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**Udog** · 05-12-2016, 07:35 AM

Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

-- Max Scherzer beat his old team (Detroit) 3-2 last night; he struck out 20 Tigers, tying Clemens/Johnson/Kerry Wood as guys with 20 Ks in one game.

-- Detroit manager Brad Ausmus was in uniform as a player for the Clemens/Wood 20-strikeout games.

-- Detroit hitters swung at 69 pitches, missed 33 times. Over the last 15 years, that is 2nd-highest misses in one game- Clayton Kershaw got 35 LY. Jeremy Bonderman also induced 33 misses in a 2004 game.

-- Bryce Harper was suspended for a game earlier in the day, but appealed; too bad he didn't sit this game out; only seven Detroit outs came on batted balls.

-- Raptors 99, Heat 91-- Toronto takes a 3-2 series lead.

-- Since 1929, A's are 4th team to allow 11+ runs in four straight games, joining the '51 Pirates, '86 Brewers and '07 Astros. Awesome.

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Armadillo: Thursday's List of 13: Doing some thinking out loud......

13) Hard to believe not one person voted for Lebron James for MVP; Warriors won playoff games without Steph Curry. How many playoff games would Cleveland win if Lebron was hurt for a while?

12) Early NBA salary cap numbers for next year: Lakers ($62,298,562) have most room available, Clippers ($10,820,891) have the least.

11) Magic Johnson won NBA MVP in both 1989, 1990; thats the last time a player from a Big 14 college won the NBA MVP.

10) Arizona pitcher Daniel Hudson is only pitcher in big league history to have Tommy John surgery in consecutive years and make it back to the majors.

9) Los Angeles Angels are in trouble; they tried to patch some holes Wednesday by trading for P Jhoulys Chacin and SS Brandon Ryan.

8) Braves 5, Phillies 1-- Atlanta is now 2-16 at home.

7) Royals 7, Bronx 3-- Ventura went six innings for the win, just second time in KC's last 11 road games the Royals' starting pitcher went 6+ innings.

Lorenzo Cain hit three HRs Tuesday; he got drilled on the knee in his first AB here.

6) Injury-prone Stephen Matz (forearm) will miss his next start; he's only made 12 big league starts, for 70.1 innings.

5) You know how each ballpark has a person who brings out the headphones for umpires when there is an instant replay challenge? The guy who does it in Arlington at Ranger games is former big league pitcher Pete Falcone, who went 70-90, 4.07 in his 10-year career (1975-84), mostly with the Cardinals/Mets.

4) Astros 5, Indians 3 (16)-- Marwin Gonzalez sent fans home happy with a homer in 16th inning; three extra inning day games yesterday. Home side won all three.

3) Minnesota Gophers basketball coach Richard Pitino is 16-38 in league games in his three years with the Gophers; he also overspent his $150K private plane allowance by double, spending $325K on private planes, which are used for recruiting.

You'd think Pitino's job would be in danger, but he has a $7.1M buyout that will keep him employed for at least another year- that deal was negotiated by an AD who later got fired by the school for other reasons. Not the best situation in Minnesota. .

2) World Series of Beer Pong is going to be at my second home, the Westgate Casino in Las Vegas, July 6-10. Had no idea there was professional beer pong.

1) Max Scherzer threw 119 pitches in his 20-strikeout win last night; he didn't walk anyone, and it wasn't a difficult decision for Dusty Baker to leave him in, especially in a 3-2 game. Both Detroit runs scored on home runs. It will be interesting to track him the next few weeks, but doubtful this game will have any ill effect on him.

**Udog** · 05-12-2016, 07:38 AM

NHL

Thursday, May 12

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NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs betting preview: Predators at Sharks
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Pekka Rinne and the Predators will have to do something they have never done if they want to advance to the conference finals - win at San Jose in the postseason.

Nashville Predators at San Jose Sharks (A: +163, H: -181, O/U: 5)

Series tied 3-3

The Nashville Predators had to overcome a 3-2 series deficit versus Anaheim and win Game 7 on the road to advance out of the first round of the playoffs. The Predators will attempt to duplicate that script and secure a trip to their first Western Conference finals when they visit the San Jose Sharks in Thursday night's decisive Game 7.

Nashville has refused to buckle against the Sharks, staving off elimination with a dramatic 4-3 overtime victory in Game 6, and must face another daunting obstacle: It is 0-7 all-time in San Jose in the postseason. "We've been down in games throughout this whole playoffs," Predators forward Mike Fisher said. "We've found a way when chips are down to get wins and to get goals in big moments." The Sharks have outscored Nashville 13-5 in the three meetings at home, but they squandered an early two-goal edge and a late one-goal advantage in Monday's loss. "Based on how the series has been played, it should come down to one game in a Game 7," San Jose coach Peter DeBoer said. "We worked all year for home-ice advantage in this situation and we intend to take advantage of it."

TV: 9 p.m. ET; NBCSN, Sportsnet, TVAS

PROBABLE GOALIES:

Predators - Pekka Rinne (W/L: 7-6, GAA: 2.41, SAVE %: .913)

Sharks - Martin Jones (W/L: 7-4, GAA: 2.35, SAVE %: .913)

ABOUT THE PREDATORS: The unit of Fisher, James Neal and Colin Wilson, which was put together prior to Game 3, has been the best line for either team in the series, combining for 15 points over the past four games. Wilson, who set a franchise mark last season with five goals in one playoff series, continued his postseason heroics with the game-tying tally Monday to stretch his point streak to a club-record seven games and further bury the memory of his woeful six-goal campaign during the regular season. Goaltender Pekka Rinne had his share of shaky moments in Monday's victory, but he made a huge stop in overtime and had his best performance of the playoffs in the Game 7 win at Anaheim.

ABOUT THE SHARKS: Injuries limited forward Logan Couture to just five contests prior to the Christmas break, but he has been the most dynamic player for San Jose against the Predators, scoring five goals and adding three assists to give him 14 points in 11 postseason games. “In this league you win as a team," said Couture, who stood to be the hero in Game 6 after putting the Sharks ahead with a third-period power-play tally before Wilson responded with the equalizer. "You need everyone going to win hockey games. We've got to be hungrier than they are." The Sharks have been dominant with the man advantage, cashing in on their only opportunity in Game 6 to improve to 11-for-39 in the playoffs.

TRENDS:

* Predators are 1-4 in their last five road games.
* Sharks are 4-0 in their last four home games.
* Over is 4-0-2 in Predators last six overall.
* Over is 5-0-3 in Sharks last eight overall.

CONSENSUS: The public is strongly behind the Sharks and their home-ice advantage in this Game 7, with 74 percent of wagers on them. When it comes to the total 68 percent of wagers are on the over.

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**Udog** · 05-12-2016, 07:43 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Thursday, May 12

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NASHVILLE (48-33-0-14, 110 pts.) at SAN JOSE (53-32-0-8, 114 pts.) - 5/12/2016, 9:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NASHVILLE is 48-47 ATS (-14.0 Units) in all games this season.
NASHVILLE is 39-78 ATS (+129.7 Units) in road games when playing with 2 days rest since 1996.
NASHVILLE is 10-16 ATS (-8.7 Units) after 3 or more consecutive overs over the last 2 seasons.
NASHVILLE is 19-31 ATS (-17.6 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.
NASHVILLE is 24-37 ATS (+62.5 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
SAN JOSE is 30-14 ATS (+5.5 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
SAN JOSE is 22-10 ATS (+8.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
SAN JOSE is 17-4 ATS (+12.5 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
SAN JOSE is 11-16 ATS (-11.0 Units) in a home game where where the total is 5 or less this season.
SAN JOSE is 26-28 ATS (-23.7 Units) in home games second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
SAN JOSE is 84-82 ATS (-55.5 Units) in home games when playing with 2 days rest since 1996.
SAN JOSE is 3-7 ATS (-6.6 Units) in home games after 3 or more consecutive overs this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
NASHVILLE is 9-6 (+4.7 Units) against the spread versus SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
NASHVILLE is 9-6-0 straight up against SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
6 of 12 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.8 Units, Under=-0.6 Units)

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NHL
Short Sheet

Thursday, May 12

Nashville at San Jose, 9:05 PM ET
Nashville: 2-10 SU after 4 or more consecutive overs
San Jose: 22-9 SU revenging a loss where opponent scored 4 or more goals

NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Thursday, May 12

Nashville-San Jose (3-3)
Home side won all six series games; Predators lost last three visits here, outscored 13-5. Nashville's last two series wins both came in OT- they scored at 2:03 of OT of Game 6 to force this deciding game. Preds outshot San Jose 27-10 over last 42:03 of Game 6. Sharks won eight of last 12 games overall; over is 5-0-2 in their last seven games. Predators are 5-6 in last 11 games, losing four of last five on the road; they've won last six times they scored 3+ goals; they're 1-6 in last seven games scoring two or less goals. San Jose is 6-18 on power play in series, Nashville is 3-19. Over is 4-0-2 in this series. San Jose is 5-4 in Game 7's in their franchise history. Nashville won its first Game 7 in last series; they're 21st team in NHL to play two Game 7's in same season.

Playoffs tally: 1st round-- Home: 23-24, Over: 16-17-14
2nd round-- Home: 15-9, Over: 11-5-8

NHL

Thursday, May 12

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Trend Report
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9:00 PM
NASHVILLE vs. SAN JOSE
Nashville is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Nashville's last 6 games
San Jose is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Jose's last 7 games

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**Udog** · 05-12-2016, 08:39 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Thursday, May 12

Nashville @ San Jose

Game 83-84
May 12, 2016 @ 9:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Nashville
13.083
San Jose
12.217
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Nashville
by 1
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
San Jose
-185
5
Dunkel Pick:
Nashville
(+160); Over

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