National League
Giants @ Cubs
Bumgarner is 3-1, 4.50 in his last four starts; five of his last six went over. Giants lost his last five road starts.
Arrieta is 4-0, 3.21 in his last five starts; his last four went over. Cubs are 7-5 in his home starts.
Giants are 4-8 in their last 12 games; six of Giants’ last eight road games stayed under the total. Chicago is 21-3 in last 24 home games; five of its last seven games stayed under.
Brewers @ Pirates
Nelson is 1-6, 9.56 in his last eight starts; four of his last six went over. Milwaukee is 1-7 in his last eight road starts.
Nova is 4-0, 2.87 in five starts (under 4-1) for the Pirates.
Brewers lost six of last eight games; under is 7-2 in their last nine games. Pittsburgh lost six of last seven home games; under is 9-4 in their last 13 games.
Braves @ Phillies
Gant is 1-3, 3.86 in four starts this year, all in June (over 2-2).
Velasquez is 0-4, 6.68 in his last six starts; under is 5-3-1 in his last nine. Phillies are 5-4 in his home starts.
Braves are 8-4 in last 12 games; last five Atlanta games went over the total. Philly is 3-9 in last 12 games; under is 5-1-1 in last seven Philly home games.
Nationals @ Mets
Roark is 3-0, 2.42 in his last three starts; under is 10-2 in his last 12. Washington won his last six road starts.
Gsellman allowed four runs in six IP (94 PT) in his first MLB start.
Washington won six of last eight games; last five Nationals games stayed under. Mets won six of last nine games, but lost last two. Over is 13-5 in New York’s last 18 games.
Cardinals @ Reds
Garcia is 1-2, 9.00 in his last three starts (over 3-0). Cardinals are 7-4 in his road starts.
Straily is 4-1, 4.50 in his last five starts; five of his last six went over. Reds won seven of his last eight home starts.
Cardinals are 8-3 in last ten road games; under is 5-1-1 in their last seven road games. Cincinnati lost six of last eight games; over is 7-4 in Reds’ last 11 home games.
Diamondbacks @ Rockies
Shipley is 0-2, 7.79 in his last three starts; three of his last four went over.
Chatwood is 0-2, 6.48 in his last three starts; under is 3-1-2 in his last six. Colorado is 4-7 in his home starts.
Arizona lost eight of last ten road games; over is 11-6 in D’backs’ last 17 road games. Rockies won five of last six games; over is 12-8 in their last 20 games.
Padres @ Dodgers
Perdomo is 2-0, 1.13 in his last two starts; three of his last four went over. San Diego is 6-4 in his road starts.
Hill has blister problems; he shut Giants out for six innings (81 PT) in only game he’s pitched since A’s traded him to LA a month ago.
Padres are 2-9 in last 11 road games, 2-6 in last eight road series openers. Over is 11-5 in their last 16 games. Los Angeles is 9-5 in its last 14 games, 11-11 in home series openers. Under is 6-2 in their last eight games.
American League
New York @ Orioles
Sabathia is 1-2, 5.03 in his last three starts; four of his last five road starts went over. New York won his last four road starts.
Gausman is 3-0, 2.29 in his last three starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine. Baltimore won his last six home starts.
New York won six of last nine games; five of last seven Bronx games went over. Baltimore lost five of last eight games; last five Oriole games stayed under total.
Blue Jays @ Rays
Estrada is 1-2, 6.43 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Toronto won six of his last seven road starts.
Snell is 1-3, 9.00 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Rays are 3-5 in his home starts.
Toronto won five of last seven games; four of Jays’ last five road games stayed under. Rays are 5-6 in last 11 games; over is 19-6-1 in Tampa’s last 26 games.
Astros @ Rangers
Musgrove is 2-2, 5.08 in his first five MLB starts (under 3-1-1).
Holland is 1-1, 1.50 in two starts since coming off the DL; his last three stayed under. Texas is 6-1 in his home outings.
Astros won 10 of last 13 games; over is 9-5 in their last 14 road games. Texas won 10 of last 11 home games; over is 9-3-1 in their last thirteen games.
White Sox @ Twins
Shields is 0-4, 11.77 in his last six starts; his last three stayed under. Chicago is 1-5 in his road starts.
Santana is 3-1, 3.55 in his last five starts; under is 8-3-1 in his last 11. Minnesota is 2-8 in his home starts.
White Sox lost five of last six road games; over is 7-3 in their last ten road games. Minnesota lost 14 of last 15 games; over is 10-1 in last 11 games at Target Field.
Tigers @ Royals
Fulmer is 0-2, 7.59 in his last two starts; five of his last six stayed under. Detroit is 11-3 in his road starts.
Ventura is 3-0, 2.67 in his last five starts; under is 7-3 in his last ten. Royals are 7-3 in his home starts.
Tigers are 9-2 in last 11 games; five of their last seven games stayed under. Royals lost four of last five games; last six KC games went over the total.
Red Sox @ A’s
Porcello is 4-0, 2.70 in his last five starts; three of his last four went over. Boston is 5-7 in his road starts.
Mengden is 1-5, 6.10 in nine starts this year, last of which was July 25. Five of his last six starts went over.
Red Sox won three of last four games; five of their last six games went over total. Oakland lost its last four games; under is 13-3 in A’s last sixteen games.
Angels @ Mariners
Skaggs is 1-3, 7.36 in his last four starts; his last three stayed under.
Walker is 0-2, 7.41 in his last three starts; five of his last six stayed under. Seattle is 6-5 in his home starts.
Angels won five of last six games; under is 10-3 in Halos’ last 13 games. Seattle lost eight of last ten games; over is 11-4 in Mariners’ last 15 games.
Interleague
Marlins @ Indians
Fernandez is 1-1, 2.35 in his last four starts; three of his last four road starts stayed under. Marlins lost five of his last six road starts.
Bauer is 2-1, 3.00 in his last five starts; seven of his last eight stayed under. Cleveland is 8-2 in his last ten home starts.
Marlins lost six of last seven games; under is 10-3 in their last 13 games. Cleveland is 13-3 in last 16 home games; five of Tribe’s last six games stayed under.
Teams’ record when this pitcher starts
SF-Chi: Bumgarner 16-12; Arrieta 18-8 (5-0 last 5)
Mil-Pitt: Nelson 10-17 (1-7 last 8 ); Nova 5-0/7-8
Atl-Phil: Gant 1-3; Velasquez 11-12
Wsh-NY: Roark 17-10 (14-3 last 17); Gsellman 0-1
StL-Cin: Garcia 13-13; Straily 15-10 (8-1 last 9)
Az-Col: Shipley 4-3; Chatwood 12-10
SD-LA: Perdomo 9-6; Hill 1-0/9-5
NY-Balt: Sabathia 12-12; Gausman 11-13
Tor-TB: Estrada 13-10; Snell 4-10
Hst-Tex: Musgrove 2-3; Holland 9-7
Chi-Min: Shields 5-11/2-9; Santiago 0-5/16-6
Det-KC: Fulmer 16-5 (1-3 last 4); Ventura 15-11 (6-0 last 6)
Bos-A’s: Porcello 20-7; Mengden 2-7
LA-Sea: Skaggs 2-5; Walker 7-12
Mia-Clev: Fernandez 11-8; Bauer 12-10
Starting pitchers allowing 1+ runs in first inning
SF-Chi: Bumgarner Arrieta 3-26
Mil-Pitt: Nelson 9-27; Nova 5-20
Atl-Phil: Gant 3-4; Velasquez 6-23
Wsh-NY: Roark 5-27; Gsellman 0-1
StL-Cin: Garcia Straily 6-25
Az-Col: Shipley 1-7; Chatwood 7-22
SD-LA: Perdomo 7-15; Hill 4-14
NY-Balt: Sabathia 5-24; Gausman 8-24
Tor-TB: Estrada 9-23; Snell 4-14
Hst-Tex: Musgrove 2-5; Holland 2-16
Chi-Min: Shields 10-27; Santiago 12-27
Det-KC: Fulmer 5-21; Ventura 5-26
Bos-A’s: Porcello 7-27; Mengden 2-9
LA-Sea: Skaggs 3-7; Walker 3-19
Mia-Clev: Fernandez 7-19; Bauer 6-22
Umpires
SF-Chi: Over is 8-4-1 in last 13 Bellino games.
Mil-Pitt: Four of last five Wolcott games stayed under.
Atl-Phil: Last four Whitson games went over total.
Wsh-NY: Underdogs won seven of last nine Cooper games.
StL-Cin: Under is 5-2-1 in last eight Barksdale games.
Az-Col: Over is 11-5 in last sixteen Woodring games.
SD-LA: Underdogs are 11-5 in last 16 Hirschbeck games.
NY-Balt: Three of last four Emmel games went over.
Tor-TB: Over is 6-1-2 in last nine O’Nora games.
Hst-Tex: Under is 10-5-1 in last 16 Barry games.
Chi-Min: Under is 13-5-1 in last 19 Estabrook games.
Det-KC: Under is 5-1-1 in last seven Meals games.
Bos-A’s: Underdogs are 6-5 in last 11 Nelson games.
LA-Sea: Over is 6-3-1 in last ten Marquez games.
Mia-Clev: Over is 8-3 in last eleven Ripperger games.
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