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**Udog** · 04-22-2021, 09:01 AM

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**Udog** · 04-22-2021, 09:01 AM

Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

Active leaders in career games pitched:
790— Joe Smith
777— Tyler Clippard
738— Sergio Romo
733— Joakim Soria
695— Oliver Perez
639— Kenley Jansen

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 567,557
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) Braves 4, Bronx 1— Atlanta starter Ian Anderson blanked New York for 6.2 innings last night; he went to Shenendehowa HS in Clifton Park, NY, about 15 miles north of Armadillo World HQ. Pretty strong performance 160 miles south of home.

Knicks 137, Hawks 127 OT— 10-15 miles away at Madison Square Garden, Kevin Huerter scored 17 points for Atlanta; he also went to Shenendehowa, before going to Maryland.

Pretty cool coincidence for two high school friends/teammates.

12) Knicks, by the way, have now won eight games in a row, covered 11 in a row; they’re the #4 seed in the Eastern Conference. Going to be an interesting vote between Tom Thibodeau and the Suns’ Monty Williams, for NBA Coach of the Year.

11) Arizona 8, Cincinnati 5:
— Strong candidate for Bad Beat of the Week, if you had Reds/under. Cincinnati led this game 3-0 in ninth inning, but Josh VanMeter hit a 3-run tater to tie the game, then the Snakes scored five runs in the 10th inning.
— Reds gets Castellano back from suspension Thursday, a big deal for their lineup.

10) Marlins 3, Orioles 0:
— Trevor Rogers is 2-1, 1.64 in four starts; he’s looking pretty good.

9) A’s 13, Twins 12 (10):
— Weird game; after not scoring a run in a doubleheader Tuesday, Minnesota scored 12 runs here and still loses— their defense fell apart in the last inning.
— Hector Cruz homered twice for the Twins.

— Minnesota had 18 hits, but they pinch-ran for Josh Donaldson in the 10th inning and it badly compromised their infield defense, which cost them the game.

8) Cubs 16, Mets 4:
— Things got so bad that 3B Luis Guillorme pitched the bottom of the 8th inning.
— When Javier Baez batted in against Guillorme, he hit lefty for only the third time in his career, so as not to screw up his righty swing against a position player.
— When the home team announcer says “Put a tent on this circus” after a bad half-inning, you know the team’s defense needs some work.

7) From 2000-09, 95 position players pitched in big league games. Since 2010, 310 position players have toed the rubber. White Sox used two position players to pitch in Monday’s loss.

6) Pacers 122, Thunder 116— Oklahoma City lost its last 12 games; their last win was way back on March 31. Thunder has a boatload of draft picks coming up over the next few years; they’re going to need them.

5) Braves 4, Bronx 1— New York has scored 3 or fewer runs in 11 of 17 games; they’re 6-11. Not sure how the batting coach keeps his job— you can’t fire the players.

4) Bad news for the Padres; P Dinelson Lamet left Wednesday’s start after 29 pitches with tightness in his forearm, a bad omen as he tries to recover from last year’s injury issues.

San Diego gets talked up a lot as a viable rival for the world champion Dodgers but they’re 10-10 and looking very average.

3) Evil bastard alert: Hong Kong police arrested a 19-year old guy who bilked a 90-year old woman out of $32M. The woman lives in Hong Kong’s most expensive neighborhood; the evil bastard has obviously never heard of the term “karma” before.

2) Genius alert: Houston Rockets’ guard Kevin Porter Jr will miss time because of a violation of the NBA’s health/safety protocols after he visited a Miami strip club with teammate Sterling Brown- Brown was assaulted in a fracas at the club.

1) NFL schedule gets released May 12 at 8pm; its not so much who you play as when you play them. That would be a great reality show, how they make the schedule, how they pick which games are in primetime.

**Udog** · 04-22-2021, 09:04 AM

MLB
Weather Report

Thursday, April 22

**Udog** · 04-22-2021, 09:06 AM

901ARIZONA -902 CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI is 268-244 SU (36.9 Units) in home games vs. a starting pitcher whose gives up 5.5 or less hits/start since 1996.

903NY METS -904 CHICAGO CUBS
NY METS are 1-11 SU (-11.3 Units) vs. teams outscored by opp by 0.5 or more runs/game on the season over the last 2 seasons.

903NY METS -904 CHICAGO CUBS
LUIS ROJAS is 1-11 SU (-11.1 Units) vs. teams outscored by opp by 0.5 or more runs/game on the season (Coach of NY METS)

905MIAMI -906 SAN FRANCISCO
MIAMI is 15-2 SU (12.4 Units) in road games vs teams who strand 6.9 or less runners on base per game over the last 2 seasons.

907SAN DIEGO -908 LA DODGERS
LA DODGERS are 28-15 SU (14.7 Units) vs. good defensive catchers - allowing 0.5 or less SB's/game over the last 2 seasons.

909NY YANKEES -910 CLEVELAND
CLEVELAND is 24-7 SU (17.6 Units) vs. AL teams scoring 3.9 or less runs/game on the season in the last 3 seasons.

911SEATTLE -912 BOSTON
BOSTON is 14-1 SU (13.9 Units) vs. an AL team with a team batting average of .265 or worse in the current season.

913LA ANGELS -914 HOUSTON
HOUSTON is 30-46 SU (-21.9 Units) vs. an overused bullpen that pitches more than 3.2 innings per game over the last 2 seasons.

913LA ANGELS -914 HOUSTON
DUSTY BAKER is 30-46 SU (-20.6 Units) vs. an overused bullpen that pitches more than 3.2 innings per game (Coach of HOUSTON)

915PITTSBURGH -916 DETROIT
DETROIT is 20-44 SU (-28.4 Units) in home games after having lost 4 or 5 of their last 6 games in the last 3 seasons.

**Udog** · 04-22-2021, 09:08 AM

MLB
Dunkel

Thursday, April 22

**Udog** · 04-22-2021, 09:11 AM

MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Thursday, April 22

NL games
Arizona (8-10) @ Cincinnati (9-8)
— Widener is 1-0, 2.12 in three starts.
— Arizona is 1-2 in his starts
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1-1
— He allowed four runs (3 earned) in five IP, in his one start vs Cincinnati.

— Arizona won its last four games.
— Arizona is 6-7 on the road.
— over 3-0 last three games
— scored run in first inning: 4-18
— record in first 5 innings: 8-9-1

— Hoffman is 2-1, 2.93 in three starts.
— Reds are 2-1 in his starts.
— over 3-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— you’re reading ***************.com
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1
— He is 1-4, 9.29 in 11 games (6 starts) vs Arizona.

— Cincinnati lost seven of its last ten games.
— Reds are 7-4 at home, 2-4 on road.
— Over 9-1-1 at home
— scored run in first inning: 4-17
— record in first 5 innings: 9-7-1

Mets (7-6) @ Cubs (8-9)
— Lucchesi allowed 3 runs in 3 IP (55 PT) in his first ‘21 start.
— Mets lost his first start, 7-2.
— over 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1
— He is 0-1, 7.20 in two starts vs Chicago.

— Mets won five of their last eight games.
— Mets are 3-5 on the road.
— Under 8-1-1 last ten games.
— scored run in first inning: 3-13
— record in first 5 innings: 7-6

— Williams is 2-1, 5.02 in three starts.
— Cubs won two of his three starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1
— He is 3-1, 2.08 in four starts vs New York.

— Cubs won three of their last four games.
— Chicago is 6-5 at home.
— 11 of last 16 games stayed under the total.
— scored run in first inning: 5-17
— record in first 5 innings: 7-9-1

Miami (8-9) @ San Francisco (11-7)
— Castano allowed one run in five IP (74 PT) in his first ‘21 start.
— Marlins are 1-0 in his starts.
— under 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-1
— He allowed one run in five IP in his one start vs San Francisco.

— Marlins won seven of their last ten games.
— Miami is 4-2 on the road.
— 0ver 5-3 last eight games
— scored run in first inning: 5-17
— record in first 5 innings: 7-5-5

— Sanchez is 0-1, 2.45 in his first three starts.
— Giants are 0-3 in his starts, scoring 7 runs.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2-1
— He is 0-0, 6.00 in two starts vs Miami.

— Giants are 8-4 in their last 12 games.
— Giants are 5-1 at home.
— 12 of last 16 games stayed under
— scored run in first inning: 2-18
— record in first 5 innings: 7-8-3

San Diego (10-10) @ Dodgers (14-4)
— Weathers blanked LA for 3.2 IP (79 PT) in his first ‘21 start.
— Padres lost his first start 11-6
— over 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1
— He blanked LA for 3.2 IP (79 PT) in his one start against the Dodgers.

— Padres lost six of their last eight games.
— San Diego is 5-7 at home.
— 13 of last 18 games stayed under
— scored run in first inning: 5-19
— record in first 5 innings: 6-11-2

— Buehler is 1-0, 2.00 in his three starts.
— Dodgers won his first three starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2-1
— He is 4-0, 1.62 in six starts vs San Diego.

— Dodgers won 14 of their last 17 games.
— Dodgers are 6-0 at home.
— under 10-3 last 13 games
— scored run in first inning: 5-18
— record in first 5 innings: 11-5-2

AL games
Bronx (6-11) @ Cleveland (8-8)
— Montgomery is 1-1, 4.08 in three starts.
— Bronx is 2-1 in his starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-3
— He is 0-1, 5.00 in two starts vs Cleveland.

— New York lost nine of its last 12 games.
— New York is 2-4 on the road.
— under 3-0 last three games
— scored run in first inning: 1-17
— record in first 5 innings: 6-9-2

— Civale is 3-0, 2.18 in three starts.
— Indians are 3-0 when he starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 2-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2
— He gave up 3 runs (2 earned) in 6 IP, in his one start vs NY.

— Cleveland lost four of their last six games.
— Indians are 4-2 at home.
— under 11-5
— scores run in first inning: 3-16
— record in first 5 innings: 5-10-1

Seattle (11-7) @ Boston (12-7)
— Dunn is 1-0, 3.72 in two starts.
— Seattle is 2-0 in his starts.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Boston.

— Seattle won five of its last seven games.
— Seattle is 5-2 on the road.
— under 5-1-1 last seven games
— scored run in first inning: 3-18
— record in first 5 innings: 6-10-2

— Pivetta is 2-0, 3.68 in three starts.
— Red Sox are 3-0 in his starts.
— over 3-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Seattle.

— Boston won 12 of its last 16 games.
— Red Sox are 6-3 in last nine home games.
— under 4-1 last five games
— scored run in first inning: 4-19
— record in first 5 innings: 6-9-4

Angels (9-7) @ Houston (7-10)
— Cobb is 1-0, 3.37 in his first two starts.
— Angels are 2-0 in his starts, scoring 15 runs.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0-1
— He is 1-2, 7.63 in three starts vs Houston.

— Angels lost three of last four road games.
— Halos are 3-5 in last eight games overall.
— over 3-1 last four games
— scored run in first inning: 4-16
— record in first 5 innings: 7-7-2

— Javier is 1-0, 2.16 in two starts.
— Astros are 2-0 in his starts.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0
— He allowed 3 runs in 5.2 IP in his one start against the Angels.

— Astros lost nine of their last ten games.
— Astros are 1-5 at home.
— over 3-1 last four home games
— scored run in first inning: 3-17
— record in first 5 innings: 7-7-3

Interleague games
Pittsburgh (8-10) @ Detroit (7-11)
— Brubaker is 2-0, 1.76 in three starts.
— Pirates are 2-1 in his starts.
— under 3-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Detroit.

— Pirates won six of their last ten games.
— Pittsburgh is 3-7 on the road.
— over 7-5-1 last 13 games
— scored run in first inning: 3-17
— record in first 5 innings: 8-7-2

— Urena is 0-3, 6.14 in three starts.
— He allowed six runs in three IP in his one home outing.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-3
— He is 1-3, 8.18 in seven games (3 starts) vs Pittsburgh

— Detroit lost eight of its last 12 games.
— Detroit is 4-4 at home.
— under 5-3 at home
— scored run in first inning: 3-8 at home
— record in first 5 innings: 6-2 at home

**Udog** · 04-22-2021, 09:14 AM

MLB

Thursday, April 22

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Trend Report
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Arizona @ Cincinnati
Arizona
Arizona is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Cincinnati
Arizona is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Cincinnati
Cincinnati
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Cincinnati's last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cincinnati's last 5 games when playing Arizona

Pittsburgh @ Detroit
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 11 of Pittsburgh's last 14 games when playing on the road against Detroit
Detroit
Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games

NY Yankees @ Cleveland
NY Yankees
The total has gone OVER in 7 of NY Yankees's last 8 games when playing Cleveland
NY Yankees is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland
Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Cleveland's last 8 games when playing NY Yankees
Cleveland is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing NY Yankees

Seattle @ Boston
Seattle
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Seattle's last 5 games when playing Boston
Seattle is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Boston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 5 games when playing Seattle
Boston is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Seattle

NY Mets @ Chi Cubs
NY Mets
The total has gone OVER in 9 of NY Mets's last 11 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Mets's last 6 games when playing Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing NY Mets
Chi Cubs is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing NY Mets

LA Angels @ Houston
LA Angels
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Angels's last 5 games when playing on the road against Houston
The total has gone OVER in 9 of LA Angels's last 10 games when playing Houston
Houston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston's last 5 games when playing at home against LA Angels
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Houston's last 10 games when playing LA Angels

Miami @ San Francisco
Miami
Miami is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Miami is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing on the road against San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of San Francisco's last 8 games when playing Miami

San Diego @ LA Dodgers
San Diego
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Diego's last 5 games
San Diego is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
LA Dodgers
LA Dodgers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
LA Dodgers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

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**Udog** · 04-22-2021, 02:30 PM

Diamond Trends for Thursday April 22
Vince Akins

ATS Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland (6:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Indians are 11-0 SU since Aug 11, 2016 at home off a game as a dog in which they allowed 1 or fewer walks.

ATS Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Pittsburgh at Detroit (1:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Pirates are 0-10 SU since Sep 13, 2019 on the road when their opponent's starter has an ERA of higher than 4.00 on the season.

OU Play OVER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Seattle at Boston (7:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Red Sox are 10-0 OU (4.20 ppg) since Aug 12, 2020 at home after they allowed 5+ walks last game.

OU Play UNDER Trend of the Day
Matchup: San Diego at L.A. Dodgers (10:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Dodgers are 0-9 OU (-2.94 ppg) since May 10, 2018 when Walker Buehler starts at home when they won his last three starts.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

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