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National League
Cardinals @ Cubs
Wainwright is 4-0, 4.56 in his last four starts; under is 3-1-1 in his last five. St Louis is 5-4 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 10-6-3

Lester is 1-2, 12.08 in his last three starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine. Cubs are 7-5 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-9-3

St Louis is 8-6 in its last 14 road games; under is 7-2-1 in their last ten games. Chicago is 6-1 since All-Star break; under is 3-2 in their last five games.

Brewers @ Phillies
Suter is 1-1, 3.32 in his last four starts (under 4-0). Home side won all four games. Brewers’ first 5-inning record with him: 2-1-1

Hellickson is 1-0, 3.26 in his last five starts; over is 3-0-3 in his last six home starts. Phillies are 5-4 in home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-11-2

Brewers lost their last six games; their last seven games stayed under. Philly won four of last five games; under is 8-0-1 in their last nine home games.

Marlins @ Reds
O’Grady is 1-1, 5.23 in two starts this year (over 1-1). Miami’s first 5-inning record with him: 1-1

Stephenson is making his first ’17 start; he is 0-2, 8.03 in 13 relief stints (24.4 IP) this year. He was 2-3, 6.08 in 8 starts for the Reds LY, and is 1-2, 3.79 in 7 AAA starts this year.

Miami is 2-5 since All-Star break; over is 6-4 in their last ten road tilts. Cincinnati lost eight of its last nine home games; over is 3-2 in their last five games.

Pirates @ Rockies
Kuhl is 1-0, 2.95 in his last four starts; over is 6-3-1 in his last ten. Pirates are 3-6 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 9-7-3

Marquez is 2-0, 4.19 in his last three starts; over is 3-1 in his last four. Colorado won his last five home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 8-4-3

Pirates are 11-2 in last 13 games; under is 13-2-1 in their last 16 games. Colorado won four of its last five games; Rockies’ last seven games went over total.

Nationals @ Diamondbacks
Roark is 1-4, 7.57 in his last six starts (over 11-6-1). Washington is 5-4 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 9-8-1

Koch is making his first ’17 start; he started two games LY, and is 1-1, 8.47 in four AAA starts this year. He allowed four runs in 18 IP in the majors LY.

Washington won six of last eight games; three of Nationals’ last four games stayed under. Arizona lost six of last nine games; under is 7-3-2 in their last 12 home games.

Braves @ Dodgers
Teheran is 1-1, 1.86 in his last three starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. Braves won his last seven road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 10-7-2

Hill is 2-0, 0.95 in his last three starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. Dodgers are 4-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-6-1

Atlanta is 5-3 in its last eight games; over is 5-0 in their last five road games. Dodgers won 11 of their last 13 games, but lost last two; over is 3-0 in their last three games.

Padres @ Giants
Perdomo is 3-1, 6.27 in his last four starts (over 8-8). San Diego is 1-6 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 8-5-3

Moore is 0-3, 6.64 in his last four starts; his last three starts stayed under. Giants lost his last five home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 2-14-3

San Diego lost four of its last five road games; over is 6-0-1 in their last seven games. Giants are 3-8 in last 11 games; over is 6-2-1 in their last nine games.

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American League
Astros @ Orioles
McHugh is making his first ’17 start; he is 0-0, 5.06 in five minor league rehab starts his year. He is 43-34, 4.13 in 99 big league starts.

Tillman is 0-0, 6.05 in his last four starts; over is 5-3 in his last eight. Orioles are 3-5 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 5-12

Astros are 10-5 in last 15 games; over is 7-1 in their last eight road games. Baltimore won four of last five games- over is 9-3 in their last 12 games.

Rangers @ Rays
Cashner is 1-3, 5.56 in his last four starts; under is 4-1 in his last five. Texas is 2-7 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-5-3

Archer is 1-0, 3.86 in his last three starts; under is 6-4-1 in his last 11 starts. Tampa Bay is 7-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 11-4-5

Rangers lost five of their their last six games; three of last four Texas games went over total. Tampa Bay won six of last nine games; under is 7-3-1 in their last 11 games.

Blue Jays @ Indians
Stroman is 2-1, 2.05 in his last four starts; under is 6-1-1 in his last eight. Toronto is 6-3 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 11-7-1

Salazar is 1-3, 7.33 in his last five starts; over is 3-1 in his last four. Cleveland is 1-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 4-5-1

Toronto lost five of last seven games; under is 3-2 in their last five games. Cleveland lost six of last eight games; under is 9-4-1 in their last 14 home games.

Tigers @ Twins
Zimmerman is 1-3, 5.29 in his last six starts; over is 3-1 in his last four. Detroit is 2-8 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 9-9

Gibson is 1-3, 7.25 in his last four starts; under is 5-1 in his last six. Minnesota is 3-6 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-10-1

Detroit won five of last seven games; three of their last five games went over. Minnesota is 3-6 in its last nine games; Twins’ last six games stayed under total.

White Sox @ Royals
Pelfrey is 0-2, 7.13 in his last four starts; under is 5-3 in his last eight. Chicago is 3-4 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-7-2

Vargas is 0-1, 14.09 in his last two starts, after he won seven in row before that; over is 6-1 in his last seven starts. Royals are 7-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 11-5-2

White Sox are 0-6 since All-Star break; under is 5-3 in their last eight games. Royals are 4-7 in last 11 games; four of their last five games went over.

Red Sox @ Angels
Price is 3-0, 1.67 in his last four starts; under is 3-1-1 in his last five. Boston is 3-3 in his road starts; their first 5-inning record with him: 6-4

Ramirez is 1-3, 5.56 in his last four starts (under 11-7). Angels are 4-5 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-8-4

Boston won three of last four games; six of their last eight games stayed under. Angels are 3-6 in last nine games; under is 6-2 in their last eight home games.

New York @ Seattle
Tanaka is 2-2, 3.96 in his last four starts; under is 6-1-1 in his last eight. New York is 4-6 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 9-8-2

Miranda is 1-1, 5.40 in his last four starts (over 4-0). Seattle is 4-5 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 11-7-1

New York won three of last four games; under is 9-0-1 in their last ten games. Mariners won six of their last eight games; under is 7-2 in their last nine.

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Interleague

A’s @ Mets
Manaea is 2-1, 2.67 in his last four starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Oakland is 4-1 in his last five road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-6-5

Wheeler is 0-4, 11.29 in his last five starts (over 3-1-1). Mets are 3-6 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 8-7-1

Oakland is 8-5 in its last 13 games; under is 5-3-1 in their last nine games. New York is 8-4 in last 12 home games; over is 5-2-1 in their last eight home games.

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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
StL-Chi: Wainwright 12-7; Lester 11-9
Mil-Phil: Suter 1-3; Hellickson 10-9
Mia-Cin: O’Grady 1-1; Stephenson 0-0
Pitt-Colo: Kuhl 7-12; Marquez 9-6
Wash-Az: Roark 10-8; Koch 0-0
Atl-LA: Teheran 9-10; Hill 8-5
SD-SF: Perdomo 7-9; Moore 5-14

American League
Hst-Balt: McHugh 0-0; Tillman 5-7
Tex-TB: Cashner Archer 11-9
Tor-Clev: Stroman Salazar 4-6
Det-Minn: Zimmerman 7-11; Gibson 8-9
Chi-KC: Pelfrey 6-9; Vargas 13-5
Bos-LAA: Price 6-4; Ramirez 10-8
NY-Sea: Tanaka 9-10; Miranda 11-8

Interleague
A’s-NY: Manaea 9-8; Wheeler 6-10

Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
StL-Chi: Wainwright 4-19; Lester 9-20
Mil-Phil: Suter 0-4; Hellickson 6-19
Mia-Cin: O’Grady 1-2; Stephenson 0-0
Pitt-Colo: Kuhl 4-19; Marquez 4-15
Wash-Az: Roark 7-18; Koch 0-0
Atl-LA: Teheran 6-19; Hill 3-13
SD-SF: Perdomo 7-16; Moore 7-19

American League
Hst-Balt: McHugh 0-0; Tillman 5-12
Tex-TB: Cashner Archer 5-20
Tor-Clev: Stroman Salazar 5-10
Det-Minn: Zimmerman 7-18; Gibson 4-17
Chi-KC: Pelfrey 4-15; Vargas 5-18
Bos-LAA: Price 4-10; Ramirez 9-18
NY-Sea: Tanaka 9-19; Miranda 8-19

Interleague
A’s-NY: Manaea 4-17; Wheeler 6-16

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Umpires
National League
StL-Chi: Underdogs are 4-3 in last seven Hamari games.
Mil-Phil: Over is 4-0-1 in last five Cooper games.
Mia-Cin: Three of last four Everitt games stayed under.
Pitt-Colo: Under is 8-1-1 in last ten Fairchild games.
Wash-Az: Four of last six LBarrett games stayed under.
Atl-LA: Under is 11-5 in last sixteen Kulpa games.
SD-SF: Last four Nelson games stayed under total.

American League
Hst-Balt: Three of last four Muchlinski games stayed under.
Tex-TB: Five of last six Whitson games went over; hosts are 14-2.
Tor-Clev: Four of last five Barry games stayed under.
Det-Minn: Under is 4-2-1 in last seven Hoye games.
Chi-KC: Under is 6-4-2 in last dozen Carlson games.
Bos-LAA: Over is 4-2 in last six Cuzzi games.
NY-Sea: Last six Hoberg games went over the total.

Interleague
A’s-NY: Over is 8-2 in last ten Gorman games.

Interleague play
NL @ AL– 46-38 AL, favorites -$820
AL @ NL– 50-45 NL, favorites -$528
Total: 91-88 AL, favorites -$1,348

Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 47-40-2
AL @ NL: Over 50-39-3
Total: Over 97-79-5

Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 7/21/17
Ariz 17-20-11……28-14–7……….44-34
Atl 21-19-6……19-25-4………..40-44
Cubs 23-24-3……21-19-5………..44-43
Reds 14-27-4……18-29–4…………32-56
Colo 27-17-6…….25-20-2……….52-37
LA 22-18-5…….33-15-4……….55-33
Miami 20-23-3…….23-19-6……..43-42
Milw 23-16-8…….25-20-7………47-36
Mets 22-19-2……..23-25-3………45-44
Philly 12-29-11……15-20-7……….27-49
Pitt 23-21-3…….19-22-9………42-43
St. Louis 18-22-6……28-15-7……….46-37
SD 13-31-5……..24-19–4………37-50
SF 10-35-7……..18-23-5……….31-58
Wash 33-14-3……21-17-7………….54-31

Orioles 16-27-4……..20-26-3………36-53
Boston 21-24-6………21-24-2…….42-48
White Sox 16-28-7……..18-21–3……..34-48
Cleveland 23-19-6……..21-20-5……..43-39
Detroit 19-23-7…….23-19-4……..42-42
Astros 24-13-8……..31-17-4……..55-30
KC 15-22-7………22-19-10…….37-41
Angels 18-25-7………20-18-10………38-43
Twins 23-14-6………21-26-5……..44-39
NYY 22-26-4……….25-15-3…..…47-41
A’s 15-24-7……..23-18-10……..38-42
Seattle 17-25-6……..23-19-9……..40-44
TB 23-17-10……..29-11-7……..52-28
Texas 25-16-10……..20-17-8………45-33
Toronto 20-27-3……..15-23-8……..35-50

%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 7/21/17)
Ariz 14-47……..19-49………..33
Atl 10-47……..13-48………..23
Cubs 14-50……..17-45……….31
Reds 18-45……..19-51……….37
Colo 12-50……..17-48..……..29
LA 14-45……..20-52..……..34
Miami 19-46……..17-48………36
Milw 19-47……20-52…..…..39
Mets 19-43……..17-51……….36
Philly 15-52……..12-42………..27
Pitt 13-47……..16-50……….29
StL 12-46……..14-50………..26
SD 19-49……..14-47…………33
SF 12-52……..13-46…………25
Wash 20-50……..20-45………40

Orioles 7-47……..17-50……….24
Boston 16-51……..10-47………26
White Sox 15-51……12-42……….27
Clev 9-48……..14-46……….23
Detroit 10-49…….20-46……..30
Astros 15-45……..21-51………36
KC 9-44……..10-51………..19
Angels 20-50…….12-48……….32
Twins 11-43……..12-52……….23
NYY 11-52……..14-43………25
A’s 9-45……..15-51……….24
Seattle 16-47…….19-51………35
TB 14-50……..20-47……..34
Texas 17-51……..21-45………38
Toronto 16-50……..9-46……….25