National League
Cubs-Reds
33-year old rookie Wada is making first MLB start; he was 9-5, 2.66 in his 16 AAA starts this year.
Wood is 1-1, 5.40 in his last three starts,
Holmberg allowed three runs in 3.2 IP in his only MLB start LY; he was 0-4, 5.28 in 10 AAA starts this year.
Cueto is 3-1, 2.55 in his last five starts.
Cubs are 0-3 since Samardzija trade, scoring four runs.
Cincinnati won five of its last six home games.
Six of last eight Cincinnati games stayed under total.
Braves-Mets
Teheran is 2-1, 2.17 in his last four starts.
de Grom is 1-1, 2.41 in his last three starts.
Braves won nine of their last eleven games.
Mets lost eight of their last twelve games.
Four of last five de Grom starts stayed under.
Phillies-Brewers
Kendrick is 0-2, 4.71 in his last three starts.
Peralta is 5-0, 4.74 in his last six starts.
Philly lost ten of its last thirteen games.
Milwaukee lost six of its last seven games.
Six of last seven Peralta starts went over total.
Pirates-Cardinals
Worley is 2-1, 2.28 in four starts for Pittsburgh.
Martinez is 2-0, 2.95 in four starts (only 18.1 IP).
Pirates won 12 of their last 16 games.
St Louis is 6-7 in its last thirteen games.
Under is 7-2-1 in Cardinals' last ten home games.
Padres-Rockies
Ross is 1-2, 1.96 in his last three starts.
Morales is 0-3, 7.54 in his last seven starts.
Padres won six of their last eight games.
Colorado lost 18 of its last 21 games.
Last seven Ross starts stayed under the total.
Marlins-Diamondbacks
Hand is 0-1, 8.74 in three starts this season.
Nuno was 1-3, 7.65 in his last four starts with Bronx.
Miami is 12-8 in its last twenty road games.
Diamondbacks lost five of their last eight games.
Eight of last eleven Arizona games stayed under total.
American League
Bronx-Indians
Tanaka is 6-2, 2.30 in his last eight starts.
Bauer is 0-1, 4.91 in his last three starts.
Bronx Bombers won five of their last six road games.
Indians won four of their last six games.
Under is 7-3-1 in last eleven Cleveland games.
Royals-Rays
Vargas is 4-1, 2.80 in his last eight starts.
Hellickson is making first '14 start; he is 39-31, 3.70 in 95 career starts.
Royals won 13 of their last 16 road games.
Tampa Bay won 10 of its last 13 games.
Over is 6-3-1 in last ten Tampa Bay games.
White Sox--Red Sox
Danks is 4-1, 3.40 in his last six starts.
Workman is 0-2, 6.35 in his last three starts.
White Sox won four of their last five games.
Red Sox lost 12 of their last 17 games.
15 of last 19 games at Fenway Park stayed under.
Astros-Rangers
Peacock is 0-1, 3.68 in his last four starts.
Irwin is making first MLB start; he was 4-1, 2.01 in his last six AAA starts.
Houston lost 15 of its last 20 games.
Rangers lost eight of their last nine games.
Seven of last nine Peacock starts stayed under.
Blue Jays-Angels
Dickey is 0-4, 5.08 in his last four starts.
Skaggs is 0-3, 5.26 in his last four starts.
Blue Jays lost ten of their last eleven road games.
Angels won 13 of their last 16 games; they've won 11 in row at home.
Eleven of last twelve Toronto games stayed under.
Twins-Mariners
Hughes is 1-3, 6.33 in his last four starts.
Young is 3-0, 1.44 in his last four starts.
Minnesota lost six of its last seven games.
Mariners won eight of their last ten games.
Eight of last nine Young starts stayed under.
Interleague games
Orioles-Nationals
Norris is 4-0, 2.55 in his last four starts.
Fister is 7-2, 2.88 in his last ten starts.
Orioles won seven of their last eight games.
Washington won seven of its last nine games.
Nine of last twelve Washington games went over.
Dodgers-Tigers
Ryu is 2-1, 2.42 in his last four starts.
Verlander is 1-0, 3.32 in his last three starts.
Dodgers won seven of their last nine road games.
Tigers lost their last three games, scoring eight runs.
Under is 4-1-1 in last six Ryu starts; nine of last ten Verlander starts went over the total.
Giants-A's
Bumgarner is 1-3, 4.64 in his last five starts.
Gray is 2-0, 3.79 in his last three starts.
Giants won four of their last six road games.
Oakland won ten of its last eleven home games.
Over is 5-2-1 in last eight Bumgarner starts.
Pitchers allowing runs in first inning:
-- Wada 0-0, Wood 3-17; Cueto 2-18, Holmberg 0-0
-- Teheran 5-18; deGrom 2-10
-- Kendrick 9-17; Peralta 3-17
-- Worley 0-4; Martinez 0-4
-- Ross 5-18; Morales 2-12
-- Hand 1-3; Nuno 6-14
-- Tanaka 6-18; Bauer 3-10
-- Danks 5-17; Workman 5-7
-- Vargas 2-18; Hellickson 0-0
-- Peacock 4-12; Irwin 0-0
-- Dickey 4-18; Skaggs 6-12
-- Hughes 3-17; Young 2-16
-- Norris 4-14; Fister 3-11
-- Ryu 1-16; Verlander 6-18
-- Bumgarner 4-18; Gray 6-17
Teams' record when this starting pitcher starts:
-- Wada 0-0, Wood 10-7; Cueto 10-8, Holmberg 0-0
-- Teheran 12-6; deGrom 2-8
-- Kendrick 7-10; Peralta 10-7
-- Worley 2-2; Martinez 4-0
-- Ross 8-10; Morales 5-7
-- Hand 0-3; Nuno 6-8
-- Tanaka 13-4; Bauer 4-6
-- Danks 8-9; Workman 2-5
-- Vargas 10-8; Hellickson 0-0
-- Peacock 5-7; Irwin 0-0
-- Dickey 8-10; Skaggs 7-5
-- Hughes 11-6; Young 10-6
-- Norris 9-5; Fister 8-3
-- Ryu 9-7; Verlander 10-8
-- Bumgarner 10-8; Gray 11-6
Umpires
-- Chi-Cin-- Under is 5-2-1 in last eight Winters games; underdogs won five of last seven Fletcher games.
-- Atl-NY-- Six of nine Everitt games went over the total.
-- Phil-Mil-- Underdogs won five of last seven Hoberg games.
-- Pitt-StL-- Eight of last ten West games went over total.
-- SD-Col-- Underdogs won five of last nine Reynolds games.
-- Mia-Az-- 12 of last 17 Davidson games stayed under.
-- NY-Clev-- Four of last five Gonzalez games stayed under.
-- Chi-Bos-- Four of six Joyce games went over the total.
-- KC-TB-- Under is 11-3-1 in last fifteen Nelson games.
-- Hst-Tex-- Five of last six Carapazza games stayed under; four of the six had a 1-0 final score.
-- Tor-LA-- Over is 4-1-1 in last six Rackley games.
-- Min-Sea-- Last seven Danley games stayed under.
-- Blt-Wsh-- Eight of last eleven Iassogna games stayed under.
-- SF-A's-- Favorites won eight of last ten Hernandez games.
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