Record: 135-129-5 (-15.1 units)
Recap:
Winner. Back. That one was easy. Yeah Seager got on base but it wasn’t too stressful. 4 pitches after the single and the top of the first was over. Then it was three in three out in the bottom. Those two pitchers are lights out in the first inning. The fact they were super juiced made no sense. It was easy. Easy NRFI. Easy. Let’s get on a fucking run. If the A’s turned that double play yesterday I would be red hot right now. I am going to get hot I can just feel it.
Lock:Â Pirates/Nationals NRFI 1u to win 0.9u
Groundbreaking Analysis:
These are two decent pitchers against two of the worst first inning teams so far this season. Both have yet to score in the first inning. They start games cold. If you have two teams who have yet to score in the first inning I think you have to take it. These pitchers combined are average in the first. Gray pitched really well against the Pirates last year in the first and also in the first inning in general. He had a great outing in his fist start in the first only walking one and when you actually look at it it shouldn’t even have been a walk. Perez also shutout his first inning. He wasn’t as great as Gray last season in the first inning but he was average. He owned the start of last season and I think he starts like that again this season. These bats are ice cold in the first for both teams. That plus these decent pitchers means NRFI. It is also shit weather so I expect some bad batting as well. Let’s get hot. For Underia.
Unbiased Stats:
Neither team has scored in the first inning this season
Gray allowed only 11 runs in 30 1st Innings last season
Perez is 7/L9 shutting out the first inning in April
