MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up
Saturday, May 16
National League
Pirates @ Cubs
Cole is 5-1, 2.39 in his last six starts; three of his last four stayed under.
Lester is 3-0, 3.15 in his last three starts; over is 5-3-1 in his last nine.
Pirates lost three of last four games with Cubs; over is 8-2-1 in in last eleven series games. Pittburgh lost last three games; four of their last six games stayed under total. Cubs won their last five games, scoring 29 runs.
Diamondbacks @ Phillies
Bradley comes off DL (facial injury); Arizona is 4-0 when he starts (2-0, 1.71) his last three starts all went over.
Williams is 0-2, 7.54 in his last three starts; over is 3-2 in his last five at home. .
Arizona lost five of last six games with the Phillies; over is 5-3-1 in last nine series games. D'backs lost five of last seven games- six of their last eight went over total. Philly won its last three games; six of their last eight stayed under.
Brewers @ Mets
Garza is 1-1, 2.75 in his last three starts; over is 2-0-1 in his last three on road. .
deGrom is 1-3, 6.45 in his last four starts; under is 4-2-1 in his last seven.
Milwaukee won five of last seven games with the Mets; nine of last 11 series games stayed under. Brewers won four of their last six games; four of their last five stayed under. Mets lost their last five games; under is 9-2-1 in last twelve games.
Giants @ Reds
Vogelsong is 1-0, 0.64 in his last two starts; three of his last four went under.
Leake is 2-0, 1.24 in his last four starts; four of his last five stayed under.
Giants lost five of last six games with Cincinnati; road team won ten of last 12 in series. SF lost eight of last 12 road games. Reds won three of their last four games; under is 4-1-1 in their last six games.
Braves @ Marlins
Wood is 0-2, 6.19 in his last three starts; over is 5-1-1 in his last seven.
Latos is 1-0, 1.35 in his last two starts; three of his las four went under.
Marlins lost five of last seven games with Atlanta; three of last five played in Miami stayed under. Miami lost four of last five games; seven of its last nine went over the total. Braves lost five of last seven games with three of last four staying under total.
Nationals @ Padres
Scherzer is 3-2, 2.36 in his last six starts; three of last four stayed under.
Cashner is 0-4, 4.33 in his last four starts, three of which stayed under- San Diego scored total of three runs in the four games.
Nationals won eight of last 12 games with San Diego; three of last four went over. Washington won seven of its last nine games; all of them went over total. Padres won four of last five home games- over is 7-2 in their last nine games overall.
Rockies @ Dodgers
de la Rosa is 0-2, 10.69 in his four starts; four of his last five road starts went under the total.
Greinke is 5-0, 1.74 in his last six starts; six of his last seven went over.
Dodgers won nine of last ten games with Colorado; ten of last 12 in series went over. LA won 15 of last 18 home games; nine of their last ten overall went over total. Colorado lost 12 of last 13 games; they scored 21 runs in their last eight games, but nine runs in last two
American League
Angels @ Orioles
Shoemaker is 1-3, 8.05 in his last four starts; over is 4-1-1 in his last six.
Jimenez is 2-1, 3.50 in his last three starts; under is 5-1-1 in his last seven.
Angels won seven of last nine games; seven of their last eight stayed under total. Halos lost seven of last 11 games with Baltimore-- eight of last 10 series games stayed under. Orioles lost seven of their last ten games.
Indians @ Rangers
Salazar is 4-1, 3.27 in his five starts, last four of which went over.
Lewis is 2-0, 0.86 in his last three starts, all of which went over.
Indians won last seven games with Texas, scoring 54 runs; over is 5-2-1 in last eight series games. Cleveland lost five of last eight games; ten of their last 12 went over total. Rangers are 3-5 in last eight games; seven of their last ten went over the total.
Blue Jays @ Astros
Estrada is 0-2, 7.45 in his two starts this season.
Feldman is 0-2, 5.82 in his last three starts; four of his last five went under.
Astros won six of last seven games with Toronto; six of last eight in series went over total. Blue Jays lost five of last six games; three of their last four went over. Houston won its last three games, scoring 18 runs; three of their last four went over.
Bronx @ Royals
Sabathia is 1-2, 6.29 in his last four starts; four of his last six stayed under.
Duffy is 0-2, 19.28 in his last two starts; his last three starts went over.
Kansas City won five of last seven games with Bronx; Royals won five of last seven games overall with four of last five going over. Bronx lost its last four games- they scored six runs in the four games, three of which stayed under the total.
Rays @ Twins
Colome is 4-0, 1.23 in his last four road starts; they all stayed under.
May is 0-2, 7.45 in his last two starts; five of his last six went over.
Tampa Bay won seven of last 11 games with Minnesota; last three stayed under the total. Rays won three of last four games, allowing eight runs; five of their last six stayed under. Twins lost three of last five games; six of their last nine went over the total.
White Sox @ A's
Danks is 1-1, 5.91 in his last four starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six.
Chavez is 1-3, 3.96 in his four starts; A's scored 10 runs in four games.
Chicago won five of last seven games with Oakland; White Sox won five of last six games overall, with three of last four staying under total. A's lost eight of last nine games; over is 6-2-1 in those nine games.
Red Sox @ Mariners
Porcello is 2-0, 1.89 in his last three starts; four of his last six went over.
Mariners are 7-0 when Hernandez starts (6-0, 1.85); under is 4-0-1 in his last five outings.
Boston won four of last six games, with under 12-3-1 in last 16. Red Sox are 2-6 in their last eight games with Seattle- over is 9-2-1 in last 12 series games. Seattle won five of its last seven games.
Interleague
Tigers @ Cardinals
Greene is 0-2, 9.95 in his last four starts.
Martinez allowed 14 runs in nine IP in his last two starts.
St Louis is 12-5 in its last 17 games; they lost four of last five games against Detroit. Seven of last ten Cardinal games went over. Tigers won three of last four games; they scored 23 runs in their last two games.
Win-loss records this year for team with this starting pitcher:
Pitt-Chi-- Cole 5-2; Lester 5-2
Az-Phil-- Bradley 4-0; Williams 3-4
Mil-NY-- Garza 3-4; deGrom 3-4
SF-Cin-- Vogelsong 3-2; Leake 3-4
Atl-Mia-- Wood 1-6; Latos 3-4
Wsh-SD-- Scherzer 4-3; Cashner 1-6
Col-LA-- de la Rosa 0-4; Greinke 6-1
LAA-Balt-- Shoemaker 3-3; Jimenez 3-3
Clev-Tex-- Salazar 4-1; Lewis 3-4
NY-KC-- Sabathia 2-5; Duffy 4-3
TB-Min-- Colome 2-1; May 3-3
Tor-Hst-- Estrada 0-2; Feldman 3-4
CWS-A's-- Danks 3-3; Chavez 1-3
Bos-Sea-- Porcello 5-2; Hernandez 7-0
Det-StL-- Price 6-1; Lyons 1-1
Times this starting pitcher allowed a run in first inning:
Pitt-Chi-- Cole 2-7; Lester 3-7
Az-Phil-- Bradley 2-4; Williams 3-7
Mil-NY-- Garza 2-7; deGrom 3-7
SF-Cin-- Vogelsong 1-5; Leake 1-7
Atl-Mia-- Wood 3-7; Latos 2-7
Wsh-SD-- Scherzer 1-7; Cashner 2-7
Col-LA-- de la Rosa 3-4; Greinke 3-7
LAA-Balt-- Shoemaker 3-6; Jimenez 0-6
Clev-Tex-- Salazar 3-5; Lewis 0-7
NY-KC-- Sabathia 3-7; Duffy 2-7
TB-Min-- Colome 1-3; May 3-6
Tor-Hst-- Estrada 2-2; Feldman 3-7
CWS-A's-- Danks 1-6; Chavez 0-4
Bos-Sea-- Porcello 1-7; Hernandez 1-7
Det-StL-- Price 2-7; Lyons 1-2
Umpires
Atl-Mia-- Four of last five LBarrett games stayed under.
Pitt-Chi-- Over is 10-4 in last fourteen Segal games.
Az-Phil-- Five of seven TWelke games stayed under.
Mil-NY-- Over is 3-0-2 in last five Nelson games.
SF-Cin-- Four of five Dreckman games went over.
Wsh-SD-- Four of six Davis games went over total.
Col-LA-- Three of last four Wegner games went over.
TB-Min-- Over is 5-2-2 in Meals games this year.
LAA-Blt-- Over is 11-6 in last 17 Hamari games.
Tor-Hst-- Underdogs won six of last nine Fagan games.
NY-KC-- Over is 8-3-1 in last twelve Tumpane games.
Cle-Tex-- Over is 3-1-1 in Morales games this year.
Chi-A's-- Three of last four Barry games went over.
Bos-Sea-- Three of last four Davidson games went over.
Det-StL-- Four of five Carapazza games stayed under.
Armadillo's Write-Up
Saturday, May 16
National League
Pirates @ Cubs
Cole is 5-1, 2.39 in his last six starts; three of his last four stayed under.
Lester is 3-0, 3.15 in his last three starts; over is 5-3-1 in his last nine.
Pirates lost three of last four games with Cubs; over is 8-2-1 in in last eleven series games. Pittburgh lost last three games; four of their last six games stayed under total. Cubs won their last five games, scoring 29 runs.
Diamondbacks @ Phillies
Bradley comes off DL (facial injury); Arizona is 4-0 when he starts (2-0, 1.71) his last three starts all went over.
Williams is 0-2, 7.54 in his last three starts; over is 3-2 in his last five at home. .
Arizona lost five of last six games with the Phillies; over is 5-3-1 in last nine series games. D'backs lost five of last seven games- six of their last eight went over total. Philly won its last three games; six of their last eight stayed under.
Brewers @ Mets
Garza is 1-1, 2.75 in his last three starts; over is 2-0-1 in his last three on road. .
deGrom is 1-3, 6.45 in his last four starts; under is 4-2-1 in his last seven.
Milwaukee won five of last seven games with the Mets; nine of last 11 series games stayed under. Brewers won four of their last six games; four of their last five stayed under. Mets lost their last five games; under is 9-2-1 in last twelve games.
Giants @ Reds
Vogelsong is 1-0, 0.64 in his last two starts; three of his last four went under.
Leake is 2-0, 1.24 in his last four starts; four of his last five stayed under.
Giants lost five of last six games with Cincinnati; road team won ten of last 12 in series. SF lost eight of last 12 road games. Reds won three of their last four games; under is 4-1-1 in their last six games.
Braves @ Marlins
Wood is 0-2, 6.19 in his last three starts; over is 5-1-1 in his last seven.
Latos is 1-0, 1.35 in his last two starts; three of his las four went under.
Marlins lost five of last seven games with Atlanta; three of last five played in Miami stayed under. Miami lost four of last five games; seven of its last nine went over the total. Braves lost five of last seven games with three of last four staying under total.
Nationals @ Padres
Scherzer is 3-2, 2.36 in his last six starts; three of last four stayed under.
Cashner is 0-4, 4.33 in his last four starts, three of which stayed under- San Diego scored total of three runs in the four games.
Nationals won eight of last 12 games with San Diego; three of last four went over. Washington won seven of its last nine games; all of them went over total. Padres won four of last five home games- over is 7-2 in their last nine games overall.
Rockies @ Dodgers
de la Rosa is 0-2, 10.69 in his four starts; four of his last five road starts went under the total.
Greinke is 5-0, 1.74 in his last six starts; six of his last seven went over.
Dodgers won nine of last ten games with Colorado; ten of last 12 in series went over. LA won 15 of last 18 home games; nine of their last ten overall went over total. Colorado lost 12 of last 13 games; they scored 21 runs in their last eight games, but nine runs in last two
American League
Angels @ Orioles
Shoemaker is 1-3, 8.05 in his last four starts; over is 4-1-1 in his last six.
Jimenez is 2-1, 3.50 in his last three starts; under is 5-1-1 in his last seven.
Angels won seven of last nine games; seven of their last eight stayed under total. Halos lost seven of last 11 games with Baltimore-- eight of last 10 series games stayed under. Orioles lost seven of their last ten games.
Indians @ Rangers
Salazar is 4-1, 3.27 in his five starts, last four of which went over.
Lewis is 2-0, 0.86 in his last three starts, all of which went over.
Indians won last seven games with Texas, scoring 54 runs; over is 5-2-1 in last eight series games. Cleveland lost five of last eight games; ten of their last 12 went over total. Rangers are 3-5 in last eight games; seven of their last ten went over the total.
Blue Jays @ Astros
Estrada is 0-2, 7.45 in his two starts this season.
Feldman is 0-2, 5.82 in his last three starts; four of his last five went under.
Astros won six of last seven games with Toronto; six of last eight in series went over total. Blue Jays lost five of last six games; three of their last four went over. Houston won its last three games, scoring 18 runs; three of their last four went over.
Bronx @ Royals
Sabathia is 1-2, 6.29 in his last four starts; four of his last six stayed under.
Duffy is 0-2, 19.28 in his last two starts; his last three starts went over.
Kansas City won five of last seven games with Bronx; Royals won five of last seven games overall with four of last five going over. Bronx lost its last four games- they scored six runs in the four games, three of which stayed under the total.
Rays @ Twins
Colome is 4-0, 1.23 in his last four road starts; they all stayed under.
May is 0-2, 7.45 in his last two starts; five of his last six went over.
Tampa Bay won seven of last 11 games with Minnesota; last three stayed under the total. Rays won three of last four games, allowing eight runs; five of their last six stayed under. Twins lost three of last five games; six of their last nine went over the total.
White Sox @ A's
Danks is 1-1, 5.91 in his last four starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six.
Chavez is 1-3, 3.96 in his four starts; A's scored 10 runs in four games.
Chicago won five of last seven games with Oakland; White Sox won five of last six games overall, with three of last four staying under total. A's lost eight of last nine games; over is 6-2-1 in those nine games.
Red Sox @ Mariners
Porcello is 2-0, 1.89 in his last three starts; four of his last six went over.
Mariners are 7-0 when Hernandez starts (6-0, 1.85); under is 4-0-1 in his last five outings.
Boston won four of last six games, with under 12-3-1 in last 16. Red Sox are 2-6 in their last eight games with Seattle- over is 9-2-1 in last 12 series games. Seattle won five of its last seven games.
Interleague
Tigers @ Cardinals
Greene is 0-2, 9.95 in his last four starts.
Martinez allowed 14 runs in nine IP in his last two starts.
St Louis is 12-5 in its last 17 games; they lost four of last five games against Detroit. Seven of last ten Cardinal games went over. Tigers won three of last four games; they scored 23 runs in their last two games.
Win-loss records this year for team with this starting pitcher:
Pitt-Chi-- Cole 5-2; Lester 5-2
Az-Phil-- Bradley 4-0; Williams 3-4
Mil-NY-- Garza 3-4; deGrom 3-4
SF-Cin-- Vogelsong 3-2; Leake 3-4
Atl-Mia-- Wood 1-6; Latos 3-4
Wsh-SD-- Scherzer 4-3; Cashner 1-6
Col-LA-- de la Rosa 0-4; Greinke 6-1
LAA-Balt-- Shoemaker 3-3; Jimenez 3-3
Clev-Tex-- Salazar 4-1; Lewis 3-4
NY-KC-- Sabathia 2-5; Duffy 4-3
TB-Min-- Colome 2-1; May 3-3
Tor-Hst-- Estrada 0-2; Feldman 3-4
CWS-A's-- Danks 3-3; Chavez 1-3
Bos-Sea-- Porcello 5-2; Hernandez 7-0
Det-StL-- Price 6-1; Lyons 1-1
Times this starting pitcher allowed a run in first inning:
Pitt-Chi-- Cole 2-7; Lester 3-7
Az-Phil-- Bradley 2-4; Williams 3-7
Mil-NY-- Garza 2-7; deGrom 3-7
SF-Cin-- Vogelsong 1-5; Leake 1-7
Atl-Mia-- Wood 3-7; Latos 2-7
Wsh-SD-- Scherzer 1-7; Cashner 2-7
Col-LA-- de la Rosa 3-4; Greinke 3-7
LAA-Balt-- Shoemaker 3-6; Jimenez 0-6
Clev-Tex-- Salazar 3-5; Lewis 0-7
NY-KC-- Sabathia 3-7; Duffy 2-7
TB-Min-- Colome 1-3; May 3-6
Tor-Hst-- Estrada 2-2; Feldman 3-7
CWS-A's-- Danks 1-6; Chavez 0-4
Bos-Sea-- Porcello 1-7; Hernandez 1-7
Det-StL-- Price 2-7; Lyons 1-2
Umpires
Atl-Mia-- Four of last five LBarrett games stayed under.
Pitt-Chi-- Over is 10-4 in last fourteen Segal games.
Az-Phil-- Five of seven TWelke games stayed under.
Mil-NY-- Over is 3-0-2 in last five Nelson games.
SF-Cin-- Four of five Dreckman games went over.
Wsh-SD-- Four of six Davis games went over total.
Col-LA-- Three of last four Wegner games went over.
TB-Min-- Over is 5-2-2 in Meals games this year.
LAA-Blt-- Over is 11-6 in last 17 Hamari games.
Tor-Hst-- Underdogs won six of last nine Fagan games.
NY-KC-- Over is 8-3-1 in last twelve Tumpane games.
Cle-Tex-- Over is 3-1-1 in Morales games this year.
Chi-A's-- Three of last four Barry games went over.
Bos-Sea-- Three of last four Davidson games went over.
Det-StL-- Four of five Carapazza games stayed under.
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