had 2 days of great ump plays, there is one side & one total worth looking at today

Umps listed with their 2015 and 2014 records for home-team wins & losses, and their records for over-unders.

Lines from 5dimes

965 Cleveland Indians +131 Over 8½ +100
966 Detroit Tigers -141 Under 8½ -120
Tony Randazzo 2015: 14-10, 12-10 o/u (2014: 12-8, 4-15 o/u)
Home team is 6-1 in Randazzos last 7 games behind home plate.
Tigers are 7-1 in their last 8 games with Randazzo behind home plate.
Indians are 4-1 in their last 5 games with Randazzo behind home plate.

967 Tampa Bay Rays -117 Over 7½ -120
968 New York Yankees +107 Under 7½ +100
Ben May 2015: 10-7, 5-11 o/u (2014: 4-3, 4-2 o/u)
Home team is 5-1 in Mays last 6 games behind home plate.
Home team is 8-1 in Mays last 9 Sunday games behind home plate.

969 Baltimore Orioles +153 Over 9 +100
970 Toronto Blue Jays -163 Under 9 -120
Todd Tichenor 2015: 9-11, 9-11 o/u (2014: 15-15, 16-13 o/u)
Over is 6-1 in Tichenors last 7 games behind home plate.
Orioles are 0-4 in their last 4 games with Tichenor behind home plate.

951 New York Mets
952 Miami Marlins
Chris Guccione 2015: 11-16, 13-13 o/u (2014: 16-14, 9-20 o/u)
Over is 5-0 in Gucciones last 5 games behind home plate.
Over is 13-4-2 in Gucciones last 19 Marlins games behind home plate.
Marlins are 9-4 in their last 13 games with Guccione behind home plate.
Mets are 6-14 in their last 20 games with Guccione behind home plate.

953 Milwaukee Brewers -116 Over 8½ +100
954 Cincinnati Reds +106 Under 8½ -120
Jim Wolf 2015: 13-12, 14-10 o/u (2014: 15-12, 14-11 o/u)
Brewers are 17-4 in their last 21 games with Wolf behind home plate.
Reds are 4-1 in their last 5 games with Wolf behind home plate.

955 Atlanta Braves +203 Over 8 -110
956 Washington Nationals -223 Under 8 -110
Andy Fletcher 2015: 15-11, 10-14 o/u (2014: 18-12, 12-14 o/u)
Braves are 1-4 in their last 5 games with Fletcher behind home plate.

979 Philadelphia Phillies +175 Over 9 -125
980 Boston Red Sox -185 Under 9 +105
Lance Barrett 2015: 14-11, 15-8 o/u (2014: 17-13, 17-12 o/u)
Over is 9-2-2 in Barretts last 13 games behind home plate.
Over is 4-0-1 in Barretts last 5 interleague games behind home plate.

971 Chicago White Sox +183 Over 8 -120
972 Kansas City Royals -195 Under 8 +100
Ron Kulpa 2015: 16-9, 11-13 o/u (2014: 16-17, 14-18 o/u)
White Sox are 5-0 in their last 5 games with Kulpa behind home plate.
Under is 8-1-1 in Kulpas last 10 Royals games behind home plate.
Under is 5-2 in Kulpas last 7 White Sox games behind home plate.
Under is 29-13-1 in Kulpas last 43 Sunday games behind home plate.

973 Minnesota Twins +230 Over 7½ -110
974 Houston Astros -250 Under 7½ -110
Fieldin Culbreth 2015: 11-13, 9-14 o/u (2014: 18-11, 14-15 o/u)
Astros are 4-9 in their last 13 games with Culbreth behind home plate.
Twins are 2-8 in their last 10 games with Culbreth behind home plate.

975 Texas Rangers +122 Over 8 -120
976 Los Angeles Angels -132 Under 8 +100
Mike Winters 2015: 13-9, 12-10 o/u (2014: 13-11, 8-14 o/u)
Angels are 8-1 in their last 9 games with Winters behind home plate.
Rangers are 4-0 in their last 4 games with Winters behind home plate.
Over is 4-1 in Winters' last 5 games behind home plate.
Under is 4-1 in Winters' last 5 Angels games behind home plate.

959 Arizona Diamondbacks +168
960 Chicago Cubs -178
John Hirschbeck 2015: 15-11, 12-11 o/u (2014: 2-0, 1-1 o/u)
Home team is 29-14 in Hirschbecks last 43 games behind home plate.
Home team is 23-5 in Hirschbecks last 28 Sunday games behind home plate.
Cubs are 0-4 in their last 4 games with Hirschbeck behind home plate.

977 Seattle Mariners -125 Over 8 -110
978 Oakland Athletics +115 Under 8 -110
Mark Carlson 2015: 9-16, 13-10 o/u (2014: 21-10, 15-15 o/u)
Over is 7-2 in Carlsons last 9 games behind home plate.
Under is 13-5-1 in Carlsons last 19 Athletics games behind home plate.
Under is 5-2 in Carlsons last 7 Mariners games behind home plate.
Athletics are 6-2 in their last 8 games with Carlson behind home plate.
Mariners are 3-8 in their last 11 games with Carlson behind home plate.

961 San Francisco Giants -178 Over 10 -120
962 Colorado Rockies +168 Under 10 +100
Chad Fairchild 2015: 11-11, 12-10 o/u (2014: 11-7, 9-9 o/u)
Giants are 5-2 in their last 7 games with Fairchild behind home plate.
Rockies are 3-7 in their last 10 games with Fairchild behind home plate.

963 Los Angeles Dodgers -130 Over 7 -125
964 San Diego Padres +120 Under 7 +105
Ted Barrett 2015: 10-15, 11-14 o/u (2014: 18-15, 14-16 o/u)
Under is 8-3 in Barretts last 11 games behind home plate.
Under is 4-0 in Barretts last 4 Dodgers games behind home plate.
Under is 6-1 in Barretts last 7 Padres games behind home plate.
Dodgers are 7-3 in their last 10 games with Barrett behind home plate.

957 Pittsburgh Pirates +101 Over 7 -120
958 St. Louis Cardinals -111 Under 7 +100
Quinn Wolcott 2015: 13-6, 10-9 o/u (2014: 22-11, 16-16 o/u)
Home team is 36-17 in Wolcotts last 53 games behind home plate.
Home team is 5-0 in Wolcotts last 5 Sunday games behind home plate.

The Yankees have lost 7 of 8 meetings with Archer. The lone time they won was July 3rd (2015) when Archer left in the 7th with a 3-0 lead

The Jays have won 4 of the last 5 times Buehrle has pitched even though he's given up 16 runs and 5 HR. He starts today versus Baltimore

NoScore (NO) 1st inning Ross 12-0 Banuelos 3-1

The OVER has paid out for totals bettors just twice in Gerrit Cole's last 10 starts on the road as he heads to the mound for the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday night in key baseball odds action against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Cole is 15-8 with a 2.64 ERA on the season, and the Pirates are 1-1 in his two starts against the Cardinals in which he gave up five earned runs in 12 1-3 innings. John Lackey (11-8, 2.87 ERA) will get the ball for St. Louis.

Offensively, the game matches up St. Louis Cardinals No. 22 ranked offense (4.07 runs per game) against a Pittsburgh Pirates defense and pitching staff that sits at No. 4 at 3.68 runs allowed per game. The St. Louis Cardinals have been averaging 8.71 hits per game, less than the Pittsburgh Pirates have managed so far this season (9.04 hits on average).

Pitching and defensive stats are important baseball handicapping betting factors and St. Louis has the No. 1-ranked defense. In the other dugout, the Pirates own the No. 4 mark in runs allowed.

john lackey throws His FB on the outer half of plate 64.6% (8th highest)

Pirates SLG %.462 vs those pitches -5th highest in baseball

Dallas Keuchel 19-4 in the F5 innings including 13-0 at home

Dallas Keuchel is 12-0, with a 1.35 ERA in 15 home starts this season. Astros are currently -234 v. Twins today.

F5 OVER: R DeLaRosa 17-8. Hendricks 12-7-2