National League
Pirates @ Cubs
Niese is 3-1, 3.47 in his last six starts (over 8-5).
Lester is 4-0, 1.19 in his last four starts six of his last eight went over.
Pirates lost 13 of their last 17 games; six of their last nine games went over. Chicago won nine of last 11 home games; seven of last eight Wrigley games stayed under.
Diamondbacks @ Phillies
Greinke is 6-0, 2.05 in his last six starts, last three of which stayed under. .
Eickhoff is 2-1, 1.37 in his last three starts; eight of his last nine starts stayed under.
Arizona lost six of last nine road games; four of their last five games stayed under the total. Phillies are 1-8 in last nine games; eight of last nine Philly home games went over the total.
Rockies @ Marlins
Chatwood is 5-0, 0.86 in six road starts (under 12-1).
Chen is 1-1, 5.29 in his last six starts; four of his last five went over.
Rockies won six of last eight games; six of their last seven road games stayed under the total. Miami is 6-7 in its last 13 games; over is 9-4 in their last 13 games.
Braves @ Mets
Blair is 0-1, 7.58 in his last four starts; five of his last seven went over. .
Matz is 0-2, 5.40 in his last three starts; five of his last six starts stayed under.
Braves lost six of last eight road games; seven of last nine Atlanta road games stayed under. New York lost six of eight home games; under is 8-4 in their last 12 games.
Nationals @ Padres
Scherzer is 3-0, 1.23 in his last three starts; four of his last five went over. .
Rea is 0-2, 8.28 in his last five starts; five of his last seven went over.
Padres lost seven of their last nine games; over is 11-8-1 in last 20 games. Washington won ten of last 12 games; eight of their last nine road games went over the total.
Brewers @ Dodgers
Anderson is 2-0, 2.42 in his last four starts; five of his last seven stayed under.
Bolsinger is 0-3, 6.60 in his last three starts, which all stayed under.
Milwaukee lost five of last seven road games; six of its last seven road games went over the total. Dodgers won eight of last 11 at home; six of their last eight home games went under the total.
American League
Blue Jays @ Orioles
Dickey is 2-1, 2.95 in his last three starts; under is 4-0-1 in his last five. .
Gallardo is making first start since April 22; he is 1-1, 7.00 in four starts (over 2-2).
Toronto won eight of last ten games; seven of their last nine games went over. Orioles won seven of last nine home games; over is 10-6 in their last sixteen games.
White Sox @ Indians
Shields allowed 24 runs in 9.2 IP in his last three starts, all of which went over.
Salazar is 3-0, 1.83 in his last three starts; over is 4-2-1 in his last seven. .
White Sox lost ten of last 12 road games; over is 17-6 in their last 23 road games. Cleveland won its last six home games. Under is 9-3-2 in their last fourteen games.
Mariners @ Red Sox
Sampson is making first MLB start; he is 7-4, 3.25 in 13 AAA starts this year. .
Porcello is 0-0, 5.61 in his last four starts (over 3-0-1).
Mariners lost five of last seven road games; over is 7-2 in their last nine road games. Boston lost six of last eight home games; over is 15-6 in their last 21 home games.
Tigers @ Royals
Boyd is 0-2, 5.91 in four starts this year (over 2-1-1).
Volquez is 1-2, 4.50 in his last four starts; his last three stayed under.
Tigers won eight of their last 13 games; nine of its last 13 road games stayed under. Royals won ten of last 11 home games; under is 7-5-1 in KC's last 13 games.
Bronx @ Twins
Pineda is 1-1, 2.89 in his last three starts; over is 3-1-1 in his last five.
Nolasco is 2-3, 6.27 in his last six starts; 11 of his last 12 starts went over.
New York is 9-6 in its last 15 games; five of their last seven road games went over the total. Minnesota lost seven of its last nine games; over is 12-3 in their last 15 home games.
Angels @ A's
Lincecum is making his Angels' debut; he is 108-83, 3.61 in 261 big league starts, was 0-2, 2.65 in three AAA starts since signing with the Halos.
No idea who Oakland's starter is; could be a bullpen game.
A's lost 11 of last 14 games; under is 7-3-1 in their last 11 games. Angels lost eight of last ten road games; over is 10-3-1 in their last fourteen games.
Interleague
Giants @ Rays
Peavy is .2-1, 1.82 in his last four starts; five of his last seven starts stayed under.
Moore is 2-1, 4.21 in his last four starts; over is 5-2-1 in his last eight.
Giants won their last six games; six of last ten SF road games went over. Tampa Bay won nine of last 13 games; under is 22-9 in Rays' last 31 home games.
Reds @ Astros
Reed is making MLB debut here; he was 6-3, 3.20 in 11 AAA starts this year.
Keuchel is 0-3, 5.89 in his last three starts; his last four stayed under.
Cincinnati is 11-7 in its last 18 games, over is 9-3 in their last 12 road games. Astros won seven of last nine home games; last nine Houston games stayed under the total.
Rangers @ Cardinals
NMartinez is making first '16 start; he is 13-20, 4.26 in 45 big league starts, was 6-4, 4.50 in 11 AAA starts this year.
CMartinez is 3-0, 1.61 in his last three starts (over 8-3-1).
Rangers are 20-6 in their last 25 games; nine of their last 12 road tilts went over. St Louis lost six of last eight home games; over is 7-5-1 in their last 13 home games.
Teams won-lost records when this pitcher starts:
Pitt-Chi-- Niese 8-5; Lester 10-3
Az-Phil-- Greinke 10-4; Eickhoff 5-8
Col-Mia-- Chatwood 9-4; Chen 7-6
Atl-NY-- Blair 1-8; Matz 7-4
Mil-LA-- Anderson 5-8; Bolsinger 1-4
Wsh-SD-- Scherzer 9-5; Rea 6-6
Tor-Balt-- Dickey 4-10; Gallardo 2-2
Chi-Clev-- Shields 1-1/2-9; Salazar 7-5
Sea-Bos-- Sampson 0-0; Porcello 9-4
NY-Min-- Pineda 5-8; Nolasco 6-7
Det-KC-- Boyd 1-3; Volquez 8-6
LA-A's-- Lincecum 0-0; unknown
SF-TB-- Peavy 6-7; Moore 5-8
Cin-Hst-- Reed 0-0; Keuchel 4-10
Tex-StL-- NMartinez 0-0; CMartinez 7-5
Starting pitchers allowing 1+ runs in first inning:
Pitt-Chi-- Niese 3-13; Lester 3-13
Az-Phil-- Greinke 3-14; Eickhoff 4-13
Col-Mia-- Chatwood 4-13; Chen 6-13
Atl-NY-- Blair 5-9; Matz 2-11
Mil-LA-- Anderson 5-13; Bolsinger 3-5
Wsh-SD-- Scherzer 5-14; Rea 7-12
Tor-Balt-- Dickey 5-14; Gallardo 3-4
Chi-Clev-- Shields 6-13; Salazar 1-12
Sea-Bos-- Sampson 0-0; Porcello 3-13
NY-Min-- Pineda 6-13; Nolasco 7-13
Det-KC-- Boyd 0-4; Volquez 2-14
LA-A's-- Lincecum 0-0; unknown
SF-TB-- Peavy 3-13; Moore 3-13
Cin-Hst-- Reed 0-0; Keuchel 4-14
Tex-StL-- NMartinez 0-0; CMartinez 1-12
Umpires
Pitt-Chi-- Seven of nine Cooper starts stayed under.
Az-Phil-- Over is 6-2-1 in last nine Diaz games.
Col-Mia-- Over is 28-13-1 in Meals games since start of LY.
Atl-NY-- Underdogs won four of last five Foster games.
Mil-LA-- Three of last four Baker games stayed under.
Wsh-SD-- Over is 7-0-1 in last eight Knight games.
Tor-Blt-- Last three Iassonga games stayed under.
Chi-Clev-- Nine of last eleven Miller games went over.
Sea-Bos-- Five of last six Wendelstedt games stayed under.
NY-Min-- Over is 5-0-1 in last six Wolcott games.
Det-KC-- Eight of last nine TBarrett games went over.
LA-A's-- Underdogs are 6-5 in Nelson games this year.
SF-TB-- Five of last six Timmons games went over.
Cin-Hst-- Favorites won six of last seven Carapazza games.
Tex-StL-- Eight of last nine Danley games went over.
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Colorado at Miami
The Miami and Colorado get set to duel again at Marlins Park after Marlins walked off 5-1 winners Friday. According to current odds at Sports Interaction the Marlins are -$1.40 favorite with the total set at 8.0 across all shops.
Getting the call for Miami in this afternoon matchup is lefty Wei-Yin Chen carrying a 4-2 record, 4.68 ERA. Chen, has put up horrible numbers the past two starts shelled for 16 Hits, 7 yard-ball, 9 earned runs. On the other mound, righty Tyler Chatwood toes the rubber for Walt Weiss' squad. In his last outing, Chatwood picked up his fourth win in five starts moving the record to 8-4 on the campaign with a 2.89 ERA.
Expect the Colorado Rockies to do what they typically do with Tyler Chatwood on the mound in road games, and that's win! The Rockies righthander has been perfect on the road this season going 5-0 with a major-league best 0.65 ERA over six starts (6-0 TSR). Matching that, Chatwood has also had plenty of succes in day games going 5-0 with a 1.76 ERA.