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MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Thursday, August 12

NL games
Washington (50-63) @ Mets (57-55)
— Fedde is 0-1, 5.48 in his last four starts.
— Nationals are 2-5 in his last seven starts.
— under 11-7
— allowed run in first inning: 6-18
— record in first 5 innings: 5-9-4
— He is 0-2, 4.26 in 10 games (5 starts) vs New York.

— They haven’t announced a starter for Game 2.

— Washington is 8-20 in its last 28 games.
— Nationals are 3-12 in last 15 road games.
— over 9-1 last ten games
— scored run in first inning: 37-113
— record in first 5 innings: 46-47-20

— Stroman is 0-3, 4.60 in his last three starts.
— Mets are 10-13 in his starts.
— under 5-0 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 3-23
— record in first 5 innings: 9-13-1
— He is 0-1, 7.20 in two starts vs Washington

— bullpen game

— Mets are 22-30 in their last 52 games.
— Mets are 8-9 in last 17 home games.
— under 12-7-2 last 21 games.
— scored run in first inning: 28-112
— record in first 5 innings: 46-54-12

Los Angeles (69-45) @ Philadelphia (58-55)
— They haven’t announced a starter.

— Dodgers are 10-5 in last 15 games.
— Dodgers are 8-7 in last 15 road games.
— over 5-2 last seven road games
— scored run in first inning: 37-113
— record in first 5 innings: 60-35-18

— Suarez is 0-0, 0.00 in first two Philly starts (5.2 IP).
— Phillies are 2-0 in his starts.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0
— He gave up a run in 3.1 IP in 3 relief stints vs Los Angeles.

— Phillies are 8-2 in last ten games.
— Phillies are 34-23 at home, 25-32 on road.
— under 6-2 last eight home games.
— scored run in first inning: 37-114
— record in first 5 innings: 47-44-23

St Louis (57-56) @ Pittsburgh (41-73)
— LeBlanc is 0-0, 3.05 in his last four starts.
— Cardinals are 3-4 in his starts.
— under 4-3
— allowed run in first inning: 2-7
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2-5
— He is starts vs Pittsburgh.

— Cardinals are 4-1 in last five games.
— St Louis is 5-5 in its last ten road games.
— Under is 4-1 in their last five games.
— scored run in first inning: 38-113
— record in first 5 innings: 47-46-20

— Brubaker is 0-4, 8.19 in his last six starts.
— Pirates are 5-15 in his starts.
— under 8-4-1 last 13
— allowed run in first inning: 7-20
— you’re reading ***************.com
— record in first 5 innings: 6-12-2
— He is 0-3, 5.94 in three starts vs St Louis this year.

— Pirates are 5-21 in last 26 games.
— Pittsburgh is 2-7 in last nine home games.
— over 5-4-1 last ten home games
— scored run in first inning: 29-113
— record in first 5 innings: 34-66-13

Cincinnati (61-53) @ Atlanta (58-55)
— Gutierrez is 3-0, 1.86 in his last three starts.
— Reds are 8-5 in his starts.
— over 6-6-1
— allowed run in first inning: 6-13
— you’re reading ***************.com
— record in first 5 innings: 6-4-3
— He is starts vs Atlanta.

— Cincinnati is 14-11 in its last 25 games.
— Reds are 6-5 in last 11 road games.
— over 7-2 last nine games
— scored run in first inning: 35-115
— record in first 5 innings: 54-45-16

— Muller is 2-3, 2.43 in seven starts.
— Braves are 4-3 in his starts.
— under 4-2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-7
— you’re reading ***************.com
— record in first 5 innings: 3-3-1
— He blanked Cincinnati for 5 IP June 27.

— Braves won eight of last ten games.
— Atlanta is 8-7 in last 15 home games.
— over 9-5-1 last 15 home games
— scored run in first inning: 42-114
— record in first 5 innings: 58-40-16

Milwaukee (69-46) @ Cubs (52-64)
— Woodruff is 0-3, 3.47 in his last six starts.
— Milwaukee is 13-9 in his starts.
— under 5-2-1 last eight
— allowed run in first inning: 5-22
— record in first 5 innings: 10-5-7
— He is 2-0, 0.72 in four starts vs Chicago this year.

— Brewers are 16-7 in last 23 games.
— Milwaukee is 12-1 in last 13 road games.
— over 7-2-3 last 12 road games.
— scored run in first inning: 39-115
— record in first 5 innings: 60-34-21

— Hendricks is 3-0, 3.25 in his last six starts.
— Cubs are 14-9 in his starts.
— over 14-9
— allowed run in first inning: 7-23
— record in first 5 innings: 15-7-1
— He is 1-0, 3.00 in three starts vs Milwaukee this year.

— Cubs are 10-31 in last 41 games.
— Chicago is 3-11 in its last 14 home games.
— Over is 6-2-2 in last ten home games.
— scored run in first inning: 33-116
— record in first 5 innings: 46-57-13

San Diego (66-50) @ Arizona (35-79)
— Darvish is 0-3, 5.09 in his last four starts.
— Padres are 15-7 in his starts.
— over 11-3-1 last 15
— allowed run in first inning: 5-22
— record in first 5 innings: 7-6-9
— He is 0-0, 3.57 in three starts vs Arizona this year.

— Padres are 13-10 in their last 23 games.
— San Diego is 4-5 in last nine road games.
— over 11-2-1 last 14 games
— scored run in first inning: 36-116
— record in first 5 innings: 49-49-18

— Widener is 0-1, 8.66 in his last four starts.
— Arizona is 4-6 in his starts.
— over 3-0-1 last four
— allowed run in first inning: 2-10
— record in first 5 innings: 3-5-2
— He is 1-0, 1.64 in two starts vs San Diego this year.

— Arizona lost six of its last seven games.
— Arizona is 1-5 in its last six home games.
— over 15-9-2 last 26 games
— scored run in first inning: 16-114
— record in first 5 innings: 41-63-10

Colorado (51-63) @ San Francisco (73-41)
— Marquez is 2-0, 1.50 in his last two starts.
— Rockies are 11-4 in his last 15 starts.
— over 3-0 last three
— allowed run in first inning: 4-23
— you’re reading ***************.com
— record in first 5 innings: 14-8-1
— He is 0-3, 13.06 in three starts vs San Francisco this year.

— Colorado is 26-22 in its last 48 games.
— Rockies are 38-21 at home, 13-42 on road.
— over 6-3 last nine road games.
— scored run in first inning: 38-115
— record in first 5 innings: 47-52-16

— Webb is 4-0, 2.11 in his last nine starts.
— Giants are 11-4 in his starts.
— under 10-5
— allowed run in first inning: 5-15
— record in first 5 innings: 7-6-2
— He is 0-1, 9.35 in two starts vs Colorado this year.

— Giants are 15-9 since All-Star break.
— Giants are 7-2 in last nine home games.
— Under is 4-3-1 in their last eight games.
— scored run in first inning: 34-114
— record in first 5 innings: 60-41-13

AL games
Detroit (55-60) @ Baltimore (38-73)
— Manning is 0-2, 9.20 in his last three starts.
— Tigers are 3-5 in his starts.
— under 4-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 1-8
— record in first 5 innings: 3-4-1
— He gave up 5 runs in 5.2 IP in July 31 start vs Baltimore.

— Detroit is 6-3 in its last nine games.
— Detroit is 5-10 in last 15 road games.
— under 10-2 last 12 games
— scored run in first inning: 25-116
— record in first 5 innings: 14-8-1 last 23

— Means is 1-1, 4.76 in four starts since he came off IL.
— Orioles are 7-9 in his starts.
— under 9-6-1
— allowed run in first inning: 4-16
— record in first 5 innings: 8-4-4
— He is 1-1, 3.57 in three starts vs Detroit.

— Orioles are 0-7 in last seven games.
— Baltimore is 21-38 on road, 17-36 at home.
— over is 49-26-1 in their last 76 games.
— scored run in first inning: 37-112
— record in first 5 innings: 38-57-17

Oakland (66-48) @ Cleveland (55-57)
— Bassitt is 2-1, 2.45 in his last five starts.
— A’s are 16-7 in his starts.
— under 6-2 last eight
— allowed run in first inning: 6-23
— record in first 5 innings: 13-3-7
— He is 0-2, 4.13 in four starts vs Cleveland.

— A’s are 10-2 in last 12 games.
— Oakland is 6-1 in last seven road games.
— Over is 5-3 in their last eight games.
— scored run in first inning: 33-114
— record in first 5 innings: 49-44-21

— Morgan is 0-2, 3.91 in his last four starts.
— Indians are 4-4 in his starts.
— over 4-4
— allowed run in first inning: 1-8
— record in first 5 innings: 3-5
— He hasn’t pitched against Oakland.

— Cleveland is 15-27 in last 42 games.
— Indians are 4-3 in last seven home games.
— under 8-4 last 12 home games
— scores run in first inning: 35-112
— record in first 5 innings: 42-53-17

Tampa Bay (69-45) @ Boston (66-50)
— bullpen game

— Tampa Bay won nine of last 12 games.
— Rays are 10-3 in last 13 road games.
— Rays scored 47 runs the last five games.
— scored run in first inning: 35-114
— record in first 5 innings: 44-44-26

— Houck is 0-1, 4.08 in four starts.
— Boston is 2-2 in his starts.
— under 4-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-4
— record in first 5 innings: 0-4
— He gave up a run in one IP, in a relief stint vs Tampa Bay.

— Boston lost 10 of last 13 games.
— Red Sox are 6-4 in last ten home games.
— under 13-7 last 20 games
— scored run in first inning: 38-116
— record in first 5 innings: 52-47-17

Bronx (63-52) vs White Sox (67-48) (@ Field of Dreams, Iowa)
— Heaney is 1-1, 7.20 in two starts for Bronx.
— New York is 1-1 in his starts.
— over 14-5-1
— allowed run in first inning: 8-20
— record in first 5 innings: 10-9-1
— He is 3-1, 4.41 in six starts vs Chicago.

— New York is 22-9 in last 31 games.
— New York is 7-2 in last nine road games.
— over 14-3 last 17 road games
— scored run in first inning: 26-115
— record in first 5 innings: 45-42-28

— Lynn is 3-0, 2.00 in his last six starts.
— Chicago is 12-8 in his starts.
— under 11-7-2
— allowed run in first inning: 6-21
— record in first 5 innings: 15-2-4
— He is 2-2, 3.60 in four starts vs New York.

— Chicago won four of last six games.
— White Sox are 6-7 in last 13 road games.
— under 7-3 last ten road games.
— scored run in first inning: 32-115
— record in first 5 innings: 64-34-17

Texas (39-74) @ Seattle (60-54)
— Foltynewicz is 0-1, 4.20 in his last three starts.
— Rangers are 7-15 in his starts.
— under 12-10
— allowed run in first inning: 7-22
— record in first 5 innings: 3-14-5
— He is 0-2, 4.21 in four starts vs Seattle.

— Texas lost 22 of last 26 games.
— Texas is 1-15 in last 16 road games.
— under 6-4 last ten games.
— scored run in first inning: 21-114
— record in first 5 innings: 35-63-16

— Gonzales is 2-0, 1.93 in his last four starts.
— Mariners are 7-8 in his starts.
— under 10-3 last 13
— allowed run in first inning: 4-15
— record in first 5 innings: 4-8-3
— He is 0-1, 7.71 in two starts vs Texas this year.

— Seattle lost five of last seven games.
— Seattle is 8-5 in last 13 home games.
— under 7-1 last eight games
— scored run in first inning: 34-115
— record in first 5 innings: 51-51-13

Toronto (61-51) @ Angels (57-57)
— Berrios is 1-0, 0.75 in his first two Toronto starts.
— Toronto is 1-1 in his starts.
— over 12-9-1
— allowed run in first inning: 6-22
— record in first 5 innings: 10-7-5
— He is 2-3, 4.66 in five starts vs Anaheim.

— Toronto won 12 of last 15 games.
— Blue Jays are 6-9 in last 15 road games.
— Under is 12-7-2 in last 21 games.
— scored run in first inning: 35-113
— record in first 5 innings: 18-8-1 last 27

— Ohtani is 3-0, 1.38 in his last four starts.
— Angels are 10-6 in his starts.
— under 3-1 last four
— allowed run in first inning: 5-16
— record in first 5 innings: 9-4-3
— He hasn’t pitched against Toronto.

— Angels are 7-9 in their last 16 games.
— Angels are 3-6 in last nine home games.
— under 15-8 last 23 games
— scored run in first inning: 35-115
— record in first 5 innings: 51-51-13

[Udog]

MLB

Thursday, August 12

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Trend Report
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Washington @ NY Mets
Washington
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Washington's last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games on the road
NY Mets
NY Mets is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Mets's last 5 games

St. Louis @ Pittsburgh
St. Louis
St. Louis is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
St. Louis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games when playing at home against St. Louis

LA Dodgers @ Philadelphia
LA Dodgers
LA Dodgers is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Philadelphia
LA Dodgers is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing LA Dodgers
Philadelphia is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games

Oakland @ Cleveland
Oakland
Oakland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Oakland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Cleveland's last 7 games when playing Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland's last 6 games when playing at home against Oakland

Milwaukee @ Chi Cubs
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Chi Cubs
Milwaukee is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Chi Cubs's last 25 games when playing at home against Milwaukee
Chi Cubs is 1-7 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Milwaukee

Washington @ NY Mets
Washington
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Washington's last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games on the road
NY Mets
NY Mets is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Mets's last 5 games

Detroit @ Baltimore
Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Detroit's last 7 games when playing Baltimore
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit's last 6 games when playing on the road against Baltimore
Baltimore
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Baltimore's last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Baltimore's last 7 games

Tampa Bay @ Boston
Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
Boston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 5 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Boston's last 14 games when playing Tampa Bay

Texas @ Seattle
Texas
Texas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Seattle
Texas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Seattle
Seattle
Seattle is 15-2 SU in its last 17 games when playing at home against Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Seattle's last 8 games

Cincinnati @ Atlanta
Cincinnati
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Cincinnati's last 8 games when playing Atlanta
Cincinnati is 11-2 ATS in its last 13 games on the road
Atlanta
Atlanta is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Atlanta's last 8 games when playing Cincinnati

NY Yankees @ Chi White Sox
NY Yankees
NY Yankees is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Chi White Sox
NY Yankees is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Chi White Sox
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chi White Sox's last 5 games when playing at home against NY Yankees
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Chi White Sox's last 17 games when playing NY Yankees

Toronto @ LA Angels
Toronto
Toronto is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Toronto is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games
LA Angels
The total has gone OVER in 6 of LA Angels's last 8 games when playing Toronto
LA Angels is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games when playing Toronto

San Diego @ Arizona
San Diego
San Diego is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 11 of San Diego's last 15 games
Arizona
Arizona is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against San Diego
Arizona is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against San Diego

Colorado @ San Francisco
Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Colorado's last 5 games when playing San Francisco
Colorado is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
San Francisco
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Francisco's last 5 games when playing Colorado
San Francisco is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games


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[Udog]

MLB
Weather Report

Thursday, August 12

[StarDust Bum]

THURSDAY, AUGUST 12
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

WAS at NYM 12:10 PM
NYM -213
+500

STL at PIT 12:35 PM
PIT +118
+500

LAD at PHI 01:05 PM
PHI +128
+500

OAK at CLE 01:10 PM
OAK -169
+500

MIL at CHC 02:20 PM
MIL -209
+500

WAS at NYM 03:10 PM
WAS +142
+500

DET at BAL 04:05 PM
BAL -141
+500

TB at BOS 04:10 PM
TB -103
+500

TEX at SEA 04:10 PM
SEA -215
+500

CIN at ATL 05:10 PM
ATL -145
+500

NYY at CHW 07:00 PM
CHW -160
+500

TOR at LAA 09:38 PM
LAA +121
+500

SD at ARI 09:40 PM
SD -227
+500

COL at SF 09:45 PM
SF -191
+500

[Udog]

Diamond Trends for Thursday August 12
Vince Akins

SU Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: Colorado at San Francisco (9:45 p.m. ET)

-- The Giants are 10-0 SU since May 26, 2021 as a favorite after they had at least 12 hits last game.

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Texas at Seattle (4:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Rangers are 0-12 SU since Sep 03, 2014 in the last game of a series as a road dog of more than +125 after they lost by one run last game.

OU Trend of the Day
Matchup: L.A. Dodgers at Philadelphia (1:05 p.m. ET)

-- The Phillies are 0-16-1 OU (-3.41 ppg) since May 25, 2017 in the last game of a series as a dog after they allowed at least 12 hits last game.

Starter-Based Trend of the Day
Matchup: Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs (2:20 p.m. ET)

-- The Brewers are 0-8 OU (-3.38 ppg) since Jun 10, 2018 when Brandon Woodruff starts on the road in an afternoon game.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

[Udog]

Friday’s 6-pack
Six biggest cities in America:
6) Philadelphia
5) Phoenix
4) Houston
3) Chicago
2) Los Angeles
1) New York

Quote of the Day.
“My (6th grade) team was terrible. I got clobbered every game. My dad was like, ‘If you get hit, you’ve got to be the tough guy. You’ve got to take the hit when you’re throwing the ball.’ That season set the standard. You get hit; you get right back up.”
USC QB Kevon Slovis

Friday’s quiz
Who was Washington Redskins’ QB last time they won the Super Bowl?

Thursday’s quiz
Burt Lancaster played Moonlight Graham in Field of Dreams.

Wednesday’s quiz
Joe Girardi has managed the Marlins/Phillies in the National League, and New York in the American League.

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Friday’s Den: Random stuff with weekend here…….

13) White Sox 9, New York 8:
— From all accounts, the Field of Dreams Game was a big success.
— Tim Anderson hit a walk-off HR to right; ball carried really well that way.
— New York scored four runs in top of 9th to take an 8-7 lead.
— There is a tremendous amount of corn behind this ballfield.
— They had Kevin Costner in TV booth for couple innings, which was interesting.
— Must have been one hell of a traffic jam after the game.

12) The great actor/comedian Robin Williams passed away 7 years ago this week; he was so funny, it was horrendous when he died at age 63, way too young.

In 1998, he made a movie Patch Adams, a true story about a doctor who used humor to help treat his young patients. This week, I read a couple Twitter posts by people who are doctors now who said they became doctors because Patch Adams inspired them.

Apparently, the sick kids in the movie weren’t actors, they were real-life sick kids in hospitals, which helped make the movie more authentic— Robin Williams insisted on that.

11) Mets 4-5, Nationals 1-4— New York gets couple of badly-needed wins; the Nationals aren’t big league quality right now.

In their last 55 games, the Mets have gotten five wins from starting pitchers. Five.

10) Sean Nolin started Game 1 for Washington Thursday; it was his first big league game since 2015, when he started six games for the A’s. Since then, he’s had multiple medical issues- he missed all of 2016-17, plus since then he’s pitched in the Japanese League, the Mexican Winter League, in independent leagues, on his way back to the majors.

He had to be pretty freakin’ excited to be back in the majors Thursday.

9) When a pitcher makes an error, it shouldn’t help his ERA; runs caused by a pitcher’s error should still be earned runs— why should they benefit from their own mistakes?

8) New England 21 Washington 13— Washington (+2) is your first bad beat of NFL’s season; Washington scored with 1:24 left to make the game 15-13, they appeared to tie game on the 2-point conversion, but replay overturned the call, so the game ended 15-13, right?

Wrong. Guy on New England runs 91 yards for TD with 1:04 left to cover the spread.

7) Steelers 24, Eagles 16:
— QB Dwayne Haskins threw for 161 yards and a TD; he is competing to be the backup to Ben Roethlisberger in Pittsburgh.

6) Odds to win the CFL’s Grey Cup this season:
Hamilton Tiger-Cats +300
Winnipeg Blue Bombers +400
Saskatchewan Roughriders +500
Calgary Stampeders +600
Toronto Argonauts +650
Edmonton Elks +900

5) Surprising fact: El Paso, TX has more people than Detroit, Louisville or Milwaukee.

4) Kawhi Leonard signed on with the Clippers again; four years, $176M or so, $44M a year, and he’ll miss most of next year while he rehabs from a torn ACL.

3) Few weeks ago, I traded for minor league C Keibert Ruiz in my fantasy league; my team really, really needs a catcher going forward, and I’ve done a terrible job of finding one this year, going through seven different guys.

Ruiz is a highly-touted prospect; he was hitting .311 for the Dodgers’ AAA team when he got dealt to Washington in the trade that sent Max Scherzer to LA. Since the trade, he is 3-26 for his new AAA team in Rochester.

Oy.

2) Rand Paul is a senator from Kentucky who is such a wonderful person that his neighbor once broke five of his ribs in a dispute about raking leaves, of all things. You listen to Paul talk and you yearn for the sound of fingernails going down a blackboard.

From the Washington Post: “his (Paul’s) wife bought stock in Gilead Sciences — which makes the antiviral drug used to treat covid-19 — on Feb, 26, 2020, before the threat from the coronavirus was fully understood by the public….”

This was supposed to be disclosed a long time ago. Are all politicians dishonest scoundrels? Is anyone not on the take? Good grief.

1) BYU has a booster who has a NIL deal with all 36 of BYU’s walk-on football players, which in effect raises their scholarship limit from 85 to 121. All 36 walk-ons will now go to BYU for free.

Utah has no laws against that; about half the states (South Carolina, for one) have rules where that wouldn’t be legal. This NIL stuff is going to have unintended consequences, for sure.

[Udog]

901CINCINNATI -902 PHILADELPHIA
CINCINNATI is 1-10 SU (-11.3 Units) in road games vs. a bad bullpen that blows 38% or more of their save opportunities in the current season.

903MILWAUKEE -904 PITTSBURGH
MILWAUKEE is 16-3 SU (12.7 Units) in road games in the second half of the season in the current season.

905ATLANTA -906 WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON is 21-35 SU (-20.6 Units) vs. NL teams scoring 4.5 or more runs/game on the season in the current season.

907CHICAGO CUBS -908 MIAMI
MIAMI is 4-12 SU (-12.8 Units) vs. a starting pitcher whose gives up 1 or more HR's/start in the current season.

909LA DODGERS -910 NY METS
NY METS are 7-21 SU (-17 Units) vs. an NL team with a batting average of .255 or worse in the second half of the season in the current season.

911SAN DIEGO -912 ARIZONA
ARIZONA is 10-35 SU (-28.5 Units) vs. a starting pitcher whose strikes out 5 or more batters per start in the current season.

913COLORADO -914 SAN FRANCISCO
COLORADO is 6-20 SU (-21.3 Units) in road games vs. good fielding teams - averaging <=0.6 errors/game in the current season.

915CLEVELAND -916 DETROIT
DETROIT is 11-2 SU (11.7 Units) in home games vs. an AL team with a batting average of .255 or worse in the second half of the season in the current season.

917BALTIMORE -918 BOSTON
BALTIMORE is 11-27 SU (-19.1 Units) vs. AL teams scoring 4.9 or more runs/game on the season in the current season.

919OAKLAND -920 TEXAS
TEXAS are 3-20 SU (-21.3 Units) vs. good defensive catchers - allowing 0.5 or less SB's/game in the second half of the season in the current season.

[Udog]

MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Friday, August 13

NL games
Atlanta (58-56) @ Washington (50-65)
— Morton is 1-1, 2.65 in his last three starts.
— Braves are 10-5 in his last 15 starts.
— under 8-5-1 last 14
— allowed run in first inning: 5-23
— you’re reading ***************.com
— record in first 5 innings: 15-6-2
— He is 1-0, 2.45 in two starts vs Washington this year.

— Braves won eight of last 11 games.
— Atlanta is 8-8 in last 16 home games.
— over 10-5-1 last 16 home games
— scored run in first inning: 43-115
— record in first 5 innings: 58-41-16

— Josiah Gray is 0-0, 2.70 in two starts for Washington (10 IP).
— Nationals are 1-1 in his starts.
— under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2
— He gave up 2 runs in 5 IP vs Atlanta Saturday.

— Washington is 8-22 in its last 30 games.
— Nationals are 1-5 in last six home games.
— over 10-2 last 12 games
— scored run in first inning: 37-115
— record in first 5 innings: 46-49-20

Cincinnati (62-53) @ Philadelphia (59-55)
— Mahle is 2-0, 3.00 in his last three starts.
— Reds are 15-8 in his starts.
— over 3-1-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 6-23
— you’re reading ***************.com
— record in first 5 innings: 15-4-4
— He is 0-1, 7.50 in two starts vs Philly.

— Cincinnati is 15-11 in its last 26 games.
— Reds are 7-5 in last 12 road games.
— over 8-2 last ten games
— scored run in first inning: 35-116
— record in first 5 innings: 55-45-16

— Wheeler is 4-1, 2.97 in his last five starts.
— Phillies are 12-5 in his last 17 starts.
— under 9-3 last 12
— allowed run in first inning: 5-23
— record in first 5 innings: 9-7-7
— He is 1-0, 2.52 in four starts vs Cincy.

— Phillies are 9-2 in last 11 games.
— Phillies are 35-23 at home, 25-32 on road.
— under 7-2 last nine home games.
— scored run in first inning: 38-115
— record in first 5 innings: 48-44-23

Milwaukee (70-46) @ Pittsburgh (41-74)
— Anderson is 2-0, 1.40 in his last five starts.
— Milwaukee is 9-8 in his starts.
— under 6-0-1 last seven
— allowed run in first inning: 5-17
— record in first 5 innings: 8-6-3
— He is 2-0, 0.69 in two starts vs Pittsburgh this year.

— Brewers are 17-7 in last 24 games.
— Milwaukee is 13-1 in last 14 road games.
— over 8-2-3 last 13 road games.
— scored run in first inning: 39-116
— record in first 5 innings: 61-34-21

— Keller is 0-3, 8.53 in his last three starts.
— Pirates are 5-9 in his starts.
— over 5-0 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 8-14
— you’re reading ***************.com
— record in first 5 innings: 4-8-2
— He hasn’t pitched against Milwaukee.

— Pirates are 5-22 in last 27 games.
— Pittsburgh is 2-8 in last ten home games.
— over 6-4-1 last 11 home games
— scored run in first inning: 30-114
— record in first 5 innings: 34-67-13

Cubs (52-65) @ Miami (48-67)
— Alzolay is 0-8, 6.26 in his last ten starts.
— Cubs are 6-14 in his starts.
— under 8-5-2 last 15
— allowed run in first inning: 5-20
— record in first 5 innings: 5-11-4
— He hasn’t pitched against Miami.

— Cubs are 10-32 in last 42 games.
— Chicago is 3-8 in its last 11 road games.
— Over is 4-2-1 in last seven games.
— scored run in first inning: 33-117
— record in first 5 innings: 46-58-13

— Luzardo is 1-1, 9.31 in two starts for Miami.
— Marlins are 1-1 in his starts.
— over 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Chicago.

— Marlins lost five of last six games.
— Miami is 5-4 in last nine home games.
— over 8-3 last 11 games
— scored run in first inning: 28-115
— record in first 5 innings: 42-53-20

Los Angeles (69-46) @ Mets (59-55)
— Urias is 4-0, 2.83 in his last seven starts.
— Dodgers are 17-6 in his starts.
— over 14-7-2
— allowed run in first inning: 6-23
— record in first 5 innings: 15-6-2
— He gave up 7 runs in 4 IP in 3 games (1 start) vs New York

— Dodgers are 10-6 in last 16 games.
— Dodgers are 8-8 in last 16 road games.
— over 5-3 last eight road games
— scored run in first inning: 37-114
— record in first 5 innings: 60-36-18

— Megill is 0-2, 6.00 in his last three starts.
— Mets are 6-3 in his starts.
— under 6-3
— allowed run in first inning: 1-9
— record in first 5 innings: 5-3-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Los Angeles.

— Mets are 24-30 in their last 54 games.
— Mets are 10-9 in last 19 home games.
— under 13-8-2 last 23 games.
— scored run in first inning: 28-114
— record in first 5 innings: 48-54-12

San Diego (66-51) @ Arizona (36-79)
— Snell is 2-0, 0.75 in his last two starts.
— Padres are 6-1 in his last seven starts.
— over 12-9
— allowed run in first inning: 5-21
— record in first 5 innings: 9-10-2
— He is 1-0, 0.00 in two starts (11.2 IP) vs Arizona this year.

— Padres are 13-11 in their last 24 games.
— San Diego is 4-6 in last ten road games.
— over 12-2-1 last 15 games
— scored run in first inning: 37-117
— record in first 5 innings: 49-50-18

— Bumgarner is 2-1, 2.14 in his last three starts.
— Arizona is 7-10 in his starts.
— under 4-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 7-17
— record in first 5 innings: 7-9-1
— He is 0-1, 6.55 in two starts vs San Diego this year.

— Arizona lost six of its last eight games.
— Arizona is 2-5 in its last seven home games.
— over 16-9-2 last 27 games
— scored run in first inning: 16-115
— record in first 5 innings: 42-63-10

Colorado (51-64) @ San Francisco (74-41)
— Gomber is 6-1, 2.70 in his last eight starts.
— Rockies are 10-6 in his last 16 starts.
— over 4-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 5-19
— you’re reading ***************.com
— record in first 5 innings: 11-6-2
— He is 0-2, 12.38 in two starts vs San Francisco this year.

— Colorado is 26-23 in its last 48 games.
— Rockies are 38-21 at home, 13-43 on road.
— over 6-4 last ten road games.
— scored run in first inning: 38-116
— record in first 5 innings: 47-53-16

— DeSclafani is 0-2, 7.11 in his last four starts.
— Giants are 12-4 in his last 16 starts.
— over 4-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 4-22
— record in first 5 innings: 13-7-2
— He is 2-0, 0.00 in two starts (15 IP) vs Colorado this year.

— Giants are 16-9 since All-Star break.
— Giants are 8-2 in last ten home games.
— Under is 5-3-1 in their last nine games.
— scored run in first inning: 34-115
— record in first 5 innings: 61-41-13

AL games
Baltimore (38-74) @ Boston (66-51)
— Watkins is 0-3, 7.47 in his last three starts.
— Orioles are 3-3 in his starts.
— over 4-2
— allowed run in first inning: 2-4
— record in first 5 innings: 3-3
— He hasn’t pitched against Boston.

— Orioles are 0-8 in last eight games.
— Baltimore is 21-38 on road, 17-37 at home.
— over is 49-27-1 in their last 77 games.
— scored run in first inning: 38-113
— record in first 5 innings: 38-58-17

— Pivetta is 1-1, 4.50 in his last four starts.
— Boston is 14-8 in his starts.
— under 10-2 last 12
— allowed run in first inning: 7-22
— record in first 5 innings: 9-8-5
— He is 2-0, 4.50 in two starts vs Baltimore this year.

— Boston lost 11 of last 14 games.
— Red Sox are 2-4 in last six home games.
— under 14-8 last 22 games
— scored run in first inning: 38-118
— record in first 5 innings: 52-47-19

Cleveland (55-58) @ Detroit (56-60)
— Plesac is 1-1, 7.40 in his last four starts.
— Indians are 9-7 in his starts.
— over 6-1-1 last eight
— allowed run in first inning: 5-16
— record in first 5 innings: 5-9-2
— He is 1-1, 3.71 in three starts vs Detroit this year.

— Cleveland is 15-28 in last 43 games.
— Indians are 1-4 in last five road games.
— under 3-1-1 last five road games
— scores run in first inning: 35-113
— record in first 5 innings: 42-54-17

— Alexander is 1-0, 4.13 in seven starts.
— Tigers are 6-1 in his starts.
— over 4-3
— allowed run in first inning: 4-7
— record in first 5 innings: 4-1-2
— He is 1-1, 4.20 in 8 games (1 start) vs Cleveland.

— Detroit is 7-3 in its last ten games.
— Detroit is 13-3 in last 16 home games.
— under 11-2 last 13 games
— scored run in first inning: 25-117
— record in first 5 innings: 15-8-1 last 24

Oakland (67-48) @ Texas (39-75)
— Irvin is 2-2, 2.59 in his last four starts.
— A’s are 11-11 in his starts.
— under 4-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 6-22
— record in first 5 innings: 10-10-2
— He is 2-1, 4.76 in three starts vs Texas this year.

— A’s are 11-2 in last 12 games.
— Oakland is 7-1 in last eight road games.
— Over is 6-3 in their last night games.
— scored run in first inning: 33-115
— record in first 5 innings: 50-44-21

— Dunning is 2-0, 2.38 in his last three starts.
— Rangers are 5-1 in his last six starts.
— over 8-5-2 last 15
— allowed run in first inning: 8-20
— record in first 5 innings: 9-9-2
— He threw 4 shutout innings in one start vs Oakland.

— Texas lost 23 of last 27 games.
— Texas is 4-7 in last 11 home games.
— under 7-4 last 11 games.
— scored run in first inning: 21-115
— record in first 5 innings: 35-64-16

Tampa Bay (70-45) @ Minnesota (50-65)
— McClanahan is 3-1, 3.00 in his last four starts.
— Rays are 10-7 in his starts.
— under 6-3 last nine
— allowed run in first inning: 3-17
— record in first 5 innings: 8-5-4
— He hasn’t pitched against Minnesota.

— Tampa Bay won 10 of last 13 games.
— Rays are 11-3 in last 14 road games.
— Rays scored 55 runs the last six games.
— scored run in first inning: 35-115
— record in first 5 innings: 44-44-27

— Pineda is 0-2, 3.94 in his last three starts.
— Minnesota is 6-10 in his starts.
— over 5-2-1 last eight
— allowed run in first inning: 4-16
— record in first 5 innings: 6-8-2
— He is 3-5, 4.31 in 14 starts vs Tampa Bay.

— Minnesota is 11-15 in its last 26 games.
— Twins are 4-6 in last ten home games.
— over 9-5-1 last 15 games
— scored run in first inning: 39-115
— record in first 5 innings: 34-58-23

Toronto (61-52) @ Seattle (61-54)
— Ray is 1-0, 1.50 in his last three starts.
— Toronto is 12-10 in his starts.
— under 5-2 last seven
— allowed run in first inning: 5-22
— record in first 5 innings: 12-6-4
— He is 1-1, 3.91 in four starts vs Seattle.

— Toronto won 12 of last 16 games.
— Blue Jays are 6-10 in last 16 road games.
— Under is 12-8-2 in last 21 games.
— scored run in first inning: 35-114
— record in first 5 innings: 18-9-1 last 28

— Flexen is 4-2, 3.51 in his last seven starts.
— Mariners are 14-7 in his starts.
— over 12-9
— allowed run in first inning: 5-21
— record in first 5 innings: 12-8-1
— He gave up 3 runs in 5 IP, in one start vs Toronto.

— Seattle lost five of last eight games.
— Seattle is 9-5 in last 14 home games.
— under 8-1 last nine games
— scored run in first inning: 34-116
— record in first 5 innings: 52-51-13

Houston (68-46) @ Angels (58-57)
— Greinke allowed 9 runs in 10 IP, in his last two starts.
— Astros are 15-8 in his starts.
— under 4-1-1 last six
— allowed run in first inning: 2-23
— record in first 5 innings: 11-7-5
— He is 0-0, 2.57 in two starts vs Anaheim this year.

— Astros are 4-5 in last nine games.
— Astros are 4-6 in last 10 road games.
— under 6-2-1 last nine games
— scored run in first inning: 41-114
— record in first 5 innings: 63-37-14

— Sandoval is 1-1, 1.86 in his last three starts.
— Angels are 7-6 in his starts.
— under 4-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 4-13
— record in first 5 innings: 5-6-2
— He is 0-2, 10.64 in four games (3 starts) vs Houston.

— Angels are 8-9 in their last 17 games.
— Angels are 4-6 in last ten home games.
— under 15-9 last 24 games
— scored run in first inning: 35-116
— record in first 5 innings: 52-51-13

Interleague games
St Louis (58-56) @ Kansas City (50-64)
— Flaherty is 1-1, 6.75 in his last three starts.
— His last start was May 31.
— Cardinals are 9-2 in his starts.
— over 7-2-2
— allowed run in first inning: 2-11
— record in first 5 innings: 8-2-1
— He is 3-0, 0.95 in three starts vs Kansas City.

— Cardinals are 5-1 in last six games.
— St Louis is 6-5 in its last 11 road games.
— Under is 4-2 in their last six games.
— scored run in first inning: 39-114
— record in first 5 innings: 48-46-20

— Minor is 2-6, 6.23 in his last eight starts.
— Kansas City is 10-13 in his starts.
— under 6-1 last seven
— allowed run in first inning: 6-23
— record in first 5 innings: 8-12-3
— He is 2-3, 6.11 in 8 games (6 starts) vs St Louis.

— Royals are 4-8 in last dozen games.
— Royals are 7-3 in last ten home games.
— under 15-5-2 last 22 games.
— scores run in first inning: 25-116
— record in first 5 innings: 41-57-18

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MLB

Friday, August 13

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Trend Report
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Atlanta @ Washington
Atlanta
Atlanta is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington
Atlanta is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Washington's last 12 games

Cincinnati @ Philadelphia
Cincinnati
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cincinnati's last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
Cincinnati is 12-2 ATS in its last 14 games on the road
Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing at home against Cincinnati
Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Cincinnati

Milwaukee @ Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Milwaukee is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 18 of Pittsburgh's last 24 games when playing at home against Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games at home

Baltimore @ Boston
Baltimore
Baltimore is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
Baltimore is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
Boston
Boston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Baltimore
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Boston's last 12 games at home

Cleveland @ Detroit
Cleveland
Cleveland is 17-4 SU in its last 21 games when playing on the road against Detroit
Cleveland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Detroit
Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit's last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Detroit's last 13 games

Chi Cubs @ Miami
Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
Chi Cubs is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Miami
Miami
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Miami's last 6 games
Miami is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Chi Cubs

LA Dodgers @ NY Mets
LA Dodgers
LA Dodgers is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against NY Mets
LA Dodgers is 18-4 SU in its last 22 games when playing NY Mets
NY Mets
NY Mets is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Mets's last 7 games

Oakland @ Texas
Oakland
Oakland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Oakland is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Texas
Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas's last 5 games when playing at home against Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas's last 5 games at home

St. Louis @ Kansas City
St. Louis
St. Louis is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
St. Louis is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas City's last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Kansas City's last 8 games at home

Tampa Bay @ Minnesota
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Tampa Bay is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Minnesota
Minnesota is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay

Houston @ LA Angels
Houston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston's last 6 games when playing on the road against LA Angels
The total has gone OVER in 13 of Houston's last 17 games when playing LA Angels
LA Angels
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Angels's last 6 games when playing at home against Houston
The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Angels's last 5 games

San Diego @ Arizona
San Diego
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Diego's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of San Diego's last 8 games when playing Arizona
Arizona
Arizona is 12-1 SU in its last 13 games when playing at home against San Diego
Arizona is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against San Diego

Colorado @ San Francisco
Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Colorado's last 7 games when playing San Francisco
Colorado is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games when playing San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
San Francisco is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

Toronto @ Seattle
Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games
Toronto is 12-4 SU in its last 16 games
Seattle
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Seattle's last 9 games
Seattle is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Toronto


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MLB
Dunkel

Friday, August 13

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MLB
Weather Report

Friday, August 13

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Diamond Trends for Friday August 13
Vince Akins

SU Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: Tampa Bay at Minnesota (8:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Twins are 8-0 SU since Jul 19, 2021 as a dog after they scored in at most two separate innings last game.

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Atlanta at Washington (7:05 p.m. ET)

-- The Braves are 0-8 SU since Jun 30, 2019 on the road vs a team that has lost at least their last three games.

OU Trend of the Day
Matchup: L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets (7:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Mets are 11-0 OU (4.23 ppg) since Aug 09, 2019 as a dog off a game as a favorite in which they hit multiple home runs.

Starter-Based Trend of the Day
Matchup: Houston at L.A. Angels (9:38 p.m. ET)

-- The Astros are 0-10-1 OU (-3.36 ppg) since Aug 13, 2019 when Zack Greinke starts as a road favorite of at least -130.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 13
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

CIN at PHI 07:05 PM
CIN +147
+500

MIL at PIT 07:05 PM
MIL -202
+500

ATL at WAS 07:05 PM
ATL -183
+500

CLE at DET 07:10 PM
CLE -114
+500

LAD at NYM 07:10 PM
NYM +142
+500

BAL at BOS 07:10 PM
BOS -237
+500

CHC at MIA 07:10 PM
MIA -113
+500

OAK at TEX 08:05 PM
OAK -163
+500

TB at MIN 08:10 PM
MIN +147
+500

STL at KC 08:10 PM
KC +125
+500

HOU at LAA 09:38 PM
LAA +116
+500

SD at ARI 09:40 PM
ARI +167
+500

COL at SF 09:45 PM
SF -205
+500

TOR at SEA 10:10 PM
TOR -165
+500

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MLB Aug Record Opinions & Best Bets !!

DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD

08/13/2021......8-6-0 ......57.14%.....+9.30
08/12/2021......9-5-0 ......64.29%....+11.80
08/11/2021......6-8-0 ......42.86%.......-9.75
08/10/2021....6-10-0 ......37.50%.....-34.15
08/09/2021......1-4-0 ......25.00%.....-13.65
08/08/2021......7-7-0 ......50.00%.......-1.45
08/07/2021......8-8-0 ......50.00%.......-7.50
08/06/2021....4-11-0.......26.66%.....-40.90
08/05/2021......8-4-0 ......66.66%....+20.10
08/04/2021......9-6-0.......60.00%....+ 3.65
08/03/2021......7-8-0 ......46.66%.....-19.25
08/02/2021......4-3-0......57.14%......+8.05
08/01/2021..... 6-9-0 .....40.00% .....-24.35

Totals............83-89-0......48.25%......-98.10


Best Bets:

08/13/2021............3 - 4..................+ 0.70
08/12/2021............2 - 2..................+ 2.45
08/11/2021............1 - 7..................- 27.70
08/10/2021............0 - 4..................- 20.00
08/09/2021............0 - 2 .................- 10.00
08/08/2021............3 - 6..................- 12.40
08/07/2021............1 - 4..................- 11.30
08/06/2021............1 - 9..................- 41.15
08/05/2021............3 - 1..................+ 20.20
08/04/2021............1 - 4...................- 15.00
08/03/2021............2 - 2...................+ 5.05
08/02/2021............2 - 1...................+13.60
08/01/2021............1 - 6....................-24.90

Totals...................20 - 49.................-120.45

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Saturday’s 6-pack
Major league leaders in on-base %age:
.439— Juan Soto, Wash
.411— Bryce Harper, Phil
.409— Vladimir Guerrero, Tor
.401— Max Muncy, LA
.397— Jesse Winker, Cin
.396— Jonathan India, Cin

Quote of the Day.
”I don’t know if I met him yet. I know that sounds horrible, but he got here last night.”
Lions’ QB Jared Goff, talking about newly-signed QB Craig Reynolds, who scored a TD Friday

Saturday’s quiz
What Arena League team did Hall of Famer Kurt Warner play for?

Friday’s quiz
Mark Rypien was Washington Redskins’ QB last time they won the Super Bowl.

Thursday’s quiz
Burt Lancaster played Moonlight Graham in Field of Dreams.

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Saturday’s Den: Random college football knowledge

13) Ohio State doesn’t have a quarterback who has thrown a college pass; last time they were in this situation?

1952.

12) Purdue coach Jeff Brohm is 14-5 ATS as an underdog with Boilermakers.

11) Louisiana Tech HC Skip Holtz is 36-20 ATS as a road underdog.

10) Bowling Green is 3-14 SU in two years under Scott Loeffler; during that time, they’re 2-13 ATS as an underdog, 0-9 as a road underdog.

9) Florida Atlantic coach Willie Taggart is 35-21 ATS on road, 24-14 as a road underdog.

8) 27-year old Zac Alley is the defensive coordinator at Louisiana-Monroe, working for Terry Bowden; he spent the last two years as the special teams coach at Boise State. Before that, he was a graduate assistant at Clemson.

7) Since 2014, Minnesota is 20-10 ATS coming off a loss.

6) Under coach Fitzpatrick, Northwestern is 31-42-2 ATS as a home favorite; since 2014, they’re 18-5 ATS as a road underdog.

5) Since Jimbo Fisher has been coach, Texas A&M is 15-6 ATS as a favorite.

4) Under Ed Orgeron, LSU is 14-8 ATS on the road.

3) Luke McCaffery is the new QB at Rice; he spent spring practice at Louisville this year, after mostly sitting the last two years at Nebraska, where he threw two passes.

2) Jerry Jones’ grandson John Stephen Jones is a backup QB at Arkansas.

1) Michigan lost its last four bowl games; they were favored in three of them.