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**Udog** · 05-13-2018, 07:58 AM

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

CG Technology released spreads for every Week 1-16 game for 2018-19 NFL season. Here are a few of the more interesting spreads:

Week 11: Buccaneers @ NJ Giants (-3)

Week 12: Jaguars (-4.5) @ Buffalo

Week 13: Chargers @ Pittsburgh (-4.5)

Week 14: Vikings (-2) @ Seattle

Week 15: Raiders @ Cincinnati (-1.5)

Week 16: Packers (-6) @ NJ Jets

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

13) Just who was Wally Pipp? You hear his name invoked even today, anytime a guy takes a day off due to injury and his replacement has a big day.

Back in 1925, 32-year old Pipp was the regular 1B in New York; he missed a game one day and a guy named Lou Gehrig took his place and never gave the job back. That winter, Cincinnati paid $7,500 for Pipp’s contract; he played three years for the Reds, then retired.

12) In a 15-year career, Pipp hit .281 with a .341 OB%; he never made an All-Star team, but led the AL in home runs twice, in 1916-17, with 12 and 9 homers. Seriously.

11) There was a kerfuffle on Twitter this week when FOX cancelled a TV show called Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which I’ve never seen. Show had been on FOX for five years. So much fuss was made that Brooklyn Nine-Nine was later picked up by NBC, which made the people who complained very happy.

Happy is good. We need more happy.

10) Then there is Lions’ coach Matt Patricia and his 1996 arrest that never went to trial.

According to the Detroit Free Press, the prosecution had a witness list that included a nurse, a doctor, a police detective, a police officer and a college friend of the alleged victim- there apparently was medical evidence, but the case never went to trial.

The Lions are standing by Patricia for now, but the NFL is still investigating.

9) 262 players made their major league debuts last season.

8) Coming into Saturday’s game, Aaron Judge had a .312 career batting average at home, compared to .239 on the road.

This season, he has 10 HR’s, 30 RBI at home, one homer, four RBI on the road.

7) Pretty good weekend to go to the ballpark if you’re a fan of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in the California League; Logan Forsythe batted 2nd, Justin Turner 3rd for the Quakes as they rehab from injuries. Not often you see major leaguers in the California League.

6) A man in Texas turned 112 years old Saturday; Richard Overton, America’s oldest living WWII combat veteran, celebrated his birthday. Congrats to him.

5) Shohei Ohtani has DH’d in 17 games this season, but when he pitches, he doesn’t bat.

4) Baseball stuff:
— San Diego Padres DFA’d 3B Chase Headley, brought Cory Spangenberg up from AAA.
— Brewers’ ace Chase Anderson (illness) was scratched from his start in Denver.
— Nationals put 1B Ryan Zimmerman on the DL.

By the way, the genius who runs the Padres took on $13M of Chase Headley’s salary to also acquire P Bryan Mitchell, who is 0-3, 6.21 in eight games (7 starts) this year. Brilliant.

3) Webb Simpson leads by seven shots. No player in the history of the PGA Tour has ever lost with a 54-hole lead of seven shots or more.

2) Former NBA player Kwame Brown is suing Merrill Lynch, saying the brokerage stole $17.4 million of his investments.

Brown, who made $63,992,852 in salary as a player in the NBA, claims that his signature was forged on various authorization forms and agreements, allowing his financial adviser to make investments and stock trades without his consent.

1) Dick Vitale’s annual event to fight cancer raised $3.7M Friday night; this event has now raised a total of $25.7M over the years to fight cancer, mostly pediatric cancer. Good for him.

**Udog** · 05-13-2018, 08:22 AM

Sunday's NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs betting preview and odds: Capitals at Lightning

Washington Capitals at Tampa Bay Lightning (-200, 6)

Capitals lead series 1-0

The Washington Capitals are playing like a team of destiny since losing the first two games of the playoffs and can take a commanding lead in the Eastern Conference finals when they visit the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday night for Game 2. The Capitals limited Tampa Bay to 21 shots - 10 in the first two periods - and received a goal and an assist from captain Alex Ovechkin en route to a 4-2 victory in Game 1 on Friday.

“This group is having fun,” Washington coach Barry Trotz told reporters after his team’s ninth win in its last 11 contests. “They’re calm. They’ve got a really good work ethic. … When you have a real good group that likes to be around each other and have these moments and play in the playoffs, you don’t want those to go away.” The Capitals will need a similar defensive effort in Game 2 against the Lightning, who lost the first game in the previous round at home against Boston before recording four straight victories. Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper told reporters after practice Saturday his team fueled the fire of a good team by handing them chances and did not stick to the plan that was so successful in winning eight of the first 10 games in the playoffs. “We’ve got to put it behind us,” Lightning right wing Ryan Callahan told reporters. “We’ve been in this situation before, unfortunately. You don’t want to be, but you don’t have to look too far to draw back on the way we responded against Boston. We have to do the same here.”

TV: 8 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Network, CBC, Sportsnet, TVA

SERIES PRICE (PER SPORTS INTERACTION):

LINE HISTORY: The Lightning hit the board for Game 2 as -182 home favorites and have been bet up to -200 as of Saturday night. The total opened at an even 6.

COVERS CONSENSUS: The line move in the Lightning's favor isn't too surprising considering they are seeing 61 percent of public wagers. When it comes to the total 59 percent of bettors are on the Over. Check out the complete consensus data here.

GOALIE SHOWDOWN:
GP W L GAA SAVE % SO
Braden Holtby (Capitals) 12 9 3 2.04 .925 0
Andrei Vasilevskiy (Lightning) 11 8 3 2.43 .920 0

INJURY REPORT:

Capitals - C Nicklas Backstrom (Questionable, hand).

Lightning - LW Adam Erne (Questionable, lower body).

ABOUT THE CAPITALS: Ovechkin scored the key goal of the game on the power play with six seconds left in the first period and Washington has converted with the man advantage in 11 of 13 playoff games, going 15-for-46 overall. The Capitals went 2-for-4 in the power play despite the absence of center Nicklas Backstrom (hand), who continues to work out on his own and is day-to-day, but Trotz told reporters he is optimistic the Swede will play in the series. Evgeny Kuznetsov had a pair of assists Friday to give him 16 points in the playoffs - one behind team leader Ovechkin - and T.J. Oshie set up two goals to become the fifth player on the team to reach 10 points.

ABOUT THE LIGHTNING: Tampa Bay started the playoffs with solid penalty killing (19-for-23, two against were 5-on-3), but has reverted back to their regular-season form (28th) after giving up six power-play goals in 12 attempts the last four contests. Captain Steven Stamkos scored one of the Lightning’s two goals in the third period Friday on the power play and has three in the past four games while right wing Nikita Kucherov leads the team with 13 points in 11 postseason games. Center Cedric Paquette and defenseman Anton Stralman sat out practice Saturday, but Cooper told reporters they both would “all right” for Game 2.

MATCHUP CHART:

TRENDS:

* Capitals are 13-3 in their last 16 road games.
* Lightning are 5-0 in their last 5 after scoring two goals or less in their previous game.
* Over is 21-7-2 in Capitals last 30 after allowing two goals or less in their previous game.
* Over is 21-8-2 in Lightning last 31 vs. Metropolitan Division opponents.
* Over is 8-2-1 in the last 11 meetings in Tampa Bay.

**Udog** · 05-13-2018, 08:29 AM

NHL

Sunday, May 13

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Trend Report
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Washington Capitals
Washington is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Washington is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Washington is 10-1 ATS in its last 11 games on the road
Washington is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games on the road
Washington is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Tampa Bay
Washington is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games when playing Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Washington's last 21 games when playing Tampa Bay
Washington is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Washington is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 11 of Washington's last 15 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Tampa Bay is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games at home
Tampa Bay is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games at home
Tampa Bay is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Washington
Tampa Bay is 3-9 SU in its last 12 games when playing Washington
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Tampa Bay's last 21 games when playing Washington
Tampa Bay is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Washington
Tampa Bay is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Washington
The total has gone OVER in 11 of Tampa Bay's last 15 games when playing at home against Washington

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**Udog** · 05-13-2018, 09:23 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Sunday, May 13

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WASHINGTON (58-28-0-9, 125 pts.) at TAMPA BAY (62-26-0-5, 129 pts.) - 5/13/2018, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TAMPA BAY is 63-31 ATS (+31.6 Units) in all games this season.
TAMPA BAY is 23-10 ATS (+33.8 Units) when trailing in a playoff series since 1996.
TAMPA BAY is 232-235 ATS (+542.2 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season since 1996.
WASHINGTON is 59-37 ATS (+13.0 Units) in all games this season.
WASHINGTON is 35-21 ATS (+8.9 Units) second half of the season this season.
WASHINGTON is 35-19 ATS (+14.3 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
WASHINGTON is 20-11 ATS (+8.9 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 7-3 (+4.8 Units) against the spread versus TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 7-3-0 straight up against TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
4 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.0 Units)

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**Udog** · 05-13-2018, 09:41 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Sunday, May 13

Washington @ Tampa Bay

Game 55-56
May 13, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Washington
13.207
Tampa Bay
11.960
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 1
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Tampa Bay
-200
6
Dunkel Pick:
Washington
(+170); Over

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