Thursday’s games
National League
Phillies @ Nationals
Nola is 1-3, 8.10 n his last four starts (over 3-1). He is 1-0, 3.27 n two starts vs Washington this season. Phils are 4-8 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 10-6-7
Roark is 2-1, 3.37 in his last three starts; under is 6-1 in their last seven. He is 0-0, 4.08 in three starts vs Philly this year. Washington is 5-6 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 13-10-2
Phillies are 8-7 in their last 15 games; over is 3-1 in their last four games. Philly is 9-15 in road series openers. Washington won four of its last five games; over is 5-1 in their last six home games. Nationals are 14-9 in home series openers.
Cubs @ Pirates
Lester is 1-1, 8.87 in his last five starts (over 4-1). Cubs are 6-5 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 11-10-6. Last time he faced the Pirates, they scored 10 runs in less than an inning against him (July 9).
Taillon is 2-0, 4.18 in his last six starts; over is 3-1-1 in his last five home starts. He is 1-1, 3.75 vs Chicago this year. Pirates are 5-7 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 10-6-5
Cubs won seven of last ten games (under 7-3). Pittsburgh won four of their last five games; under is 6-2 in their last eight home games.
Reds @ Mets
Mahle is 0-1, 2.45 in two starts this year (under 2-0)- Reds scored 2 runs in those games. Cincy lost his only road start— their first 5-inning record with him: 0-1-1
Harvey is 0-1, 9.56 in his last four starts; over is 7-2-1 in his last ten. Mets are 3-2 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-7
Reds won five of last seven games; under is 3-1-1 in their last five games. Cincy is 4-1 in last five road series openers. Mets lost five of last seven games; over is 8-2-1 in their last 11 games. New York is 11-7 in last 18 home series openers.
Marlins @ Braves
Straily is 2-0, 4.76 in his last three starts; over is 3-1 in his last four. He is 2-1, 2.65 vs Atlanta this season. Miami is 6-7 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 15-9-4
Newcomb is 1-1, 4.35 in his last four starts; under is 4-1 in his last five starts. Atlanta is 2-7 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 4-10
Marlins lost nine of last 10 games; under is 5-2-1 in their last eight. Miami is 10-12 in road series openers. Atlanta played a DH yesterday; they’ve lost five of last seven games. Over is 4-1 in their last five games. Braves are 10-12 in home series openers.
Cardinals @ Padres
Lynn is 2-0, 3.00 in his last seven starts; under is 10-2 in his last 12. Cardinals are 6-8 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 14-12-2
Richard is 1-1, 3.90 in his last four starts; under is 4-2-1 in his last seven. San Diego is 6-8 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 12-14-2
Cardinals won six of last seven games; over is 7-5 in their last 12 games. San Diego lost its last three games; over is 4-2 in their last six games.
Rockies @ Dodgers
Gray is 2-2, 3.04 in his last four starts, last three of which stayed under. Colorado split his eight road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 8-6-1
Kershaw is 9-0, 1.68 in his last 10 starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. He is 3-1, 2.42 against the Rockies this season. Dodgers are 10-1 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 17-2-3
Colorado lost seven of their last ten games; under is 8-3 in their last 11 games. Rockies are 3-11 in last 14 road series openers. Dodgers lost 11 of their last 12 games; under is 5-1 in their last six home games- they’re 16-7 in home series openers.
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American League
New York @ Baltimore
Gray is 2-4, 3.89 in six starts for NY (under 5-1). New York is 0-3 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 2-4
Gausman is 1-0, 0.00 (13.2 IP) in his last two starts; under is 7-1 in his last eight starts. He is 1-1, 8.84 in four starts vs NY this season. Orioles are 9-6 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 14-14-1
New York won four of last six games; over is 7-2 in their last nine road games. Baltimore won 10 of last 13 games; three of their last five games stayed under.
Indians @ White Sox
Kluber is 6-1, 1.86 in his last seven starts (under 5-2). He is 2-0, 2.95 in three starts against the White Sox this season. Cleveland is 8-3 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 12-10-2
Rodon is 1-1, 3.00 in his last seven starts; over is 3-1 in his last four. White Sox are 4-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 4-7-1
Indians won their last 14 games; under is 4-2 in his last six games. White Sox lost seven of last nine games; under is 10-2 in their last 12 home games.
Twins @ Royals
Gibson is 3-0, 1.37 in his last three starts; under is 8-5 in his last 13. He is 2-0, 3.31 in three starts vs KC this season. Twins are 8-3 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 11-12-1
Gaviglio is making his first start for the Royals; he was 0-4, 6.65 in his last four starts for Seattle. Under is 5-1-1 in his last seven starts.
Twins lost four of last six games; under is 6-3 in their last nine road games. Minnesota is 13-9 in road series openers. Royals won four of last six games (over 5-1). KC is 11-11 in home series openers.
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Interleague
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Record with this pitcher starting:
Phil-Wsh: Nola 11-12; Roark 15-10
Chi-Pitt: Lester 15-12; Taillon 11-10
Cin-NY: Mahle 0-2; Harvey 5-9
Mia-Atl: Straily 14-14; Newcomb 4-11
StL-SD: Lynn 13-15; Richard 11-17
Colo-LA: Gray 9-6; Kershaw 20-2
American League
NY-Balt: Gray 2-4 (8-8); Gausman 15-14
Clev-Chi: Kluber 16-8; Rodon 5-7
Minn-KC: Gibson 13-11; Gaviglio 0-0 (6-5)
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
Phil-Wsh: Nola 6-23; Roark 10-25
Chi-Pitt: Lester 9-27; Taillon 5-21
Cin-NY: Mahle 0-2; Harvey 7-14
Mia-Atl: Straily 6-28; Newcomb 4-15
StL-SD: Lynn 7-28; Richard 9-28
Colo-LA: Gray 4-15; Kershaw 4-22
American League
NY-Balt: Gray 2-4 (8-8); Gausman 15-14
Clev-Chi: Kluber 4-24; Rodon 4-12
Minn-KC: Gibson 8-24; Gaviglio 4-11
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Umpires
National League
American League
Interleague
Interleague play
NL @ AL– 79-55 AL, favorites +$403
AL @ NL– 72-67 NL, favorites +$35
Total: 146-127 AL, favorites +$438
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 67-66-3
AL @ NL: Over 74-59-7
Total: Over 141-125-10
Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/6/17
Ariz 28-26-19……37-21–11……..65-47
Atl 26-34-9……24-37-7………..50-71
Cubs 31-31-8…….34-22-13………..65-53
Reds 22-38-8……..29-36–7……….51-74
Colo 34-27-6…….37-29-5………..71-56
LA 31-24-13…….41-21-9……….72-45
Miami 28-32-8…….35-26-10………63-58
Milw 33-27-9…….35-27-9……….67-54
Mets 31-34-4……..27-37-6……….58-71
Philly 17-42-15……26-31-8…………43-73
Pitt 30-32-6…….28-30-13………59-62
St. Louis 30-31-9……35-24-9…………65-55
SD 20-39-8……..35-29–9……….55-68
SF 15-47-9……..28-30-12……….43-77
Wash 42-23-7……32-27-8………….74-50
Orioles 27-33-5……..30-36-7………57-69
Boston 30-32-10………31-35-2…….61-67
White Sox 21-37-10………26-40–4…….47-76
Cleveland 43-23-8……..31-24-8……….74-47
Detroit 26-34-9…….28-33-10……..54-67
Astros 34-25-10……..43-24-5……..77-49
KC 26-33-10……..27-28-12…….53-61
Angels 26-36-8………29-27-13……..55-63
Twins 37-21-11………32-32-8…….68-52
NYY 30-36-6……….36-27-4…..…66-63
A’s 25-36-7……..30-31-11……..55-67
Seattle 26-35-9……..36-25-10………62-60
TB 35-26-10……..38-21-9……..73-47
Texas 34-26-11……..35-24-8……..69-50
Toronto 29-37-5……..27-31-10……..56-68
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 9/6/17)
Ariz 22-71……..25-67………..47
Atl 16-68……….19-70……….35
Cubs 19-70……..25-69………..44
Reds 25-68……..26-72…………51
Colo 17-67……..25-71..……..42
LA 20-68……..25-70..……..45
Miami 29-68……..26-71………55
Milw 23-69……27-72…..……50
Mets 31-69……..24-70……….55
Philly 16-74……..20-66……….36
Pitt 20-68……..22-72……….42
StL 15-71……..21-67………..36
SD 23-67……….23-72……….46
SF 17-72……….20-70……….37
Wash 26-72……..26-67……….52
Orioles 15-66……..24-74……….39
Boston 20-72……..15-68……….35
White Sox 21-68……18-70………..39
Clev 21-75……..21-65……….42
Detroit 16-68…….26-71………42
Astros 20-70……..28-70………48
KC 18-70……..13-69……….31
Angels 25-72……..20-70……….45
Twins 16-67……..18-71……….34
NYY 16-71……..18-67……….34
A’s 16-68……..27-72………43
Seattle 21-70…….24-73……….45
TB 21-70……..24-71……….45
Texas 28-72……..29-67………57
Toronto 24-72……..19-71………43
National League
Phillies @ Nationals
Nola is 1-3, 8.10 n his last four starts (over 3-1). He is 1-0, 3.27 n two starts vs Washington this season. Phils are 4-8 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 10-6-7
Roark is 2-1, 3.37 in his last three starts; under is 6-1 in their last seven. He is 0-0, 4.08 in three starts vs Philly this year. Washington is 5-6 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 13-10-2
Phillies are 8-7 in their last 15 games; over is 3-1 in their last four games. Philly is 9-15 in road series openers. Washington won four of its last five games; over is 5-1 in their last six home games. Nationals are 14-9 in home series openers.
Cubs @ Pirates
Lester is 1-1, 8.87 in his last five starts (over 4-1). Cubs are 6-5 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 11-10-6. Last time he faced the Pirates, they scored 10 runs in less than an inning against him (July 9).
Taillon is 2-0, 4.18 in his last six starts; over is 3-1-1 in his last five home starts. He is 1-1, 3.75 vs Chicago this year. Pirates are 5-7 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 10-6-5
Cubs won seven of last ten games (under 7-3). Pittsburgh won four of their last five games; under is 6-2 in their last eight home games.
Reds @ Mets
Mahle is 0-1, 2.45 in two starts this year (under 2-0)- Reds scored 2 runs in those games. Cincy lost his only road start— their first 5-inning record with him: 0-1-1
Harvey is 0-1, 9.56 in his last four starts; over is 7-2-1 in his last ten. Mets are 3-2 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-7
Reds won five of last seven games; under is 3-1-1 in their last five games. Cincy is 4-1 in last five road series openers. Mets lost five of last seven games; over is 8-2-1 in their last 11 games. New York is 11-7 in last 18 home series openers.
Marlins @ Braves
Straily is 2-0, 4.76 in his last three starts; over is 3-1 in his last four. He is 2-1, 2.65 vs Atlanta this season. Miami is 6-7 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 15-9-4
Newcomb is 1-1, 4.35 in his last four starts; under is 4-1 in his last five starts. Atlanta is 2-7 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 4-10
Marlins lost nine of last 10 games; under is 5-2-1 in their last eight. Miami is 10-12 in road series openers. Atlanta played a DH yesterday; they’ve lost five of last seven games. Over is 4-1 in their last five games. Braves are 10-12 in home series openers.
Cardinals @ Padres
Lynn is 2-0, 3.00 in his last seven starts; under is 10-2 in his last 12. Cardinals are 6-8 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 14-12-2
Richard is 1-1, 3.90 in his last four starts; under is 4-2-1 in his last seven. San Diego is 6-8 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 12-14-2
Cardinals won six of last seven games; over is 7-5 in their last 12 games. San Diego lost its last three games; over is 4-2 in their last six games.
Rockies @ Dodgers
Gray is 2-2, 3.04 in his last four starts, last three of which stayed under. Colorado split his eight road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 8-6-1
Kershaw is 9-0, 1.68 in his last 10 starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. He is 3-1, 2.42 against the Rockies this season. Dodgers are 10-1 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 17-2-3
Colorado lost seven of their last ten games; under is 8-3 in their last 11 games. Rockies are 3-11 in last 14 road series openers. Dodgers lost 11 of their last 12 games; under is 5-1 in their last six home games- they’re 16-7 in home series openers.
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American League
New York @ Baltimore
Gray is 2-4, 3.89 in six starts for NY (under 5-1). New York is 0-3 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 2-4
Gausman is 1-0, 0.00 (13.2 IP) in his last two starts; under is 7-1 in his last eight starts. He is 1-1, 8.84 in four starts vs NY this season. Orioles are 9-6 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 14-14-1
New York won four of last six games; over is 7-2 in their last nine road games. Baltimore won 10 of last 13 games; three of their last five games stayed under.
Indians @ White Sox
Kluber is 6-1, 1.86 in his last seven starts (under 5-2). He is 2-0, 2.95 in three starts against the White Sox this season. Cleveland is 8-3 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 12-10-2
Rodon is 1-1, 3.00 in his last seven starts; over is 3-1 in his last four. White Sox are 4-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 4-7-1
Indians won their last 14 games; under is 4-2 in his last six games. White Sox lost seven of last nine games; under is 10-2 in their last 12 home games.
Twins @ Royals
Gibson is 3-0, 1.37 in his last three starts; under is 8-5 in his last 13. He is 2-0, 3.31 in three starts vs KC this season. Twins are 8-3 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 11-12-1
Gaviglio is making his first start for the Royals; he was 0-4, 6.65 in his last four starts for Seattle. Under is 5-1-1 in his last seven starts.
Twins lost four of last six games; under is 6-3 in their last nine road games. Minnesota is 13-9 in road series openers. Royals won four of last six games (over 5-1). KC is 11-11 in home series openers.
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Interleague
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Record with this pitcher starting:
Phil-Wsh: Nola 11-12; Roark 15-10
Chi-Pitt: Lester 15-12; Taillon 11-10
Cin-NY: Mahle 0-2; Harvey 5-9
Mia-Atl: Straily 14-14; Newcomb 4-11
StL-SD: Lynn 13-15; Richard 11-17
Colo-LA: Gray 9-6; Kershaw 20-2
American League
NY-Balt: Gray 2-4 (8-8); Gausman 15-14
Clev-Chi: Kluber 16-8; Rodon 5-7
Minn-KC: Gibson 13-11; Gaviglio 0-0 (6-5)
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
Phil-Wsh: Nola 6-23; Roark 10-25
Chi-Pitt: Lester 9-27; Taillon 5-21
Cin-NY: Mahle 0-2; Harvey 7-14
Mia-Atl: Straily 6-28; Newcomb 4-15
StL-SD: Lynn 7-28; Richard 9-28
Colo-LA: Gray 4-15; Kershaw 4-22
American League
NY-Balt: Gray 2-4 (8-8); Gausman 15-14
Clev-Chi: Kluber 4-24; Rodon 4-12
Minn-KC: Gibson 8-24; Gaviglio 4-11
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Umpires
National League
American League
Interleague
Interleague play
NL @ AL– 79-55 AL, favorites +$403
AL @ NL– 72-67 NL, favorites +$35
Total: 146-127 AL, favorites +$438
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 67-66-3
AL @ NL: Over 74-59-7
Total: Over 141-125-10
Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/6/17
Ariz 28-26-19……37-21–11……..65-47
Atl 26-34-9……24-37-7………..50-71
Cubs 31-31-8…….34-22-13………..65-53
Reds 22-38-8……..29-36–7……….51-74
Colo 34-27-6…….37-29-5………..71-56
LA 31-24-13…….41-21-9……….72-45
Miami 28-32-8…….35-26-10………63-58
Milw 33-27-9…….35-27-9……….67-54
Mets 31-34-4……..27-37-6……….58-71
Philly 17-42-15……26-31-8…………43-73
Pitt 30-32-6…….28-30-13………59-62
St. Louis 30-31-9……35-24-9…………65-55
SD 20-39-8……..35-29–9……….55-68
SF 15-47-9……..28-30-12……….43-77
Wash 42-23-7……32-27-8………….74-50
Orioles 27-33-5……..30-36-7………57-69
Boston 30-32-10………31-35-2…….61-67
White Sox 21-37-10………26-40–4…….47-76
Cleveland 43-23-8……..31-24-8……….74-47
Detroit 26-34-9…….28-33-10……..54-67
Astros 34-25-10……..43-24-5……..77-49
KC 26-33-10……..27-28-12…….53-61
Angels 26-36-8………29-27-13……..55-63
Twins 37-21-11………32-32-8…….68-52
NYY 30-36-6……….36-27-4…..…66-63
A’s 25-36-7……..30-31-11……..55-67
Seattle 26-35-9……..36-25-10………62-60
TB 35-26-10……..38-21-9……..73-47
Texas 34-26-11……..35-24-8……..69-50
Toronto 29-37-5……..27-31-10……..56-68
%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 9/6/17)
Ariz 22-71……..25-67………..47
Atl 16-68……….19-70……….35
Cubs 19-70……..25-69………..44
Reds 25-68……..26-72…………51
Colo 17-67……..25-71..……..42
LA 20-68……..25-70..……..45
Miami 29-68……..26-71………55
Milw 23-69……27-72…..……50
Mets 31-69……..24-70……….55
Philly 16-74……..20-66……….36
Pitt 20-68……..22-72……….42
StL 15-71……..21-67………..36
SD 23-67……….23-72……….46
SF 17-72……….20-70……….37
Wash 26-72……..26-67……….52
Orioles 15-66……..24-74……….39
Boston 20-72……..15-68……….35
White Sox 21-68……18-70………..39
Clev 21-75……..21-65……….42
Detroit 16-68…….26-71………42
Astros 20-70……..28-70………48
KC 18-70……..13-69……….31
Angels 25-72……..20-70……….45
Twins 16-67……..18-71……….34
NYY 16-71……..18-67……….34
A’s 16-68……..27-72………43
Seattle 21-70…….24-73……….45
TB 21-70……..24-71……….45
Texas 28-72……..29-67………57
Toronto 24-72……..19-71………43
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