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**Udog** · 05-17-2021, 09:16 AM

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**Udog** · 05-17-2021, 09:16 AM

Armadillo: Monday's six-pack

NFL over/under win totals for 2021:
— Arizona Cardinals 8.5, +100
— Atlanta Falcons 7.5, -105
— Baltimore Ravens 10.5, -150
— Buffalo Bills 10.5, -155
— Carolina Panthers 7.5, +100
— Chicago Bears 7.5, -115

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

13) Knicks 96, Celtics 92:
— Knicks finish 41-31, the #4 seed in the East
— Last time they made the playoffs? Eight years ago.
— Last year, Knicks ranked 27th in opponents’ field goal %age. This year? They rank #1
— Tom Thibodeau is an excellent coach.

12) Matchups for the NBA play-in tournament this week:
East:
— 7-8 game: Washington @ Boston
— 9-10 game: Charlotte @ Indiana

West:
— 7-8 game: Golden State @ LA Lakers
— 9-10 game: San Antonio @ Memphis

— Winner of the 7-8 games make the playoffs
— Loser of the 9-10 games is eliminated
— Winner of the 9-10 games play the loser of the 7-8 games, for the last spots.

11) Gambling can be stressful:

If you bet on the Brewers Sunday, they led Atlanta 8-0 after six innings- they took starter Freddy Peralta out of the game, figuring they’d coast home.

Then the Braves scored 7 runs in the top of the 7th, but Milwaukee held on to win, 10-9, not before inducing some heartburn in Brewer backers.

10) Gambling can be traumatic:

If you bet on Colorado Sunday, they led the Reds 6-0 after seven innings; they took starter Antonio Senzatela out after the first batter of the 8th inning reached base. Cincinnati went on to rally for an unlikely 7-6 win, avoiding a series sweep.

9) A’s 7, Minnesota 6— Can’t remember the last time I saw a team do less to score the winning run in the last inning.

— Batter reaches base on catcher’s interference.
— Next batter hits a tapper to the mound; pitcher throws to second, but the guy there is the 3B because of the shift— he isn’t used to turning double plays, and he misses the throw, which goes into centerfield. Runner goes to third base.
— Next pitch is a wild pitch, and the go-ahead run scores.

8) San Diego Padres are 14-1 when they score 5+ runs, 10-16 if they do not.
Arizona Diamondbacks are 17-6 when they score 5+ runs, 1-17 if they do not.

7) Since 2017, most home runs against one team:
26— Mike Trout, vs Seattle
24— Aaron Judge, vs Baltimore
23— JD Martinez, vs Baltimore

6) White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal is only 10-76 (.132) at the plate this season, but he’s also walked 29 times- his on-base %age is .388, which is really good.

5) Cubs’ pitching has been shaky on the road; they’re 1-4 in road games where they’ve scored 6 or more runs. Overall, Chicago is 6-12 away from Wrigley.

4) Jeremy Hefner is the Mets’ pitching coach; he pitched in 50 games for the Mets in 2012-13, starting 36 of them.

Odd Fact of the Day: At the plate, Hefner was only 2 for 52, but one of the hits was a home run, off Joe Blanton of the Phillies.

3) Washington State’s football program has a guy whose job title is: Director of Transfer Recruiting. This is the new wave in college recruiting, poaching kids from other schools, because teams are sure as hell trying to poach your players.

2) Other NBA playoff matchups:
— East: Miami-Milwaukee, Atlanta-New York
— West: Portland-Denver, Dallas-LA Clippers

1) If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Mets, Cardinals, Giants Wild Card: Los Angeles @ San Diego
AL: Red Sox, White Sox, A’s Wild Card: Toronto @ Houston

**Udog** · 05-17-2021, 09:19 AM

MLB
Weather Report

Monday, May 17

**Udog** · 05-17-2021, 09:21 AM

951SAN FRANCISCO -952 CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI is 0-13 SU (-14.4 Units) vs. a bad bullpen that blows 38% or more of their save opportunities in the current season.

953NY METS -954 ATLANTA
NY METS are 5-15 SU (-12.9 Units) in road games vs. a bad bullpen that blows 38% or more of their save opportunities over the last 2 seasons.

953NY METS -954 ATLANTA
LUIS ROJAS is 5-15 SU (-11.5 Units) in road games vs. a bad bullpen that blows 38% or more of their save opportunities (Coach of NY METS)

955WASHINGTON -956 CHICAGO CUBS
DAVID ROSS is 3-13 SU (-11.3 Units) in home games vs. excellent fielding teams - averaging <=0.5 errors/game (Coach of CHICAGO CUBS)

955WASHINGTON -956 CHICAGO CUBS
CHICAGO CUBS are 3-13 SU (-12.3 Units) in home games vs. excellent fielding teams - averaging <=0.5 errors/game over the last 2 seasons.

957ARIZONA -958 LA DODGERS
ARIZONA is 14-2 SU (13.6 Units) vs. NL teams scoring 4.5 or more runs/game on the season in the current season.

959COLORADO -960 SAN DIEGO
COLORADO is 4-12 SU (-13.2 Units) in road games vs. teams whose hitters strike out 7 or more times/game in the current season.

961CHI WHITE SOX -962 MINNESOTA
CHI WHITE SOX is 14-1 SU (12.9 Units) in road games against left-handed starters over the last 2 seasons.

963NY YANKEES -964 TEXAS
TEXAS are 17-6 SU (11.1 Units) vs. an AL team with an on base percentage .320 or worse in the current season.

965CLEVELAND -966 LA ANGELS
CLEVELAND is 20-7 SU (13.5 Units) vs. a team with a bad bullpen whose ERA is 4.70 or worse over the last 2 seasons.

**Udog** · 05-17-2021, 09:25 AM

MLB
Dunkel

Monday, May 17

**Udog** · 05-17-2021, 09:28 AM

MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Monday, May 17

NL games
San Francisco (24-16) @ Cincinnati (19-19)
— Webb is 1-2, 6.32 in his last three starts.
— Giants are 4-3 in his starts.
— under 5-2
— allowed run in first inning: 2-7
— record in first 5 innings: 2-3-2
— He is starts vs Cincinnati.

— Giants are 8-5 in their last 13 games.
— Giants are 4-7 in last 11 road games.
— Under is 5-1 in their last six games.
— scored run in first inning: 11-40
— record in first 5 innings: 22-11-7

— Gray is 0-1, 1.62 in his last three starts.
— Reds are 3-2 in his starts, scoring 16 runs in the games.
— over 3-2
— allowed run in first inning: 0-5
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— record in first 5 innings: 0-3-2
— He is starts vs San Francisco.

— Cincinnati is 7-5 in its last 12 games.
— Reds are 3-6 in last nine home games.
— Over 17-6-3 last 26 games
— scored run in first inning: 8-38
— record in first 5 innings: 13-18-7

Mets (18-16) @ Atlanta (19-21)
— Walker is 3-0, 2.00 in his last four starts.
— Mets are 6-1 in his starts.
— under 4-3
— allowed run in first inning: 0-7
— record in first 5 innings: 6-1
— He is starts vs Atlanta.

— Mets lost their last three games.
— Mets are 4-5 in their last nine road games.
— Over 6-3 last nine road games.
— scored run in first inning: 5-34
— record in first 5 innings: 16-15-3

— Fried is 1-1, 6.95 in five starts.
— Braves are 2-3 in his starts.
— under 3-2
— allowed run in first inning: 2-5
— record in first 5 innings: 3-2
— He is starts vs New York.

— Braves lost four of their last six games overall.
— Atlanta is 2-5 in its last seven home games.
— Over is 14-6 in their home games.
— scored run in first inning: 14-40
— record in first 5 innings: 19-16-5

Washington (16-20) @ Cubs (19-20)
— Former Cub Lester is 0-1, 2.25 in three starts.
— Washington is 1-2 in his starts.
— under 3-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1-1
— He is starts vs Chicago.

— Washington lost eight of its last 12 games.
— Nationals are 7-10 on the road.
— under 11-4 last 15 games
— scored run in first inning: 10-36
— record in first 5 innings: 10-16-10

— Alzolay is 1-1, 3.74 in his last four starts.
— Cubs are 2-4 in his starts.
— over 3-3
— allowed run in first inning: 1-6
— record in first 5 innings: 2-2-2
— He is starts vs Washington.

— Cubs lost four of their last six games.
— Chicago won five of its last six home games.
— Under is 6-2 in their last eight games.
— scored run in first inning: 13-39
— record in first 5 innings: 16-17-6

Arizona (18-23) @ Dodgers (22-18)
— Bumgarner is 4-0, 0.90 in his last five starts.
— Arizona is 4-1 in his last five starts
— over 5-3
— allowed run in first inning: 4-8
— record in first 5 innings: 5-2-1
— He is starts vs Los Angeles.

— Arizona lost 11 of its last 15 games.
— Arizona lost its last six road games.
— under 3-1 last four road games
— scored run in first inning: 8-41
— record in first 5 innings: 19-18-4

— Buehler is 0-0, 4.18 in his last five starts.
— Dodgers are 4-3 in his starts
— over 5-2
— allowed run in first inning: 2-7
— record in first 5 innings: 0-4-3
— He is starts vs Arizona.

— Dodgers won four of their last five games.
— Dodgers are 6-6 in last 12 home games.
— over 15-5-1 last 21 games
— scored run in first inning: 9-40
— record in first 5 innings: 19-15-6

Colorado (15-26) @ San Diego (24-17)
— Gray is 0-2, 7.20 in two road starts.
— Colorado is 4-4 in his starts.
— over 3-0 last three starts
— allowed run in first inning: 2-8
— record in first 5 innings: 4-2-2
— He is starts vs San Diego.

— Colorado won three of its last five games.
— Rockies are 2-14 on foreign soil.
— over 8-3 last 11 road games.
— scored run in first inning: 15-41
— record in first 5 innings: 16-18-7

— Darvish is 4-1, 1.67 in his last seven starts.
— Padres are 7-1 in his starts.
— over 4-4
— allowed run in first inning: 4-8
— record in first 5 innings: 2-2-4
— He is starts vs Colorado.

— Padres are 11-5 in their last 16 games.
— San Diego is 7-2 in its last nine home games.
— over 7-2 last nine games
— scored run in first inning: 11-41
— record in first 5 innings: 16-19-6

AL games
White Sox (24-15) @ Minnesota (13-25)
— Keuchel is 2-1, 3.64 in his last five starts
— Chicago is 5-3 in his starts.
— over 5-3
— allowed run in first inning: 2-8
— record in first 5 innings: 5-1-2
— He is starts vs Minnesota.

— Chicago is 12-6 in its last 18 games.
— White Sox are 7-2 in last nine road games.
— under 4-1 last five games.
— scored run in first inning: 12-39
— record in first 5 innings: 26-6-7

— Happ is 2-1, 4.26 in six starts.
— Twins are 2-4 in his starts.
— over 3-0 last three
— allowed run in first inning: 2-6
— record in first 5 innings: 3-2-1
— Chicago scored 9 runs in 3.1 IP vs Happ five days ago.

— Twins lost 23 of their last 31 games.
— Minnesota is 4-8 in last 12 home games.
— over 13-4 last 17 games
— scores run in first inning: 15-38
— record in first 5 innings: 14-16-8

Bronx (22-18) @ Texas (18-24)
— Cole is 3-0, 0.96 in his last four starts.
— New York is 5-3 in his starts.
— under 5-3
— allowed run in first inning: 1-8
— record in first 5 innings: 6-0-2
— He is starts vs Texas.

— New York won 17 of its last 25 games.
— New York is 9-5 in its last 14 road games.
— over 4-0 last four games
— scored run in first inning: 9-40
— record in first 5 innings: 18-15-7

— Lyles is 0-3, 7.94 in his last five starts
— Rangers are 4-4 in his starts.
— over 4-3-1
— allowed run in first inning: 3-8
— record in first 5 innings: 3-5
— He is starts vs New York.

— Texas lost its last six games.
— Texas is 4-1 in last five home games.
— under 12-7 at home.
— scored run in first inning: 12-42
— record in first 5 innings: 14-21-7

Cleveland (21-17) @ Angels (17-22)
— Hentges blanked Chicago for 4.2 IP in his one start.
— Indians are 1-0 in his starts.
— under 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-0-1
— He hasn’t pitched against the Angels.

— Cleveland lost its last three games.
— Indians won six of their last nine road games.
— under 4-2 last nine games
— scores run in first inning: 7-38
— record in first 5 innings: 12-20-6

— Bullpen game for the Angels

— Halos are 4-10 in last 14 games overall.
— Angels are 2-6 in their last eight home games.
— over 6-2 last eight home games
— scored run in first inning: 8-39
— record in first 5 innings: 16-21-2

Detroit (14-26) @ Seattle (21-20)
— Mize is 1-1, 3.00 in his last three starts.
— Detroit is 4-3 in his starts.
— under 6-1 in his starts
— allowed run in first inning: 2-7
— record in first 5 innings: 3-3-1
— He is starts vs Seattle.

— Detroit won five of its last seven games.
— Detroit is 1-7 in its last eight road games.
— over 6-1 last seven road games
— scored run in first inning: 7-40
— record in first 5 innings: 5-19-3 last 27 games

— Kikuchi is 1-2, 3.96 in his last four starts.
— Seattle is 3-4 in his starts.
— over 4-3 in his starts
— allowed run in first inning: 1-7
— record in first 5 innings: 3-3-1
— He is starts vs Detroit.

— Seattle is 6-8 in its last 14 games.
— Seattle is 10-6 in its last 16 home games.
— over 6-2-1 last nine games
— scored run in first inning: 12-41
— record in first 5 innings: 17-20-4

**Udog** · 05-17-2021, 09:31 AM

MLB

Monday, May 17

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Trend Report
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San Francisco @ Cincinnati
San Francisco
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Francisco's last 5 games when playing on the road against Cincinnati
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Francisco's last 6 games
Cincinnati
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cincinnati's last 5 games when playing at home against San Francisco
Cincinnati is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against San Francisco

NY Mets @ Atlanta
NY Mets
NY Mets is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 15 of NY Mets's last 22 games on the road
Atlanta
Atlanta is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing NY Mets
Atlanta is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against NY Mets

Washington @ Chi Cubs
Washington
Washington is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Chi Cubs
Washington is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
Chi Cubs is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games

Chi White Sox @ Minnesota
Chi White Sox
Chi White Sox is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Chi White Sox is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Minnesota
Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Minnesota's last 9 games when playing Chi White Sox
The total has gone OVER in 13 of Minnesota's last 17 games

NY Yankees @ Texas
NY Yankees
The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Yankees's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Yankees's last 5 games on the road
Texas
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Texas's last 5 games at home
Texas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against NY Yankees

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

Arizona @ LA Dodgers
Arizona
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Arizona's last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Arizona's last 6 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers
LA Dodgers
LA Dodgers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Arizona
LA Dodgers is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Arizona

Colorado @ San Diego
Colorado
Colorado is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Colorado's last 6 games when playing on the road against San Diego
San Diego
San Diego is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Colorado
San Diego is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Colorado

Detroit @ Seattle
Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Detroit's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games
Seattle
Seattle is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit
Seattle is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing Detroit

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**Udog** · 05-17-2021, 11:55 AM

Diamond Trends for Monday May 17
Vince Akins

SU Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: Cleveland at L.A. Angels (9:38 p.m. ET)

-- The Angels are 12-0 SU since Sept. 12, 2014 as a home favorite off a road game in which they scored 6+ runs.

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Cleveland at L.A. Angels (9:38 p.m. ET)

-- The Indians are 0-9 SU since Aug. 10, 2019 as a road dog off a road game in which they didn't hit a home run.

OU Trend of the Day
Matchup: Cleveland at L.A. Angels (9:38 p.m. ET)

-- The Indians are 10-0 OU (3.30 ppg) since Aug. 28, 2020 on the road after they struck out at least 10 times last game.

Starter-Based Trend of the Day
Matchup: Arizona at L.A. Dodgers (10:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Dodgers are 8-0 SU since Jun. 8, 2018 when Walker Buehler starts at home after the bullpen gave up 3+ runs the day prior.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

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