MLB Betting News and Notes Thursday, June 16

National League

Pirates @ Mets
Nicasio is 1-1, 4.60 in his last three starts, all of which stayed under.

Colon is 2-0, 2.16 in his last four starts; over is 3-1-1 in his last five starts.

Pirates lost 11 of last 15 games; five of their last seven games went over. New York lost 11 of its last 18 games; under is 7-3 in their last ten games.

Reds @ Braves
Straily is 2-0, 3.60 in his last three starts; four of his last six starts went over.

Wisler is 0-4, 8.14 in his last four starts; four of his last five went over.

Atlanta lost nine of last 12 games; four of its last five games went over. Reds are 10-5 in their last 15 games, eight of their last ten road games went over the total.

Nationals @ Padres
Roark is 2-0, 3.71 in his last three starts; under is 8-4 in his last 12 starts.

Johnson is 0-3, 7.71 in three starts this year (under 2-1).

Padres lost five of their last seven games; four of their last five home games went under total. Washington won eight of last ten games; six of their last seven road games went over the total.

Brewers @ Dodgers
Guerra is 1-1, 3.00 in his last four starts, three of which stayed under.

Kazmir is 2-0, 2.86 in his last four starts; six of his last eight starts went over.

Milwaukee lost five of last six road games; five of its last six road games went over the total. Dodgers won eight of last ten at home; six of their last seven home games went under the total.

American League

Orioles @ Red Sox
Wilson is 0-4, 6.99 in his last five starts (over 5-2-2).

Rodriguez is 1-1, 6.06 in three starts this year (under 2-1).

Orioles lost four of last five games; seven of its last nine road games went over total. Boston is 5-7 in its last 12 games, over is 14-5 in last 19 games at Fenway Park.

Mariners @ Rays
Paxton is 0-1, 2.19 in his last two starts (under 2-1).

Snell allowed one run in five IP (90 PT) in his only '16 start, back on April 20.

Mariners lost nine of last 12 games; five of their last seven road games went over. Tampa Bay won nine of last 11 games; under is 21-8 in their last 29 home games.

Tigers @ Royals
Verlander is 4-1, 2.48 in his last five starts; five of his last six starts stayed under.

Duffy is 2-1, 2.45 in his last three starts (under 4-2).

Tigers won seven of their last 11 games; nine of its last 11 road games stayed under. Royals won their last nine home games; under is 7-3-1 in KC's last 11 games.

Bronx @ Twins
Sabathia is 3-2, 1.18 in his last six starts; six of his last seven starts stayed under.

Gibson is 0-4, 7.27 in five starts this year (under 3-2)

New York lost seven of last nine road games; four of their last five road games went over the total. Minnesota lost five of last seven games; over is 11-2 in their last 13 home games.

Rangers @ A's
Lewis is 3-0, 3.09 in his last five starts; five of his last seven starts went over.

Mendgen allowed two runs in 5.2 IP (104 PT) in his first '16 start.

Rangers are 18-6 in their last 24 games; nine of their last ten e road tilts went over. A's lost nine of last eleven games; over is 4-1 in their last five home games.

Interleague

Blue Jays @ Phillies
Happ is 2-3, 6.03 in his last six starts; under is 5-1-1 in his road starts. .

Nola is 2-3, 4.71 in his last five starts, four of which went over.

Phillies lost 18 of last 24 games; over is 6-1 in their last seven games. Toronto won five of its last six games; five of its last seven games went over the total. .

Teams won-lost records when this pitcher starts:

Pitt-NY-- Nicasio 6-5; Colon 7-5
Cin-Atl-- Straily 6-5; Wisler 2-10
Mil-LA-- Guerra 6-2; Kazmir 6-7
Wsh-SD-- Roark 6-7; Johnson 0-1/0-2

Balt-Bos-- Wilson 4-5; Rodriguez 2-1
Sea-TB-- Paxton 0-3; Snell 0-1
Det-KC-- Verlander 7-6; Duffy 5-1
Tex-A's-- Lewis 9-4; Mendgen 0-1
NY-Min-- Sabathia 5-5; Gibson 1-4

Tor-Phil-- Happ 8-5; Nola 7-6

Starting pitchers allowing 1+ runs in first inning:

Pitt-NY-- Nicasio 3-11; Colon 4-12
Cin-Atl-- Straily 2-11; Wisler 6-12
Mil-LA-- Guerra 2-8; Kazmir 7-13
Wsh-SD-- Roark 2-13; Johnson 2-3

Balt-Bos-- Wilson 4-9; Rodriguez 1-3
Sea-TB-- Paxton 1-3; Snell 1-1
Det-KC-- Verlander 5-13; Duffy 0-6
Tex-A's-- Lewis 6-13; Mendgen 0-1
NY-Min-- Sabathia 0-10; Gibson 3-5

Tor-Phil-- Happ 4-13; Nola 5-13

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