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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Miami at Washington
The Miami Marlins and Washington Nationals get ready to duel again Saturday evening at Marlins Park. It's not difficult making a case for Miami as the presence of Jose Fernandez on the mound bodes well for Marlins' chances. History shows Jose Fernandez loves pitching in front of the friendly crowd at Marlins Park. In the righthanders 30 starts at the venue he is 20-1 with Miami 26-4 in those games. The dominance is reflected by the fact he's allowed an average 1.93 runs/game in front of the home audience over the span with a 232-55 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
Additionally, Fernandez, the reigning National League Player of the Week, posting a 2-0 record, 0.64 ERA and 22 strikeouts in his last two starts is 5-0 life-time vs Nationals with Marlins 6-2 over the eight starts including 5-1 at home. Fernandez trades pitches with Nats' Joe Ross tagged with a loss in his last outing which was against Marlins allowing five runs in 5 2/3 innings.
BetOnline.ag opened Miami -$1.45 favorites in their own backyard with the total at 7 runs.