National League
Marlins @ Pirates
Phelps is 1-1, 1.84 in three starts for Miami (under 2-1).
Kuhl is 2-0, 2.00 in his last thee starts; three of his last four went over.
Marlins are 4-7 in last 11 road games; five of their last six road games went over. Pittsburgh won six of its last eight games; five of last six Pirate games went over.
Cardinals @ Phillies
Weaver allowed two runs in four IP (85 PT) in his first MLB start.
Hellickson is 4-0, 2.30 in his last five starts; under is 8-1-1 in his last ten. Phillies won three of his last four home starts.
Cardinals won their last five games; over is 11-3-1 in last 14 Cardinal games. Phillies lost three of last four games; over is 7-2-2 in last 11 Philly home games.
Dodgers @ Reds
Anderson allowed five runs in one IP (30 PT) in his first ’16 start.
Finnegan is 2-1, 2.70 in his last four starts; six of his last eight starts went over. Reds lost four of his last five home starts.
Dodgers are 6-9 in last 15 road games; over is 7-1-3 in last 11 Dodger games. Cincinnati is 11-4 in last 15 home games; seven of Reds’ last eight games went over.
Nationals @ Braves
Scherzer is 3-1, 2.68 in his last seven starts; eight of his last nine stayed under. Washington won his last four road starts.
Jenkins 2-1, 3.97 in his last four starts (under 5-1-1).
Nationals are 12-5 in last 17 games; seven of their last nine games went over. Atlanta lost eight of last nine games; seven of their last eight games went over.
Cubs @ Rockies
Montgomery was 1-1, 3.97 (over 2-0) in two starts for Seattle.
Hoffman is making his first MLB start; he was 6-9, 4.02 in 22 AAA starts this year.
Cubs are 18-4 in last 22 games; under is 3-2 in their last five games. Colorado is 5-10 in its last 15 games; over is 6-2 in their last eight games.
Diamondbacks @ Padres
Ray is 1-0, 1.50 in his last two starts; three of his last four went over. Arizona lost four of his last five road starts.
Richard allowed two runs in five IP (74 PT) in his first ’16 start.
Arizona lost its last five road games; over is 7-2 in their last nine road games. San Diego lost five of its last seven games; seven of their last eight home games went over total.
Mets @ Giants
Colon is 1-2, 4.76 in his last four starts; under is 7-3-1 in his last 11. Mets are 6-4 when he starts on the road.
Moore is 0-2, 4.50 in three starts for the Giants (under 2-1).
New York lost 16 of last 23 games; their last five games went over. Giants are 11-21 since All-Star break, but won last two; six of their last seven games went over the total.
American League
Red Sox @ Tigers
Pomeranz is 1-0, 2.37 in his last three starts; four of his last five stayed under.
Norris is 1-1, 4.03 in five starts this year (under 3-2).
Red Sox won seven of last eight games; under is 13-4 in last 17 Boston road games. Detroit lost eight of last 11 games; six of last seven Tiger games stayed under the total.
Astros @ Orioles
Fiers is 1-2, 6.32 in his last three starts; five of his last seven went over. Houston is 3-7 in his road starts.
Tillman is 1-3, 5.79 in his last five starts; under is 6-1-3 in his last ten. Orioles are 10-2 in his home starts.
Astros lost five of last six games; eight of last ten Houston games went over total. Baltimore lost six of last nine home games; under is 11-2-2 in last 15 games at Camden Yards.
Rangers @ Rays
Griffin is 1-1, 7.41 in his last three starts; under is 3-1-1 in his last five. Texas is 7-3 in his road starts.
Odorizzi is 4-0, 2.13 in his last six starts; his last three went over. Rays won his last three home starts.
Rangers are 10-3 in last 13 games; under is 7-1-2 in their last ten road games. Tampa Bay won four of last five games; over is 10-3 in last thirteen Tampa Bay games.
Blue Jays @ Indians
Sanchez is 3-1, 2.38 in his last five starts; under is 8-0-1 in his last nine. Toronto is 6-5 in his road starts.
Tomlin is 0-3, 9.37 in his last three starts; over is 12-6-2 in his last 20. Cleveland is 7-3 in his home starts.
Blue Jays are 10-6 in last 16 games; under is 9-2 in Toronto’s last 11 road games. Cleveland is 8-2 in last ten home games; under is 5-2 in their last seven home games.
A’s @ White Sox
Detwiler is 1-1, 3.55 in two starts for Oakland (under 2-0).
Sale is 0-4, 4.43 in his last six starts; under is 6-4 in his last ten. White Sox are 7-3 in his home starts. This is his first home start since he shredded the throwback uniforms.
Oakland lost five of last six games; under is 10-3 in A’s last 13 games. White Sox are 7-14 in last 21 games; four of their last six games went over the total.
Twins @ Royals
Santiago is 0-3, 10.05 in three starts for the Twins (over 3-0).
Kennedy is 1-0, 1.04 in his last four starts; under is 9-1 in his last ten.
Twins are 11-6 in last 17 road games; over is 10-1-2 in their last 13 road tilts. Kansas City won 10 of last 12 games; under is 14-5 -1 in their last 20 games.
New York @ Angels
Cessa is making first MLB start; he is 2-0, 5.30 in eight MLB relief stints (18.2 IP). He was 6-3, 3.03 in 14 AAA starts this year.
Nolasco is 0-2, 5.19 in three starts for the Angels (under 2-1).
New York won its last three road games; five of last seven Bronx games went over total. Angels lost 13 of last 15 games; under is 5-2 in their last seven games.
Interleague
Brewers @ Mariners
Peralta is 2-1, 3.18 in his last three starts; five of his last six went over. Milwaukee is 2-4 in his road starts.
Hernandez is 2-0, 2.91 in his last three starts; four of his last five went over. Seattle is 5-3 in his home starts.
Brewers lost their last six road games; six of last nine Milwaukee games went over. Seattle won its last seven home games; over is 10-5 in Mariners’ last 15 home games.
Teams’ record when this pitcher starts
Mia-Pitt– Phelps 2-1; Kuhl 6-0
StL-Phil– Weaver 1-0; Hellickson 14-10 (5-0 last 5)
LA-Cin– Anderson 0-1; Finnegan 9-16
Wsh-Atl– Scherzer 15-10; Jenkins 4-3
Chi-Col– Montgomery 0-0/1-2; Hoffman 0-0
NY-SF– Colon 14-10; Moore 1-2/9-12
Az-SD– Ray 8-16; Richard 0-1
Hst-Balt– Fiers 12-10; Tillman 20-6
Tex-TB– Griffin 11-5; Odorizzi 12-13
Bos-Det– Pomeranz 3-3/9-8; Norris 2-3
Tor-Clev– Sanchez 14-9; Tomlin 16-6 (1-4 last 5)
A’s-Chi– Detwiler 1-1; Sale 15-8 (1-5 last 6)
Min-KC– Santiago 0-3/16-6; Kennedy 11-13
NY-LA– Cessa 0-0; Nolasco 0-3/9-12
Mil-Sea– Peralta 6-9; Hernandez 10-6
Starting pitchers allowing 1+ runs in first inning
Mia-Pitt– Phelps 0-3; Kuhl 3-6
StL-Phil– Weaver 0-1; Hellickson 7-24
LA-Cin– Anderson 1-1; Finnegan 8-25
Wsh-Atl– Scherzer 9-25; Jenkins 3-7
Chi-Col– Montgomery 1-2; Hoffman 0-0
NY-SF– Colon 8-24; Moore 5-24
Az-SD– Ray 5-24; Richard 0-1
Hst-Balt– Fiers 5-22; Tillman 8-26
Tex-TB– Griffin 2-16; Odorizzi 5-25
Bos-Det– Pomeranz 4-23; Norris 1-5
Tor-Clev– Sanchez 5-23; Tomlin 11-22
A’s-Chi– Detwiler 0-2; Sale 8-23
Min-KC– Santiago 12-25; Kennedy 8-24
NY-LA– Cessa 0-0; Nolasco 10-24
Mil-Sea– Peralta 6-15; Hernandez 3-16
Umpires
Mia-Pitt– Over is 5-0-1 in last six O’Nora games.
StL-Phil– Six of last nine Reyburn games went over.
LA-Cin– Underdogs are 6-5 in last 11 Bucknor games.
Wsh-Atl– Under is 8-4 in last twelve Cuzzi games.
Chi-Col– Over is 4-2-1 in last seven Blakney games.
NY-SF– Five of last six Carlson games stayed under.
Az-SD– Underdogs are 8-7 in last fifteen Foster games.
Hst-Balt– Underdogs won five of last six Scott games.
Tex-TB– Under is 8-3 in last eleven Cederstrom games.
Tor-Clev– Five of last six Gibson games stayed under.
A’s-Chi– Under is 7-3 in last ten Holbrook games.
Min-KC– Under is 5-2 in last seven Scheurwater games.
NY-LA– Three of last four Fletcher games went over.
Mil-Sea– Under is 7-3 in last ten Hudson games.
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Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals
Streaking Royals reeling off six straight, eight of nine and eleven of thirteen look to extend the red-hot August when they host Twins in the third of this four game series at Kaufman Stadium. According to opening odds at Bovada.lv the Royals are -$1.45 home favorites with the total set at 9.0 runs across all shops.
Righthander Ian Kennedy will toe the rubber for Ned Yost’s squad tonight, bringing a 7-9 record to the hill with a 3.78 ERA. Kennedy has been sharp over his last four outings, giving up three total earned runs in that stretch recording four quality starts but Royals remain a dreadful 2-7 in hurlers last nine starts.
Kennedy will be matching pitches with Twins' Hector Santiago. Things have not gone well for the lefthander since being acquired from Halos. In his three starts with Twinkies, Santiago is 0-3 with a whopping 9.42 ERA including a loss to the Royals in his last effort surrendering 7 runs over 4.0 innings of work.
As a team, Royals have thrived in this series. In the last fourteen meetings the result has been 12 wins, 2 losses including a sparkling 5-0 in front of the home audience. Royals ridding a 9-1 streak vs the division, Paul Molitor's troops not a peg to hang your hopes on lately facing a division rival (1-5) the numbers add up well enough to conclude Royals are the right choice.