National League
Giants @ Phillies
Bumgarner is 0-2, 3.43 in his last three starts; his last four stayed under total. Giants are 6-3 in his road starts.
Eflin is 1-2, 4.29 in his last three starts (over 5-4). He is 1-2, 2.61 in three home starts.
Giants lost seven of last eight road games; eight of their last ten games stayed under. Giants are 8-9 in road series openers. Phillies are 5-9 in last 14 games, 4-12 in home series openers. Eight of last nine Philly home games stayed under.
Pirates @ Braves
Cole is 1-1, 1.20 in his last two starts; over is 9-5 in his last 14. Pirates are 4-3 in his road starts.
Foltynewicz is 2-2, 5.28 in his last five starts (under 4-1). Braves are 2-3 in his home starts.
Pirates lost six of last seven road games, are 10-8 in road series openers. Last seven Pirate road games stayed under. Atlanta is 6-11 in last 17 games, 6-11 in home series openers. Four of last six Atlanta home games stayed under.
Cardinals @ Reds
Wainwright is 3-0, 1.77 in his last five starts; eight of his last ten stayed under. St Louis won six of his last seven road starts.
Straily is 3-0, 1.31 in his last three starts; his last four stayed under the total. Reds won seven of his last nine home starts.
Cardinals won six of last nine road games, with last five going over total. St Louis is 7-9 in road series openers. Cincinnati is 10-5 in its last 15 games, 9-8 in home series openers. Reds’ last four games stayed under the total.
Marlins @ Cubs
Fernandez is 2-1, 3.55 in his last four starts; four of his last six went over the total. Miami is 5-3 in his road starts.
Hammel is 3-0, 2.00 in his last three starts; three of his last four stayed under. Chicago is 7-1 in his home starts.
Marlins are 6-7 in their last 13 games; five of last six Miami games went over. Cubs won six of last seven home games. Under is 11-3 in last 14 games at Wrigley Field.
Dodgers @ Rockies
McCarthy is 2-1, 2.73 in his five starts (under 5-0) this year.
Gray is 2-0, 1.32 in his last four starts; his last five stayed under. Colorado is 4-3 in his home starts.
Dodgers won four of last six games, are 6-11 in road series openers. Over is 7-2-1 in LA’s last ten road games. Colorado won nine of last 11 games, is 9-7 in home series openers. Under is 10-4-2 in their last 16 games.
Nationals @ Diamondbacks
Roark is 4-1, 2.63 in his last six starts; six of his last seven starts stayed under. Washington is 6-1 in his last seven road starts.
Ray is 1-3, 5.56 in his last four starts; under is 4-2-1 in his last seven. Arizona lost six of his last nine home starts.
Nationals won four of last six games; five of last six Washington games stayed under. Arizona lost ten of last 13 games; over is 10-2-1 in last 13 games at Chase Field.
Brewers @ Padres
Davies is 3-0, 2.05 in his last four starts; under is 6-3-1 in his last ten. Milwaukee is 2-4 in his road starts.
Perdomo is 2-0, 4.26 in his last two starts (over 7-3). He is 1-1, 7.20 in three home starts.
Brewers won six of last eight games; under is 10-5 in their last 15 games. San Diego is 5-9 in last 14 games; under is 8-5 in their last 13 games.
American League
Rangers @ Orioles
Darvish is 0-2, 3.38 in his last four starts (under 4-2).
Bundy is 1-2, 5.14 in his first three starts (under 3-0).
Rangers won seven of last nine games, are 8-9 in road series openers. Over is 8-5-1 in their last 14 road games. Baltimore lost five of last six games, is 10-7 in home series openers. Under is 7-0-1 in their last eight home games.
White Sox @ Tigers
Shields is 3-3, 1.67 in his last six starts; White Sox scored one run in the three losses. Under is 3-0-1 in his last four starts.
Sanchez is 0-7, 7.50 in his last ten starts; under is 3-0-1 in his last four. Detroit lost his last four home starts.
White Sox lost nine of last 11 road games; they’re 1-9 in last ten road series openers. Four of last six Chicago road games went over. Detroit won its last seven games; they’re 10-6 in home series openers. Three of last four Tiger games went over.
Royals @ Rays
Ventura is 0-5, 5.66 in his last six starts; three of his last four stayed under. Royals are 3-8 in his road starts.
Andriese is 2-1, 3.91 in his last four starts, last of which was June 25. Under is 5-2-1 in his starts this year.
Royals lost 18 of last 25 games- they’re 2-18 in last 20 games not started by Duffy; seven of last nine KC road games stayed under. Tampa Bay won four of last five home games; under is 14-4 in Rays’ last 18 games.
Twins @ Indians
Gibson is 1-1, 3.15 in his last three starts (under 3-0). Minnesota is 2-3 in his road starts.
Carrasco is 2-1, 2.41 in his last three starts; under is 7-3 in his last ten. Cleveland is 5-2 in his home starts.
Twins are 8-5 in last 12 games; over is 10-4 in Minnesota’s last 14 road games. Cleveland won four of last six games; under is 3-1-1 in Tribe’s last five games.
Blue Jays @ Astros
Dickey is 0-3, 11.05 in his last three starts; four of his last five went over. Toronto is 5-5 in his road starts.
McCullers is 2-1, 1.40 in his last three starts; his last nine starts stayed under. Houston is 6-3 when he starts at home.
Blue Jays lost three of last five games; over is 4-1-1 in last six Toronto games. Houston lost five of last seven games; under is 10-4-1 in last 15 Astro home games.
A’s @ Angels
Manaea is 1-0, 1.25 in his last three starts; under is 7-3-1 in his last 11 starts. Oakland lost four of his five road starts.
Shoemaker is 0-2, 4.97 in his last two starts; under is 8-3 in his last 11. Angels are 3-6 in his home starts.
Oakland lost its last three games, is 10-7 in road series openers. Under is 6-3-2 in their last 11 road games. Angels won eight of last ten home games, are 8-9 in home series openers. Halos’ last four games all stayed under.
Red Sox @ Mariners
Price is 0-1, 3.72 in his last three starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six. Boston lost his last three road starts.
LeBlanc is 1-0, 4.03 in his four starts this year (under 3-1).
Red Sox won three of last four games; last nine Boston road games stayed under. Seattle lost four of last five games; three of Mariners’ last five home games stayed under the total.
Interleague
Bronx @ Mets
Tanaka is 1-1, 2.65 in his last three starts; under is 9-4 in his last 13. Bronx is 6-4 in his road starts.
deGrom is 3-1, 1.82 in his last six starts; eight of his last ten stayed under. Mets are 7-3 in his home starts.
Bronx lost four of last five games; over is 15-5 in last 20 Bronx road games. Mets lost nine of last 11 home games; over is 4-1-1 in last six Met games.
Teams’ record when this pitcher starts
SF-Phil– Bumgarner 13-9 (0-3 last 3); Eflin 4-5
Pitt-Atl– Cole 7-8; Foltynewicz 5-7
StL-Cin– Wainwright 15-6; Straily 10-9
Mia-Chi– Fernandez 14-6; Hammel 12-8
LA-Col– McCarthy 2-3; Gray 8-10
Wsh-Az– Roark 12-9; Ray 6-15
Mil-SD– Davies 10-8; Perdomo 7-3
Tex-Balt– Darvish 2-4; Bundy 1-2
Min-Clev– Gibson 6-7; Carrasco 11-4
Chi-Det– Shields 4-6/2-9; Sanchez 3-12
KC-TB– Ventura 9-11 (0-6 last 6); Andriese 5-3
Tor-Hst– Dickey 7-15; McCullers 8-5
A’s-LA– Manaea 7-7; Shoemaker 6-14
Bos-Sea– Price 11-11 (1-5 last 6); LeBlanc 3-1
NYY-NYM– Tanaka 15-6; deGrom 9-9
Starting pitchers allowing 1+ runs in first inning
SF-Phil– Bumgarner 5-22; Eflin 3-9
Pitt-Atl– Cole 4-15; Foltynewicz 3-12
StL-Cin– Wainwright 6-21; Straily 5-19
Mia-Chi– Fernandez 5-20; Hammel 4-20
LA-Col– McCarthy 1-5; Gray 6-18
Wsh-Az– Roark 3-21; Ray 4-21
Mil-SD– Davies 5-18; Perdomo 6-10
Tex-Balt– Darvish 3-6; Bundy 1-3
Min-Clev– Gibson 7-13; Carrasco 3-15
Chi-Det– Shields 9-21; Sanchez 6-15
KC-TB– Ventura 5-20; Andriese 2-8
Tor-Hst– Dickey 6-22; McCullers 3-13
A’s-LA– Manaea 1-14; Shoemaker 4-20
Bos-Sea– Price 8-22; LeBlanc 2-4
NYY-NYM– Tanaka 3-21; deGrom 2-18
Umpires
Mia-Chi– Six of last nine Muchlinski games stayed under.
Wsh-Az– Home team won last six Fletcher games.
Mil-SD– Underdogs split last eight Hudson games; four of his last six stayed under.
KC-TB– Last three Torres games stayed under.
Min-Cle– Three of last four Bucknor games stayed under.
Tor-Hst– Under is 3-1-1 in last five Randazzo games.
Bos-Sea– Underdogs are 4-3 in last seven Demuth games.
NY-NY– Over is 6-0-1 in last seven Gorman games.
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Miami Marlins at Chicago Cubs
Chicago and Miami get ready to duel again at Wrigley Field Tuesday night. The pitching matchup featuring Cubs Jason Hammel and Marlins' Jose Fernandez is a rematch of the June 26th meeting in Miami. In that contest, Hammel (10-5, 3.23 ERA) tossed 6.0 innings of 2-run ball only to see the relief staff surrender 4 runs in a 6-1 loss. Fernandez (12-5 2.79 ERA) spun 7.0 innings of 1-run ball in that victory.
The Cubs righthander has pitched well recently, winning his last three assignments allowing just 4 runs with a 18-5 KW ratio over 18.0 innings of work. The hurler has also been light's out at Wrigley Field posting a 5-1 record, 2.11 ERA with Cubs 9-2 in his eleven starts in front of the home audience.
Meanwhile, Fernandez suffering a rare home loss last effort giving up 5 runs over five innings is 1-1 with a 4.42 ERA in his last three trips to the mound. The road has not been kind towards Fernandez as he is 3-3 in eight starts and comes in saddled with an 0-2 record his last three away from Marlins Park surrendering 4 long ball, 15 runs.
Hammel in great form, the game in Chicago, Fernandez suspect on the road the lean is Cubbies.
Tuesday's Diamond Notes
By Kevin Rogers
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Hottest team: Tigers (8-2 last 10)
Detroit pulled off a pair of impressive sweeps over the last week by taking three from Boston on the road and knocking off Houston in three at home over the weekend. The Tigers routed the Astros in two of those victories, outscoring them 25-6 on Friday and Sunday, while walking off past Houston on Saturday, 3-2. Five of the six victories during this current winning streak came in the underdog role, but Detroit is flipped back to a home favorite tonight as the Tigers begin a series with the White Sox. Detroit owns a spectacular 9-2 record in its last 11 home series openers, but will have to trust right-hander Anibal Sanchez, who is winless in his past 11 starts.
Coldest team: Pirates (1-4 last five)
Pittsburgh had plenty of promise heading into 2016 following three consecutive playoff appearances. However, the Bucs were sellers at the trade deadline, including dealing off southpaw Francisco Liriano to Toronto. The Pirates have fallen to one game above .500 heading into Tuesday’s action at Atlanta, coming off a three-game sweep at the hands of the Brewers. Pittsburgh’s offense put up only five runs in the three losses at Milwaukee, while losing six of its past seven games on the highway. Gerrit Cole will try to turn around Pittsburgh’s recent misfortune tonight as he is fresh off a complete-game three-hitter against the Mariners in a 10-1 triumph his last time out.
Hottest pitcher: Lance McCullers, Astros (6-4, 3.18 ERA)
Houston edged Toronto in extra innings on Monday as the two potential Wild Card squads in the American League meet again tonight. McCullers has been outstanding recently, allowing one earned run in five of his past six starts, while striking out 10 in each of his last two outings against the Angels and Yankees. Houston owns a 6-3 record in McCullers’ nine home starts, as two of those defeats came as a favorite of -200 or more to Oakland and Cincinnati. The Astros have won eight straight home meetings with the Blue Jays since 2014, but McCullers is facing the Blue Jays for the first time in his career.
Coldest pitcher: David Price, Red Sox (9-7, 4.26 ERA)
Call it bad luck, call it what you will, but there have plenty of ups and downs for Price in his first season in Boston. Three times this season the southpaw has tossed eight innings and lost by one run each, including a shocking 2-1 setback to the Angels his last time out as Los Angeles won in the ninth on a two-run throwing error. Price didn’t allow a run in eight innings, which was a major improvement from his previous two outings in which he gave up a total of 22 hits and eight earned runs in less than 12 innings of work against the Yankees and Twins. Boston has compiled a 3-8 record in Price’s last 11 outings, which includes a 1-4 mark away from Fenway Park. Price faces the Mariners tonight in Seattle, a team he beat at home on June 19 by tossing eight innings and actually being on the right side of a one-run victory.
Biggest UNDER run: Giants (5-0 last five)
The reason for San Francisco’s current UNDER run is more about the Giants’ lack of offensive pop as opposed to great pitching. San Francisco has scored three runs or fewer in four of the past five games, but the irony is the Giants’ starters in the last two wins against the Nationals were past-their-prime veterans in Jake Peavy and Matt Cain. The Giants have been ice-cold on the road since the All-Star break, posting a 1-7 record and going UNDER the total six times as San Francisco travels to Philadelphia tonight. Madison Bumgarner takes the mound as a substantial favorite, as the Giants’ ace has finished UNDER the total in four consecutive outings.
Biggest OVER run: Cardinals (5-0 last five)
St. Louis has played some interesting games during its current OVER streak, with three games decided by a 5-4 count, including Sunday’s walk-off loss in Miami. The Cardinals also suffered their worst loss of the season in Saturday’s 11-0 rout at the hands of the Marlins, as St. Louis has put together three streaks of five straight OVERS this season, but are looking for its first streak of six. The Redbirds head to Cincinnati this evening, as four of the first six meetings this season have sailed OVER the total, while the Reds have scored at least six runs in four straight home contests.
Matchup to watch: Rangers vs. Orioles
Texas made plenty of headlines at Monday’s trade deadline by acquiring catcher Jonathan Lucroy from the Brewers and outfielder Carlos Beltran from the Yankees. The Rangers are turning the corner at the right time, coming off a four-game home sweep of the Royals. Texas travels to Baltimore for a crucial three-game series between a pair of American League division leaders. Rangers’ right-hander Yu Darvish takes the mound opposite Orioles’ phenom Dylan Bundy as Baltimore is coming off a thrilling extra-innings win at Toronto on Sunday to snap a five-game skid.
Darvish is winless in three starts since returning to the rotation on July 16, but he has struck out 26 batters in 16.1 innings of work. Bundy picked up a loss in his last start, a 3-1 defeat to the Rockies in spite of allowing two hits (both home runs) in 5.2 innings. The Rangers have won three of the first four matchups with the Orioles in Arlington, including a 4-3 comeback victory in a make-up game on June 20.
Betcha didn’t know: The Cubs are listed in the rare home underdog role tonight against the Marlins, as Chicago shut out Miami on Monday, 5-0. In fact, this is only the second time all season Chicago is an underdog at Wrigley Field, beating Max Scherzer and the Nationals on May 6 by an 8-6 count at +100. The Cubs face another ace tonight as a ‘dog, taking on Marlins’ standout Jose Fernandez. However, Miami owns a 3-6 record since the start of 2015 when the right-hander is listed as a road favorite.
Biggest public favorite: Giants (-220) at Phillies
Biggest public underdog: Rockies (+110) vs. Dodgers
Biggest line move: Astros (-135 to -165) vs. Blue Jays