A quick trend for all 30 MLB teams…….
— Under is 8-2 in Diamondbacks’ last ten games.
— Braves are 8-2 in series openers.
— Cubs won their last five series openers; they play their first game against an AL Central rival Friday, when they host Milwaukee.
— Reds are 14-2 when they score 5+ runs, 2-13 when they don’t.
— Rockies are 1-23 when they score less than seven runs.
— Dodgers are 3-6 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
— Marlins won last three games, after a 6-24 start; they’re 1-13 against lefty starting pitchers.
— Over is 6-1 in the Brewers’ last seven home games.
— Under is 5-2 in the Mets’ last seven home games.
— Phillies are 19-3 when they score 4+ runs, 2-8 when they don’t.
— Pirates are 3-13 in their last 16 games, scoring total of 31 runs.
— Cardinals are 5-11 in day games, 9-6 in night games.
— Padres are 14-4 when they score 4+ runs, 2-14 when they don’t.
— Giants are 4-1 in home series openers, 1-4 in road series openers.
— Nationals won six of their last eight road games.
— Famous birthdays for May 3rd:
Davey Lopes, 79
Greg Gumbel, 78
Christopher Cross, 73
Jeff Hornacek, 61
Bobby Cannavale, 54
Ryan Dempster, 47
Tyronn Lue, 47
Domantas Sabonis, 28
— Under is 6-2 in Orioles’ last eight home games.
— Red Sox are 14-2 when they score 5+ runs, 4-12 when they don’t.
— Tommy Pham is 9-24 in six games with White Sox; he’s scored six runs in those six games.
— Guardians have a 20-11 record, tied with Baltimore for best record in American League.
— Tigers are 5-0 vs lefty starting pitchers, 13-13 vs righty starters.
— Astros are off to an 11-20 start; their last losing year in a full season was 2014 (they went 29-31 in 2020, the pandemic season).
— Royals are off to a 19-13 start; their last winning season was 2015, when they won the World Series.
— Since start of 2021 season, Mike Trout has played in 266 (51.5%) of the Angels’ 517 games. Angels don’t play an AL West rival until May 17.
— Twins won their last ten games; the winning run scored from the 7th inning on in four of those ten games.
— Last two years, New York 2B Gleyber Torres hit 24-25 home runs; Thursday, he hit his first homer this season. He’s had 124 at-bats.
— A’s won six of last seven games; they started season 1-6, are 14-11 since then.
— Under is 25-5 in the Mariners’ last 30 games.
— Rays lost eight of their last ten games.
— Under is 10-2 in Rangers’ last 12 home games.
— Blue Jays are 7-3 in series openers.