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**Udog** · 06-02-2021, 07:14 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

Major league leaders in RBI:
46— Jose Abreu, CWS
45— Vladimir Guerrero Tor
44—Trey Mancini, Balt
43— Rafael Devers, Bos
41— Adolis Garcia, Tex
40— Shohei Ohtani, LAA

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Armadillo: Wednesday's Den: Mid-week musings……..

13) Genius alert: A fan ran onto the court, jumped up and touched the backboard while the 76ers-Wizards game was going on Monday night. Security tackled the guy and got rid of him.

The whole thing seemed fairly harmless, but this kind of stuff has to stop, before someone runs on the court with more malicious intent; someone is going to get hurt. Players have a right to protect themselves, and players are mostly very large people.

If you go to a game, stay in the stands, but in any event, if you can’t handle your alcohol, just stay at home.

12) Long, long time ago, during a Baltimore Colts game, I think it was a playoff game, guy ran on the field and took the football in between plays. Colts had a linebacker named Mike Curtis who just totally crushed the guy with a tackle. Knocked him flat. Guy was so drunk he bounced right back up- after that, no one ran on the field and took the football.

11) Baltimore Orioles have now lost 14 games in a row; they’re 5 for their last 64 with runners in scoring position.

10) Montreal 3, Toronto 1— Maple Leafs blew a 3-1 series lead, losing Games 5-6 in overtime, then losing Game 7 at home; they haven’t won a playoff series of any kind since 2004.

9) Wizards 122, 76ers 114:
— Philly leads series 3-1, but Joel Embiid (knee) didn’t play the second half.
— Ben Simmons was 5-11 on the foul line. This bothers me.
— Wizards won despite Russell Westbrook going 3-19 from the floor.

8) Ben Simmons is a career 59.7% free throw shooter; I’ve coached high school kids who weren’t any good who shot better than that. Simmons is one of the five best passers I’ve ever seen; he is very, very skilled, but for whatever reason, he doesn’t shoot the ball well.

Few years ago, Showtime ran a 90-minute special on Simmons, about the period in between his year at LSU and his getting drafted by the 76ers. Was very anxious to see the special, wanted to like the kid, but fact of the matter, he wasn’t very likeable.

Shooting is something that can be learned with hours in the gym, just hard work and proper technique. Charles Barkley said it last night “You can’t be considered a superstar if you can’t shoot the ball”.

7) Utah 120, Memphis 113— Jazz take 3-1 series lead, making 17 of 34 3-pointers.

6) Looking ahead to college basketball for a minute, The Spectrum Center in Charlotte will host a pretty good quadruple-header on December 17th:.

St. Bonaventure/Virginia Tech
Richmond/NC State
Wake Forest/Charlotte
East Carolina/Liberty

5) Bad Luck Department: You know you’re going bad when the Mets are coming to town, and they get rained out Sunday, which means Jacob deGrom pitches against you Monday, when he was supposed to pitch Sunday and wasn’t supposed to pitch in this series.

Arizona has now lost 14 of its last 15 games.

4) Cubs’ 1B Anthony Rizzo hasn’t played the last six days because he has a stiff back; not sure why they’re not just putting him on the 10-day injured list. That way, they wouldn’t have to play a man short every single day.

3) Over the last 30 years, pitchers who averaged least pitches per inning in a season:
12.2— Carlos Silva, 2005 Twins
12.3— Greg Maddux, 1997 Braves
12.3— Bob Tewksbury, 1992 Cardinals

2) Since 2019, National League players with most RBI:
203— Freddie Freeman
179— Nolan Arenado
176— Eduardo Escobar

1) If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Mets-Cubs-Giants. Wild Card: LA @ San Diego
AL: Rays-White Sox-A’s. Wild Card: Clev/Hst @ Boston

**Udog** · 06-02-2021, 07:16 AM

MLB
Weather Report

Wednesday, June 2

**Udog** · 06-02-2021, 07:18 AM

951PHILADELPHIA -952 CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI is 1-15 SU (-15.4 Units) vs. a bad bullpen that blows 38% or more of their save opportunities in the current season.

953SAN DIEGO -954 CHICAGO CUBS
SAN DIEGO is 31-45 SU (-27 Units) in road games vs. an NL team with an on base percentage .325 or worse in the last 3 seasons.

955NY METS -956 ARIZONA
ARIZONA is 4-12 SU (-9.5 Units) vs. a starting pitcher whose strikes out 5 or more batters per start in the current season.

957WASHINGTON -958 ATLANTA
WASHINGTON is 11-26 SU (-17.3 Units) vs. an NL team with an on base percentage .315 or worse in the current season.

959ST LOUIS -960 LA DODGERS
ST LOUIS are 5-13 SU (-14.1 Units) in road games vs. teams whose hitters draw 4 walks or more/game in the last 3 seasons.

961CHI WHITE SOX -962 CLEVELAND
CHI WHITE SOX is 24-16 SU (11.5 Units) vs. an AL team with a team batting average of .255 or worse in the current season.

963MINNESOTA -964 BALTIMORE
MINNESOTA is 12-34 SU (-27.8 Units) vs. an overused bullpen that pitches more than 3.2 innings per game in the current season.

965TAMPA BAY -966 NY YANKEES
TAMPA BAY is 15-1 SU (15.5 Units) in road games vs. a team with a good bullpen whose WHIP is 1.350 or better in the current season.

967BOSTON -968 HOUSTON
HOUSTON is 19-13 SU (4.7 Units) in home games when the money line is -100 to -150 in the last 3 seasons.

969OAKLAND -970 SEATTLE
SEATTLE is 9-0 SU (9 Units) after having won 5 or 6 of their last 7 games in the current season.

**Udog** · 06-02-2021, 07:21 AM

MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, June 2

NL games
Philadelphia (26-29) @ Cincinnati (24-29)
— Howard is 0-1, 3.86 in two starts.
— Phillies are 1-1 in his starts.
— under 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Cincinnati.

— Phillies lost nine of their last 13 games.
— Phillies are 15-10 at home, 11-19 on road.
— under 9-6 last 15 road games.
— scored run in first inning: 19-55
— record in first 5 innings: 19-24-12

— Gutierrez allowed one run in five IP (67 PT) in his first MLB start.
— Reds are 0-1 in his starts.
— under 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1
— He hasn’t pitched against the Phillies.

— Cincinnati is 7-12 in its last 19 games.
— Reds are 2-7 in last nine home games.
— Over 3-1 last four games
— scored run in first inning: 12-53
— record in first 5 innings: 19-27-7

San Diego (34-22) @ Cubs (31-23)
— Lamet is 0-0, 1.00 in four opens (9 IP).
— he threw 64 pitches last start, his most this year.
— Padres are 2-2 in his starts.
— under 3-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-4
— record in first 5 innings: 2-2
— He is 1-1, 4.50 in two starts vs Chicago.

— Padres lost their last three games.
— San Diego won eight of its last 13 road games.
— over 16-7-1 last 24 games
— scored run in first inning: 14-56
— record in first 5 innings: 21-26-9

— Alzolay is 2-1, 2.55 in his last three starts.
— Cubs are 4-2 in his last six starts.
— under 5-4
— allowed run in first inning: 1-9
— record in first 5 innings: 4-2-3
— He hasn’t pitched against San Diego.

— Cubs won 13 of their last 16 games.
— Chicago is 12-3 in last 15 home games.
— Under is 16-7 in their last 23 games.
— scored run in first inning: 17-54
— record in first 5 innings: 27-19-8

Washington (22-29) @ Atlanta (25-27)
— Lester is 0-1, 8.10 in his last three starts.
— Washington is 2-4 in his starts.
— over 3-0 last three
— allowed run in first inning: 3-6
— record in first 5 innings: 2-2-2
— He is 7-3, 2.51 in 12 starts vs Atlanta.

— Washington lost six of its last eight games.
— Nationals are 9-14 on the road.
— under 7-2 last nine games
— scored run in first inning: 13-51
— record in first 5 innings: 19-21-11

— Smyly is 1-1, 5.71 in his last three starts.
— Braves are 2-6 in his starts.
— over 7-1
— allowed run in first inning: 2-8
— record in first 5 innings: 4-2-2
— He is 1-0, 1.80 in four games (3 starts) vs Washington.

— Braves lost three of their last four games.
— Atlanta is 5-2 in its last seven home games.
— over 6-3 in last nine games.
— scored run in first inning: 20-52
— record in first 5 innings: 27-19-6

St Louis (31-24) @ Dodgers (32-23)
— Martinez is 3-0, 3.34 in his last five starts.
— Cardinals are 4-5 in his starts.
— over 5-4
— allowed run in first inning: 4-9
— record in first 5 innings: 4-5
— He is 3-3, 3.09 in 11 games (7 starts) vs Los Angeles.

— Cardinals split their last 12 games.
— St Louis is 6-8 in its last 14 road games.
— four of last five games went over.
— scored run in first inning: 19-55
— record in first 5 innings: 26-19-10

— Buehler is 2-0, 2.45 in his last five starts.
— Cardinals are 6-4 in his starts.
— over 5-1 last six
— allowed run in first inning: 2-10
— record in first 5 innings: 2-4-4
— He is 1-0, 2.37 in three starts vs St Louis.

— Dodgers lost five of their last seven games.
— Dodgers lost four of their last five home games.
— over 7-3 last ten games
— scored run in first inning: 12-55
— record in first 5 innings: 28-19-8

Mets (26-21) @ Arizona (20-36)
— Peterson is 0-1, 4.38 in his last five starts.
— Mets are 3-6 in his starts.
— over 5-4
— allowed run in first inning: 2-9
— record in first 5 innings: 2-5-2
— He gave up 3 runs in 1.2 IP, in his one start vs Arizona.

— Mets won five of their last six games.
— Mets lost seven of their last 11 road games.
— Under 5-3-1 last nine games.
— scored run in first inning: 9-47
— record in first 5 innings: 23-18-6

— Bumgarner is 0-3, 10.29 in his last three starts.
— Arizona is 4-7 in his starts.
— over 7-4
— allowed run in first inning: 5-11
— record in first 5 innings: 5-5-1
— He is 6-0, 1.86 in nine starts vs New York.

— Arizona lost 14 of its last 16 games.
— Arizona lost 10 of its last 13 home games.
— over 5-0 last five games
— scored run in first inning: 9-56
— record in first 5 innings: 22-30-4

AL games
Minnesota (22-32) @ Baltimore (18-37)
— Dobnak allowed 6 runs in six IP (89 PT) in his first ‘21 start.
— Twins are 0-1 in his starts.
— over 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Baltimore.

— Minnesota won 16 of last 17 games vs Baltimore.
— Twins won eight of their last 12 games.
— Minnesota is 4-2 in its last six road games.
— over 24-8-1 last 33 games
— scores run in first inning: 18-54
— record in first 5 innings: 19-24-11

— Harvey is 0-5, 14.26 in his last five starts
— Baltimore is 4-7 in his starts.
— over 4-0 last four
— allowed run in first inning: 4-11
— record in first 5 innings: 6-4-1
— He is 1-1, 7.59 in two starts vs Minnesota.

— Orioles lost 14 of their last 15 games.
— Baltimore is 11-18 on the road, 7-19 at home.
— over is 13-6 in their last 19 games.
— scored run in first inning: 18-55
— record in first 5 innings: 18-25-12

Tampa Bay (35-21) @ Bronx (30-25)
— McClanahan is 2-0, 2.93 in his last three starts.
— Rays are 5-1 in his starts.
— over 3-3
— allowed run in first inning: 1-6
— record in first 5 innings: 3-0-3
— He hasn’t pitched against New York.

— Tampa Bay won 16 of its last 19 games.
— Rays won nine of last ten road games.
— over is 13-5 in last 18 games.
— scored run in first inning: 16-56
— record in first 5 innings: 22-18-16

— Montgomery is 1-0, 4.60 in his last six starts.
— New York is 6-3 in his starts.
— under 5-4
— allowed run in first inning: 3-9
— record in first 5 innings: 3-5-1
— He is 2-3, 4.97 in nine starts vs Tampa Bay.

— New York lost six of its last eight games.
— New York is 7-4 in its last 11 home games.
— under 11-2 last 13 games
— scored run in first inning: 12-55
— record in first 5 innings: 22-21-12

White Sox (33-21) @ Cleveland (30-24)
— Lynn is 5-0, 1.91 in his last six starts
— Chicago is 6-3 in his starts.
— under 6-3
— allowed run in first inning: 0-9
— record in first 5 innings: 7-0-2
— He is 4-2, 1.95 in six starts vs Cleveland.

— Chicago is 6-3 in its last nine games.
— White Sox are 2-6 in last eight road games.
— under 14-7 last 21 games.
— scored run in first inning: 16-55
— record in first 5 innings: 31-11-13

— Morgan allowed 6 runs in 2.2 IP (65 PT) in his first MLB start.
— Cleveland is 0-1 in his starts.
— over 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Chicago.

— Cleveland won seven of its last 11 games.
— Indians are 10-7 in their last 17 home games.
— over 12-7 last 19 games
— scores run in first inning: 17-54
— record in first 5 innings: 18-27-9

Boston (32-22) @ Houston (30-24)
— Pivetta is 4-0, 4.36 in his last six starts.
— Red Sox are 9-1 in his starts.
— over 7-3
— allowed run in first inning: 4-10
— record in first 5 innings: 6-2-2
— He gave up 5 runs in 6 IP< in his one start vs Houston.

— Boston is 7-4 in its last 11 games.
— Red Sox lost their last three road games.
— over 5-2 last seven road games
— scored run in first inning: 16-55
— record in first 5 innings: 26-20-9

— Valdez allowed one run in four IP (72 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— Astros are 0-1 in his starts.
— over 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0
— He gave up 2 runs in 2.2 IP, in 2 relief stints vs Boston.

— Astros won their last three games.
— Astros won nine of their last 13 home games.
— over 20-7 last 27 games
— scored run in first inning: 20-54
— record in first 5 innings: 30-16-8

Oakland (32-25) @ Seattle (28-28)
— Manaea is 0-0, 2.55 in his last three starts.
— A’s are 8-3 in his starts.
— over 6-4-1
— allowed run in first inning: 4-11
— record in first 5 innings: 4-3-4
— He is 6-5, 3.84 in 12 starts vs Seattle.

— A’s lost three of their last four games.
— Oakland is 8-4 in its last 12 road games.
— Under is 6-3 in their last nine games.
— scored run in first inning: 15-57
— record in first 5 innings: 21-23-13

— Flexen is 3-1, 1.63 in five home starts.
— Mariners are 7-2 in his starts.
— over 6-3
— allowed run in first inning: 4-9
— record in first 5 innings: 5-3-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Oakland.

— Seattle won seven of its last nine games.
— Seattle is 9-8 in its last 17 home games.
— under 12-4-1 last 17 home games
— scored run in first inning: 17-56
— record in first 5 innings: 25-25-6

Interleague games
Miami (24-29) @ Toronto (28-25) (@ Buffalo)
— Lopez is 1-0, 1.89 in his last three starts.
— Marlins are 5-6 in his starts.
— under 6-1-1 last eight
— allowed run in first inning: 1-11
— record in first 5 innings: 2-4-5
— He hasn’t pitched against Toronto.

— Marlins lost five of their last six games.
— Miami is 5-11 in their last 16 road tilts.
— under 18-6-2 in their last 26 games
— scored run in first inning: 13-53
— record in first 5 innings: 18-25-10

— Manoah blanked NY for six IP in his first MLB start.
— Toronto is 1-0 in his starts.
— under 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0
— He hasn’t pitched against Miami.

— This is the Blue Jays’ first ’21 series in Buffalo.
— Toronto won five of its last seven games.
— Toronto lost last six “home” games in Dunedin.
— over 20-11 last 31 games
— scored run in first inning: 16-52
— record in first 5 innings: 23-21-8

Texas (22-34) @ Colorado (21-34)
— Lyles is 1-2, 3.91 in his last four starts
— Texas is 6-5 in his starts.
— over 6-4-1
— allowed run in first inning: 5-11
— record in first 5 innings: 4-7
— He is 2-3, 5.48 in 12 games (6 starts) vs Colorado.

— Texas lost 10 of its last 13 games.
— Texas lost its last 13 road games.
— under 11-4 last 15 road games.
— scored run in first inning: 12-56
— record in first 5 innings: 17-29-10

— Senzatela is 0-2, 4.29 in his last four starts.
— Rockies are 2-8 in his starts.
— under 5-4-1
— allowed run in first inning: 3-10
— record in first 5 innings: 2-6-2
— He hasn’t pitched against Texas.

— Colorado lost five of its last seven games.
— Rockies are 17-12 at home, 4-22 on road.
— over 10-5-1 last 16 home games.
— scored run in first inning: 17-55
— record in first 5 innings: 21-25-9

**Udog** · 06-02-2021, 07:25 AM

MLB

Wednesday, June 2

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Trend Report
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Philadelphia @ Cincinnati
Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games on the road
Cincinnati
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cincinnati's last 6 games at home
Cincinnati is 16-5 SU in its last 21 games when playing at home against Philadelphia

Chi White Sox @ Cleveland
Chi White Sox
Chi White Sox is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Chi White Sox is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games when playing at home against Chi White Sox
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Cleveland's last 9 games at home

San Diego @ Chi Cubs
San Diego
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Diego's last 5 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs
San Diego is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi Cubs's last 5 games when playing at home against San Diego
Chi Cubs is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games

NY Mets @ Arizona
NY Mets
NY Mets is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing Arizona
NY Mets is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Arizona's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Arizona's last 5 games

Minnesota @ Baltimore
Minnesota
Minnesota is 16-1 SU in its last 17 games when playing Baltimore
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Minnesota's last 7 games on the road
Baltimore
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Baltimore's last 8 games at home
Baltimore is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota

Tampa Bay @ NY Yankees
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 20-2 ATS in its last 22 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games on the road
NY Yankees
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of NY Yankees's last 13 games
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of NY Yankees's last 10 games at home

Miami @ Toronto
Miami
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami's last 5 games on the road
Toronto
Toronto is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Miami
Toronto is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing Miami

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

Boston @ Houston
Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Boston's last 9 games when playing Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 6 games when playing on the road against Houston
Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Houston's last 9 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston's last 6 games when playing at home against Boston

Texas @ Colorado
Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas's last 5 games on the road
Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Colorado's last 7 games when playing Texas
Colorado is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home

St. Louis @ LA Dodgers
St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of St. Louis's last 8 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers
The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis's last 5 games
LA Dodgers
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of LA Dodgers's last 8 games when playing at home against St. Louis
LA Dodgers is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis

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

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**Udog** · 06-02-2021, 09:45 AM

MLB
Dunkel

Wednesday, June 2

Announcement

Wednesday's MLB Trends and Indexes - 6/2

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