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**Udog** · 08-23-2020, 08:22 AM

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

Sunday’s 6-pack
Odds on the PGA’s Northern Trust tournament:
-550— Dustin Johnson
+1300— Scottie Scheffler
+1400— Harris English
+4100— Louis Oosthuizen
+5000— Daniel Berger
+15000— Danny Lee

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 175,380
Please wear a mask when you go out.

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Armadillo: Sunday's Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday

13) Seth Ryan is a 26-year old quality control coach for the LA Chargers; he is also Rex Ryan’s son. The young man recently tested positive for COVID-19; we wish him the best, and hope that he gets healthy soon.

12) Major league starting pitchers are averaging 76.8 pitches/game this season, the lowest figure ever; next lowest was 84.6 pitches/game. This is certainly a different year.

11) In their last six games, five different San Diego Padres have hit a grand slam; Jake Cronenworth hit one against the Astros Saturday night.

10) Zac Gallen is a good young pitcher for Arizona; he is 0-0, 2.25 in six starts this year.
— He’s tied the record for most games allowing 3 earned runs or fewer to begin a career (21)
— He walked the first three batters in this game, but wound up allowing only four other baserunners in his six IP.
— Gallen wears glasses, is thin, doesn’t look overly athletic, but is smart. He has 42 strikeouts in 36 IP this season.

— One weird thing about him; he throws to first base every time someone gets to first, whether it is the backup catcher or the fastest guy on the team. Almost like he has to.

9) Stan Van Gundy was saying on TV Saturday that two things guarantee good team chemistry:
— Equality of effort amongst the players
— Teammates who share the basketball

8) From the fine sportswriter Tim Wilkin: Total money wagered on the races at Saratoga Saturday: $19,792,872. People like to bet on the ponies.

If you’ve never been to Saratoga, I highly recommend it; lot of history at the track. I live about 25 miles from there, been to the track many times over the years. I prefer the harness track down the street; the races run closer together and it is less crowded, but both are fun.

7) Former New Orleans Pelican head coach Alvin Gentry took a few media members to dinner Friday night for a final goodbye; classy move for a guy who just lost his job.

Back in 2002 or so, when they started doing reality TV shows, someone did one on the Clippers team that Gentry coached. He seemed like a genuinely nice person, low-key, smart, but that team wasn’t very good, and he got fired there after three years.

He was an assistant coach on the Warriors team that won the NBA title five years ago; he also went 54-28 coaching the Suns one year, 48-34 with the Pelicans another year. The guy can coach; hope he winds up on TV somewhere, so we can learn from him.

6) Most innings pitched this season without throwing a homer:
34— Fried, Atl
29.1— Greinke, Hst
25.2— Sheffield, Sea
24.2— Turnbull, Det
20— Kikuchi, Sea

NBA playoff games (all Game 3’s):
5) Milwaukee 121, Orlando 107 (Bucks lead 2-1)
— Milwaukee was up 34 at one point; Magic fought back to within 12.
— Janes Ennis, Marvin Williams were both tossed after a 2nd quarter scuffle.
— Bucks are +24 on boards in last two games; they were outrebounded 48-47 in Game 1.

4) Miami 124, Indiana 115 (Heat leads 3-0)
— Heat was 43-52 on foul line, Indiana 21-28
— Pacers weren’t happy about that.
— Indiana was +5 in 32:00 Justin Holiday played, minus-14 in 16:00 he sat out.

3) Oklahoma City 119, Houston 107 (OT) (Rockets lead 2-1)
— Rockets led 63-57 at the half, scored only 44 points in final 29:00
— Houston was -29 in 41:00 Gordon played; +17 in 12:00 he sat out.
— Schroder had 29 points in 39:00 off bench for the Thunder.

2) Lakers 116, Portland 108 (Lakers lead 2-1)
— Anthony Davis scored 23 of his 29 points in 2nd half.
— Lakers were down 4 at half, outscored Portland 40-29 in 3rd quarter.
— Damian Lillard scored 34 points in 43:00, playing with a dislocated finger on his left hand.

1) If the baseball playoffs started today (they do not):
AL East- New York, Tampa Bay
AL Central- Minnesota, Cleveland
AL West- Oakland, Houston
AL Wild Cards- Toronto, Chicago

NL East- Miami, Atlanta
NL Central- Chicago, St Louis
NL West- Los Angeles, San Diego
NL Wild Cards- Colorado, Az/NYM

**Udog** · 08-23-2020, 08:27 AM

83BOSTON -84 TAMPA BAY
BOSTON is 11-1 ATS (9.9 Units) in road games after playing a game where 4 or fewer total goals were scored in the current season.

85VANCOUVER -86 VEGAS
VANCOUVER is 8-1 ATS (6.9 Units) in road games after a blowout win by 3 goals or more in the current season.

NHL
Long Sheet

Sunday, August 23

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BOSTON (48-18-0-12, 108 pts.) vs. TAMPA BAY (49-23-0-6, 104 pts.) - 8/23/2020, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TAMPA BAY is 111-53 ATS (+41.0 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
TAMPA BAY is 42-11 ATS (+20.5 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 2 seasons.
TAMPA BAY is 23-6 ATS (+14.3 Units) in the second round of the playoffs since 1996.
TAMPA BAY is 265-256 ATS (+580.3 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season since 1996.
BOSTON is 231-254 ATS (+539.3 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1996.
BOSTON is 25-15 ATS (+9.0 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
TAMPA BAY is 12-6 (+5.7 Units) against the spread versus BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
TAMPA BAY is 12-6-0 straight up against BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
10 of 16 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+3.2 Units)

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VANCOUVER (43-29-0-7, 93 pts.) vs. VEGAS (46-25-0-8, 100 pts.) - 8/23/2020, 10:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VEGAS is 29-9 ATS (+13.6 Units) on Sunday games over the last 3 seasons.
VEGAS is 14-4 ATS (+8.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
VANCOUVER is 43-36 ATS (+6.5 Units) in all games this season.
VANCOUVER is 18-8 ATS (+8.9 Units) after a win by 2 goals or more this season.
VANCOUVER is 21-14 ATS (+6.0 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game this season.
VANCOUVER is 21-16 ATS (+38.5 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
VEGAS is 92-76 ATS (+210.4 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
VEGAS is 8-2 (+4.0 Units) against the spread versus VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
VEGAS is 8-2-0 straight up against VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
7 of 10 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+3.9 Units)

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NHL

Sunday, August 23

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Trend Report
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Boston @ Tampa Bay
Boston
Boston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Boston's last 7 games on the road
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Tampa Bay's last 7 games at home

Vancouver @ Vegas
Vancouver
Vancouver is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Vancouver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Vegas
Vegas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Vegas is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games

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**Udog** · 08-23-2020, 09:03 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Sunday, August 23

Boston @ Tampa Bay

Game 83-84
August 23, 2020 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Boston
11.800
Tampa Bay
12.972
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Tampa Bay
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Tampa Bay
-110
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Tampa Bay
(-110); Under

Vancouver @ Vegas

Game 85-86
August 23, 2020 @ 10:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Vancouver
11.378
Vegas
12.933
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Vegas
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Vegas
-180
6
Dunkel Pick:
Vegas
(-180); Under

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