Some quick trends for Saturday’s baseball:
National League
— Reds (39-37) @ Cardinals (41-35)
Chase Petty is making his MLB debut here; he was 1-4, 2.76 in 10 starts at AAA.
Sonny Gray’s last four starts stayed under the total. Cardinals are 23-14 at home.
— Braves (34-40) @ Marlins (30-44)
Holmes is 0-3, 5.31 in his last four starts. Atlanta is 12-25 on the road.
Eury Perez gave up five runs in 7 IP in his first two starts this year. Marlins are 6-4 in their last ten games.
— Mets (45-31) @ Phillies (46-30)
Mets lost their last seven games. Canning is 1-2, 7.36 in his last five starts.
Phillies won eight of their last nine games. Abel is 2-0, 2.21 in four starts.
— Diamondbacks (38-37) @ Rockies (17-59)
Over is 4-1 in Kelly’s last five starts. Over is 8-2 in Arizona’s last ten games.
Palmquist is 0-4, 8.10 in six starts. Colorado’s last five home games went over total.
— Nationals (31-45) @ Dodgers (47-30)
Irvin is 1-2, 6.86 in his last four starts; Nationals are 1-12 in their last 13 games.
Dodgers are 5-2 in May’s home starts. Over is 21-6 in their last 27 home games.
— Movie of the Day:
Moneyball (2011)- A major league general manager’s successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a smaller budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.
Brad Pitt plays Oakland A’s GM Billy Beane; Philip Seymour Hoffman plays A’s manager Art Howe, Jonah Hill plays Beane’s assistant Paul DePodesta (character in the movie is Peter Brand)
I’ve been an A’s fan since I was five years old, so obviously I loved this book/movie; also got to meet Michael Lewis once- he wrote the book the movie was based on, so that was fun.
American League
— Tigers (48-29) @ Rays (42-34)
Tigers are 12-7 in one-run games, but 2-5 in extra innings. Detroit’s last seven games went over.
Pepiot is 2-1, 1.62 in his last five starts; under is 9-2 in his last 11 starts.
— Orioles (33-42) @ New York (43-32)
Orioles are 27-27 vs righty starters, 6-15 vs lefties. O’s are 11-10 vs AL East rivals, 22-32 against everyone else.
Schmidt is 2-1, 1.08 in his last four starts. Under is 5-1 in Schmidt’s last six starts.
— White Sox (24-52) @ Blue Jays (40-35)
Chicago lost eight of its last nine games; they’re 8-31 on the road.
Berrios is 1-1, 2.70 in his last four starts; Toronto is 24-15 at home.
— Astros (44-32) @ Angels (36-39)
Astros are 27-13 at home, 17-19 on road. Houston is 8-2 in its last ten games.
Angels are 1-5 in Soriano’s home starts. Under is 5-1 in Soriano’s last six starts.
— Guardians (37-37) @ A’s (32-46)
Ortiz is 0-2, 8.44 in his last two starts. Cleveland is 4-10 in its last 14 games.
Spence is 1-0, 1.20 in three starts (15 IP). A’s won six of their last eight games.
— Famous birthdays, June 21st:
Bernie Kopell, 92
Monte Markham, 90
Dan Henning, 83
Michael Gross, 78
Rick Sutcliffe, 69
Tom Chambers, 66
Derrick Coleman, 58
Maggie Siff, 51
Chris Pratt, 46
Garrett Crochet, 26
Interleague
— Brewers (41-35) @ Twins (37-38)
Milwaukee is 5-2 in its last seven games. Under is 7-2 in Quintana’s starts.
Twins are 20-13 at home, 17-25 on road. Over is 6-1 in their last seven home games.
— Mariners (38-36) @ Cubs (45-30)
Hancock is 1-0, 2.35 in his last four starts. Over is 5-2 in their last seven road games.
Cubs are 24-14 at home. Horton is 1-1, 3.25 in his last five starts.
— Rangers (37-39) @ Pirates (30-47)
Texas is 8-4 in its last 12 games. Rocker is 2-4, 7.53 in seven starts.
Keller is 0-7, 4.64 in his last nine starts; under is 6-2 in his last eight starts.
— Red Sox (40-37) @ Giants (42-34)
Boston won 8 of its last 9 games. Over is 5-2 in Bello’s last seven starts.
Roupp is 1-2, 6.50 in his last four starts. Giants lost five of their last six games.
— Royals (38-38) @ Padres (40-35)
Royals won their last four games. Cameron is 2-2, 1.91 in seven starts (under 5-2)
Cease is 1-3, 4.98 in his last four starts. Padres lost 8 of their last 11 games.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Phillies, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Mets, Giants, Mil/StL
AL: Bronx, Tigers, Astros. Wild Cards: Rays, Blue Jays, Red Sox
