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National League
Brewers @ Nationals
Nelson is 3-1, 3.52 in his last five starts; under is 6-1 in his last seven.. Brewers are 5-4 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 8-10-2

Gonzalez is 1-4, 2.45 in his last five starts (under 4-1). Washington lost his last five home starts-first 5-inning record with him: 12-5-3

Brewers lost seven of last nine games; under is 8-2 in their last ten. Washington is 8-3 in its last 11 games; under is 6-1 in their last seven games.

Rockies @ Cardinals
Hoffman is 1-1, 8.34 in his last three starts; over is 7-4 in his MLB starts. Colorado is 4-1 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-4

Martinez is 0-3, 5.14 in his last six starts; four of his last five starts went over. Cardinals are 6-4 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 8-10-2

Rockies won six of last nine games; over is 9-2 in their last 11. St Louis won its last four home games; under is 10-3-1 in their last 14 games.

Braves @ Diamondbacks
Blair is making his first ’17 start; he is 2-7, 7.59 in 15 major league starts and is 6-5, 4.86 in 18 AAA starts this season.

Corbin is 1-3, 2.78 in his last six starts; over is 3-1-1 in his last five. Arizona is 6-4 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-10-3

Braves lost six of last nine games; over is 6-0-1 in their last seven. Arizona lost five of last seven home games; under is 6-3-1 in their last ten.

Mets @ Padres
Matz is 0-2, 13.07 in his last three starts; over is 5-3 in his starts this year. New York is 2-3 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 2-5-1

Chacin is 3-0, 2.35 in his last four starts; under is 5-1-1 in his last seven. San Diego is 6-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-11-2

Mets won six of last seven games; over is 4-1 in their last five games. San Diego lost three of last four games; over is 9-2-1 in their last 12.

Pirates @ Giants
Williams is 1-1, 5.11 in his last eight starts; under is 5-1 in his last six. Pirates are 4-3 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 8-5-1

Samardzija is 0-2, 8.31 in his last three starts; over is 6-3-1 in his last ten. Giants are 3-6 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 3-12-5

Pirates are 13-5 in last 17 games; over is 4-1 in their last five games. Giants lost four of last six games; over is 9-4-1 in their last 14 games.

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American League
A’s @ Blue Jays
Blackburn is 1-1, 3.33 in four starts this year (over 2-1-1). A’s are 1-1 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 2-0-2

Estrada is 0-5, 9.52 in his last nine starts; over is 5-1 in his last six. Toronto is 3-4 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-11-3

Oakland lost six of last eight games; under is 5-2 in their last seven road games. Toronto won three of last four home games; under is 3-1 in their last four games.

Angels @ Indians
Nolasco is 0-2, 9.88 in his last three starts; under is 3-1-1 in his last five. Angels are 2-8 in his road starts — their first 5-inning record with him: 6-10-9

Carrasco is 2-1, 3.46 in his last four starts; under is 5-3 in his last eight. Indians won his last five home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 12-6-1

Angels won three of last five games; under is 8-2-1 in their last 11 home games. Cleveland won eight of last nine home games; over is 4-2 in their last six overall.

Royals @ Tigers
Kennedy is 0-0, 5.94 in his last three starts; over is 10-3-1 in his last 14 starts. Royals are 5-4 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 5-10-3

Sanchez is 2-0, 5.09 in his last three starts; Detroit scored 25 runs in his last four starts. Over is 3-3 in his starts this year. Tigers are 3-0 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 4-1-1

Royals won their last seven games; under is 10-3-1 in their last 13. Detroit lost five of last seven games; under is 6-1-1 in their last eight home tilts.

Orioles @ Rays
Jimenez is 1-3, 9.95 in his last four starts; over is 10-4-1 in his starts this year. Orioles are 4-4 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 5-9-1

Cobb is 2-0, 1.54 in his last three starts; under is 4-1 in his last five. Rays split his eight home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 12-5-3

Orioles won six of last nine games; over is 11-4-1 in their last 16. Tampa Bay lost five of its last six games; under is 8-3-2 in their last 13.

Boston @ Seattle
Sale is 4-1, 1.70 in his last six starts; under is 4-1 in his last five. Red Sox are 7-4 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 11-3-6

Moore is 0-2, 6.26 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Seattle is 1-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 1-2-2

Boston lost five of last six games (over 4-2). Mariners won nine of their last 12 games; under is 8-5 in their last 13.

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Interleague

Cubs @ White Sox
Arrieta is 2-1, 2.84 in his last four starts; over is 12-7 in his last 19 starts. Cubs are 6-7 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 11-7-2

Shields is 0-1, 9.60 in his last three starts; over is 4-2 in his last six. White Sox are 2-2 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 3-4-2

White Sox are 1-9 since All-Star break; under is 3-0-1 in their last four games. Cubs are 9-2 since All-Star break; under is 6-2-1 in their last nine games.

Astros @ Phillies
Fiers is 2-0, 1.93 in his last two starts; under is 5-3 in his last eight. Houston is 7-3 in his road starts — their first 5-inning record with him: 9-7-3

Nola is 4-1, 1.70 in his last six starts; his last four starts stayed under. Philly is 4-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-3-5

Astros are 8-4 in last 12 games; over is 10-2 in their last 12 road games. Philly lost three of last four games (over 3-1).

Cincinnati @ New York
Bailey is 2-4, 8.56 in six starts this year; under is 3-1 in his last four. Reds are 2-1 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 1-4-1

Severino is 1-0, 1.71 in his last three starts; under is 4-1 in his last five. New York is 5-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 9-8-3

Reds lost 10 of last 12 games; under is 7-2 in their last nine games. New York won four of last five games; under is 11-2-1 in their last 14 games.

Marlins @ Rangers
Urena is 2-2, 5.76 in his last five starts; under is 5-1-1 in his last seven. Miami is 6-1 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 8-5-2

Darvish is 0-3, 5.01 in his last five starts; under is 13-1-1 in his last 15 starts. Texas is 4-6 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-8-6

Miami won eight of last 11 road games; under is 7-3 in their last ten games overall. Texas won four of its last five games; under is 10-5-1 in their last 16 games.

Twins @ Dodgers
Santana is 1-3, 6.08 in his last four starts; under is 4-1 in his last five. Twins are 7-2 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 11-6-3

Wood is 5-1, 2.87 in his last six starts (under 4-2). Dodgers are 7-1 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 11-3-1

Twins are 4-9 in last 13 games; under is 7-3 in their last ten games. Dodgers are 18-3 in last 21 games; over is 5-1-1 in their last seven games.

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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
Mil-Wsh: Davies 13-7; Jackson 1-0
Col-StL: Gray 6-1; Lynn 9-11
Atl-Az: Foltynewicz 11-7 (8-0 last ; Walker 10-5
NY-SD: Lugo 5-2; Chacin 11-9
Pitt-SF: Taillon 7-6; Bumgarner 0-6

American League
A’s-Tor: Gray 8-7; Valdez 0-0
KC-Det: Duffy 7-8; Fulmer 11-8
LAA-Clev: Chavez 8-11; Clevinger 6-6
Balt-TB: Miley 10-10; Faria 6-2
Bos-Sea: Pomeranz 13-6; Hernandez 5-6

Interleague
Chi-Chi: Rodon 1-3; Lackey 9-9
Hst-Phil: Morton 8-5; Pivetta 4-9
Cin-NY: Castillo 2-4; Montgomery 7-11
Mia-Tex: Straily 11-9; Hamels 5-5
Minn-LA: Berrios 9-4; Maeda 11-4

Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
Mil-Wsh: Davies 8-20; Jackson 1-1
Col-StL: Gray 1-7; Lynn 6-20
Atl-Az: Foltynewicz 4-18; Walker 6-15
NY-SD: Lugo 2-7; Chacin 8-20
Pitt-SF: Taillon 2-13; Bumgarner 1-6

American League
A’s-Tor: Gray 2-15; Valdez 0-0
KC-Det: Duffy 3-15; Fulmer 6-19
LAA-Clev: Chavez 4-19; Clevinger 1-12
Balt-TB: Miley 8-20; Faria 2-8
Bos-Sea: Pomeranz 5-19; Hernandez 6-11

Interleague
Chi-Chi: Rodon 2-4; Lackey 10-18
Hst-Phil: Morton 2-13; Pivetta 5-13
Cin-NY: Castillo 2-6; Montgomery 4-18
Mia-Tex: Straily 5-20; Hamels 4-10
Minn-LA: Berrios 3-13; Maeda 6-15

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Umpires
National League
Col-StL: Three of last four Culbreth games went over.
Atl-Az: Five of last six Whitson games went over total.
NY-SD: Last three Hallion games went over the total.
Pitt-SF: Last three Meals games went over the total.

American League
A’s-Tor: Over is 5-3 in last eight Timmons games.
KC-Det: Six of last nine Wolf games stayed under.
Balt-TB: Over is 4-0-3 in last seven Wendelstedt games.
Bos-Sea: Over is 8-3 in last eleven Demuth games.

Interleague
Chi-Chi: Last three Barksdale games went over total.
Hst-Phil: Over is 8-3 in last eleven Iassogna games.
Mia-Tex: Last four Drake games stayed under the total.
Minn-LA: Four of last six LBarrett games stayed under.

Interleague play
NL @ AL– 47-39 AL, favorites -$857
AL @ NL– 52-48 NL, favorites -$866
Total: 95-91 AL, favorites -$1,723

Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 47-42-2
AL @ NL: Over 53-40-3
Total: Over 100-82-5

Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 7/24/17
Ariz 17-20-11……29-15–8……….45-35
Atl 21-21-7……19-25-4………..40-46
Cubs 23-24-3……21-19-8………..44-43
Reds 14-27-5……19-29–5…………33-56
Colo 27-18-6…….27-20-2……….54-38
LA 22-18-5…….35-15-5……….57-33
Miami 21-24-4…….23-19-6……..44-43
Milw 24-17-8…….25-20-7………48-37
Mets 23-19-2……..23-27-3………46-46
Philly 12-29-11……16-22-7……….28-51
Pitt 24-23-3…….19-22-9………43-45
St. Louis 18-22-8……29-15-7……….47-37
SD 14-31-6……..24-20–4………38-51
SF 10-35-7……..18-25-6……….31-60
Wash 34-14-4……21-17-7………….55-31

Orioles 17-27-4……..22-26-3………39-53
Boston 21-26-7………21-24-2…….42-50
White Sox 18-28-8……..18-21–3……..36-48
Cleveland 23-19-6……..23-20-6……..45-39
Detroit 19-24-8…….23-20-4……..42-44
Astros 25-15-8……..31-17-4……..56-32
KC 16-22-7………22-21-10…….38-43
Angels 18-25-7………21-18-11………39-43
Twins 23-15-6………22-26-6……..45-40
NYY 22-28-4……….25-15-3…..…47-43
A’s 17-25-7……..23-18-10……..40-43
Seattle 17-25-6……..26-19-9……..43-44
TB 23-17-10……..31-12-7……..54-29
Texas 25-18-10……..20-18-8………45-36
Toronto 20-29-3……..16-23-8……..36-52

%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 7/24/17)
Ariz 14-47……..20-52………..34
Atl 10-49……..13-48………..23
Cubs 14-50……..17-48……….31
Reds 18-46……..19-52……….37
Colo 12-51……..17-50..……..29
LA 14-45……..20-54..……..34
Miami 21-49……..17-48………38
Milw 19-49……20-52…..…..39
Mets 19-44……..17-53……….36
Philly 15-52……..13-46………..28
Pitt 15-50……..16-50……….31
StL 12-48……..15-51………..27
SD 20-51……..14-48…………34
SF 12-52……..14-49…………26
Wash 22-52……..20-45……….42

Orioles 7-48……..17-52……….24
Boston 17-54……..10-47………27
White Sox 15-54……12-42……….27
Clev 9-48……..16-49……….25
Detroit 10-51…….20-47……..30
Astros 15-48……..21-51………36
KC 9-45……..10-53………..19
Angels 20-50…….12-50……….32
Twins 11-44……..12-54……….23
NYY 12-54……..14-43………27
A’s 11-47……..16-52………26
Seattle 16-47…….19-54………35
TB 14-50……..20-50……..34
Texas 17-53……..21-46………38
Toronto 16-52……..10-47……..26