National League
Braves @ Pirates
Teheran is 0-2, 1.73 in his last four starts (under 3-1).
Liriano is 2-2, 5.97 in his last five starts; four of his last six starts went over.
Pirates won their last three games (over 10-3-1 in last 14). Atlanta lost ten of its last 12 games; five of its last eight games stayed under.
Marlins @ Phillies
Koehler is 0-0, 1.42 in his last two starts (over 3-3-1).
Hellickson is 1-1, 7.54 in three home starts; three of his last four starts overall went over the total.
Miami is 15-7 in its last 22 games; over is 11-4-1 in their last 16 road games. Phillies won seven of last ten games- six of their last eight home games stayed under.
Nationals @ Mets
Gonzalez is 2-0, 3.78 in his last three starts (under 4-2-1). .
Colon is 1-1, 1.89 in three home starts, which all stayed under total.
Washington lost its last five road games; under is 4-1-1 in its last six games overall. Mets lost five of their last seven games; eight of their last nine stayed under.
Cubs @ Brewers
Lackey is 1-1, 2.35 in his last three starts (over 5-2).
Nelson is 1-2, 4.62 in his last four starts; four of his last six went over total. .
Cubs are 11-4 in their last 15 games (over 10-5). Milwaukee is 6-3 in its last nine home games; five of its last six games overall stayed under.
Rockies @ Cardinals
Rusin is 0-1, 6.60 in three starts (under 2-1).
Wainwright is 3-0, 6.75 in his last four starts, which all went over- Cardinals scored 39 runs in those four games.
Rockies won their last five games; seven of their last nine stayed under. St Louis lost three of its last four games; six of its last nine went over.
Giants @ Padres
Cueto is 2-0, 2.45 in his last four starts (under 3-1).
Pomeranz is 2-1, 0.50 in his last three starts, which all stayed under.
Giants won last six games, allowing 12 runs; under is 9-1 in their last ten. Padres lost three of last four games; five of their last six stayed under.
American League
Mariners @ Orioles
Walker is 0-2, 7.11 in his last three starts (under 5-2).
Tillman is 4-0, 1.32 in his last four starts; four of his last five stayed under.
Seattle lost three of last four games; five of its last six went over total. Baltimore won seven of its last nine games.
Rays @ Jays
Odorizzi is 1-1, 4.85 in his last five starts (under 6-2).
Dickey is 1-1, 2.11 in his last three starts; four of his last six starts (under 4-2)
Tampa Bay won six of last nine road games; they scored 25 runs last couple nights Over is 6-3 in their last nine road games. Blue Jays lost five of last six games, five of which went over the total.
Twins @ Tigers
Nolasco is 0-1, 7.72 in his last four starts; his last six starts went over.
Verlander allowed one run in 15 IP in his last two starts (over 5-2-1)
Minnesota is 4-18 on the road; over is 9-3-1 in their last 13 games. Detroit lost 11 of last 15 games; over is 8-2-1 in their last eleven.
Astros @ White Sox
Fister is 2-0, 2.70 in his last three starts (under 3-1-1 last five).
Latos is 1-0, 7.63 in his last three starts, which all went over.
Houston lost four of last five games, all of which went over. White Sox lost five of their last six games; nine of their last eleven games went over.
Red Sox @ Royals
Price is 3-1, 6.90 in his last five starts, which all went over total. Wright is 3-4, 2.96 in seven starts this year (under 4-3).
Kennedy is 1-1, 1.38 in two home starts (under 2-0). Volquez is 1-3, 6.00 in his last four starts (under 6-2). .
Boston won seven of its last nine games; its last eight games went over total. Royals are 5-7 in their last 12 games; three of last four games stayed under.
Rangers @ A's
Perez is 1-1, 2.31 in his last four starts; four of his last five starts stayed under.
Hill is 0-3, 6.23 in three home starts (5-0, 2.05 on road)-- under is 4-3-1 in his starts. .
Texas won eight of last 11 games, but lost last two; eight of its last ten games went over. A's won four of last five games; seven of their last nine games went over.
Interleague
Indians @ Reds
Clevinger is making first MLB start; he is 5-0, 3.03 in seven AAA starts this year.
Finnegan is 0-2, 6.75 in his last five starts (over 5-2 in last seven starts).
Reds lost seven of their last nine games; over is 9-3-2 in their last 14 home games. Indians lost seven of last nine road games; over is 8-3-1 in their last twelve.
Bronx @ Diamondbacks
Eovaldi is 3-0, 3.96 in his last four starts; his last three starts went over.
Miller is 1-3, 5.76 in his last four starts, last three of which stayed under.
Bronx lost nine of last ten road games; over is 7-1-1 in their last nine games. Arizona lost five of last seven games but won last two; under is 4-1-1 in their last six.
Dodgers @ Angels
Bolsinger is making first ''16 start; he is 7-12, 4.23 in 30 big league starts, 0-0, 2.25 in two AAA starts this season.
Tropeano is 0-2, 5.87 in his last three starts (under 4-1-2). .
Angels won four of last five games; four of their last six games went over. Dodgers won four of last six games; three of their last five games went over.
Teams won-lost records when this pitcher starts:
Atl-Pitt-- Teheran 1-7; Liriano 5-2
Mia-Phil-- Koehler 2-5; Hellickson 5-3
Wsh-NY-- Gonzalez 4-3; Colon 4-3
Chi-Mil-- Lackey 4-3; Nelson 5-3
Col-StL-- Rusin 2-1; Wainwright 5-3
SF-SD-- Cueto 7-1; Pomeranz 4-3
Sea-Balt-- Walker 4-3; Tillman 7-1
Bos-KC-- Price 5-3 Wright 3-4; Kennedy 4-3 Volquez 5-3
TB-Tor-- Odorizzi 4-4; Dickey 2-6
Minn-Det-- Nolasco 3-4; Verlander 3-5
Hst-Chi-- Fister 4-3; Latos 6-1
Tex-A's-- Perez 2-6; Hill 5-3
Clev-Cin-- Clavinger 0-0; Finnegan 2-6
NY-Az-- Eovaldi 4-3; Miller 3-5
LA-LAA-- Bolsinger 0-0; Tropeano 3-4
Starting pitchers allowing 1+ runs in first inning:
Atl-Pitt-- Teheran 2-8; Liriano 2-7
Mia-Phil-- Koehler 4-7; Hellickson 2-8
Wsh-NY-- Gonzalez 0-7; Colon 2-7
Chi-Mil-- Lackey 3-7; Nelson 3-8
Col-StL-- Rusin 1-3; Wainwright 3-8
SF-SD-- Cueto 3-8; Pomeranz 0-7
Sea-Balt-- Walker 1-7; Tillman 3-8
Bos-KC-- Price 3-8 Wright 4-7; Kennedy 2-7 Volquez 2-8
TB-Tor-- Odorizzi 2-8; Dickey 2-8
Minn-Det-- Nolasco 3-7; Verlander 4-8
Hst-Chi-- Fister 1-7; Latos 2-7
Tex-A's-- Perez 2-8; Hill 3-8
Clev-Cin-- Clavinger 0-0; Finnegan 2-8
NY-Az-- Eovaldi 1-7; Miller 1-8
LA-LAA-- Bolsinger 0-0; Tropeano 2-7
Umpires
Mia-Phil-- Four of five Ripperger games stayed under the total.
Az-Pitt-- Six of last nine Nauert games stayed under total.
Wsh-NY-- Under is 10-5 in last fifteen Hudson games.
Cubs-Mil-- Home side won 14 of last 15 Rackley games.
Col-StL-- Underdogs are 9-7 in last sixteen Cederstrom games.
SF-SD-- Underdogs won four of last five Davidson games.
TB-Tor-- Favorites won seven of last eight Foster games.
Bos-KC-- Five of seven Hoberg games went over the total. Over is 4-2-1 in last seven Knight games.
Minn-Det-- Four of last five May games went over the total.
Tex-A's-- Underdogs won last five Layne games.
Sea-Balt-- Under is 3-0-1 in last four Drake games.
Hst-Chi-- Over is 3-1-1 in last five Bellino games.
Clev-Cin-- Under is 9-5 in last fourteen Timmons games.
NY-Az-- Three of last four Reynolds games went over.
LA-LA-- Underdogs won five of last eight Hickox games
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New York at Arizona
Things haven't started well for Shelby Miller with his new club. The right-hander is 1-4 with a 6.94 ERA in eight trips to the mound for Diamondbacks. Looking back to his days with Atlanta, the hurler has managed just two wins in 33 starts for Arizona/Atlanta with the teams 7-26 over the span. Shelby Miller not a peg to hang your hopes on, D-backs a consistent money burner at Chase Field (7-16) along with ridding a 3-9 skid in front of its friendly crowd the lean is New York with Nathan Eovaldi carrying a 4-1 team start record in May, 8-2 team start record away from the Bronx.
Wednesday's Diamond Notes
By Tony Mejia
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Hottest team: Giants (6-0 last six)
Madison Bumgarner continued San Francisco’s fantastic run of quality pitching, going the distance in a 5-1 win at San Diego where he lost the shutout in the 9th thanks to a Matt Kemp homer. He struck out 11 hitters, got into it with Wil Myers and pitched comfortably thanks to Brandon Crawford’s second-inning 3-run homer providing cushion. The Giants shortstop drove in all five runs while going 2-for-3, cashing in as Brandon Belt and Hunter Pence reached base safely 5-of-8 times in front of him.
The Giants have given up just eight runs in the last five games will have seen the ‘under’ prevail in nine of the last 10 games. Johnny Cueto (5-1, 2.97 ERA) will look to continue that streak and has given up two runs or fewer in five of his eight starts this season, including two of the last three. He pitched his only shutout of the season against the Padres on April 26, going the distance and striking out 11, both also season-bests. Lefty Drew Pomeranz (4-3, 1.80), who has been San Diego’s best pitcher thus far, had his worst outing in a 5-4 loss in San Francisco the previous day, surrendering what remain season-highs in hits (7) and earned runs (3), lasting a season-low 4.1 innings. Pence homered off him. These NL West foes get together next week at AT&T Park after the Giants host the Cubs this weekend.
Coldest team: Braves (2-10 last 12)
After firing Fredi Gonzalez on Tuesday, the Braves fell behind 9-0 as rookie Aaron Blair got rocked by the Pirates failing to get out of the second inning. It was a nasty welcome to the big leagues for interim manager Brian Snitker, getting a 125-game tryout to keep the gig. The Pirates pounded out a season-high 21 hits in a 12-9 win, though Atlanta was encouraged by young CF Mallex Smith hitting two more home runs, becoming the first player on the roster besides Freddie Freeman with more than one.
We’ll see if things can go any better as the team sends staff ace Julio Teheran (0-4, 3.17) out to the mound in order to slow down the Bucs bats, which have produced 20 runs over the first two contests of the four-game series. It’s not exactly reassuring that the Braves have averaged just 2.1 runs per game in Teheran’s starts. Pittsburgh is countering with Francisco Liriano (3-2, 4.99). The teams conclude this set Thursday before Atlanta ventures to Philly for the weekend.
Hottest pitcher: Chris Tillman (5-1, 2.58 ERA)
Tillman has always been better at Camden Yards than on the road, so he’s been fortunate since this will his seventh start in nine outings this season. He’s 4-0 with a 1.89 ERA at home and will be looking to help the Orioles bounce back from a 10-0 loss to Seattle on Monday, their second loss in a row after seven consecutive wins. Baltimore has lost three straight just once this season (April 24-26). It’s worth pointing out that Mariners star Robinson Cano is 14-for-31 (.452) against Tillman throughout his career, homering twice.
Coldest pitcher: Shelby Miller (1-4, 6.94 ERA)
Miller finally broke through with his first win on May 7 about five months too late for hopeful, exasperated Diamondbacks fans – but that breakthrough came against the lowly Braves, his former team. In Atlanta, too. He lost again in his last outing against San Francisco, so he’s now 0-4 with a 7.46 ERA in Phoenix as he steps in to try and help sweep New York. Miller gave up seven runs in five innings in his only career outing against the Yankees and will try to overcome the pressure that follows him since most Arizona fans felt the team grossly over-spent for him, dealing Dansby Swanson, the 2015 MLB Draft’s top pick, in addition to Ender Inciarte and the aforementioned Blair.
Biggest UNDER run: Rockies (6-2 last eight)
The Giants own this distinction too, but what Colorado has done may actually be more impressive since four of those 'under' results have come in at Coors Field. Chad Bettis kept the run going on Tuesday in St. Louis, holding down the Cardinals in a 3-1 upset to help start a nine-game road trip in style. Lefty Chris Rusin, making just his fourth start after initially coming out of the bullpen, has yet to get out of the sixth inning this season and has never had a winning season in the majors. He'll be opposed by Adam Wainwright, who has helped the Cards win each of the last four times he's taken the mound.
Biggest OVER run: Red Sox (8-0 last eight)
Boston was rained out in Kansas City on Monday and will play a day-night doubleheader here, hoping to continue a run that has seen them win seven of nine despite Tuesday's 8-4 loss. The Royals did the heavy lifting in extending the streak last night after the Red Sox scored 73 runs on their most recent seven-game homestand to start this flurry. They'll return home after the night portion of this twinbill for a six-game set against the Indians and Rockies. Extending this streak could prove difficult given the pitching matchups on Wednesday, as Boston sends Steven Wright (3-3, 2.36) out for the opener against solid veteran Ian Kennedy (4-3, 3.25), while David Price (5-1, 6.00) squares off against Edinson Volquez (4-3, 3.51) in the nightcap.
Matchup to watch: Astros at White Sox
Chicago is looking to avoid its first four-game losing streak of the season as they send unbeaten Mat Latos (5-0, 3.40) to the mound. After falling just short in a 6-5, 11-inning loss to Houston in the first of a 10-game homestand, the White Sox have to be aware that Cleveland, Kansas City and Detroit are on winning streaks and charging hard while they've dropped five of six. Latos, despite his unbeaten mark, has failed to get out of the sixth inning in his last three starts, which is one reason why an ERA that was at 0.74 through four starts now looks ordinary. The Astros remain in last place in the AL West, but have won in Doug Fister's last three starts. They're without OF Carlos Gomez (ribs), who has gone on the DL. Chicago is hoping to have home run leader Todd Frazier back from a bout with the flu.
Betcha didn’t know: Cleveland is sending out Mike Clevinger for his big league debut after an impressive 5-0 mark in Triple-A. He's of Native American descent and had the second-lowest WHIP and third-most strikeouts in all of Double-A last year, earning organizational Player of the Year honors. Clevinger is undoubtedly hoping to get some of the same run support he's seen his offense put together of late since the Indians have outscored the Bengals, er, Reds, 28-7 over a two-game stint at Progressive Field to open this series, which shifts to Cincinnati for these next two games.
Biggest public favorite: Cubs (-180) at Brewers
Biggest public underdog: Rockies (+155) at Cardinals
Biggest line move: Yankees (-120 to -140) vs. Diamondbacks