Odds and Trends in Major League Baseball (Sept. 8th)

Major League Baseball action continues on Thursday, Sept. 8th with a light schedule of only 6 games. We have your odds and trends for every game right here!

Trends can be quite useful when handicapping Major League Baseball games.

So, we've gathered dozens of trends for today's baseball action and we are sharing them here at POINTSPREADS.CA in our daily report.

THE DAILY ODDS:

First, here's a look at the current odds and totals for all of today's games at SPREADS.CA.

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THE DAILY TRENDS:

National League

Washington (48-88) @ St Louis (80-56)
— Gray is 0-3, 7.76 in his last six starts.
— Washington is 1-5 in his last six starts.
— under 7-4-2 last 13
— allowed run in first inning: 9-24
— record in first 5 innings: 8-11-5
— He is 0-1, 7.20 in one start vs St Louis.
— Washington is 11-12 in its last 23 games.
— Nationals are 26-42 on road.
— under 12-7 last 19 games.
— scored run in first inning: 37-137
— record in first 5 innings: 37-82-18
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4-3-4.1
— Wainwright is 2-1, 2.41 in his last five starts.
— St Louis is 6-2 in his last eight starts.
— over 3-1 last four
— allowed run in first inning: 7-27
— record in first 5 innings: 13-10-4
— He is 10-5, 3.09 in 17 starts vs Washington.
— Cardinals are 28-8 in their last 36 games.
— St Louis is 47-23 at home.
— under 5-2-1 last eight games
— scored run in first inning: 46-137
— record in first 5 innings: 63-50-24
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4-4-2.1

Cincinnati (54-80) @ Chicago (57-79)
— Cessa is 0-1, 6.00 in four starts.
— Cincinnati is 2-2 in his starts.
— allowed run in first inning: 1-4
— record in first 5 innings: 0-3-1
— He allowed 5 runs in 7.1 IP, in 8 relief stints vs Chicago.
— Reds are 10-17 in last 27 games.
— Cincinnati is 25-41 on road.
— under 3-2-1 last six road games
— scored run in first inning: 32-134
— record in first 5 innings: 45-67-22
— bullpen IP last 3 days: x-3.1-3.1
— Sampson is 0-2, 6.17 in his last three starts.
— Chicago is 6-7 in his starts.
— allowed run in first inning: 5-13
— record in first 5 innings: 1-10-2
— He is 0-1, 3.46 in three starts vs Cincinnati.
— Cubs lost eight of last ten games.
— Cubs are 29-39 at home.
— over 4-2-3 last nine games
— scored run in first inning: 45-136
— record in first 5 innings: 53-60-23
— bullpen IP last 3 days: x-5-3.2

San Francisco (65-70) @ Milwaukee (71-65)
— Giants haven’t named Game 2 starter. Could be two bullpen games.
— Giants won four of last six games.
— San Francisco is 28-38 on road.
— over 6-0-1 last seven games
— scored run in first inning: 31-135
— record in first 5 innings: 53-58-24
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-7-3.2
— Burnes is 0-1, 9.98 in his last three starts.
— Brewers are 11-4 in his last 15 starts
— over 7-2 last nine
— allowed run in first inning: 5-27
— record in first 5 innings: 12-9-6
— He is 2-1, 2.53 in 11 games (4 starts) vs San Francisco.
— Peralta is 0-0, 1.59 in his last three starts.
— Brewers are 7-7 in his starts
— under 5-2-1 last eight
— allowed run in first inning: 5-14
— record in first 5 innings: 6-4-4
— He threw a scoreless IP in relief vs San Francisco.
— Brewers are 3-6 in last nine games.
— Milwaukee is 35-26 at home.
— under 8-4-1 last 13 games
— scored run in first inning: 44-136
— record in first 5 innings: 57-52-27
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4-3-5.1

Miami (55-80) @ Philadelphia (75-61)
— Alcantara is 0-3, 8.82 in his last three road starts.
— Marlins are 7-5 in his last 12 starts
— under 8-4 last 12
— allowed run in first inning: 5-27
— record in first 5 innings: 11-6-10
— He is 1-2, 3.03 in four starts vs Philly TY.
— Miami is 15-41 in its last 56 games.
— Marlins are 29-42 on road.
— under 22-11-2 last 35 games.
— scored run in first inning: 20-135
— record in first 5 innings: 46-61-28
— bullpen IP last 3 days: x-1.1-2
— Gibson is 1-1, 7.62 in his last three starts.
— Phillies are 10-6 in his last 16 starts.
— over 3-1 last four
— allowed run in first inning: 5-26
— record in first 5 innings: 11-14-1
— He is 1-2, 3.28 in four starts vs Miami TY.
— Phillies lost six of last nine games.
— Philly is 41-30 at home.
— over 10-4 last 14 games
— scored run in first inning: 37-136
— record in first 5 innings: 56-57-23
— bullpen IP last 3 days: x-2.1-3.2

American League

Minnesota (68-67) @ Bronx (83-54)
— Gray is 1-1, 2.14 in his last four starts.
— He pitched for New York in 2017-18.
— Twins are 12-9 in his starts
— under 3-0 last three
— allowed run in first inning: 2-21
— record in first 5 innings: 10-6-5
— He is 1-2, 4.55 in five starts vs New York.
— Minnesota lost six of last seven games.
— They’re 2-22 in last 24 games in the Bronx.
— Twins are 28-38 on road.
— over 29-21-3 last 53 games
— scored run in first inning: 44-135
— record in first 5 innings: 68-47-20
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-x-10.1
— New York is 3-7 in his last ten starts.
— under 5-0 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 5-27
— record in first 5 innings: 15-5-7
— He is 3-0, 3.80 in four starts vs Minnesota.
— New York won its last four games.
— New York is 48-20 at home.
— under 19-7-1 last 27 games
— scored run in first inning: 46-137
— record in first 5 innings: 66-44-27
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4-x-5.1

White Sox (69-68) @ A’s (50-87)
— Cease is 1-0, 1.06 in his last two starts.
— White Sox are 11-4 in his last 15 starts.
— under 14-13
— allowed run in first inning: 6-27
— record in first 5 innings: 15-11-1
— He is 1-0, 3.00 in two starts vs Oakland.
— White Sox are 6-2 in their last eight games.
— Chicago is 35-32 on road
— under 6-2 last eight games
— scored run in first inning: 33-137
— record in first 5 innings: 54-66-17
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2-2-5.1
— Sears is 2-1, 2.63 in five starts for Oakland.
— A’s are 3-2 in his starts.
— allowed run in first inning: 0-5
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1-2
— He hasn’t pitched against Chicago.
— A’s are 5-10 in last 15 games.
— Oakland is 22-45 at home.
— over 3-1 last four games
— scored run in first inning: 34-137
— record in first 5 innings: 43-70-24
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-4.1-3.2

Interleague Game(s)

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Note:  Credit for much of this data goes to ArmadilloSports. com.

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