MLB
Thursday, August 30
National League
Brewers (74-60) @ Reds (57-76)
Miley is 0-1, 4.71 in his last four starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Team in his starts: 6-4, 4-2 away
5-inning record: 4-5-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-9
Reed allowed five runs in three IP (73 PT) in his only ’18 start, back on April 9. Team in his starts: 0-1, 0-0 home
5-inning record: 0-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-1
Brewers are 6-3 in their last nine games; they’re 16-16 vs vs lefty starters- over is 6-1 in their last seven games. Cincinnati lost six of its last seven games; they’re 17-15 vs vs lefty starters- under is 8-5 in their last 13 games.
Pirates (65-68) @ Cardinals (74-59)
Musgrove is 1-3, 3.48 in his last five starts (under 4-1). Team in his starts: 6-9, 2-4 away
5-inning record: 6-8-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-15
Gant is 2-1, 1.99 in his last four starts; under is 4-3 in his home starts. Team in his starts: 4-9, 2-5 home
5-inning record: 6-3-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-13
Pirates lost six of their last eight games; four of their last six road games went over. St Louis is 16-4 in its last 20 games; over is 7-6 in their last 13 home games.
Cubs (78-54) @ Braves (74-58)
Montgomery is 1-1, 2.82 in his last four starts; his last three stayed under. Team in his starts: 6-7, 3-4 away
5-inning record: 6-7 Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-13
Foltynewicz is 3-1, 1.93 in his last five starts; under is 5-1 in his last six. Team in his starts: 12-13, 6-6 home
5-inning record: 11-8-6 Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-25
Cubs won seven of their last eight games; they’re 3-6 in last nine road series openers. Under isi 7-1-1 in their last nine road games. Atlanta lost five of its last six home games; they’re 12-9 in home series openers. 19-19 vs vs lefty starters- under is 10-2 in their last 12 games.
Diamondbacks (72-61) @ Dodgers (72-61)
Ray is 0-0, 4.34 in his last seven starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six road starts. Team in his starts: 7-10, 5-4 road
5-inning record: 9-5-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-17
Hill is 4-0, 2.55 in his last seven starts (over 5-2). Team in his starts: 9-9, 3-4 home
5-inning record: 6-9-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-18
Arizona lost four of its last six games; they’re 24-20 vs vs lefty starters—seven of their last nine games stayed under. Dodgers won their last five games; they’re 1-4 in last five home series openers, 28-21 vs vs lefty starters- over is 7-3-1 in their last 11 games.
Rockies (72-60) @ Padres (52-83)
Marquez is 2-0, 1.29 in his last three starts; his last six starts stayed under. Team in his starts: 14-11, 8-4 road
5-inning record: 11-11-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 16-25
Lauer is making his first start since July 30; he is 0-2, 11.45 in his last three starts (over 2-0-1). Team in his starts: 5-13, 3-6 home
5-inning record: 7-9-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-18
Colorado is 8-4 in its last 12 games, 15-7 in road series openers, 25-21 vs lefty starters- under is 8-4 in their last 12 games. San Diego won three of its last four home games; they’re 3-18 in home series openers. Four of their last five games went over.
American League
Twins (62-70) @ Indians (75-57)
Odorizzi is 1-1, 4.21 in his last five starts; his last four stayed under. Team in his starts: 12-15, 4-9 away
5-inning record: 11-11-5 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-27
Clevinger is 2-0, 2.70 in his last five starts; under is 5-3 in his last eight. Team in his starts: 11-15, 6-7 home.
5-inning record: 7-12-7 Allowed run in 1st inning: 8-26
Twins lost four of their last five games; under is 7-3 in their last ten road games. Cleveland lost five of its last seven games; under is 8-3 in their last 11 home games.
Detroit (52-81) @ New York (84-49)
Liriano is 0-4, 9.00 in his last four starts; under is 7-4 in his last 11. Team in his starts: 7-14, 3-10 away
5-inning record: 7-10-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-21
Happ is 5-0, 2.37 in his five starts for New York (over 3-1-1). Team in his starts: 5-0, 4-0 home.
5-inning record: 5-0 Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-5
Tigers lost their last five games; they’re 16-17 vs vs lefty starters- over is 4-2 in their last six road games. New York won five of its last seven games; they’re 26-10 vs vs lefty starters- their last five games stayed under.
Angels (64-69) @ Astros (82-51)
Heaney is 1-2, 6.67 in his last five starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Team in his starts: 12-12, 4-8 away
5-inning record: 7-11-6 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-24
Verlander is 2-2, 6.98 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Team in his starts: 16-12, 5-10 home.
5-inning record: 18-6-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 7-28
Angels lost their last six games; they’re 9-13 in road series openers. Over is 8-5 in their last 13 games. Houston won eight of its last ten games; they’re 9-7 vs lefty starters, 10-11 in home series openers- over is 7-2 in their last nine games. Astros are 7-1 since Altuve got back in the lineup.
Red Sox (92-42) @ White Sox (53-80)
Porcello is 1-3, 6.26 in his last four starts; over is 13-7 in his last 20 starts. Team in his starts: 17-10, 9-6 away
5-inning record: 17-9-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 7-21
Giolito is 3-0, 3.32 in his last three starts; over is 5-1 in his last six home starts. Team in his starts: 14-12, 4-8 home.
5-inning record: 8-15-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 9-26
Red Sox are 5-6 in their last 11 games, 13-9 in road series openers. Over is 5-2 in their last seven games. Chicago is 11-4 in its last 15 games, 8-13 in home series openers. Under is 4-1 in their last five games.
Mariners (74-59) @ A’s (80-54)
LeBlanc is 1-1, 4.57 in his last four starts; under is 6-2 in his last eight. Team in his starts: 14-7, 5-5 away
5-inning record: 12-6-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 7-21
Montas is making his first start since July 29; he is 1-2, 6.00 in his last five starts. Team in his starts: 7-3, 2-2 home.
5-inning record: 4-5-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-10
Mariners are 5-9 in their last 14 games; they’re 12-10 in road series openers. Under is 5-2 in their last seven road games. A’s are 19-8 in their last 27 games; they’re 26-18 vs lefty starters, 12-9 in home series openers— four of their last six games stayed under.
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Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/29
Ariz 34-23-10……33-22-10……..67-45
Atl 30-28-10…..32-23-9………62-51
Cubs 25-26-13……32-28-9…….57-54
Reds 21-40-4……25-31-10….…46-71
Colo 33-23-14……33-23-8……65-47
LA 34-23-8…….31-25-14……66-48
Miami 23-33-9…..27-28-15…….50-61
Milw 26-33-9…..34-25-7…….60-58
Mets 31-30-5……26-27-15…..57-55
Philly 26-26-15…..34-21-10……60-47
Pitt 29-28-7……29-27-13……..58-55
StL 34-25-10……28-30-6………62-55
SD 20-39-10……22-34-9…….42-73
SF 29-30-12…..27-24-13……56-54
Wash 29-28-13..…29-25-10……58-53
Orioles 18-37-12……21-37-11……39-73
Boston 32-23-14……41-18-6……..73-41
W Sox 23-40-6…..…20-35-10……43-75
Indians 27-27-13……41-16-9……..68-43
Det 21-35-9…..…30-30-11.……51-65
Astros 37-18-15……33-20-12…….70-37
KC 20-38-8…….27-32-10…..47-70
Angels 28-27-11……28-32-8……56-59
Twins 20-35-11……32-31-8…..52-66
NYY 33-21-11……41-21-7………74-41
A’s 26-32-11……28-25-12…..54-57
Seattle 32-29-9……29-24-14…….61-51
TB 30-26-12……31-25-9……60-50
Texas 22-35-8…..25-37-7…….47-72
Toronto 18-37-11…23-30-15……41-66
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 8/29)
Ariz 28-66…….25-66…..…53
Atl 21-67……27-64………48
Cubs 12-64……..22-66……..34
Reds 15-66……..16-68……..31
Colo 22-69…….24-64.…….46
LA 22-65……..25-68..…..47
Miami 14-65……..19-69…….33
Milw 23-67…..…25-68…….48
Mets 27-65……..21-68……48
Philly 16-67……..21-66……37
Pitt 15-64……..19-70…….34
StL 23-69……..20-64…….43
SD 19-70……..19-66…….38
SF 13-69………21-67..…..34
Wash 25-70……..19-64……..44
Orioles 19-67……..20-68………39
Boston 19-68……25-66………44
White Sox 19-68……16-64…….35
Clev 18-66…….28-65……..46
Detroit 20-65……..20-69….…40
Astros 20-69…..…15-65………35
KC 16-66..…….21-67…….37
Angels 17-64…..….18-68…….35
Twins 15-64………15-68…….30
NYY 15-65……..28-68………43
A’s 18-71…..…..18-65…….36
Seattle 26-68………21-67…….47
TB 21-68..……20-64…….41
Texas 10-65……19-68…….…29
Toronto 17-66………14-67….….31
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Thursday, August 30
National League
Brewers (74-60) @ Reds (57-76)
Miley is 0-1, 4.71 in his last four starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Team in his starts: 6-4, 4-2 away
5-inning record: 4-5-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-9
Reed allowed five runs in three IP (73 PT) in his only ’18 start, back on April 9. Team in his starts: 0-1, 0-0 home
5-inning record: 0-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-1
Brewers are 6-3 in their last nine games; they’re 16-16 vs vs lefty starters- over is 6-1 in their last seven games. Cincinnati lost six of its last seven games; they’re 17-15 vs vs lefty starters- under is 8-5 in their last 13 games.
Pirates (65-68) @ Cardinals (74-59)
Musgrove is 1-3, 3.48 in his last five starts (under 4-1). Team in his starts: 6-9, 2-4 away
5-inning record: 6-8-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-15
Gant is 2-1, 1.99 in his last four starts; under is 4-3 in his home starts. Team in his starts: 4-9, 2-5 home
5-inning record: 6-3-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-13
Pirates lost six of their last eight games; four of their last six road games went over. St Louis is 16-4 in its last 20 games; over is 7-6 in their last 13 home games.
Cubs (78-54) @ Braves (74-58)
Montgomery is 1-1, 2.82 in his last four starts; his last three stayed under. Team in his starts: 6-7, 3-4 away
5-inning record: 6-7 Allowed run in 1st inning: 3-13
Foltynewicz is 3-1, 1.93 in his last five starts; under is 5-1 in his last six. Team in his starts: 12-13, 6-6 home
5-inning record: 11-8-6 Allowed run in 1st inning: 4-25
Cubs won seven of their last eight games; they’re 3-6 in last nine road series openers. Under isi 7-1-1 in their last nine road games. Atlanta lost five of its last six home games; they’re 12-9 in home series openers. 19-19 vs vs lefty starters- under is 10-2 in their last 12 games.
Diamondbacks (72-61) @ Dodgers (72-61)
Ray is 0-0, 4.34 in his last seven starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six road starts. Team in his starts: 7-10, 5-4 road
5-inning record: 9-5-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-17
Hill is 4-0, 2.55 in his last seven starts (over 5-2). Team in his starts: 9-9, 3-4 home
5-inning record: 6-9-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-18
Arizona lost four of its last six games; they’re 24-20 vs vs lefty starters—seven of their last nine games stayed under. Dodgers won their last five games; they’re 1-4 in last five home series openers, 28-21 vs vs lefty starters- over is 7-3-1 in their last 11 games.
Rockies (72-60) @ Padres (52-83)
Marquez is 2-0, 1.29 in his last three starts; his last six starts stayed under. Team in his starts: 14-11, 8-4 road
5-inning record: 11-11-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 16-25
Lauer is making his first start since July 30; he is 0-2, 11.45 in his last three starts (over 2-0-1). Team in his starts: 5-13, 3-6 home
5-inning record: 7-9-2 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-18
Colorado is 8-4 in its last 12 games, 15-7 in road series openers, 25-21 vs lefty starters- under is 8-4 in their last 12 games. San Diego won three of its last four home games; they’re 3-18 in home series openers. Four of their last five games went over.
American League
Twins (62-70) @ Indians (75-57)
Odorizzi is 1-1, 4.21 in his last five starts; his last four stayed under. Team in his starts: 12-15, 4-9 away
5-inning record: 11-11-5 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-27
Clevinger is 2-0, 2.70 in his last five starts; under is 5-3 in his last eight. Team in his starts: 11-15, 6-7 home.
5-inning record: 7-12-7 Allowed run in 1st inning: 8-26
Twins lost four of their last five games; under is 7-3 in their last ten road games. Cleveland lost five of its last seven games; under is 8-3 in their last 11 home games.
Detroit (52-81) @ New York (84-49)
Liriano is 0-4, 9.00 in his last four starts; under is 7-4 in his last 11. Team in his starts: 7-14, 3-10 away
5-inning record: 7-10-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-21
Happ is 5-0, 2.37 in his five starts for New York (over 3-1-1). Team in his starts: 5-0, 4-0 home.
5-inning record: 5-0 Allowed run in 1st inning: 1-5
Tigers lost their last five games; they’re 16-17 vs vs lefty starters- over is 4-2 in their last six road games. New York won five of its last seven games; they’re 26-10 vs vs lefty starters- their last five games stayed under.
Angels (64-69) @ Astros (82-51)
Heaney is 1-2, 6.67 in his last five starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Team in his starts: 12-12, 4-8 away
5-inning record: 7-11-6 Allowed run in 1st inning: 6-24
Verlander is 2-2, 6.98 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Team in his starts: 16-12, 5-10 home.
5-inning record: 18-6-4 Allowed run in 1st inning: 7-28
Angels lost their last six games; they’re 9-13 in road series openers. Over is 8-5 in their last 13 games. Houston won eight of its last ten games; they’re 9-7 vs lefty starters, 10-11 in home series openers- over is 7-2 in their last nine games. Astros are 7-1 since Altuve got back in the lineup.
Red Sox (92-42) @ White Sox (53-80)
Porcello is 1-3, 6.26 in his last four starts; over is 13-7 in his last 20 starts. Team in his starts: 17-10, 9-6 away
5-inning record: 17-9-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 7-21
Giolito is 3-0, 3.32 in his last three starts; over is 5-1 in his last six home starts. Team in his starts: 14-12, 4-8 home.
5-inning record: 8-15-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 9-26
Red Sox are 5-6 in their last 11 games, 13-9 in road series openers. Over is 5-2 in their last seven games. Chicago is 11-4 in its last 15 games, 8-13 in home series openers. Under is 4-1 in their last five games.
Mariners (74-59) @ A’s (80-54)
LeBlanc is 1-1, 4.57 in his last four starts; under is 6-2 in his last eight. Team in his starts: 14-7, 5-5 away
5-inning record: 12-6-3 Allowed run in 1st inning: 7-21
Montas is making his first start since July 29; he is 1-2, 6.00 in his last five starts. Team in his starts: 7-3, 2-2 home.
5-inning record: 4-5-1 Allowed run in 1st inning: 5-10
Mariners are 5-9 in their last 14 games; they’re 12-10 in road series openers. Under is 5-2 in their last seven road games. A’s are 19-8 in their last 27 games; they’re 26-18 vs lefty starters, 12-9 in home series openers— four of their last six games stayed under.
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Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 8/29
Ariz 34-23-10……33-22-10……..67-45
Atl 30-28-10…..32-23-9………62-51
Cubs 25-26-13……32-28-9…….57-54
Reds 21-40-4……25-31-10….…46-71
Colo 33-23-14……33-23-8……65-47
LA 34-23-8…….31-25-14……66-48
Miami 23-33-9…..27-28-15…….50-61
Milw 26-33-9…..34-25-7…….60-58
Mets 31-30-5……26-27-15…..57-55
Philly 26-26-15…..34-21-10……60-47
Pitt 29-28-7……29-27-13……..58-55
StL 34-25-10……28-30-6………62-55
SD 20-39-10……22-34-9…….42-73
SF 29-30-12…..27-24-13……56-54
Wash 29-28-13..…29-25-10……58-53
Orioles 18-37-12……21-37-11……39-73
Boston 32-23-14……41-18-6……..73-41
W Sox 23-40-6…..…20-35-10……43-75
Indians 27-27-13……41-16-9……..68-43
Det 21-35-9…..…30-30-11.……51-65
Astros 37-18-15……33-20-12…….70-37
KC 20-38-8…….27-32-10…..47-70
Angels 28-27-11……28-32-8……56-59
Twins 20-35-11……32-31-8…..52-66
NYY 33-21-11……41-21-7………74-41
A’s 26-32-11……28-25-12…..54-57
Seattle 32-29-9……29-24-14…….61-51
TB 30-26-12……31-25-9……60-50
Texas 22-35-8…..25-37-7…….47-72
Toronto 18-37-11…23-30-15……41-66
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 8/29)
Ariz 28-66…….25-66…..…53
Atl 21-67……27-64………48
Cubs 12-64……..22-66……..34
Reds 15-66……..16-68……..31
Colo 22-69…….24-64.…….46
LA 22-65……..25-68..…..47
Miami 14-65……..19-69…….33
Milw 23-67…..…25-68…….48
Mets 27-65……..21-68……48
Philly 16-67……..21-66……37
Pitt 15-64……..19-70…….34
StL 23-69……..20-64…….43
SD 19-70……..19-66…….38
SF 13-69………21-67..…..34
Wash 25-70……..19-64……..44
Orioles 19-67……..20-68………39
Boston 19-68……25-66………44
White Sox 19-68……16-64…….35
Clev 18-66…….28-65……..46
Detroit 20-65……..20-69….…40
Astros 20-69…..…15-65………35
KC 16-66..…….21-67…….37
Angels 17-64…..….18-68…….35
Twins 15-64………15-68…….30
NYY 15-65……..28-68………43
A’s 18-71…..…..18-65…….36
Seattle 26-68………21-67…….47
TB 21-68..……20-64…….41
Texas 10-65……19-68…….…29
Toronto 17-66………14-67….….31
Interleague play- 2018
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AL @ NL– 68-56 NL, favorites -$167
Total: 139-123 NL, favorites -$67