Friday’s games
National League
Cardinals @ Cubs
Leake is 0-1, 4.96 in his last three starts (under 3-0). Cardinals are 9-5 in his road starts. Arrieta is 1-2, 6.08 in his last four starts; six of his last seven went over. Cubs are 3-6 in his last nine home starts.
Cardinals won four of last five games, are 12-13 in road series openers. Four of their last five games stayed under. Chicago won their last three games, are 22-4 in home series openers. Three of their last four games stayed under.
Nationals @ Pirates
Gonzalez is 1-1, 8.16 in his last three starts; four of his last six went over. Washington is 2-8 in his last ten road starts. Taillon is 1-1, 3.38 in his last three starts; under is 7-2 in his last nine. Pirates won six of his last eight home starts.
Nationals lost four of last five games, are 15-10 in road series openers. Under is 10-3-1 in their last 14 road games. Pittsburgh won six of last eight games, is 3-6 in last nine home series openers. Over is 5-2-1 in their last eight games.
Braves @ Marlins
Wisler is 3-1, 3.75 in his last four starts; over is 6-1-1 in his last eight. Braves are 4-5 in his road starts. Cashner is 1-2, 6.85 in his last five starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven.
Braves won their last six games; over is 9-2 in their last ten road games. Miami won three of last five games; under is 13-3 in Miami’s last sixteen home games.
Phillies @ Mets
Hellickson is 2-0, 0.59 in his last two starts; under is 11-3-2 in his last 16 starts. Phillies are 7-6 in his road starts. Ynoa allowed one run in 4.2 IP (76 PT) in his first ’16 start.
Phillies won four of last six games; under is 7-1-1 in their last nine road games. Mets lost three of last four games; seven of last ten games at Citi Field stayed under the total.
Reds @ Brewers
DeSclafani is 0-2, 5.82 in his last three starts; three of his last four went over. Reds lost three of his last four road starts. Davies is 2-1, 3.16 in his last five starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven starts. Milwaukee lost four of his last five home outings.
Reds lost seven of last eight games, are 7-17 in road series openers. Under is 7-2 in their last nine road games. Milwaukee is 5-3 in its last eight games, 10-14 in home series openers. Under is 3-0-1 in their last four home games.
Giants @ Padres
Suarez is 0-3, 4.13 in his last five starts (under 4-1). Giants are 3-3 in his road stats. Jackson is 1-4, 8.69 in his last six starts; four of his last five starts stayed under. San Diego is 3-3 in his home starts.
Giants lost four of last six games; five of last si Giant games stayed under. San Diego is 5-9 in last 14 home games; last six Padre games stayed under the total.
Rockies @ Dodgers
Gray is 2-2, 3.66 in his last five starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Rockies lost five of his last six road starts. Kazmir is 1-3, 5.61 in his last five starts; over is 5-1-2 in his last eight. Dodgers are 5-6 in his home starts.
Colorado is 4-13 in last 17 road games; over is 8-3 in their last 11 road games. Dodgers won eight of last nine home games; under is 11-5 in their last sixteen games.
American League
New York @ Toronto
Mitchell is 1-1, 7.50 in three starts this year (over 2-1). Liriano is 1-1, 5.19 in his last three starts; five of his six Toronto starts stayed under.
New York lost six of last eight games, is 11-14 in road series openers. Over is 5-2 in their last seven games. Blue Jays lost four of last six home games, is 8-3 in last 11 home series openers. Under is 7-1-2 in Jays’ last ten games.
Rays @ Red Sox
Pomeranz is 0-3, 6.00 in his last five starts; his last seven starts stayed under. Boston is 3-3 in his road starts. Archer is 0-1, 3.66 in his last three starts; over is 9-3-1 in his last 13 road starts. Rays are 5-11 in his road starts.
Tampa Bay lost three of last four games, is 3-14 in last 17 road series openers. Under is 6-1-2 in their last nine home games. Boston won its last eight games, is 16-9 in home series openers. Last five Boston games stayed under the total.
Royals @ Tigers
Duffy is 1-1, 5.81 in his last five starts (over 5-0). Royals are 6-4 in his road starts. Fulmer is 0-4, 6.28 in his last five starts; under is 7-2 in his last nine. Detroit is 6-2 in his home starts.
Royals are 5-10 in last 15 games, 10-15 in road series openers. KC’s last four road games stayed under the total. Detroit won its last four games, is 11-1 in last 12 home series openers. Under is 15-5-2 in Tigers’ last 22 home games.
White Sox @ Indians
Gonzalez is 2-1, 2.57 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Chicago is 5-7 in his road starts. Bauer is 0-2, 9.82 in his last two starts; his last four went over. Cleveland won five of his last six home starts.
White Sox lost their last five games, are 4-14 in last 18 road series openers. Over is 9-1 in their last ten road games. Cleveland won seven of last eight home games; they’re 18-8 in home series openers. Four of Indians’ last five games stayed under.
Angels @ Astros
Meyer is 1-2, 8.03 in three starts this year (under 3-0). Fister is 0-4, 12.00 in his last five starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Astros lost six of his last seven home starts.
Angels lost four of last six road games; under is 9-0-1 in Halos’ last ten games. Astros won six of last eight games; under is 9-4 in their last 13 games.
Mariners @ Twins
Paxton is 0-2, 5.60 in his last five starts; three of his last four road starts went over. Mariners are 3-5 in his road starts. Gibson is 1-3, 5.66 in his last six starts; over is 8-1-1 in his last 10 starts. Twins are 5-7 in his home starts.
Mariners are 8-4 in last 12 games, 6-0 in last six on road; they’re 6-10 in last 16 road series openers. Minnesota lost its last six games, is 9-17 in home series openers. Four of their last five games stayed under.
Rangers @ A’s
Hamels is 0-1 10.50 in his last four starts; over is 5-0-1 in his last six. Texas is 10-5 in his road starts. Graveman is 0-2, 5.70 in his last four starts; under is 8-3 in his last 11 starts. Oakland is 7-2 in his last nine starts.
Rangers are 7-5 in last 12 games, 12-13 in road series openers. Under is 7-3 in their last ten games. Oakland lost its last six home games, is 2-7 in last nine home series openers. Six of last eight Oakland home games stayed under.
Interleague
Diamondbacks @ Orioles
Miller is 0-6, 8.36 in his last seven starts; three of his last four stayed under. Three of his last four road starts stayed under. Gallardo is 1-4, 9.13 in his last five starts; three of his last four went over. Baltimore lost his last four home starts.
Arizona lost five of last six road games, is 5-12 in last 17 road series openers. Four of last fie Arizona road games stayed under. Orioles lost last four games, are 14-11 in road series openers. Under is 15-1-1 in last 17 games at Camden Yards.
Teams’ record when this pitcher starts:
StL-Chi– Leake 13-15; Arrieta 19-10
Wsh-Pitt– Gonzalez 14-16; Taillon 11-5
Atl-Mia– Wisler 8-16; Cashner 3-6/7-9
Phil-NY– Hellickson 17-13; Ynoa 1-0
Cin-Mil– DeSclafani 10-8; Davies 14-13
Colo-LA– Gray 12-15; Kazmir 14-11
SF-SD– Suarez 3-8; Jackson 5-6
NY-Tor– Mitchell 1-2; Liriano 3-3/9-12
Bos-TB– Pomeranz 5-7/9-8; Archer 9-22
KC-Det– Duffy 17-7; Fulmer 17-7
Chi-Clev– Gonzalez 10-11; Bauer 14-12
LA-Hst– Meyer 1-2; Fister 16-14 (0-5 last 5)
Sea-Min– Paxton 5-13; Gibson 11-12
Tex-A’s– Hamels 22-8; Graveman 14-15
Az-Balt– Miller 5-13; Gallardo 10-11
%age of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
StL-Chi– Leake 9-28; Arrieta 4-29
Wsh-Pitt– Gonzalez 8-30; Taillon 6-16
Atl-Mia– Wisler 10-24; Cashner 10-25
Phil-NY– Hellickson 9-30; Ynoa 0-1
Cin-Mil– DeSclafani 10-18; Davies 8-27
Colo-LA– Gray 10-27; Kazmir 13-25
SF-SD– Suarez 3-11; Jackson 2-11
NY-Tor– Mitchell 1-3; Liriano 7-27
Bos-TB– Pomeranz 5-29; Archer 12-31
KC-Det– Duffy 6-24; Fulmer 6-24
Chi-Clev– Gonzalez 7-21; Bauer 9-26
LA-Hst– Meyer 1-3; Fister 5-30
Sea-Min– Paxton 5-18; Gibson 13-23
Tex-A’s– Hamels 6-30; Graveman 5-29
Az-Balt– Miller 8-18; Gallardo 10-21
Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/22
Arizona 24-38-11…..34-39-6…….58-76
Atlanta 29-38-11…..26-35-13……55-73
Cubs 39-25-10……46-23-10…….85-48
Reds 21-44-9……35-38-5…….56-82
Colo 28-34-13…..36-36-4……..64-70
LA 31-33-11……47-24-8…….77-57
Miami 32-34-10…..32-27-17…….64-61
Milw 25-42-10……41-26-10…..66-68
Mets 32-44-10……37-28-12……69-62
Philly 24-32-19…..30-34-14……54-64
Pitt 25-41-13…..42-26-6……67-66
St. Louis 36-35-7……28-33-13…….64-68
SD 24-50-5…..34-34-7……..58-84
SF 35-36-8…….38-22-14……73-58
Wash 39-24-15….30-22-22……69-46
Orioles 30-37-9…….38-33-8…….68-70
Boston 33-31-11……45-23-9…….78-54
White Sox 31-36-10…….39-31-6……..70-67
Cleveland 38-27-10……38-30-8……..76-57
Detroit 32-33-12…….31-36-5……..63-69
Astros 30-35-14…..34-30-8……..64-65
KC 28-38-13……32-28-14……60-66
Angels 32-39-7…….27-35-13…….59-74
Twins 29-37-13…….25-39-15…..54-76
NYY 27-41-8……34-31-13……..61-72
A’s 27-40-8……27-35-16……54-74
Seattle 35-29-11……35-28-13……70-57
Tampa Bay 28-32-13……34-34-12……62-66
Texas 28-39-11…….38-27-9……66-66
Toronto 46-27-5……..40-30-5……86-57
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total)
Arizona 27-71……30-78…….57
Atlanta 25-78……18-74……..43
Cubs 27-76……26-78…….53
Reds 25-74……27-78……..52
Colo 15-74…….30-75……..45
LA 22-74…….29-78……51
Miami 25-75……20-72……45
Milw 15-73……30-78……45
Mets 21-73……28-76…….49
Philly 11-76……23-74…….34
Pitt 21-73…….26-75……47
StL 18-75…….18-73……36
SD 18-78…….26-74……44
SF 15-75……..19-75……34
Wash 33-76………28-73……61
Orioles 17-78…….20-75…….37
Boston 21-72……34-78……..55
White Sox 25-75…..26-78…….51
Cleveland 15-75……28-76……..43
Detroit 16-77……25-74………41
Astros 26-76…….24-77……..50
KC 24-78…… 21-75………45
Angels 29-77…….25-75……..54
Twins 20-76……30-78…….50
NYY 11-77…….28-76……..39
A’s 20-74…….16-76……..36
Seattle 20-77…….26-75…….46
Tampa Bay 24-72…..28-77…….52
Texas 23-79……21-74……44
Toronto 25-75……30-78…….55
Interleague play
NL @ AL– 76-66 AL, favorites -$1,784
AL @ NL– 81-75 AL, favorites -$826
Total: 157-139 AL, favorites -$2,610
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL– Over 77-57-3
AL @ NL– Over 75-71-5
Total– Over 152-138-8
National League
Cardinals @ Cubs
Leake is 0-1, 4.96 in his last three starts (under 3-0). Cardinals are 9-5 in his road starts. Arrieta is 1-2, 6.08 in his last four starts; six of his last seven went over. Cubs are 3-6 in his last nine home starts.
Cardinals won four of last five games, are 12-13 in road series openers. Four of their last five games stayed under. Chicago won their last three games, are 22-4 in home series openers. Three of their last four games stayed under.
Nationals @ Pirates
Gonzalez is 1-1, 8.16 in his last three starts; four of his last six went over. Washington is 2-8 in his last ten road starts. Taillon is 1-1, 3.38 in his last three starts; under is 7-2 in his last nine. Pirates won six of his last eight home starts.
Nationals lost four of last five games, are 15-10 in road series openers. Under is 10-3-1 in their last 14 road games. Pittsburgh won six of last eight games, is 3-6 in last nine home series openers. Over is 5-2-1 in their last eight games.
Braves @ Marlins
Wisler is 3-1, 3.75 in his last four starts; over is 6-1-1 in his last eight. Braves are 4-5 in his road starts. Cashner is 1-2, 6.85 in his last five starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven.
Braves won their last six games; over is 9-2 in their last ten road games. Miami won three of last five games; under is 13-3 in Miami’s last sixteen home games.
Phillies @ Mets
Hellickson is 2-0, 0.59 in his last two starts; under is 11-3-2 in his last 16 starts. Phillies are 7-6 in his road starts. Ynoa allowed one run in 4.2 IP (76 PT) in his first ’16 start.
Phillies won four of last six games; under is 7-1-1 in their last nine road games. Mets lost three of last four games; seven of last ten games at Citi Field stayed under the total.
Reds @ Brewers
DeSclafani is 0-2, 5.82 in his last three starts; three of his last four went over. Reds lost three of his last four road starts. Davies is 2-1, 3.16 in his last five starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven starts. Milwaukee lost four of his last five home outings.
Reds lost seven of last eight games, are 7-17 in road series openers. Under is 7-2 in their last nine road games. Milwaukee is 5-3 in its last eight games, 10-14 in home series openers. Under is 3-0-1 in their last four home games.
Giants @ Padres
Suarez is 0-3, 4.13 in his last five starts (under 4-1). Giants are 3-3 in his road stats. Jackson is 1-4, 8.69 in his last six starts; four of his last five starts stayed under. San Diego is 3-3 in his home starts.
Giants lost four of last six games; five of last si Giant games stayed under. San Diego is 5-9 in last 14 home games; last six Padre games stayed under the total.
Rockies @ Dodgers
Gray is 2-2, 3.66 in his last five starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Rockies lost five of his last six road starts. Kazmir is 1-3, 5.61 in his last five starts; over is 5-1-2 in his last eight. Dodgers are 5-6 in his home starts.
Colorado is 4-13 in last 17 road games; over is 8-3 in their last 11 road games. Dodgers won eight of last nine home games; under is 11-5 in their last sixteen games.
American League
New York @ Toronto
Mitchell is 1-1, 7.50 in three starts this year (over 2-1). Liriano is 1-1, 5.19 in his last three starts; five of his six Toronto starts stayed under.
New York lost six of last eight games, is 11-14 in road series openers. Over is 5-2 in their last seven games. Blue Jays lost four of last six home games, is 8-3 in last 11 home series openers. Under is 7-1-2 in Jays’ last ten games.
Rays @ Red Sox
Pomeranz is 0-3, 6.00 in his last five starts; his last seven starts stayed under. Boston is 3-3 in his road starts. Archer is 0-1, 3.66 in his last three starts; over is 9-3-1 in his last 13 road starts. Rays are 5-11 in his road starts.
Tampa Bay lost three of last four games, is 3-14 in last 17 road series openers. Under is 6-1-2 in their last nine home games. Boston won its last eight games, is 16-9 in home series openers. Last five Boston games stayed under the total.
Royals @ Tigers
Duffy is 1-1, 5.81 in his last five starts (over 5-0). Royals are 6-4 in his road starts. Fulmer is 0-4, 6.28 in his last five starts; under is 7-2 in his last nine. Detroit is 6-2 in his home starts.
Royals are 5-10 in last 15 games, 10-15 in road series openers. KC’s last four road games stayed under the total. Detroit won its last four games, is 11-1 in last 12 home series openers. Under is 15-5-2 in Tigers’ last 22 home games.
White Sox @ Indians
Gonzalez is 2-1, 2.57 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Chicago is 5-7 in his road starts. Bauer is 0-2, 9.82 in his last two starts; his last four went over. Cleveland won five of his last six home starts.
White Sox lost their last five games, are 4-14 in last 18 road series openers. Over is 9-1 in their last ten road games. Cleveland won seven of last eight home games; they’re 18-8 in home series openers. Four of Indians’ last five games stayed under.
Angels @ Astros
Meyer is 1-2, 8.03 in three starts this year (under 3-0). Fister is 0-4, 12.00 in his last five starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Astros lost six of his last seven home starts.
Angels lost four of last six road games; under is 9-0-1 in Halos’ last ten games. Astros won six of last eight games; under is 9-4 in their last 13 games.
Mariners @ Twins
Paxton is 0-2, 5.60 in his last five starts; three of his last four road starts went over. Mariners are 3-5 in his road starts. Gibson is 1-3, 5.66 in his last six starts; over is 8-1-1 in his last 10 starts. Twins are 5-7 in his home starts.
Mariners are 8-4 in last 12 games, 6-0 in last six on road; they’re 6-10 in last 16 road series openers. Minnesota lost its last six games, is 9-17 in home series openers. Four of their last five games stayed under.
Rangers @ A’s
Hamels is 0-1 10.50 in his last four starts; over is 5-0-1 in his last six. Texas is 10-5 in his road starts. Graveman is 0-2, 5.70 in his last four starts; under is 8-3 in his last 11 starts. Oakland is 7-2 in his last nine starts.
Rangers are 7-5 in last 12 games, 12-13 in road series openers. Under is 7-3 in their last ten games. Oakland lost its last six home games, is 2-7 in last nine home series openers. Six of last eight Oakland home games stayed under.
Interleague
Diamondbacks @ Orioles
Miller is 0-6, 8.36 in his last seven starts; three of his last four stayed under. Three of his last four road starts stayed under. Gallardo is 1-4, 9.13 in his last five starts; three of his last four went over. Baltimore lost his last four home starts.
Arizona lost five of last six road games, is 5-12 in last 17 road series openers. Four of last fie Arizona road games stayed under. Orioles lost last four games, are 14-11 in road series openers. Under is 15-1-1 in last 17 games at Camden Yards.
Teams’ record when this pitcher starts:
StL-Chi– Leake 13-15; Arrieta 19-10
Wsh-Pitt– Gonzalez 14-16; Taillon 11-5
Atl-Mia– Wisler 8-16; Cashner 3-6/7-9
Phil-NY– Hellickson 17-13; Ynoa 1-0
Cin-Mil– DeSclafani 10-8; Davies 14-13
Colo-LA– Gray 12-15; Kazmir 14-11
SF-SD– Suarez 3-8; Jackson 5-6
NY-Tor– Mitchell 1-2; Liriano 3-3/9-12
Bos-TB– Pomeranz 5-7/9-8; Archer 9-22
KC-Det– Duffy 17-7; Fulmer 17-7
Chi-Clev– Gonzalez 10-11; Bauer 14-12
LA-Hst– Meyer 1-2; Fister 16-14 (0-5 last 5)
Sea-Min– Paxton 5-13; Gibson 11-12
Tex-A’s– Hamels 22-8; Graveman 14-15
Az-Balt– Miller 5-13; Gallardo 10-11
%age of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
StL-Chi– Leake 9-28; Arrieta 4-29
Wsh-Pitt– Gonzalez 8-30; Taillon 6-16
Atl-Mia– Wisler 10-24; Cashner 10-25
Phil-NY– Hellickson 9-30; Ynoa 0-1
Cin-Mil– DeSclafani 10-18; Davies 8-27
Colo-LA– Gray 10-27; Kazmir 13-25
SF-SD– Suarez 3-11; Jackson 2-11
NY-Tor– Mitchell 1-3; Liriano 7-27
Bos-TB– Pomeranz 5-29; Archer 12-31
KC-Det– Duffy 6-24; Fulmer 6-24
Chi-Clev– Gonzalez 7-21; Bauer 9-26
LA-Hst– Meyer 1-3; Fister 5-30
Sea-Min– Paxton 5-18; Gibson 13-23
Tex-A’s– Hamels 6-30; Graveman 5-29
Az-Balt– Miller 8-18; Gallardo 10-21
Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/22
Arizona 24-38-11…..34-39-6…….58-76
Atlanta 29-38-11…..26-35-13……55-73
Cubs 39-25-10……46-23-10…….85-48
Reds 21-44-9……35-38-5…….56-82
Colo 28-34-13…..36-36-4……..64-70
LA 31-33-11……47-24-8…….77-57
Miami 32-34-10…..32-27-17…….64-61
Milw 25-42-10……41-26-10…..66-68
Mets 32-44-10……37-28-12……69-62
Philly 24-32-19…..30-34-14……54-64
Pitt 25-41-13…..42-26-6……67-66
St. Louis 36-35-7……28-33-13…….64-68
SD 24-50-5…..34-34-7……..58-84
SF 35-36-8…….38-22-14……73-58
Wash 39-24-15….30-22-22……69-46
Orioles 30-37-9…….38-33-8…….68-70
Boston 33-31-11……45-23-9…….78-54
White Sox 31-36-10…….39-31-6……..70-67
Cleveland 38-27-10……38-30-8……..76-57
Detroit 32-33-12…….31-36-5……..63-69
Astros 30-35-14…..34-30-8……..64-65
KC 28-38-13……32-28-14……60-66
Angels 32-39-7…….27-35-13…….59-74
Twins 29-37-13…….25-39-15…..54-76
NYY 27-41-8……34-31-13……..61-72
A’s 27-40-8……27-35-16……54-74
Seattle 35-29-11……35-28-13……70-57
Tampa Bay 28-32-13……34-34-12……62-66
Texas 28-39-11…….38-27-9……66-66
Toronto 46-27-5……..40-30-5……86-57
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total)
Arizona 27-71……30-78…….57
Atlanta 25-78……18-74……..43
Cubs 27-76……26-78…….53
Reds 25-74……27-78……..52
Colo 15-74…….30-75……..45
LA 22-74…….29-78……51
Miami 25-75……20-72……45
Milw 15-73……30-78……45
Mets 21-73……28-76…….49
Philly 11-76……23-74…….34
Pitt 21-73…….26-75……47
StL 18-75…….18-73……36
SD 18-78…….26-74……44
SF 15-75……..19-75……34
Wash 33-76………28-73……61
Orioles 17-78…….20-75…….37
Boston 21-72……34-78……..55
White Sox 25-75…..26-78…….51
Cleveland 15-75……28-76……..43
Detroit 16-77……25-74………41
Astros 26-76…….24-77……..50
KC 24-78…… 21-75………45
Angels 29-77…….25-75……..54
Twins 20-76……30-78…….50
NYY 11-77…….28-76……..39
A’s 20-74…….16-76……..36
Seattle 20-77…….26-75…….46
Tampa Bay 24-72…..28-77…….52
Texas 23-79……21-74……44
Toronto 25-75……30-78…….55
Interleague play
NL @ AL– 76-66 AL, favorites -$1,784
AL @ NL– 81-75 AL, favorites -$826
Total: 157-139 AL, favorites -$2,610
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL– Over 77-57-3
AL @ NL– Over 75-71-5
Total– Over 152-138-8
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