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**Udog** · 06-05-2017, 08:43 AM

Armadillo: Monday's six-pack

Some more season win total over/unders for college football teams:

— Maryland 3, over -$120

— Memphis 8.5, under -$120

— Middle Tennessee 7.5, under -$120

— Ole Miss 5.5

— Navy 7, under -$125

— Nebraska 7, under -$120

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Armadillo: Monday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports weekend…….

13) Rockies-Padres game Sunday afternoon; FOX/San Diego had hot dog eating champ Joey Chestnut in the booth for a half-inning with Don Orsillo/Mark Grant, which was an invitation for high comedy. They asked the hot dog champ about wolfing down buns soaked in water, they asked about his cholesterol and his general health. It was actually interesting.

12) Speaking of the Padres, they’ve scored at least one run in the first inning in 7 of their last 14 road games, but haven’t scored a first inning run in their last 18 home games.

11) You watch these college baseball national tournament games, and you see pitchers throw too many pitches and you wonder how closely big league teams monitor all this when it comes to who they do or do not draft on June 12. Some teams prefer drafting high school pitchers because it simply takes that out of the equation— it also generally takes high school kids longer to get to the big leagues than college kids, because obviously, they’re younger.

10) University of Houston hosted a regional this weekend; their pitchers’ mound is jet black, very distinctive in appearance. Almost looks like blacktop on a playground.

9) By the way, in college baseball they throw the four pitches for an intentional walk. Far as I know, in high school ball where I live here in upstate NY, they haven’t had to throw the four pitches on an intentional walk for a long time.

8) Cincinnati Reds homered in their last 15 games, their longest such streak since May, 2010.

7) Nevada sportsbooks made a $10.5M profit booking baseball games in April, their 2nd-best baseball month ever— none of it was mine!!!

6) Miami Marlins have never had a player hit for the cycle; San Diego Padres have never had a pitcher throw a no-hitter, but back in the day, Padres had a pitcher named Clay Kirby who had a no-hitter thru eight innings, but he had given up a run and with San Diego trailing 1-0, they hit for Kirby in the bottom of the 8th inning. The reliever gave up a hit in the ninth inning.

5) Speaking of the Marlins, Edinson Volquez’ no-hitter Saturday was the first complete game for Miami in 480 games, dating back to June 3, 2014.

4) Justin Verlander left Sunday’s start in the third inning with a tight groin muscle. Detroit won the game on a Justin Upton walk-off homer.

3) Mets lost the series finale in their last nine home series.

2) Warriors 132, Cavaliers 113— Golden State is 14-0 in playoffs; the NBA has a problem on its hands, because these games are unwatchable. Washington Generals give the Globetrotters better competition. Cleveland was +11 in turnovers in this game and still lost by 19.

1) QB Malik Zaire transfers from Notre Dame to Florida; as a grad transfer, he is eligible to play immediately, but having missed spring practice, doubtful he would start right away.

**Udog** · 06-05-2017, 08:51 AM

Monday's NHL Stanley Cup Final Game 4 Betting Preview: Penguins at Predators

Pittsburgh Penguins at Nashville Predators (-155, 5.5)

Pens lead series 2-1

Music City has provided quite the festive backdrop throughout the NHL's postseason, with the Nashville Predators giving their enthusiastic fans even more reason to party with an impressive 8-1 home record. Fueled by a resounding victory in the first Stanley Cup Final game played in The Volunteer State, the Predators look to even the series with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday when the teams reconvene for Game 4 at Bridgestone Arena.

"You know what, best atmosphere I've ever played in," defenseman P.K. Subban said after his team made good on his vow for a Game 3 victory with five unanswered goals in a 5-1 triumph on Saturday. "It was pretty spectacular. Anybody who paid the price of admission to watch the game, I'm sure it was money well spent for them." Pittsburgh's Jake Guentzel continues to pay dividends with a league-best 13 goals in the playoffs and four in the series, with the first statistic putting him within one of tying a single-year NHL rookie record (Minnesota's Dino Ciccarelli in 1981) while the latter has him one shy of the rookie mark for the Stanley Cup Final (Boston's Roy Conacher in 1939, Brad Marchand in 2011). Former Hart Trophy winners Evgeni Malkin (NHL-best 26 points) and captain Sidney Crosby (23 points) weren't as fortunate as they were each were held without a shot for the first time in their 143 playoff games together.

TV: 8 p.m. ET, NBC, CBC, Sportsnet, TVAS

LINE HISTORY: The Predators opened as -145 home favorites and following the impressive performance on the ice (and by their fans) on Saturday night, bettors pushed the moneyline up to -155. The total hit the betting board at 5.5.

GOALIE MATCHUP: Matt Murray (PIT) vs. Pekka Rinne (NAS)

Murray - GP: 8, W/L: 5-2, 1.96 GAA, .930 SAVE %, 1 SO
Rinne - GP: 19, W/L: 13-6, 1.93 GAA, .931 SAVE %, 2 SO

INJURY REPORT:

Penguins - C N. Bonino (Questionable, lower body), RW T. Kuhnhackl (Questionable, lower body), D C. Ruhwedel (Questionable, concussion), D K. Letang (Out for season, neck).

Predators - LW C. Wilson (Questionable, lower body), C R. Johansen (Out For Season, thigh), LW K. Fiala (Out For Season, leg).

ABOUT THE PENGUINS (64-27-8-5, 57-40 O/U): For all of his success, Crosby has failed to score a goal in 12 consecutive Stanley Cup Final appearances and has just one tally in his last 19 Final games. The 29-year-old, at least, contributed 15 of 26 faceoff wins in Game 3, while Malkin lost seven of nine in the circle. "I thought they had some looks," coach Mike Sullivan said of the superstar duo's difficult night. "They had some attempts. They didn't hit the net, obviously. Those are important guys for us. We want them to get pucks on the net because they obviously have the ability to score."

ABOUT THE PREDATORS (54-34-9-4, 46-43 O/U): While Subban mouthed the words for a guarantee, fellow defenseman Roman Josi went the extra mile to make sure it paid out as he scored a goal and set up two others in the second period. "Well, I think it's part of our system (which) allows us defensemen to jump up in the play," said Josi, whose six goals lead all blue-liners while his 14 points are second-best at the position (Ottawa's Erik Karlsson, 18) and just above fellow Nashville defensemen Ryan Ellis (12), Subban (11) and Mattias Ekholm (10). "Yeah, (coach Peter Laviolette) wants us to jump up and make something happen in the offensive zone, too."

TRENDS:

* Penguins are 8-3 in their last 11 Stanley Cup Finals games.
* Predators are 1-5 in their last 6 vs. Eastern Conference.
* Over is 8-2 in Penguins last 10 Monday games.
* Over is 3-0-2 in Predators last 5 games following a win.
* Home team is 6-0 in the last 6 meetings.

CONSENSUS: 61 percent of users are siding with the home favorite Predators and 52 percent of the totals wagers are on the Under.

**Udog** · 06-05-2017, 08:58 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Monday, June 5

Pittsburgh @ Nashville

Game 7-8
June 5, 2017 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Pittsburgh
10.668
Nashville
13.121
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Nashville
by 2 1/2
6
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Nashville
-150
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Nashville
(-150); Over

NHL
Long Sheet

Monday, June 5

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PITTSBURGH (64-27-0-13, 141 pts.) at NASHVILLE (54-34-0-13, 121 pts.) - 6/5/2017, 8:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
PITTSBURGH is 6-3 (+2.5 Units) against the spread versus NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
PITTSBURGH is 6-3-0 straight up against NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
5 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.2 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Monday, June 5

Home team won first three Finals games; Penguins are 10-3 in last 13 games with Nashville- five of last six series games went over. Predators won five of its last six home games; under is 7-4-2 in their last 13 games, 3-2-1 in last six at home. Pittsburgh is 2-4 in its last six road games, scoring total of 10 goals. Under is 4-4-2 in their last ten games. Penguins won Cup LY and in 2009; they’re 4-1 overall in Stanley Cup final series. Nashville is in its first Stanley Cup final.

Stanley Cup final
Nashville-Pittsburgh
Pitt 5-3, -$160, O5.5
Pitt 4-1, -$140, U5.5
Nash 5-1, -$150, O5.5

NHL

Monday, June 5

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Trend Report
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8:00 PM
PITTSBURGH vs. NASHVILLE
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games when playing Nashville
Pittsburgh is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games when playing Nashville
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Nashville's last 6 games when playing Pittsburgh
Nashville is 13-6 SU in its last 19 games

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