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**Udog** · 08-31-2020, 08:04 AM

Armadillo: Monday's six-pack

Leaders in runs scored this season:
36— Fernando Tatis, SD
30— Story Col, Yastrzemski SF, Machado SD
29— Lewis Sea, Swanson All
27— Betts LA, Ramirez Clev
26— Freeman, Trout, TAnderson, Tucker, Lowe
25— Cruz, Castellanos, TTurner, Bellinger, Biggio

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 184,786
Please wear a mask when you go out.

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Armadillo: Monday's Den: Wrapping up a sports weekend

13) Baseball’s trade deadline is 4pm Monday; San Diego Padres were active this weekend, adding 1B Mitch Moreland from Boston, and revamping their catching corps, adding Austin Nola from Seattle, Jason Castro from the Angels.

12) Why did the Padres add two catchers this weekend?

Going into Sunday’s games, San Diego catchers were hitting .140 this year. Not good.

Cleveland’s catchers are doing even worse, hitting .118.

11) Braves 12, Phillies 10- Atlanta scored 10 runs in the 2nd inning, Phillies scored seven times in the 3rd inning. Not much pitching anywhere to be found in this one. Atlanta traded for Tommy Milone, who struggled to hold a 10-0 lead. No bueno.

10) LSU’s star WR Ja’Marr Chase caught 84 passes for 1,780 yards and 20 TD’s LY; he has opted out of this year’s college football season, a big blow for the Bayou Bengals.

9) Sunday in Cincinnati, the three Cubs’ outfielders hit two home runs each; that had never been done before, ever in the major leagues.

8) Mets did something Friday they’ll probably never do again; they hit a walk-off home run in the Bronx. The nightcap of Friday/Sunday doubleheaders were makeup games from games that were cancelled because of COVID- the Mets were the home teams for those games.

When Amed Rosario hit his walk-off homer Friday, lot of people didn’t know the game was over, including some of the players/announcers.

7) Dodgers are only team that hasn’t lost a series yet this season.

6) I picked up Orioles’ 2B-3B Hanser Alberto on my fantasy team three weeks ago; he drives me crazy, has no concept of the strike zone, but he can hit. Reminds me a lot of Manny Sanguillen, the Pirates’ catcher from their really good teams in the 70’s. They’re liable to swing at anything.

5) Teams that struggle in the NBA playoffs:
— Portland has made the playoffs 36 times, lost in first round 25 times.
— Indiana has made the NBA playoffs 27 times, lost in first round 19 times.

4) Denver 119, Utah 107 (series 3-3)
— Jamal Murray is first player since Michael Jordan in 1993 with three straight games of 40+ points in a playoff game. He had 50 in this game, which forces series to a 7th game.
— Adding some spice to this series is that Murray went to Kentucky, Utah star Donovan Mitchell went to Louisville. Mitchell scored 44 in this game.
— Utah’s uniforms are incredibly ugly.

3) Clippers 111, Dallas 97 (LA wins series 4-2)
— Kawhi Leonard had 33 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 steals.
— Luka Doncic scored 38, but the other four Dallas starters shot a combined 15-46.

2) Boston 112, Toronto 94 (Celtics lead 1-0)
— Raptors were 10-40 behind the arc; that not good.
— Boston turned ball over 22 times (-8), but they were 17-39 on the arc.

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

NL East- Atlanta, Mia/Phil
NL Central- Chicago, St Louis
NL West- Los Angeles, San Diego
NL Wild Cards- Colorado, Mia/Phil

**Udog** · 08-31-2020, 08:06 AM

NHL public betting, line movement, sharp money for August 31
Patrick Everson

The Bruins are up against it for Monday night's Game 5 in the Eastern Conference semifinals, trailing the Lightning 3-1. The SuperBook pegged Tampa Bay -115 chalk, with Boston +105.

NHL betting odds are on the board for a Monday playoff schedule of two conference semifinal games. The Tampa Bay Lightning can cement a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals with a win over the Boston Bruins, and the Dallas Stars can reach the Western Conference Finals by beating the Colorado Avalanche in the nightcap.

The SuperBook at Westgate provided insights on NHL opening lines and early line movement, sharp money and public betting for Monday’s contests.

NHL odds movement

Tampa Bay outscored Boston 10-2 over the last two games: a 7-1 Game 3 rout Wednesday, followed by a 3-1 Game 4 victory Saturday to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. The SuperBook opened the Lightning -115 favorites, with Boston +105, and there was no line movement by late Sunday for this 7 p.m. ET Monday faceoff.

The Stars and Avalanche go on short rest for Game 5, after Dallas held off a late Colorado rally to notch a 5-4 Game 4 victory and take a 3-1 series lead. Most sportsbooks didn’t put Game 5 on the board Sunday night, looking for a little more lineup clarity in the second game of the back-to-back. Puck drop is 9:45 p.m. ET.

NHL sharp money

Some professional dollars showed up early at The SuperBook for Bruins-Lightning Game 5.

“We’ve got some sharp play on the Lightning -115,” SuperBook manager Reyna Hernandez said Sunday night.

NHL public betting

The Consensus is often a great indicator of where the public’s collective mind is, and it’s apparently on Tampa Bay ending the series against Boston. As of late Sunday night, the Lightning were landing 70 percent of Consensus picks against the Bruins.

**Udog** · 08-31-2020, 08:11 AM

11BOSTON -12 TAMPA BAY
TAMPA BAY is 19-1 ATS (17.9 Units) after playing a game where 4 or fewer total goals were scored in the current season.

13DALLAS -14 COLORADO
DALLAS are 17-8 ATS (10.8 Units) against good teams - outscoring their opponents by 0.3+ goals/game in the current season.

NHL
Dunkel

Monday, August 31

Boston @ Tampa Bay

Game 11-12
August 31, 2020 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Boston
10.740
Tampa Bay
13.833
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Tampa Bay
by 3
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Tampa Bay
-120
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Tampa Bay
(-120); Over

Dallas @ Colorado

Game 13-14
August 31, 2020 @ 9:45 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Dallas
13.911
Colorado
12.544
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Dallas
by 1 1/2
8
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Dallas
No Line
N/A
Dunkel Pick:
Dallas
N/A

NHL
Long Sheet

Monday, August 31

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BOSTON (49-20-0-13, 111 pts.) vs. TAMPA BAY (52-24-0-6, 110 pts.) - 8/31/2020, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TAMPA BAY is 114-54 ATS (+43.2 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
TAMPA BAY is 22-7 ATS (+9.4 Units) vs. division opponents this season.
TAMPA BAY is 26-7 ATS (+16.6 Units) in the second round of the playoffs since 1996.
TAMPA BAY is 268-257 ATS (+584.1 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season since 1996.
BOSTON is 17-6 ATS (+9.1 Units) after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.
BOSTON is 94-74 ATS (+169.5 Units) after 3 or more consecutive losses since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
TAMPA BAY is 15-7 (+7.5 Units) against the spread versus BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
TAMPA BAY is 15-7-0 straight up against BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
12 of 20 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.7 Units)

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DALLAS (44-29-0-8, 96 pts.) vs. COLORADO (49-23-0-9, 107 pts.) - 8/31/2020, 9:45 PM
Top Trends for this game.
COLORADO is 73-63 ATS (+154.4 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent over the last 3 seasons.
DALLAS is 27-20 ATS (+5.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
DALLAS is 20-15 ATS (+38.8 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.
COLORADO is 5-14 ATS (-16.3 Units) after 3 or more consecutive overs over the last 2 seasons.
COLORADO is 30-37 ATS (-10.8 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
DALLAS is 9-8 (+0.2 Units) against the spread versus COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
DALLAS is 9-8-0 straight up against COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
11 of 17 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+4.3 Units)

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NHL

Monday, August 31

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Trend Report
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Boston @ Tampa Bay
Boston
Boston is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Boston is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games on the road
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Tampa Bay is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Boston

Dallas @ Colorado
Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Dallas's last 5 games
Dallas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Colorado's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Colorado's last 5 games when playing Dallas

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