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National League
Braves @ Phillies
Newcomb is 0-3, 9.16 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Braves are 1-2 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 2-6

Eickhoff is 2-0, 3.71 in his last three starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Phillies are 4-5 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-9-1

Braves lost five of last six games; over is 8-1 in their last nine games. Philly is 6-3 in its last nine games; over is 6-2 in their last eight games.

Rockies @ Nationals
Marquez is 3-0, 2.48 in his last three starts; under is 5-3 in his last eight. Colorado is 4-4 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 9-4-3

Roark is 2-0, 3.46 in his last two starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. Washington is 5-4 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 9-8-2

Colorado lost seven of last eight road games; over is 10-2 in their last 12 games overall. Rockies are 2-7 in last nine road series openers. Washington won four of last five games; over is 5-1 in their last six home games. Nationals are 10-7 in home series openers.

Reds @ Marlins
Adleman is 0-3, 6.64 in his last four starts (under 3-0-1). Reds are 1-6 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-8-2

Conley is 1-0, 1.39 in his last two starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Miami is 1-3 in his home starts— their 5-inning record with him: 3-3-2

Cincinnati is 2-13 in its last 15 games; under is 8-3-1 in their last 12 road games. Miami won six of last eight games; four of last five Miami games went over.

Cubs @ Brewers
Hendricks is 0-1, 6.75 in his last three starts; under is 6-3 in his last nine. Cubs are 2-3 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-4-1

Guerra is 0-3, 9.86 in his last five starts (over 4-1). Brewers are 2-4 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 4-6-2

Cubs are 11-3 since All-Star Game; under is 5-1-1 in their last seven games. Milwaukee is 3-8 in its last 11 games; over is 4-2 in their last six games.

Diamondbacks @ Cardinals
Greinke is 4-0, 2.12 in his last five starts; under is 4-1-1 in his last six. Arizona is 3-4 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 12-5-3

Leake is 1-2, 8.66 in his last four starts; over is 5-2-1 in his last eight. St Louis is 4-7 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 10-7-3

Arizona is 3-8 in its last 11 road games; under is 3-1 in their last four road games. St Louis won four of its last five games; under is 12-4-1 in their last 17 games.

Giants @ Dodgers
Blach is 2-1, 4.10 in his last four starts (under 4-0). Giants are 3-3 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 9-7

Hill is 3-0, 1.42 in his last four starts; under is 3-1-1 in his last five. Dodgers are 5-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-6-2

Giants lost four of last five road games; over is 5-2 in their last seven road games. Dodgers won their last six games; over is 7-1-1 in their last nine games.

Pirates @ Padres
Nova is 2-2, 6.08 in his last four starts; under is 7-1 in his last eight. Pirates are 4-7 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 10-9-1

Lamet is 2-1, 4.70 in four home starts (SD 3-1). Over is 6-2 in his last eight starts. San Diego’s first 5-inning record with him: 4-6

Pirates lost five of last six games; over is 5-3 in their last eight road games. San Diego won five of last seven home games; over is 11-3-1 in their last 15 games.

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American League
Rays @ New York
Snell is 0-4, 6.25 in his last six starts; four of his last five stayed under. Rays are 2-4 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 3-7-1

Smith allowed four runs in 3.2 IP (59 PT) in his only ’17 start, a 6-4 win in Seattle (over 1-0). NY’s first 5-inning record with him: 0-1

Rays lost seven of last nine games; under is 8-3-1 in their last 12 games. New York won seven of last eight games; four of their last six games went over.

Angels @ Blue Jays
Petit is making his first ’17 start; he is 2-0, 2.70 in 36 relief stints (56.2 IP) this season. Petit has started 58 major league games, but only two from 2015-17. This is a bullpen game for Halos.

Lirirano is 1-1, 10.38 in his last three starts; over is 3-1 in his last four. Toronto is 6-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-9-3

Angels lost four of their last four games; over is 5-3 in their last eight games. Toronto won four of its last five games (under 4-1).

Royals @ Red Sox
Cahill was 1-1, 6.46 in his last three starts for San Diego; this is his KC debut. Under is 3-1-2 in his last six starts. Padres were 3-4 in his road starts.

Rodriguez is 0-2, 7.56 in his last three starts (under 9-3), Boston is 3-1 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-6

Royals won their last nine games; under is 5-1 in their last six. Boston lost five of last six games; under is 12-2-1 in last 15 games at Fenway Park.

Astros @ Tigers
McHugh allowed four runs in 4.2 IP (77 PT) in his first ’17 start, at Baltimore. Astros’ first 5-inning record with him: 0-1

Boyd is 2-0, 4.50 in his last two starts; his last four starts went over. Detroit is 1-4 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 4-6-3

Astros won five of last seven games; over is 6-1 in their last seven games. Detroit lost seven of last nine games; under is 6-3-1 in their last ten home games.

Orioles @ Rangers
Gausman is 2-0, 0.75 in his last two starts; over is 3-1 in his last four. Orioles are 3-7 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 10-12

Dirks is 2-0, 4.30 in five starts this year, last of which was June 30 (over 3-2). Texas’ first 5-inning record with him: 3-0-2

Orioles lost five of last seven games; under is 4-1-1 in their last six road games. Texas is 5-7 in its last 12 games; over is 6-4 in their last ten.

Indians @ White Sox
Kluber is 2-1, 1.75 in his last five starts; under is 3-1-2 in his last six. indians are 3-3 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-7-2

Gonzalez is 1-1, 1.35 in his last two starts; over is 8-4 in his last 12. Chicago is 3-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 5-8-2

Cleveland won its last eight games; over is 6-3 in their last nine. White Sox are 1-12 since All-Star Game; under is 4-2-1 in their last seven.

Twins @ A’s
Mejia is 3-1, 2.38 in his last six starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Twins are 3-2 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-4-4

Smith is 0-1, 3.79 in three starts (under 3-0). A’s lost his only home start— their first 5-inning record with him: 1-1-1

Twins lost four of their last five games; over is 4-1-1 in their last six games. Oakland lost nine of last 11 games; under is 4-1-1 in their last six.

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Interleague

Mets @ Mariners
deGrom is 8-0, 1.90 in his last eight starts, last four of which went over. New York is 7-3 in his road starts — their first 5-inning record with him: 14-5-1

Gallardo is 1-4, 8.74 in his last seven starts; over is 8-1 in his last nine. Seattle is 2-5 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 2-5

Mets are 4-6 in last ten road games; over is 7-1 in their last eight games. Seattle is 5-14 in its last 19 home games; under is 6-4 in their last ten games.

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Record with this pitcher starting:
National League
Col-Wsh: Marquez 10-6; Roark 11-8
Atl-Phil: Newcomb 2-6; Eickhoff 4-13
Cin-Mia: Adleman 7-10; Conley 4-4
Chi-Mil: Hendricks 6-6; Guerra 4-8
Az-StL: Greinke 14-6; Leake 9-11
SF-LA: Blach 7-9; Hill 9-5
Pitt-SD: Nova 11-9; Lamet 6-4

American League
TB-NY: Snell 3-8; Smith 1-0
LA-Tor: Petit 0-0; Liriano 11-6
KC-Bos: Cahill 0-0 (7-4); Rodriguez 7-5
Hst-Det: McHugh 1-0; Boyd 6-7
Balt-Tex: Gausman 11-11; Dirks 2-3
Clev-Chi: Kluber 9-7; Gonzalez 6-9
Minn-A’s: Mejia 7-8; Smith 1-2

Interleague
NY-Sea: deGrom 14-6; Gallardo 5-10

Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
Col-Wsh: Marquez 5-16; Roark 8-19
Atl-Phil: Newcomb 2-8; Eickhoff 5-17
Cin-Mia: Adleman 5-17; Conley 3-8
Chi-Mil: Hendricks 4-12; Guerra 2-12
Az-StL: Greinke 2-20; Leake 4-20
SF-LA: Blach 5-16; Hill 3-14
Pitt-SD: Nova 6-20; Lamet 5-10

American League
TB-NY: Snell 2-11; Smith 0-1
LA-Tor: Petit 0-0; Liriano 8-17
KC-Bos: Cahill 3-11; Rodriguez 4-12
Hst-Det: McHugh 0-1; Boyd 4-13
Balt-Tex: Gausman 5-22; Dirks 2-5
Clev-Chi: Kluber 3-16; Gonzalez 5-15
Minn-A’s: Mejia 3-15; Smith 1-3

Interleague
NY-Sea: deGrom 7-20; Gallardo 8-15

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Umpires
National League
Atl-Phil: Favorites won seven of last eight Carlson games.
Cin-Mia: Over is 4-0-4 in last eight Wendelstedt games.
Chi-Mil: Underdogs won five of last seven Timmons games.
Az-StL: Under is 7-3 in last ten Wolf games.
SF-LA: Over is 12-3-2 in last 17 Marquez games.
Pitt-SD: Over is 6-1-1 in last seven Torres games.

American League
TB-NY: Favorites won 12 of last 13 Iassogna games.
LA-Tor: Under is 9-6-1 in Tumpane games this season.
KC-Bos: Under is 11-6-1 in Tichenor games this season.
Hst-Det: Over is 13-2-1 in last sixteen Gonzalez games.
Balt-Tex: Five of last seven Dreckman games went over.
Clev-Chi: Over is 8-1-1 in last ten Reynolds games.
Minn-A’s: Last four Hallion games went over the total.

Interleague
NY-Sea: Home teams won all four Livensparger games (over 2-2).

Interleague play
NL @ AL– 51-42 AL, favorites -$716
AL @ NL– 56-49 NL, favorites -$366
Total: 100-98 AL, favorites -$1,082

Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 48-45-2
AL @ NL: Over 60-42-4
Total: Over 108-87-6

Teams’ records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 7/28/17
Ariz 18-20-12……30-15–9……….48-35
Atl 21-23-8……19-25-4………..40-48
Cubs 25-25-3……22-19-8………..47-44
Reds 15-30-5……19-29–5…………34-59
Colo 27-20-6…….27-20-2……….54-40
LA 22-18-5…….37-16-5……….59-34
Miami 22-25-4…….24-20-6……..46-45
Milw 26-18-8…….26-20-7………51-38
Mets 23-22-3……..23-27-3………46-49
Philly 12-29-11……18-23-7……….30-52
Pitt 25-24-4…….19-22-9………44-46
St. Louis 18-22-8……31-16-8……….49-38
SD 14-31-6……..26-21–5………40-52
SF 10-36-7……..19-25-7……….32-61
Wash 34-14-4……22-19-7………….56-33

Orioles 17-29-4……..22-26-3………39-55
Boston 21-27-7………21-25-2…….42-52
White Sox 18-29-8……..18-24–3……..36-52
Cleveland 24-19-6……..24-20-6……..47-39
Detroit 19-24-8…….24-21-5……..43-45
Astros 26-17-8……..31-17-4……..57-34
KC 18-22-7………22-21-10…….40-43
Angels 19-26-8………21-18-11………40-44
Twins 26-16-6………22-26-6……..48-41
NYY 22-28-4……….28-16-3…..…50-44
A’s 18-26-7……..23-19-10……..41-45
Seattle 17-25-6……..28-19-9……..45-44
TB 24-18-10……..32-12-7……..56-30
Texas 25-18-10……..22-19-8………47-37
Toronto 20-29-3……..17-25-8……..37-54

%age of times teams score in first inning (road/home/total- 7/28/17)
Ariz 14-49……..21-54………..34
Atl 11-52……..13-48………..24
Cubs 14-53……..18-49……….32
Reds 19-50……..19-52……….38
Colo 13-53……..17-50..……..30
LA 14-45……..21-57..……..35
Miami 23-51……..17-50………40
Milw 20-52……20-53…..…..40
Mets 22-48……..17-53……….39
Philly 15-52……..14-49……….29
Pitt 15-53……..16-50……….31
StL 12-48……..17-55………..29
SD 20-51……..16-52…………36
SF 12-53……..15-51…………27
Wash 22-52……..21-48……….43

Orioles 7-51……..17-52……….24
Boston 17-56……..10-48………27
White Sox 15-55……12-45……….27
Clev 9-49……..17-52……….26
Detroit 10-51…….20-50……..30
Astros 16-51……..21-51……….37
KC 10-48……..10-53………20
Angels 20-54…….12-50……….32
Twins 11-47……..12-54……….23
NYY 12-54……..15-47………28
A’s 12-50……..16-53………28
Seattle 16-47…….19-57………35
TB 14-52……..20-52……..34
Texas 17-53……..23-48………40
Toronto 16-52……..11-52……….27