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**Udog** · 05-05-2015, 09:19 AM

Armadillo: Tuesday's six-pack

-- Clippers 117, Rockets 101-- Will Clippers rest CP3's hamstring in Game 2?

-- Bulls 99, Cavaliers 92-- Cleveland missed Love (injured), Smith (suspended).

-- Kentucky Derby winner American Pharoah wears ear plugs when he races.

-- Washington 1, NY Rangers 0-- Capitals grab 2-1 series lead.

-- A's scored 4 runs in top of 1st last night, Cubs scored 5; neither team won.

-- Rays 5, Red Sox 1-- Boston lost nine of its last twelve games.

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Armadillo: Tuesday's List of 13: Nobody asked me, but........

13) At the pro sports level, players win games, its that simple. Milwaukee made a decision to fire manager Ron Roenicke a few days before they actually did it, then leadoff hitter Carlos Gomez came off the DL and now Milwaukee has won three games in a row, but Roenicke's fate had already been sealed. You can't fire the trainer during the season. Lucroy is still hurt; will Milwaukee still be in the race by the time he gets healthy?

12) Cal Ripken Sr (0-6 in '88), Phil Garner (0-6 in '02) hold record for the earliest firings in a season; You spend 6-7 weeks in spring training then can a manager a month into the season- its change for the sake of change, because you can't fire the players either, at least not too many of them.

11) Rangers 2, Astros 1-- Last night was first time this season Houston lost a game when they had a lead in that game.

10) Grady Jarrett played college football for Clemson, was drafted by Atlanta; his mom's house burned down during the draft Friday night. Seriously, it did. When Atlanta announced Jarrett's pick, former Falcon Jesse Tuggle was at the podium.......reading Jarrett's name- Tuggle is the young man's father.

9) First time I saw Jameis Winston play was Labor Day 2013, his first college game against Pitt. At one point in the first half, Winston was 11-11 passing and looked nothing like a freshman QB. I turned to my father, laughed and said, "He's the greater quarterback I've ever seen." No freshman was supposed to play that well- his NFL career is going to be fascinating to follow.

8) Winston's last college game was his first loss, 59-20 to Oregon in Pasadena; his first NFL game will be against the Titans in September. the opposing QB will be the same guy in both games; Marcus Mariota.

7) Buccaneers put a clause in Winston's contract where he is not allowed to play professional baseball for the length of his contract-- he can probably thank Russell Wilson for that one.

6) Tampa Bay joined the NFL in 1976; since then, they had 36 starting QBs in their mostly sordid 39-year history, the first of which was a guy you've heard of-- Steve Spurrier, who also was the team's punter.

5) Pirates had a brutal weekend in St Louis; three games, three extra-inning losses; there is a fine line for lot of these baseball teams. Middle relievers are often the key to keeping teams in games, but their performances are so erratic, it is why teams rise and fall so much from year to year.

4) I read about Randy Gregory's needs for a sponsor/support system for when he is away from the Cowboys and it sounds just like Josh Hamilton, and that sounds like trouble for Dallas. You can only have so many guys who are a distraction-- the Cowboys are approaching their limit.

3) Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas closed for good Monday, another old-time Las Vegas landmark that is no longer open. Every time I visit Vegas, there are new things to see and old things that can't be seen anymore.

Saw 1995 movie Leaving Las Vegas the other night; the hotels they showed as the hot spots aren't hot spots anymore-- some of them don't even exist now.

2) Sonny Gray had a weird game Sunday; he faced 31 batters- seven of them walked, 10 more struck out. It was like a Little League game-- 119 pitches is a lot for this time of year. Oakland's bullpen is so putrid that Bob Melvin is pushing his starters to go a little farther into games, to lessen the strain on the pen.

1) Cleveland's Cory Kluber was 18-9, 2.44 last year and won the Cy Young Award; this year he is 0-4, 4.62 in six starts, all Cleveland losses.

**Udog** · 05-05-2015, 09:25 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Tuesday, May 5

Chicago Blackhawks @ Minnesota Wild

Game 69-70
May 5, 2015 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Chicago *********
11.309
Minnesota Wild
12.736
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Minnesota Wild
by 1 1/2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota Wild
-140
5
Dunkel Pick:
Minnesota Wild
(-140); Under

Anaheim Ducks @ Calgary Flames

Game 71-72
May 5, 2015 @ 9:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Anaheim Ducks
13.001
Calgary Flames
10.978
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Anaheim Ducks
by 2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Anaheim Ducks
-130
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Anaheim Ducks
(-130); Under

NHL
Long Sheet

Tuesday, May 5

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CHICAGO (54-30-0-6, 114 pts.) at MINNESOTA (50-32-0-8, 108 pts.) - 5/5/2015, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CHICAGO is 58-54 ATS (-28.4 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 62-46 ATS (-4.6 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 15-4 ATS (+9.4 Units) in home games after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 33-27 ATS (+62.1 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 31-15 ATS (+9.5 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
MINNESOTA is 2-7 ATS (-8.0 Units) in home games after allowing 4 goals or more this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
CHICAGO is 17-9 (+3.9 Units) against the spread versus MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
CHICAGO is 17-9-0 straight up against MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
11 of 22 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-1.5 Units, Under=-0.8 Units)

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ANAHEIM (57-24-0-7, 121 pts.) at CALGARY (49-34-0-7, 105 pts.) - 5/5/2015, 9:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CALGARY is 49-41 ATS (-3.2 Units) in all games this season.
CALGARY is 28-23 ATS (-2.8 Units) second half of the season this season.
CALGARY is 26-11 ATS (+12.8 Units) vs. division opponents this season.
CALGARY is 23-13 ATS (+10.0 Units) after a division game this season.
CALGARY is 14-7 ATS (+6.4 Units) after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game this season.
CALGARY is 15-8 ATS (+24.4 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 57-31 ATS (+12.3 Units) in all games this season.
ANAHEIM is 33-16 ATS (+9.5 Units) second half of the season this season.
ANAHEIM is 45-22 ATS (+12.8 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 2 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 36-14 ATS (+15.0 Units) after a win by 2 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 39-17 ATS (+12.8 Units) after a 3 game unbeaten streak over the last 2 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 31-17 ATS (+9.3 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
ANAHEIM is 222-205 ATS (+443.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
ANAHEIM is 10-4 (+4.0 Units) against the spread versus CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
ANAHEIM is 10-4-0 straight up against CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
8 of 14 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.3 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Tuesday, May 5

Minnesota lost seven of last nine games with Chicago; under is 5-3-1 in last nine series games. Wild are 2-5 on power play in series, Chicago 0-3, but Blackhawks have outscored them 8-2 when sides were at even strength. Chicago won five of last six games; over is 6-1-1 in their last eight games; they lost four of last five road games with one win in OT at Nashville. Minnesota allowed two or less goals in their last five wins- they won two of last three home games.

Home side won ten of last 12 Calgary-Anaheim games, with Ducks 2-3 in last five games played in Saddledome- seven of last ten series games went over. Calgary scored only one goal in series so far, and that was when Game 1 was long out of reach- they were outshot 20-9 in first period of Game 2, as Anaheim put the hammer down. Ducks are 6-0 in playoffs, won ten of last 12 games overall- they won last three road games. Flames are 0-6 on power play in series, Anaheim is 2-8.

2015 NHL playoffs
Washington vs NY Rangers
Wash 2-1, +$143, U5
NYR 3-2, -$174, N5
Wash 1-0, +$105, U5

Tampa Bay vs Montreal
TB 2-1 OT, +$107, U5
TB 6-2, +$125, O5

Calgary vs Anaheim
Ana 6-1, -$190, O5.5
Ana 3-0, -$215, U5.5

Minnesota vs Chicago
Chi 4-3, -$135, O5
Chi 4-1, -$137, N5

NHL

Tuesday, May 5

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Trend Report
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8:00 PM
CHICAGO vs. MINNESOTA
Chicago is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Chicago is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Minnesota is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 6 games when playing at home against Chicago

9:30 PM
ANAHEIM vs. CALGARY
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Anaheim's last 5 games when playing Calgary
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Anaheim's last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Calgary's last 10 games at home
Calgary is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

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**Udog** · 05-05-2015, 09:28 AM

NHL

Tuesday, May 5

Blackhawks' G Corey Crawford, probable Tuesday

Crawford was shaken up by a shot to the helmet last game. He is expected to start against the Wild in Game 3 of the Western Conference Semifinals.

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