MLB Betting News and Notes Saturday, September 30th, 2017

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National League

Reds @ Cubs
Stephens 1-0, 5.52 in three starts this season (under 2-1). This is his first road start. Reds’ first 5-inning record with him: 2-1

Lester is 4-1, 4.94 in his last five starts; over is 8-1 in his last nine. Cubs are 11-6 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 15-11-6

Reds lost nine of their last ten games; under is 11-4 in their last 15 games. Cubs won seven of last nine games (under 6-2-1).

Pirates @ Nationals
Taillon is 1-2, 5.52 in his last three starts; under is 4-1 in his last five. Pirates are 6-3 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 12-8-5

Scherzer is 2-0, 2.07 in his last two starts; over is 9-5 in his last 14. Washington is 10-4 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 19-7-4

Pirates won four of their last six games; under is 14-2 in their last 16 road games. Washington is 8-4 in its last 12 games; under is 12-5-2 in their last 19 games.

Mets @ Phillies
Lugo is 2-1, 4.05 in his last four starts; under is 4-1 in his last five. Mets are 5-4 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 8-5-4

Alvarez is 0-1, 3.60 in two starts this year (under 2-0). Phillies lost his only home start— their first 5-inning record with him: 2-0

Mets won three of their last four games; over is 7-4 in their last 11 road games. Phillies are 6-2 in last eight home games; under is 6-1 in their last seven games.

Braves @ Marlins
Sims is 1-0, 2.32 in his last two starts; his last three starts went over. Atlanta is 2-3 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 4-5

Despaigne is 1-1, 4.37 in his last four starts (under 5-2). Miami is 2-2 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 1-3-3

Braves lost six of last seven games; under is 7-2 in their last nine. Marlins won its last five home games; under is 4-2 in its last six games overall.

Dodgers @ Rockies
Kershaw is 2-1, 3.15 in his last three starts; under is 6-2 in his last eight. Dodgers are 9-2 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 21-3-3

Marquez is 1-1, 6.27 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Colorado is 9-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 17-7-4

Dodgers won four of their last five games; three of their last four went over. Colorado won four of last five games; under is 9-2 in their last 11. Rockies clinch playoff spot with win here or a loss by Milwaukee.

Brewers @ Cardinals
Guerra was Milwaukee’s Opening Day starter; his last start was July 29. He is 0-3, 8.63 in his last six starts (over 4-2). Milwaukee is 2-4 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 5-6-2

Weaver is 3-2, 4.39 in five home starts (over 5-4). St Louis is 3-2 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-2-1

Milwaukee won six of last seven road games; under is 8-2-1 in their last 11 games. St Louis lost six of last seven games; under is 9-3 in their last 12 home games.

Padres @ Giants
Chacin is 2-0, 3.63 in his last four starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Padres are 6-8 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 11-16-4

Cain is 0-3, 7.50 in his last four starts; over is 3-1-1 in his last five. Giants are 6-5 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-15-1. This is Cain’s last major league start; he is retiring after the season.

Padres lost their last five games, all of which went over. Giants lost four of last seven games; under is 6-1 in their last seven home games.

American League

Blue Jays @ New York
Stroman is 2-0, 2.84 in his last two starts; under is 3-1-1 in his last five. Toronto is 9-5 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 17-13-2

Garcia is 0-3, 6.03 in eight starts for New York (under 6-2). NY is 2-1 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 1-5-2

Toronto won three of its last five games; four of their last five road games went over. New York won 12 of last 16 games; under is 3-1 in their last four home games.

Orioles @ Rays
Castro is making his first MLB start after 75 relief stints; he is 3-2, 3.29 in 38 relief appearances this year (63 IP). His last pro start was in 2015, in the minor leagues.

Archer is 0-5, 10.91 in his last five starts; under is 6-4 in his last ten. Rays are 9-6 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 17-11-5

Orioles lost five of last six games; under is 11-4 in their last 15 road games. Tampa Bay lost three of last five games; under is 20-9-1 in their last 30 home games.

White Sox @ Indians
Fulmer is 1-1, 5.27 in four starts this year (under 2-1-1). Chicago split his two road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 2-1-1

Kluber is 6-0, 1.37 in his last six starts; under is 4-1 in his last five. Indians are 9-5 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 15-10-3

White Sox won six of last nine games; under is 6-4 in their last ten road games. Cleveland is 32-3 in its last 35 games; under is 10-4 in their last 14 home games.

Astros @ Red Sox
McCullers is 0-2, 8.89 in his last six starts; over is 6-1 in his last seven. Astros are 6-5 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 9-8-4

Pomeranz is 2-1, 3.54 in his last four starts; over is 10-7-1 in his last 18 starts. Boston is 11-4 inches home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 17-12-2

Houston won 13 of its last 15 games; over is 5-1 in their last six. Boston won 10 of last 15 games; over is 6-2 in their last eight home games.

A’s @ Rangers
Gossett is 0-2, 10.05 in his last three starts; over is 4-1 in his last five. A’s are 4-7 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 5-11-1

Cashner is 1-2, 10.29 in his last three starts; over is 6-1 in his last seven. Rangers are 6-5 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 16-8-3

A’s won 9 of last 12 games; over is 9-7 in their last 16 road games. Texas lost seven of its last eight games; under is 9-4 in their last 13.

Tigers @ Twins
Farmer is 0-3, 10.80 in his last three starts; over is 3-1-1 in his last five. Detroit is 3-1 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 4-6

Slegers is 0-0, 6.10 in two starts this year (over 1-1). Twins win his only home start— their first 5-inning record with him: 1-0-1

Detroit lost 10 of its last 11 games; over is 9-5-1 in their last 15. Twins won six of last eight games; over is 5-3-1 in their last nine games.

Mariners @ Angels
Moore is 1-3, 0-4, 5.60 in his last five starts; under is 6-2 in his last eight starts. Seattle is 1-1 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 1-6-2

Nolasco is 0-3, 5.49 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Angels are 5-11 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 9-18-5

Seattle is 3-9 in its last 12 games; their last three games went over. Angels lost nine of last 12 games; over is 3-1 in their last four.

Interleague

Diamondbacks @ Royals
Walker is 0-2, 7.98 in his last three starts; over is 6-4 in his last ten. Arizona is 8-6 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 11-10-6

Junis is 1-1, 5.02 in his last four starts (over 8-5-2). Royals are 5-1 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-6-2

Arizona won five of last eight games (over 5-3). Royals are 6-3 in last nine home games; under is 5-1 in their last six.

Record with this pitcher starting

National League
Cin-Chi: Stephens 1-2; Lester 18-13
Pitt-Wsh: Taillon 12-12; Scherzer 21-9
NY-Phil: Lugo 9-8; Alvarez 0-2
Atl-Mia: Sims 4-5; Despaigne 3-4
LA-Colo: Kershaw 22-4; Marquez 17-11
Mil-StL: Guerra 4-9; Weaver 7-2
SD-SF: Chacin 17-14; Cain 8-14

American League
Tor-NY: Stroman 19-13; Garcia 4-4
Balt-TB: Castro 0-0; Archer 15-18
Chi-Clev: Fulmer 2-2; Kluber 20-8
Hst-Bos: McCullers 13-8; Pomeranz 21-10
A’s-Tex: Gossett 6-11; Cashner 13-14
Det-Min: Farmer 4-6; Slegers 2-0
Sea-LA: Moore 2-7; Nolasco 10-22

Interleague
Az-KC: Walker 14-13; Junis 10-5

Pitchers allowing a run in first inning

National League
Cin-Chi: Stephens 0-3; Lester 11-31
Pitt-Wsh: Taillon 6-24; Scherzer 7-30
NY-Phil: Lugo 4-17; Alvarez 0-2
Atl-Mia: Sims 3-9; Despaigne 2-7
LA-Colo: Kershaw 5-26; Marquez 8-28
Mil-StL: Guerra 2-13; Weaver 2-9
SD-SF: Chacin 11-31; Cain 9-22

American League
Tor-NY: Stroman 6-32; Garcia 6-8
Balt-TB: Castro 0-0; Archer 11-33
Chi-Clev: Fulmer 0-3; Kluber 5-28
Hst-Bos: McCullers 4-21; Pomeranz 9-31
A’s-Tex: Gossett 2-17; Cashner 6-27
Det-Min: Farmer 5-10; Slegers 1-2
Sea-LA: Moore 2-9; Nolasco 13-32

Interleague
Az-KC: Walker 7-27; Junis 4-15

Umpires

National League
Cin-Chi: Over is 7-2-2 in last 11 Winters games.
Pitt-Wsh: Under is 8-3-1 in last 12 Torres games.
NY-Phil: Under is 16-6 in last 22 Bellino games.
Atl-Mia: Under is 7-3 in last ten Ripperger games.
LA-Colo: Under is 7-2 in last nine Eddings games.
Mil-StL: Under is 5-1-2 in last eight Wolf games.
SD-SF: Three of last four TBarrett games went over.

American League
Tor-NY: Over is 6-2 in last eight Tichenor games.
Balt-TB: Over is 8-1-1 in last ten BWelke games.
Chi-Clev: Under is 6-3 in last nine Hoberg games.
Hst-Bos: Favorites are 10-3 in last 13 Wendelstedt games.
A’s-Tex: Three of last four Randazzo games stayed under.
Det-Min: Three of last four Hoye games went over.
Sea-LA: Three of last four Conroy games stayed under.

Interleague
Az-KC: Three of last four Fairchild games stayed under.

Interleague play

NL @ AL– 85-57 AL, favorites -$420
AL @ NL– 75-72 NL, favorites +$396
Total: 157-131 AL, favorites -$24

Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 71-69-4
AL @ NL: Over 75-65-8
Total: Over 146-134-12

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