MLB Betting News and Notes Saturday, May 21

National League

Rockies @ Pirates
Chatwood is 3-1, 2.96 in his last four starts (under 7-1).

Niese is 1-2, 6.35 in his last four starts (over 6-2). .

Pirates won five of their last six games (over 11-5-1 in last 17). Rockies won five of last eight games; nine of their last 12 games stayed under.

Braves @ Phillies
Perez is 1-1, 4.79 in his five starts (over 4-1).

Morgan is 1-1, 6.41 in his four starts (over 2-2).

Atlanta lost 11 of its last 15 games; four of its last five games went over. Phillies won eight of their last 11 home games (under 7-3 in last ten).

Nationals @ Marlins
Ross is 0-3, 5.89 in his last three starts (under 5-1-1).

Fernandez is 4-0, 2.16 in his last four starts (under 5-2 in his last seven).

Washington is 6-3 in its last eight games; five of its last seven road games went over. Marlins are 5-8 in last 13 games; under is 3-2-1 in their last six home games.

Brewers @ Mets
Davies is 1-0, 3.12 in his last three starts (over 2-0 in his road starts).

deGrom is 0-1, 3.93 in his last three starts (over 2-0 in his home starts). .

Milwaukee is 7-6 in its last 13 games; under is 7-1-1 in their last nine games. Mets lost seven of their last ten games; nine of their last 12 stayed under.

Diamondbacks @ Cardinals
Ray is 1-2, 6.00 in his last four starts (under 3-1 in his road starts).

Leake is 2-0, 1.29 in his last two starts; his last five starts went over.

St Louis is 3-4 in its last seven home games; over is 8-4 in their last 12 tilts. Arizona lost six of last nine games; under is 5-2-1 in their last eight.

Cubs @ Giants
Lester is 4-2, 1.88 in eight starts this year (over 4-4). .

Cain is 0-1, 1.80 in his last two starts (under 3-2 in his home starts).

Giants won eight of their last nine games; under is 11-2 in their last 13. Cubs are 13-5 in their last 18 games (under 3-1-1 last five).

Dodgers @ Padres
Wood is 0-1, 3.33 in his last four starts, three of which stayed under.

Vargas is 0-3, 3.55 in his five starts (three of his last four starts stayed under).

Padres lost five of last seven games; seven of their last nine games stayed under total. Dodgers lost five of their last six games; six of their last eight games went over.

American League

Rays @ Tigers
Smyly is 1-2, 4.71 in his last four starts; four of his last five starts went over.

Fulmer is 2-1, 6.98 in his four starts, all of which went over.

Tampa Bay won eight of its last 11 road games; eight of its last nine games went over total. Detroit won four of last five games; over is 10-2-1 in their last 13 home games.

Indians @ Red Sox
Bauer is 2-1, 2.79 in his last three starts (under 3-1).

Kelly is 1-0, 10.13 in his three starts (under 2-1).

Indians won their last five games; over is 10-4-1 in their last 15 games. Boston won nine of last 11 home games; eight of their last nine home games went over.

Rangers @ Astros
Ramos allowed one run in 4.1 IP (84 PT) in his first '16 start.

Fiers is 3-0, 3.94 in his last five starts (over 3-0-1 in his last four).

Houston lost six of last eight games, last three of which stayed under. Rangers lost three of last four games; over is 9-3 in their last twelve games.

Royals @ White Sox
Duffy blanked Atlanta for three innings (48 PT) in his first '16 start.

Gonzalez is 0-0, 5.17 in his three starts, all of which went over. .

Royals are 4-12 in their last 16 road games- six of their last eight road games went over. White Sox lost seven of last eight games; nine of their last 13 games went over.

Blue Jays @ Twins
Happ is 5-1, 3.40 in his eight starts (under 3-0-1 in his road starts).

Dean is making first MLB start; he was 1-3, 3.00 in six AAA starts. He's allowed four runs in eight IP in his two MLB relief stints. .

Blue Jays lost six of last nine games, seven of which went over the total. Minnesota lost its last eight home games; over is 11-4-1 in their last 16 games overall.

Bronx @ A's
Tanaka is 0-0, 3.74 in his last five starts; five of his last seven starts stayed under.

Manaea is 1-1, 6.05 in his four starts, three of which went over.

A's won five of last eight games, but lost last two; nine of their last 12 games went over. Bronx won its last three games; over is 8-3-1 in their last 12 games.

Orioles @ Angels
Gausman is 0-1, 3.30 in his five starts (under 3-2).

Shoemaker is 1-4, 10.02 in his last five starts (over 3-3-1).

Baltimore won nine of its last 12 games; six of its last nine road games stayed under total. Angels won five of last seven games; seven of their last nine games went over.

Interleague

Mariners @ Reds
Hernandez is 2-1, 4.50 in his last four starts (under 6-1-1). .

Lamb is 0-1, 5.79 in his three starts (over 1-1-1).

Reds lost ten of their last 12 games; their last six games went over. Seattle won three of last four games; over is 6-2-1 in their last nine games.

Teams won-lost records when this pitcher starts:

Col-Pitt-- Chatwood 5-3; Niese 6-2
Atl-Phil-- Perez 3-2; Morgan 2-2
Wsh-Mia-- Ross 4-3; Fernandez 6-2
Mil-NY-- Davies 2-4; deGrom 3-3
Az-StL-- Ray 3-5; Leake 4-4
Chi-SF-- Lester 6-2; Cain 2-6
LA-SD-- Wood 3-5; Vargas 1-4

TB-Det-- Smyly 4-4; Fulmer 3-1
Cle-Bos-- Bauer 2-2; Kelly 2-1
Tex-Hst-- Ramos 0-1; Fiers 4-3
KC-Chi-- Duffy 1-0; Gonzalez 2-1
Tor-Min-- Happ 5-3; Dean 0-0
NY-A's-- Tanaka 5-3; Manaea 2-2
Balt-LAA-- Gausman 2-3; Shoemaker 2-5

Sea-Cin-- Hernandez 4-4; Lamb 0-3

Starting pitchers allowing 1+ runs in first inning:

Col-Pitt-- Chatwood 2-8; Niese 1-8
Atl-Phil-- Perez 2-5; Morgan 0-4
Wsh-Mia-- Ross 1-7; Fernandez 3-8
Mil-NY-- Davies 1-6; deGrom 2-6
Az-StL-- Ray 0-8; Leake 3-8
Chi-SF-- Lester 1-8; Cain 2-8
LA-SD-- Wood 2-8; Vargas 0-5

TB-Det-- Smyly 1-8; Fulmer 2-4
Cle-Bos-- Bauer 1-4; Kelly 1-3
Tex-Hst-- Ramos 0-1; Fiers 2-7
KC-Chi-- Duffy 0-1; Gonzalez 2-3
Tor-Min-- Happ 3-8; Dean 0-0
NY-A's-- Tanaka 1-8; Manaea 1-4
Balt-LAA-- Gausman 2-5; Shoemaker 3-7

Sea-Cin-- Hernandez 0-8; Lamb 2-3

Umpires

Az-StL-- Four of last six Winters games went over total.
Atl-Phil-- Last three Davis games went over the total.
Col-Pitt-- Favorites won last five Eddings games.
Mil-NY-- Five of seven Johnson games went over.
Wsh-Mia-- Under is 5-2-1 in last eight Everitt games.
Chi-SF-- Three of last four Gibson games stayed under.
LA-SD-- Under is 4-1-1 in last six Guccione games.

KC-Chi-- Six of last seen Morales games stayed under.
Tor-Minn-- Four of six Basner games went over.
NY-A's-- Six of last nine Hoberg games went over.
Cle-Bos-- Five of seven Joyce games stayed under.
TB-Det-- Four of last six Kulpa games went over.
Tex-Hst-- Over is 7-4 in last eleven Bucknor games.
Blt-LAA-- Underdogs won four of last six Scott games.

Sea-Cin-- Under is 9-3 in last twelve Randazzo games.

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