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**Udog** · 04-09-2021, 09:04 AM

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**Udog** · 04-09-2021, 09:04 AM

Armadillo: Friday's six-pack

Updated odds to win The Masters:
4-1— Justin Rose
15-2— Jordan Spieth
12-1— Patrick Reed, Jon Rahm
14-1— Justin Thomas
16-1— Hideki Matsuyama
18-1— Webb Simpson

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 556,529
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Armadillo: Friday's Den: Random stuff with weekend here……..

13a) Least shocking story of the month: After two seasons with Oklahoma State, assistant coach Cannen Cunningham and the program have mutually agreed to part ways.

Cannen Cunningham is Cade Cunningham’s brother; hiring Cannen and paying him a quarter million bucks is how Oklahoma State landed the best recruit in the country (Cade) last year. Now he is going to go help manage his younger brother’s career in the NBA. Go figure.

Where does the NCAA draw the line on stuff like this: can a recruit’s mother be hired as a secretary and be paid a six-figure salary? Could a sibling be hired as a personal trainer, at $125K a year? What is legal and what isn’t? Inquiring minds would like to know.

13) Early Thursday morning I’m sound asleep when I hear these very loud noises just outside my bedroom window. Some kind of machinery, lot of people talking. Awesome.

Turns out the nice lady across the street was getting her driveway resurfaced. At 8:06am.

Three trucks, some kind of a steamroller, and 4-5 guys chopping away at the old driveway, before the new surface could get put down. Lot of loud noises, not a lot of sleep.

They finished around 3:00 in the afternoon. Driveway looks nice; just wish they had done it later in the day.

12) Wednesday, Washington Nationals intentionally walked Freddie Freeman in both the first and second inning of their 7-6 loss to the Braves. I wondered how often that happens.

So I asked the great researcher Doug Kern on Twitter; turns out the last time that happened was in 2009, when Detroit walked Albert Pujols intentionally in both the 1st/2nd innings.

11) Hello friends, must be quite a week for Jim Nantz; college basketball national title game on Monday night, then off to Augusta for The Masters all weekend. Pretty good week.

I am told his backyard has a par-3 hole in it, but when is the guy ever home? He does NFL in the fall, golf in spring/summer, college basketball all winter. Its good to be him.

10) Mets 3, Marlins 2— Mets had bases loaded, two outs in 2-2 game, bottom of 9th, Miami pitcher throws a strike, Michael Conforto sticks his elbow out, lets the ball hit it and the Mets walk off with a controversial win.

None of the umpires had the onions to say Conforto let the ball hit him; Mets’ TV guys Keith Hernandez/Ron Darling even said he did. Play isn’t reviewable, which is embarrassing. Rule needs to be changed.

9) White Sox 6, Royals 0— Complete game for Lance Lynn, on 111 pitches. First CG of the young season; Chicago’s bullpen has been dismal so far- Tony LaRussa had to be glad to see this.

8) Shohei Ohtani won’t make his next start Sunday against Toronto; he has a blister on his pitching hand. Ohtani went 1-5 as the Angels’ DH Thursday night; he is hitting .280.

7) In 1969, when MLB first went to divisional play, they also added four expansion teams that year- Padres, Royals, Expos, Seattle Pilots. All four expansion teams won their first game that season. Expos are the Washington Nationals now; Pilots are the Milwaukee Brewers.

6) Rory Mcilroy shot +4 (76) in the first round of The Masters Thursday; not only that, on the 7th hole, he hit a shot that struck his dad on the leg. Not good.

5) Read Thursday that actor Don Johnson is re-booting his old TV show Nash Bridges for a run on USA Network, not sure if it is one movie or if it’ll be a series again. Nash Bridges ran on CBS from 1996-2001; Johnson played a San Francisco cop whose partner was played by Cheech Marin, who is also returning for the re-boot.

4) G-League’s Erie BayHawks are moving to Birmingham, AL next season.

3) Arizona State has already poached transfers this spring from Toledo, Boston College, Robert Morris; the kid from Toledo is Marreon Jackson- he scored 18.1 ppg, grabbed 6.1 rpg and dished out 5.9 assists/game. He is expected to be a big help for the Sun Devils, who had four players transfer out of Tempe after the season.

2) UCLA basketball coach Mick Cronin parlayed his Bruins’ run to the Final Four into a two-year contract extension.

1) Thursday would’ve been Catfish Hunter’s 75th birthday; he passed away in 1999, at age 53.

James Augustus Hunter was my boyhood hero; on his rookie baseball card, in 1965, they spelled his name wrong on the back (Tim, not Jim) and when 5-year old me saw that, I adopted him as my favorite player, prompting strange looks from my dad. In 1965, not many kids in upstate New York rooted for the Kansas City A’s.

Catfish Hunter won 233 career games, nine of them in the postseason; he threw a perfect game in 1968, and knocked in three of the four runs the A’s scored that game. He won five World Series rings and won inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1987.

**Udog** · 04-09-2021, 09:06 AM

951COLORADO -952 SAN FRANCISCO
COLORADO is 203-221 SU (-82.8 Units) in road games vs. a bad bullpen that blows 38% or more of their save opportunities since 1996.

953WASHINGTON -954 LA DODGERS
WASHINGTON is 4-13 SU (-15.1 Units) in road games vs. a team with a bad bullpen whose ERA is 4.70 or worse over the last 2 seasons.

955PHILADELPHIA -956 ATLANTA
ATLANTA is 8-1 SU (6.9 Units) after batting .225 or worse over a 5 game span over the last 2 seasons.

957CINCINNATI -958 ARIZONA
ARIZONA is 34-21 SU (15.9 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record in the last 3 seasons.

959NY YANKEES -960 TAMPA BAY
NY YANKEES are 79-48 SU (26.2 Units) against division opponents in the last 3 seasons.

961LA ANGELS -962 TORONTO
TORONTO is 6-17 SU (-14.7 Units) vs. a team with a good bullpen whose ERA is 3.45 or better in the last 3 seasons.

963DETROIT -964 CLEVELAND
CLEVELAND is 21-7 SU (14.1 Units) vs. AL teams scoring 3.9 or less runs/game on the season in the last 3 seasons.

965OAKLAND -966 HOUSTON
OAKLAND is 82-97 SU (-24.7 Units) in road games after scoring 4 runs or less 4 straight games since 1996.

967SAN DIEGO -968 TEXAS
TEXAS are 44-27 SU (14.3 Units) after having won 2 of their last 3 games in the last 3 seasons.

**Udog** · 04-09-2021, 09:07 AM

MLB
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Friday, April 9

**Udog** · 04-09-2021, 09:07 AM

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**Udog** · 04-09-2021, 09:08 AM

MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Friday, April 9

NL games
Washington (1-2) @ Dodgers (5-2)
— Ross is making his first start since 2019. He is 21-19, 4.29 in 78 games (57 starts).
— Ross is 0-2, 7.02 in four games (2 starts) vs Los Angeles.

— Washington lost two of its first three games.
— This is the Nationals’ road opener.
— Over 2-1
— scored run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-2

— Buehler allowed two runs in six IP in his first ’21 start (90 PT)
— He is 0-1, 3.38 in three games (2 starts) vs Washington.

— Dodgers won five of their last six games.
— This is the Dodgers’ home opener.
— Under is 3-1 in their last four games.
— scored run in first inning: 3-7
— record in first 5 innings: 4-2-1

Colorado (3-4) @ San Francisco (3-3)
— Gomber allowed three runs in three IP (73 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— He is 7-4, 3.70 in 44 MLB games (16 starts), none vs SF.

— Colorado lost four of its last six games, all at home.
— This is the Rockies’ road opener.
— Under 3-1 last four games.
— scored run in first inning: 2-7
— record in first 5 innings: 5-2

— Cueto allowed three runs in 5.2 IP (105 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— He is 9-4, 3.18 in 18 starts vs Colorado.

— Giants split their first six games.
— This is the Giants’ home opener.
— Last four games stayed under
— scored run in first inning: 0-6
— record in first 5 innings: 3-2-1

Philadelphia (5-1) @ Atlanta (2-4)
— Wheeler allowed no runs, one hit in seven IP in his first ’21 start.
— He is 7-5, 3.54 in 17 starts against the Braves, 1-3, 5.76 in five starts here.

— Phillies won five of their first six games.
— This is the Phillies’ road opener.
— Last three games went over.
— scored run in first inning: 3-6
— record in first 5 innings: 4-2

— Morton three runs in five IP (76 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— He is 2-4, 6.08 in eight starts vs Philadelphia.

— Braves lost four of their first six games.
— This is Atlanta’s home opener.
— Under is 4-2 in their games.
— scored run in first inning: 2-6
— record in first 5 innings: 1-3-2

Cincinnati (5-1) @ Arizona (2-5)
— Mahle allowed two runs in five IP (84 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— He allowed five runs in 4.1 IP in his one start vs Arizona.

— Cincinnati won its last five games, scoring 51 runs.
— This is the Reds’ road opener.
— Over 5-0-1
— scored run in first inning: 3-6
— record in first 5 innings: 4-1-1

— Kelly allowed three runs in 94 PT in his first ’21 start.
— He is 1-2, 7.64 in three starts vs Colorado, 1-1, 7.71 in two starts here.

— Arizona lost five of first seven games, all on road.
— This is Arizona’s home opener.
— under 5-1 last six games
— scored run in first inning: 2-7
— record in first 5 innings: 2-5

AL games
Bronx (3-3) @ Tampa Bay (2-4)
— Kluber allowed two runs in four IP (74 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— He is 5-2, 2.67 in 10 starts vs Tampa Bay, 2-1, 4.35 in five starts here.

— New York split its first six games, all at home.
— This is New York’s road opener.
— under 5-1
— scored run in first inning: 0-6
— record in first 5 innings: 4-2

— Hill allowed four runs in four IP (71 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— He is 1-2, 4.79 in 11 games (3 starts) vs New York.

— Tampa Bay lost last four games, all on road.
— This is the Rays’ home opener.
— Last five games went over
— scored run in first inning: 0-6
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2-3

Angels (5-2) @ Toronto (3-4)
— Heaney allowed seven runs in three IP (70 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— He is 1-1, 9.00 in three starts vs Toronto.

— Angels won five of their first seven games.
— Yesterday was Angels’ road opener (1-0).
— over 4-3
— scored run in first inning: 3-7
— record in first 5 innings: 2-3-2

— Zeuch blanked New York for four IP (63 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— He is 2-2, 3.32 in nine MLB games (5 starts).

— Toronto lost its last three games.
— Toronto lost home opener yesterday.
— under 5-2
— scored run in first inning: 3-7
— record in first 5 innings: 2-5
— For now, Blue Jays are playing home games in Dunedin, FL

Detroit (3-3) @ Cleveland (2-3)
— Teheran allowed one run in five IP (90 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— He is 1-1, 5.59 in two starts vs Cleveland.

— Detroit lost three of their last four games.
— This is Detroit’s road opener.
— under 4-2
— scored run in first inning: 3-6
— record in first 5 innings: 5-1

— Plesac allowed two runs in six IP (94 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— He is 2-1, 1.14 in four starts against the Indians.

— Cleveland lost three of their first five games.
— This is the Indians’ home opener.
— under 4-1
— scores run in first inning: 1-5
— record in first 5 innings: 0-5

Oakland (1-7) @ Houston (6-1)
— Manaea allowed five runs in 4.2 IP (101 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— He is 3-6, 3.66 in 14 starts against the Astros.

— A’s lost seven of their first eight games.
— All seven of their losses are by 4+ runs.
— over 5-3
— scores run in first inning: 3-8
— record in first 5 innings: 0-7-1

— McCullers allowed one run in five IP (95 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— He is 6-2, 3.83 in ten starts vs Oakland.

— Astros won six of their first seven games.
— Yesterday was Houston’s home opener (1-0).
— over 5-2
— scored run in first inning: 3-7
— record in first 5 innings: 5-1-1

Interleague games
San Diego (4-3) @ Texas (3-3)
— Musgrove blanked Arizona for IP (78 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— He is 1-3, 4.76 in seven games (5 starts) vs Texas.

— Padres lost three of their last four games.
— This is San Diego’s road opener.
— Last six games stayed under
— scored run in first inning: 1-7
— record in first 5 innings: 2-4-1

— Arihara allowed three runs in five IP (73 PT) in his first MLB start.

— Texas won three of its first four games.
— Texas is 2-1 at home.
— over 3-2-1
— scored run in first inning: 3-6
— record in first 5 innings: 4-2

**Udog** · 04-09-2021, 09:09 AM

MLB

Friday, April 9

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Trend Report
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NY Yankees @ Tampa Bay
NY Yankees
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of NY Yankees's last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Yankees's last 5 games on the road
Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games
Tampa Bay is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against NY Yankees

Washington @ LA Dodgers
Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Washington's last 9 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers
LA Dodgers
LA Dodgers is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Dodgers's last 5 games

Colorado @ San Francisco
Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Colorado's last 5 games
Colorado is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
San Francisco
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Francisco's last 5 games
San Francisco is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games at home

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

Detroit @ Cleveland
Detroit
Detroit is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Detroit's last 9 games
Cleveland
Cleveland is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games when playing at home against Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games

Philadelphia @ Atlanta
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Atlanta
Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta's last 5 games at home

San Diego @ Texas
San Diego
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Diego's last 5 games
San Diego is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Texas
Texas
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Texas's last 5 games when playing San Diego
Texas is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home

Oakland @ Houston
Oakland
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Oakland's last 7 games when playing Houston
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Oakland's last 14 games
Houston
Houston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Houston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Oakland

Cincinnati @ Arizona
Cincinnati
Cincinnati is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Cincinnati is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Arizona
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Arizona's last 5 games when playing Cincinnati
Arizona is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home

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