National League
Diamondbacks @ Pirates
Corbin is 1-0, 2.29 in his last three starts; over is 5-1-1 in his last seven starts.
Cole is 3-0, 1.29 in his last three starts; five of his last seven starts went over.
Arizona lost three of last four games; over is 6-1-1 in last eight. Pirates won seven of their last nine games; over is 10-3 in their last 13 home games.
Cardinals @ Nationals
Leake is 3-0, 0.86 in his last three starts; five of his last six starts went over.
Ross is 0-4, 5.79 in his last four starts; under is 6-1-1 in his starts this year.
Cardinals lost three of last four games; over is 5-1-1 in their last seven. Washington won five of its last seven games; over is 3-1-1 in its last five home games.
Brewers @ Braves
Peralta is 0-2, 6.06 in his last three starts (over 6-3).
Wisler is 2-1, 1.80 in his last four starts; five of his last seven starts stayed under.
Milwaukee lost five of last seven road games; under is 10-3-1 in last 14. Atlanta won split its last six games but they're 2-18 at home. Under is 10-5-1 in their last 16 games.
American League
Blue Jays @ Bronx
Happ is 0-2, 10.61 in his last two starts (under 4-0-1 in his road starts).
Sabathia is 2-0, 0.69 in his last two starts (over 3-3).
Toronto is 8-5 in its last 13 road games; four of their last six games stayed under the total. Bronx won six of last seven games; seven of its last nine home games went over.
Orioles @ Astros
Gausman is 0-1, 2.95 in his six starts (under 4-2).
McCullers is 1-1, 5.91 in two starts (over 1-1).
Baltimore lost its last three games; eight of its last 11 road games stayed under the total. Houston lost four of last six games; under is 7-1-2 in its last home home games.
White Sox @ Royals
Gonzalez is 1-1, 3.31 in his last three starts (over 3-1).
Duffy hasn't allowed a run in two starts, but lasted total of only 7.1 innings, throwing 48-63 pitches in the two games. .
Indians won seven of last ten games; over is 13-6-1 in their last 20 games. White Sox lost ten of last 14 games; six of their last eight games stayed under.
Interleague
Marlins @ Rays
Fernandez is 5-0, 2.03 in his last five starts, last four of which stayed under.
Smyly is 1-3, 4.61 in his last five starts, last four of which went over.
Tampa Bay lost four of its last five games; eight of its last ten went over the total. Miami is 9-3 in its last 12 road games; under is 9-4-1 in its last 14 games.
Rockies @ Red Sox
Gray is 1-2, 6.75 in six starts this year; three of his last four starts stayed under.
Buchholz is 1-1, 6.88 in his last three starts (over 5-4).
Colorado lost six of its last seven games; four of its last six road games went over total. Boston is 13-2 in its last 15 home games (over 11-2 in last 13).
Teams won-lost records when this pitcher starts:
Az-Pitt-- Corbin 4-5; Cole 5-3
StL-Wsh-- Leake 5-4; Ross 4-4
Mil-Atl-- Peralta 3-6; Wisler 2-6
Tor-NY-- Happ 5-4; Sabathia 4-2
Balt-Hst-- Gausman 3-3; McCullers 1-1
Chi-KC-- Gonzalez 2-2; Duffy 2-0
Mia-TB-- Fernandez 7-2; Smyly 4-5
Colo-Bos-- Gray 2-4; Buchholz 3-6
Starting pitchers allowing 1+ runs in first inning:
Az-Pitt-- Corbin 6-9; Cole 1-8
StL-Wsh-- Leake 3-9; Ross 1-8
Mil-Atl-- Peralta 3-9; Wisler 4-8
Tor-NY-- Happ 3-9; Sabathia 0-6
Balt-Hst-- Gausman 2-6; McCullers 0-2
Chi-KC-- Gonzalez 3-4; Duffy 0-2
Mia-TB-- Fernandez 3-9; Smyly 1-9
Colo-Bos-- Gray 3-6; Buchholz 4-9
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Toronto at New York
New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays play the rubber match after splitting the first two of this three-game set.
Lefthander C.C. Sabathia toes the rubber for Yankees. In his previous start Sabathia spun six innings of three-hit, one-run ball in a win at Oakland bringing his record to 3-2 on the year with a 3.41 ERA. Sabathia will be matching pitches with Toronto’s lefthander J.A. Happ carrying a 5-2 record, 3.43 ERA to the hill but looking to halt a two game slide that has seen the portsider tagged for 11 runs over 9 1/3 innings of work.
The Yankees have enjoyed home cooking this month, compiling a record of 8-4 before the home audience. This being a day game should get the attention of sports handicappers keeping close tabs recently on New York. Joe Girardi's troops have won five consecutive in daylight and eight of ten. There are more facts that lean in Yankees direction. The Jays have flailed about recently facing an opposing lefthanded starter (1-5) and J.A. Happ has faltered in road day games posting a 2-7 team start record.
White Sox head to KC
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CHICAGO WHITE SOX (27-21) at KANSAS CITY ROYALS (24-22)
Sportsbook.ag Line: Chicago +138, Kansas City -153, Total: 8.5
The White Sox will be looking to prevent a four-game losing streak when they face the Royals in Kansas City on Thursday.
Chicago has surprised a lot of people with some solid play to start the year, but the White Sox have now lost three straight games and will be hoping to get back on track with a victory over the Royals on Thursday. The White Sox most recently lost three of their four games against the Indians and it was the team’s offense that didn’t show up in that one. The White Sox averaged just 2.0 runs per game in their three losses and will need to hit a lot better against this Royals team on Thursday.
Kansas City, however, is going to need some better pitching. The Royals just won two of three against the Twins, but they allowed four or more runs in each of those three contests.
The starters in this game are set to be RHP Miguel Gonzalez (0-1, 4.57 ERA, 19 K) for the White Sox and LHP Danny Duffy (0-0, 2.13 ERA, 29 K) for the Royals. Chicago is 23-21 against the money line as a road underdog of +150 to +175 (if it gets that high) over the past three seasons. Kansas City is, however, 41-24 against the money line in home games with a hot bullpen whose ERA is under 3.00 the past 15 games over the past two seasons.
Miguel Gonzalez will be on the mound for Chicago on Thursday and the righty is coming off of a very solid outing against this Royals team on May 21. Gonzalez pitched 6.0 innings in that game and allowed just two earned runs on six hits. He struck out eight batters and didn’t issue a single walk either. If he can come through with another start like that one then the White Sox would be ecstatic. Gonzalez did allow three earned runs in just 4.2 innings of work the start before, and he can’t be relied on to give the White Sox a quality start every night.
Offensively, two guys to watch out for are 1B Jose Abreu (.258 BA, 6 HR, 27 RBI) and OF Austin Jackson (.241 BA, 0 HR, 16 RBI). Abreu is 7-for-19 with a homer and two RBI against Danny Duffy in his career and Jackson is an absurd 8-for-25 with a homer and four walks against the pitcher. Abreu will need to provide a spark for his team by adding some power in this game and Jackson will be doing his job if he can just reach base a few times. He has tremendous speed on the bases and that could come in handy for the White Sox in what might be a low scoring game.
Danny Duffy has pitched extremely well for the Royals this season, allowing just one earned run over the past 10 games. He will be counted on to work a bit deeper into this game. The Royals are doing their best to stretch him out, but he threw just 63 pitches in his last game and the team could use some more out of him on Thursday.
The bats to keep an eye on for Kansas City in this one are OF Lorenzo Cain (.291 BA, 6 HR, 25 RBI), OF Jarrod Dyson (.259 BA, 0 HR, 0 RBI) and C Salvador Perez (.283 BA, 7 HR, 25 RBI). All three guys have had success against Gonzalez in the past, as Cain is 3-for-6 with a homer and an RBI against him, Dyson is 7-for-8 against him and Perez is 5-for-14 with a homer and two RBI in the matchup.
It is worth noting that 1B Eric Hosmer (.297 BA, 8 HR, 23 RBI) is just 1-for-13 against Gonzalez in his career. He is the Royals’ best hitter, so it’s important that he can find a way to end his struggles against the White Sox pitcher on Thursday.