National League
Reds @ Pirates
Straily is 3-0, 1.69 in his last four starts; four of his last five stayed under. Reds are 4-5 in his road starts.
Cole is 2-0, 1.93 in his last two starts; four of his last six went over. Pirates are 3-4 in his home starts.
Reds lost three of their last four games; under is 7-1-1 in their last nine games. Pittsburgh won five of its last six home games; four of last six Pittsburgh home games went over.
Giants @ Nationals
Bumgarner is 0-2, 4.50 in his last four starts; Giants lost four of his last five road starts. Under is 4-1 in his last five starts.
Roark is 4-1, 3.78 in his last five starts; six of his last eight stayed under. Washington is 4-1 in his last 5 home starts.
Giants lost ten of last 13 road games; under is 7-2-1 in their last 10 games. Washington won seven of its last ten games; over is 4-2-1 in last seven Washington home games.
Braves @ Cardinals
Foltynewicz is 1-2, 6.94 in his last four starts; four of his last six stayed under. Braves are 3-4 in his road starts.
Wainwright is 3-0, 1.99 in his last six starts; his last three went over the total. Cardinals won his last four home starts.
Cardinals lost five of last seven games, over is 7-2-1 in their last ten. Atlanta lost six of last nine road games; under is 5-3 in their last eight road games.
Marlins @ Rockies
Conley is 3-1, 2.41 in his last six starts; Miami is 2-5 in his last seven road starts. Under is 9-4 in his last 13 starts.
Gray is 3-0, 0.95 in his last three starts; his last six starts stayed under. Colorado is 5-3 in his home starts.
Marlins lost six of last nine games; seven of last ten Miami games went over. Colorado won 12 of last 16 games; under is 13-6-2 in their last 21 games.
Brewers @ Diamondbacks
Nelson is 0-3, 11.85 in his last three starts; five of his last seven stayed under. Brewers lost five of his last six road starts.
Bradley is 1-2, 7.05 in his last three starts; four of his last five stayed under. Arizona is 2-5 in his home starts.
Brewers lost three of last five games; under is 12-7 in their last 19 games. Arizona lost nine of last 12 games; five of last six Diamondback games went over.
Phillies @ Padres
Eickhoff is 0-1, 0.75 in his last two starts; four of his last five stayed under. Phillies are 3-7 in his road starts.
Cosart is 0-1, 5.48 in five starts this season (over 4-1).
Phillies are 4-7 in last 11 road games; over is 11-6 in their last 17 road games. San Diego is 9-5 in its last 14 home games; four of their last five games went over.
American League
Indians @ Bronx
Carrasco is 1-2, 4.88 in his last four starts; four of his last six stayed under. Indians are 4-5 in his road starts.
Tanaka is 0-2, 5.71 in his last three starts; three of his last four stayed under. New York is 6-5 in his road starts.
Indians lost four of last six games; five of last six Cleveland games went over. New York is 8-4 in its last 12 home games; under is 12-2 in their last 14 home games.
Twins @ Rays
Gibson is 1-0, 4.34 in his last three starts; three of his last four stayed under. Minnesota split his six road starts.
Andriese is 2-1, 4.05 in his last four starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six.
Twins won six of last nine road games; last eight Minnesota games went over. Tampa Bay won seven of its last ten games, under is 8-5 in Rays’ last 13 home games.
Orioles @ White Sox
Bundy is 2-2, 3.43 in his four starts (under 4-0).
Shields is 1-4, 2.83 in his last five starts (under 3-1-1); White Sox are 4-3 in his home starts.
Orioles won four of last six games; under is 10-3-1 in their last 14 road games. Chicago lost seven of last ten games; five of last seven White Sox games went over.
Rangers @ Astros
Darvish is 0-3, 3.57 in his last four starts (under 5-2).
Musgrove is making his first MLB start; he threw 4.1 scoreless innings in relief in his MLB debut, was 5-3, 3.81 in 10 AAA starts this season.
Rangers lost three of last five games; seven of last nine Texas road games stayed under. Houston lost nine of last 12 games; under is 15-4-1 in last 20 Astro home games.
Blue Jays @ Royals
Stroman is 1-0, 2.49 in his last three starts; three of his last four went over the total. Toronto lost four of his last five road starts.
Ventura is 0-5, 5.40 in his last seven starts; four of his last five stayed under. Royals lost his last three home starts.
Blue Jays are 8-4 in last 12 games; seven of last eight Toronto road games stayed under. Kansas City lost 12 of last 17 games; eight of their last ten games stayed under.
Angels @ Mariners
Shoemaker is 1-2, 4.12 in his last three starts; four of his last six starts went over. Angels lost six of his last seven road starts.
Paxton is 1-1, 2.25 in his last three starts (over 6-6). Mariners lost five of his six home starts.
Angels lost eight of last ten road games; Halos’ last five games went over total. Seattle won five of last seven home games; over is 7-4 in their last 11 games.
Interleague
Mets @ Tigers
deGrom is 4-1, 1.86 in his last six starts; under is 8-3 in his last 11 starts. Mets are 3-5 in his road starts.
Sanchez is 1-3, 5.67 in his last five starts (under 3-1-1). Detroit is 3-5 in his home starts.
Mets lost eight of last 11 games; six of their last eight games went over. Detroit won 11 of last 12 games; six of Tigers’ last nine games went over.
Cubs @ A’s
Hendricks is 5-1, 1.40 in his last six starts; under is 3-0-1 in his last four. Cubs are 3-6 in his road starts.
Manaea is 1-1, 3.54 in his last three starts; under is 7-4-1 in his last 12. Oakland won his last four home starts.
Cubs won nine of last ten games; over is 14-5-1 in their last 20 road games. Oakland lost seven of last eight games; six of their last eight home games stayed under.
Red Sox @ Dodgers
Price is 0-1, 4.10 in his last four starts; under is 9-3-1 in his last 13 games. Boston lost his last four road starts.
McCarthy is 0-2, 3.72 in his last four starts (under 6-0).
Red Sox are 5-10 in their last 15 games; under is 12-2 in their last 14 road games. Dodgers are 8-10 in last 18 games; under is 22-9 in their last 31 home games.
Teams’ record when this pitcher starts
Cin-Pitt: Straily 11-9; Cole 8-8
SF-Wsh: Bumgarner 13-10; Roark 13-9
Atl-StL: Foltynewicz 5-8; Wainwright 15-7
Mia-Colo: Conley 12-10; Gray 9-10
Mil-Az: Nelson 9-13; Bradley 7-8
Phil-SD: Eickhoff 9-13; Cosart 1-0/1-3
Cle-NY: Carrasco 11-5; Tanaka 15-7
Min-TB: Gibson 7-7; Andriese 5-4
Blt-Chi: Bundy 2-2; Shields 4-7/2-9
Tex-Hst: Darvish 2-5; Musgrove 0-0
Tor-KC: Stroman 11-11; Ventura 10-11
LAA-Sea: Shoemaker 7-14; Paxton 3-9
NYM-Det: deGrom 10-9; Sanchez 4-12
Chi-A’s: Hendricks 12-8; Manaea 7-8
Bos-LA: Price 11-12 (1-6 last 7); McCarthy 2-4
Starting pitchers allowing 1+ runs in first inning
Cin-Pitt: Straily 5-20; Cole 4-16
SF-Wsh: Bumgarner 6-23; Roark 4-22
Atl-StL: Foltynewicz 3-13; Wainwright 7-22
Mia-Colo: Conley 7-22; Gray 6-19
Mil-Az: Nelson 6-22; Bradley 6-15
Phil-SD: Eickhoff 6-22; Cosart 2-5
Cle-NY: Carrasco 3-16; Tanaka 3-22
Min-TB: Gibson 7-14; Andriese 3-9
Blt-Chi: Bundy 1-4; Shields 9-22
Tex-Hst: Darvish 3-7; Musgrove 0-0
Tor-KC: Stroman 6-22; Ventura 5-21
LAA-Sea: Shoemaker 4-21; Paxton 3-12
NYM-Det: deGrom 2-19; Sanchez 6-16
Chi-A’s: Hendricks 5-20; Manaea 1-15
Bos-LA: Price 8-23; McCarthy 1-6
Umpires
Cin-Pitt: Last three Gonzalez games went over.
SF-Wsh: Six of last seven Drake games stayed under.
Atl-StL: Underdogs are 4-3 in last 7 Scheurwater games.
Mia-Colo: Home side won 6 of last 7 Fletcher games.
Mil-Az: Last four Segal games went over the total.
Phil-SD: Home side won 12 of last 13 Baker games.
Cle-NY: Underdogs won 8 of last 10 LBarrett games.
Min-TB: Under is 7-3-1 in last 11 Barry games.
Blt-Chi: Under is 7-3 in last 10 Muchlinski games.
Tex-Hst: Four of last five Little games stayed under.
Tor-KC: Over is 6-4 in last ten Lentz games.
LAA-Sea: 6 of last 8 Morales games stayed under.
NYM-Det: Over is 10-3 in last 13 Miller games.
Chi-A’s: Last three DeJesus games stayed under.
Bos-LA: 7 of last 8 Cederstrom games stayed under.
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Red Sox, Dodgers meet
By Sportsbook.ag
BOSTON RED SOX (60-48) at LOS ANGELES DODGERS (60-49)
Game 1: Boston 9 Los Angeles 0
Game 2: Los Angeles 3 Boston 0
David Price and the Red Sox will be hoping to pick up a Sunday night victory over the Dodgers.
The Red Sox have extremely high hopes this season and they’ll have a very good test in their Sunday night meeting with the Dodgers. Both teams look like they are likely to make the postseason and it wouldn’t be crazy if they ended up facing one another in the World Series. With that being said, both teams have an excellent opportunity to prove what they are made of on the national stage on Sunday.
This game will feature a very intriguing pitching matchup, as LHP David Price (9-7, 4.30 ERA, 156 K) is going to be on the mound for Boston and RHP Brandon McCarthy (2-2, 3.07 ERA, 35 K) will be hoping to keep things close for Los Angeles. While the Red Sox seemingly have the edge in this pitching battle, Price has severely underperformed this season and McCarthy is a guy that is capable of shutting down his opponent when he is on his game. He is, however, on an innings limit and that could affect this one.
David Price has not lived up to his contract with Boston, but there is still a lot of time for him to turn things around. Price will see a number of starts to finish out the year and a few good outings in a row could really help the Red Sox forget how poorly he started the year. He has been a bit better as of late, allowing just four earned runs in his past 15.0 innings of work. Price struck out a total of 11 batters in those games and walked just one. He’ll need to keep things up with his control, as it’s big for him to keep free base-runners at a minimum. Price will, however, need to do a better job of avoiding contact. He has allowed seven or more runs in eight of his past 10 starts and that simply isn’t going to cut it for a guy that is considered elite in this league.
Offensively, the Red Sox will be counting on some solid performances from guys like 3B Aaron Hill, 2B Dustin Pedroia, 1B Hanley Ramirez and DH David Ortiz. The four of them are a combined 17-for-49 with two homers and 13 RBI against the pitcher. Assuming they are all in the lineup, they should be able to produce at the plate on Sunday.
Brandon McCarthy started his year on a positive note for the Dodgers, but he has run into some trouble in his past two outings. McCarthy has pitched just seven total innings in those starts and the Dodgers need him to start working deeper into games. The issue last game was his control, as McCarthy walked five batters in his three innings of work. If he cannot throw strikes in this game then there’s a chance he gets yanked early once again.
For the Dodgers, guys like 1B Adrian Gonzalez and SS Corey Seager are going to need to step it up in this one. Gonzalez is just 3-for-21 against Price in his career, but he is one of the best hitters that Los Angeles has and needs to find a way to figure out Price in this one. Seager, meanwhile, doesn’t have experience against Price, but he will also be counted on by the Dodgers in this one. He has been incredible in his first full season in the league and could make a huge statement by playing well on this stage on Sunday.
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Toronto Blue Jays at Kansas City Royals
Toronto and Kansas City conclude their three games set with the current series even at one game apiece. Sports Interaction currently has Toronto -$1.55 road favorites with the total set at 8.5.
Marcus Stroman carrying a 8-4 record, 4.74 ERA toes the rubber for John Gibbons' squad. Stroman recorded a quality start last outing tagged with a no-decision, yielding one run, three hits and one walk while striling out a career-high 13 batters in Jays 2-1 loss at Houston. The righthander earned a win in his lone start vs Royals this season tossing eight innings of 3 hit, 2 run ball while wiffing six batters.
Stroman trades pitches with Royals Yordano Ventura who has a 6-9 record, 4.83 ERA and heads to the hill saddled with an 0-5 skid, 1-6 Team Start Record his last seven trips to the mound.
Taking a road favorite can be a perilous road in baseball betting, but there appears to be enough in Toronto's favor to counteract such concerns. Jays have won 4 of 5 vs KC this season, have won all three of Stroman's career starts vs Royals. Additionally, John Gibbons' troops have shown they can bounce back. Jays have won 3 of 4 recently after a loss. Finally, Kansas City is not a peg to hang your hopes on when handing the ball to Yordano following a win. Royals are 1-6 the last seven such occasions. Also, Royals and day games don't mix. They've loss six in a row during daylight hours.