-33-8??..66-68
KC 29-40-13??32-28-15??61-68
Angels 33-41-7??.29-35-13??.62-76
Twins 29-37-14??.26-41-15?..55-78
NYY 27-44-9??35-31-13??..62-75
A?s 27-42-8??28-36-17??55-77
Seattle 39-30-11??35-28-13??74-58
Tampa Bay 28-34-13??35-36-12??63-70
Texas 29-40-12??.38-29-9??67-69
Toronto 46-27-5??..44-30-6??90-57
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total)
Arizona 29-79??30-78??.59
Atlanta 26-80??18-76??..44
Cubs 28-76??28-81??.56
Reds 29-79??27-78??..56
Colo 15-79??.30-78??..45
LA 22-76??.30-81??52
Miami 25-78??24-79??49
Milw 16-77??30-81??46
Mets 21-77??28-81??.49
Philly 13-81??23-78??.36
Pitt 21-78??.27-79??48
StL 19-81??.18-76??37
SD 18-78??.28-79??46
SF 16-81??..20-76??36
Wash 34-81??29-76??63
Orioles 17-76??.21-81??.38
Boston 23-79??34-78??..57
White Sox 28-81?..28-76??.56
Cleveland 15-76??27-81??..42
Detroit 16-78??27-79???43
Astros 26-78??.26-80??..52
KC 25-81?? 21-76???46
Angels 29-81??.26-77??..55
Twins 20-76??32-81??.52
NYY 12-81??.29-75??..41
A?s 20-76??.16-81??..36
Seattle 22-80??.26-77??.48
Tampa Bay 24-76?..28-81??.52
Texas 23-81??21-77??44
Toronto 25-78??33-79??.58
Interleague play
NL @ AL? 80-67 AL, favorites -$1,560
AL @ NL? 81-75 AL, favorites -$826
Total: 161-142 AL, favorites -$2,386
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL? Over 78-70-4
AL @ NL? Over 75-71-5
Total? Over 153-141-9
National League
Diamondbacks @ Nationals
Miller is 0-3, 5.74 in his last five starts (under 4-1). Arizona lost his last four road starts. Gonzalez is 1-1, 7.45 in his last four starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Washington won his last six home starts.
Arizona lost eight of last 11 games; nine of last ten Arizona road games stayed under. Nationals are 9-3 in last 12 home games; under is 6-2 in Washington?s last eight home games.
Cubs @ Pirates
Arrieta is 2-2, 4.70 in his last five starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Cubs won his last three road starts. Taillon is 1-1, 3.86 in his last four starts; under is 7-3 in his last 10. Pirates are 7-3 in his home starts.
Chicago won seven of last eight games; under is 6-3 in last nine Cub road games. Pirates lost seven of last eight home games; over is 10-6 in Pittsburgh?s last 16 home games.
Mets @ Marlins
Lugo is 4-0, 2.31 in his last six starts; over is 5-2 in his starts. Urena is 1-3, 7.71 in his last four starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Miami is 1-5 in his home starts.
Mets are 4-2 in last six games; eight of Mets? last nine games went over total. Miami lost four of last six games; five of their last six games went over.
Phillies @ Braves
Morgan is 1-1, 3.38 in his last four starts; four of his last five stayed under. Phillies are 1-9 in his road starts. Foltynewicz is 4-0, 4.11 in his last eight starts; over is 9-1 in his last 10 starts. Atlanta split his eight home starts.
Phillies lost seven of last eight road games; last eight Philly games went over total. Atlanta won eight of last nine games; over is 11-2-1 in last 14 Brave games.
Reds @ Cardinals
DeSclafani is 0-3, 7.88 in his last three starts; four of his last five went over. Reds lost four of his last five road starts. Leake is 0-2, 6.41 in his last four starts (under 4-0). Cardinals are 1-6 in his last seven home starts.
Reds lost nine of last 13 games; over is 8-4 in their last 12 games. St Louis lost four of last six games; five of last seven 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. Perdomo is 1-3, 4.50 in his last four starts; his last five starts stayed under. Padres split his six home starts.
Dodgers won eight of last 11 games; under is 9-5 in Dodgers? last 14 road games. San Diego is 8-10 in last 18 home games; under is 6-3 in their last nine home games.
Rockies @ Giants
Chatwood is 1-2, 7.42 in his last five starts (over 4-1). Colorado is 9-2 in his road starts. Samardzija is 1-1, 2.36 in his last four starts; under is 11-1 in his last 12. Giants lost five of his last six home starts.
Rockies lost last eight road games; over is 10-5 in their last 15 road games. San Francisco is 6-9 in last 15 games; under is 9-5 in their last 14 home games.
American League
Red Sox @ New York
Buchholz is 4-0, 3.41 in his last five starts; Boston won his last four road starts. Under is 7-3 in his last ten starts. Mitchell is 0-2, 9.00 in his last three starts (over 3-0).
Red Sox won 11 of last 12 games; under is 7-2 in their last nine games. New York lost nine of last 13 games; four of last six NY home games stayed under the total.
Orioles @ Blue Jays
Tillman is 1-2, 7.63 in his last four starts; under is 9-2-2 in his last 13. Orioles won seven of his last nine road starts. Liriano is 1-0, 2.95 in his last three starts (under 5-2).
Orioles won three of last four games; last ten Baltimore games stayed under the total. Toronto won five of last eight games; under is 5-2-1 in their last eight home games.
Indians @ Tigers
McAllister allowed three runs in one inning (31 PT) in his only start for Cleveland this year. Fulmer is 1-4, 5.30 in his last six starts; under is 7-3 in his last ten. Detroit is 7-2 in his home starts.
Indians won seven of last 11 games; four of their last five games went over. Detroit lost three of last four games; six of Tigers? last seven games went over the total.
Twins @ Royals
Santana is 0-1, 3.00 in his last four starts; his last three stayed under. Minnesota lost his last four road starts. Vargas is 0-1, 3.86 in two starts this year (under 2-0).
Minnesota lost nine of last ten games; under is 8-2-1 in their last 11 road games. Royals won last four home games; over is 11-3-1 in their last 15 home games.
Rays @ White Sox
Snell is 2-1, 4.00 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Rays are 2-6 in his road starts. Gonzalez is 0-2, 6.17 in his last two starts; six of his last nine went over. Chicago won four of his last five home starts.
Rays lost eight of last nine games; under is 7-2-2 in their last 11 road games. Chicago won their last four games; seven of White Sox? last nine games went over.
Mariners @ Astros
Paxton is 1-1, 2.25 in his last three starts; four of his last six went over. Seattle is 4-5 in his road starts. Fister is 0-4, 10.38 in his last six starts; over is 7-2 in his last nine. Astros lost his last five home starts.
Mariners won nine of last 11 road games; under is 8-4 in their last 12 games. Houston lost seven of last ten home games; under is 10-5 in Astros? last 15 home games.
A?s @ Angels
Gray is making his first start since August 6; guessing he is on a pitch count here. He is 1-3, 8.85 in his last four starts. Over is 4-2-2 in his last eight starts. A?s are 3-7 in his road starts. Meyer is 1-2, 4.58 in four starts this year (under 3-1).
Oakland lost seven of last eight games; seven of A?s last nine games stayed under. Angels won six of last seven games; under is 10-3-1 in their last fourteen games.
Interleague
Brewers @ Rangers
Anderson is 2-0, 1.21 in his last four starts; under is 8-3 in his last 11. Milwaukee is 4-10 in his road starts. Hamels is 1-0, 3.79 in his last three starts; over is 5-1-1 in his last seven. Texas is 7-1 in his last eight home starts.
Brewers won five of last seven road games; over is 4-1-1 in their last six road games. Texas is 11-5 in its last 16 home games; under is 7-1-1 in their last nine games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Az-Wash? Miller 5-14; Gonzalez 14-17
Chi-Pitt? Arrieta 20-10; Taillon 12-5
NY-Mia? Lugo 5-2; Urena 4-7
Phil-Atl? Morgan 5-15; Foltynewicz 10-11
Cin-StL? DeSclafani 10-9; Leake 13-16
LA-SD? DeLeon 2-1; Perdomo 10-9
Col-SF? Chatwood 14-12; Samardzija 16-16
Bos-NY? Buchholz 9-11; Mitchell 1-3
Balt-Tor? Tillman 21-8; Liriano 4-3/9-12
Cle-Det? McAllister 0-1; Fulmer 18-7
Min-KC? Santana 8-21; Vargas 1-1
TB-Chi? Snell 7-11; Gonzalez 10-12
Sea-Hst? Paxton 6-13; Fister 16-15
A?s-LAA? Gray 7-14; Meyer 2-2
Mil-Tex? Anderson 12-17; Hamels 23-8
%age of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Az-Wash? Miller 8-19; Gonzalez 8-31
Chi-Pitt? Arrieta 4-30; Taillon 6-17
NY-Mia? Lugo 1-7; Urena 4-11
Phil-Atl? Morgan 9-20; Foltynewicz 4-21
Cin-StL? DeSclafani 10-19; Leake 10-29
LA-SD? DeLeon 1-3; Perdomo 8-19
Col-SF? Chatwood 8-26; Samardzija 11-32
Bos-NY? Buchholz 8-20; Mitchell 2-4
Balt-Tor? Tillman 10-29; Liriano 7-28
Cle-Det? McAllister 1-1; Fulmer 6-25
Min-KC? Santana 9-29; Vargas 2-2
TB-Chi? Snell 6-18; Gonzalez 7-22
Sea-Hst? Paxton 5-19; Fister 5-31
A?s-LAA? Gray 4-21; Meyer 1-4
Mil-Tex? Anderson 7-28; Hamels 6-31
Umpires
Az-Wash? Last four Bucknor games stayed under.
Chi-Pitt? Five of last six Guccione games stayed under.
NY-Mia? Over is 8-2-1 in last eleven BWelke games.
Phil-Atl? Over is 5-2-1 in last eight Scheurwater games.
Cin-StL? Underdogs won seven of last eight Barry games.
LA-SD? Five of last six Davidson games went over.
Col-SF? Over is 20-4 in last 24 Wegner games.
Bos-NY? Underdogs are 7-4 in last 11 Tumpane games.
Balt-Tor? Three of last four Barksdale games went over.
Cle-Det? Home team won nine of last ten Wendelstedt games.
Min-KC? Seven of last nine Winters games went over.
TB-Chi? Over is 10-6 in last sixteen May games.
Sea-Hst? Over is 8-2-1 in last eleven Wolf games.
A?s-LAA? Five of last seven Woodring games went over.
Mil-Tex? Five of last six Joyce games went over the total.
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/27
Arizona 27-40-11?..34-39-6??.61-78
Atlanta 29-40-11?..26-36-13??55-76
Cubs 41-25-10??48-24-10??.89-49
Reds 25-45-9??35-38-5??.60-83
Colo 29-37-13?..36-36-4??..65-73
LA 31-34-11??49-25-8??.79-59
Miami 32-34-10?..35-28-17??.67-62
Milw 27-42-10??41-29-10?..68-71
Mets 33-45-10??39-29-12??72-64
Philly 26-34-19?..30-34-14??56-68
Pitt 25-41-13?..42-29-8??67-69
St. Louis 37-37-7??29-34-13??.66-71
SD 24-50-5?..36-35-8??..60-85
SF 36-37-9??.39-22-14??75-59
Wash 40-24-17?.30-24-22??69-48
Orioles 30-38-9??.40-34-8??.70-72
Boston 35-33-11??45-23-9??.80-56
White Sox 33-37-10??.41-31-6??..74-68
Cleveland 39-28-10??39-32-8??..78-60
Detroit 32-33-12??.34-38-5??..66-71
Astros 30-35-14?..36-33-8??..66-68
KC 29-40-13??32-28-15??61-68
Angels 33-41-7??.29-35-13??.62-76
Twins 29-37-14??.26-41-15?..55-78
NYY 27-44-9??35-31-13??..62-75
A?s 27-42-8??28-36-17??55-77
Seattle 39-30-11??35-28-13??74-58
Tampa Bay 28-34-13??35-36-12??63-70
Texas 29-40-12??.38-29-9??67-69
Toronto 46-27-5??..44-30-6??90-57
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total)
Arizona 29-79??30-78??.59
Atlanta 26-80??18-76??..44
Cubs 28-76??28-81??.56
Reds 29-79??27-78??..56
Colo 15-79??.30-78??..45
LA 22-76??.30-81??52
Miami 25-78??24-79??49
Milw 16-77??30-81??46
Mets 21-77??28-81??.49
Philly 13-81??23-78??.36
Pitt 21-78??.27-79??48
StL 19-81??.18-76??37
SD 18-78??.28-79??46
SF 16-81??..20-76??36
Wash 34-81??29-76??63
Orioles 17-76??.21-81??.38
Boston 23-79??34-78??..57
White Sox 28-81?..28-76??.56
Cleveland 15-76??27-81??..42
Detroit 16-78??27-79???43
Astros 26-78??.26-80??..52
KC 25-81?? 21-76???46
Angels 29-81??.26-77??..55
Twins 20-76??32-81??.52
NYY 12-81??.29-75??..41
A?s 20-76??.16-81??..36
Seattle 22-80??.26-77??.48
Tampa Bay 24-76?..28-81??.52
Texas 23-81??21-77??44
Toronto 25-78??33-79??.58
Interleague play
NL @ AL? 80-67 AL, favorites -$1,560
AL @ NL? 81-75 AL, favorites -$826
Total: 161-142 AL, favorites -$2,386
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL? Over 78-70-4
AL @ NL? Over 75-71-5
Total? Over 153-141-9
