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**Udog** · 05-06-2021, 07:35 AM

Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

NBA scoring leaders:
31.5— Curry, GState
30.9— Beal, Wash
29.0— Embiid, Phil
28.5— Doncic, Dal
28.5— Antetokounmpo, Milw
28.4— Lillard, Port
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 578,524
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

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Armadillo: Thursday's Den: Doing some thinking out loud…….

13) Orioles 6, Seattle 0:
— John Means threw MLB’s third no-hitter this season.
— Only baserunner reached on a wild pitch after a strikeout
— That is the only time in MLB history the only runner to reach in a no-hitter got on base via a wild pitch after a strikeout.
— Three no-hitters this year; there were no walks, but no perfect games.
— This was Baltimore’s first complete game no-hitter since 1969.

12) Indians 5, Royals 4:
— Cleveland is in a 3-way toe for first in AL Central
— Indians are 16-13, but they’re 8-17-4 in first 5-inning wagers; Terry Francona is a very good manager, plus they’ve played very well in late innings.

11) Early candidate for Bad Beat of the Year: Cavaliers (+12.5) lost 134-118 to Phoenix Tuesday, in overtime. Getting 12.5 points, they lost by freakin’ 16 in OT!!! No bueno.

10) Baseball’s new rules have created new situations, ones that the best managers aren’t used to. It turns out that Tony LaRussa didn’t know the new extra inning rules.

Wednesday afternoon, scoreless game in 10th inning in Cincinnati, LaRussa’s White Sox start the 10th inning with closer Liam Hendriks on second base— a pinch-hitter made the last four of the ninth inning for Chicago. Guy who makes the last out is the runner next inning.

Except for one scenario, if that runner would be the pitcher, then the manager can choose the guy bats before the pitcher to be the runner, but LaRussa didn’t know that. Now he does.

Hendriks, by the way, has batted three times in his 11-year career, going 0-2 with a walk— that walk happened six years ago.

9) This game was only fourth time in 18+ years that a game at Great American Ballpark was 0-0 after nine innings.

8) Phillies 5, Brewers 4:
— Game was 5-0 Phillies before they made an out.
— After it was 5-0, Freddy Peralta struck out the next six batters, and only allowed two more runners to reach base in four IP, but the damage had been done.

7) So far this season, Jose Altuve is batting .247; not good.
— He is 16-41 (.390) vs lefties.
— He is 3-36 (.083) vs righty pitchers.

6) Toronto Blue Jays will go back to playing home games in Buffalo June 1st; they’ve been playing home games in Dunedin, FL, at their spring training home. Hopefully before too much longer, they go back home to Toronto.

5) Cubs 6, Dodgers 5 (11)— Anthony Rizzo hit a walk-off single in a game he didn’t start; Cubs sweep LA, which has now lost 13 of its last 17 games.

4) Strange situation in the Mets-Cardinals game Wednesday; St Louis sent the interpreter to the mound so pitcher Kwang Hung Kim could confer with his infielders about who was covering which base. Problem is, that’s against the rules— interpreters can’t go on the field without a coach or manager.

Shortly after that, when pitching coach Mike Maddux tried to go to the mound to talk to Kim, there was a lengthy conference with the umpires, since no one seemed to know if the interpreter’s first visit counted as an official mound visit.

3) In his first 90 career at-bats against the Mets, St Louis SS Paul DeJong has 11 doubles, 10 homers and the incredibly high slugging percentage of .822.

2) Kyrie Irving got fined $35,000 by the NBA for repeatedly violating league rules regarding media access.

Really? This guy can just give away money like that?

Can someone please show him some Bill Belichick tapes, or let him watch Bull Durham, when Crash Davis lectures the rookie pitcher on how to use cliches in interviews. It is possible to talk without saying anything, politicians do it every day.

Just be boring, relentlessly boring, but don’t give your damn money away.

I know he is really, really rich (he makes $31M a year, has already banked around $157M in his career), but the money would be better served going to charity. Actually, I think fine money does go to charity, but it still makes no sense.

1) Tuesday night in Cincinnati, Dylan Cease threw six shutout innings for the White Sox, and also had three hits in Chicago’s 9-0 win.

He is the first AL starting pitcher to throw 6+ shutout innings, striking out at 10+ hitters and giving up fewer than three hits, while also getting three hits himself, since Catfish Hunter threw a perfect game for the A’s on May 8, 1968.

From the great researcher Christopher Kamka: Cease is the first White Sox pitcher with 3 hits through the 5th inning of a game since Don Larsen in 1961 at Washington.

Yes, that Don Larsen, the guy who threw a perfect game in the World Series.

**Udog** · 05-06-2021, 07:40 AM

21NEW JERSEY -22 NY ISLANDERS
NY ISLANDERS are 7-0 ATS (7 Units) in home games after failing to cover 2 of their last 3 against the spread in the current season.

23NY RANGERS -24 BOSTON
BOSTON is 247-188 ATS (-70.8 Units) in home games vs. losing teams since 1996.

25BUFFALO -26 PITTSBURGH
PITTSBURGH is 8-0 ATS (8 Units) in home games revenging a loss versus opponent as a favorite in the current season.

27CHICAGO -28 CAROLINA
CHICAGO is 0-11 ATS (-11.1 Units) in road games against good offensive teams - averaging 29.5+ shots on goal per game in the current season.

81MONTREAL -82 TORONTO
MONTREAL is 19-25 ATS (-15.7 Units) against mistake free teams - opponents average <=4 power plays/game in the current season.

83VANCOUVER -84 EDMONTON
EDMONTON is 25-5 ATS (19 Units) against poor defensive teams - opponents average 29.5+ shots on goal in the current season.

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Trend Report
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NY Rangers @ Boston
NY Rangers
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of NY Rangers's last 8 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Rangers's last 7 games when playing on the road against Boston
Boston
Boston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

New Jersey @ NY Islanders
New Jersey
New Jersey is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Jersey's last 6 games when playing NY Islanders
NY Islanders
NY Islanders is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing New Jersey
NY Islanders is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games when playing at home against New Jersey

Buffalo @ Pittsburgh
Buffalo
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Buffalo's last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Buffalo's last 5 games on the road
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Buffalo
Pittsburgh is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home

Chicago @ Carolina
Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Chicago's last 7 games when playing Carolina
Carolina
Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

Montreal @ Toronto
Montreal
Montreal is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Montreal's last 5 games on the road
Toronto
Toronto is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Toronto is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games

Vancouver @ Edmonton
Vancouver
Vancouver is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Edmonton
Vancouver is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Vancouver
Edmonton is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games

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