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**Udog** · 06-24-2021, 08:16 AM

Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

Major league leaders in hits:
91— Nick Castellanos, Cin/Adam Frazier, Pitt
90— Trea Turner, Wash
88— Vladimir Guerrero, Tor
87— Cedric Mullins, Balt
86— Jesse Winker, Cin
84— Bogaerts, Kiner-Falefa, Tapia

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Armadillo: Thursday's Den: Doing some thinking out loud…….

13) Padres 5, Dodgers 3:
— Dodgers get swept in San Diego for first time since 2010.
— Padre closer Melancon got his 4th save in five days.
— Dodgers are 7-9 in Trevor Bauer’s starts.

12) Nationals 13, Phillies 12:
— Phillies led 5-0 after four innings.
— Starlin Castro’s two-run single was the game-winner.
— Kyle Schwarber has 10 home runs in his last dozen games.

11) Giants 9, Angels 3 (13)
— If you had under 8 in this game, the gambling gods owe you one.
— Teams were a combined 4-34 with RISP.
— Mike Tauchman whiffed five times, then homered in the 13th inning.

This game took so long that Giants’ radio guy Dave Flemming had to log off the air, in order to do the ESPN broadcast of the Dodger-Padre game. Giants’ radio finished up using the TV feed with Jon Miller doing play-by-play.

Angels didn’t use a DH, because Ohtani pitched; P Griffin Canning played a couple innings out in left field, which isn’t normal. P Dylan Bundy pinch-hit for the Angels.

10) Was watching a replay of Monday’s NC State-Vanderbilt game in the College World Series; Vandy P Jack Leiter threw 123 pitches, struck out 15 guys. He is going to get drafted in a couple weeks; how much wear and tear do college coaches put on their pitchers’ arms?

Earlier this season, Leiter threw 126 pitches in his no-hitter; no one in the major leagues has thrown that many pitches in a game this year. Chances are that Leiter will never throw 126 pitches in a game the rest of his career.

9) Former big league SS Troy Tulowitzki is a volunteer assistant coach at Texas; the Longhorns’ SS is using the glove Tulowitzki used back when he won the Gold Glove in 2010-11.

8) Wednesday was the 104th anniversary of the ballgame when pitcher Babe Ruth walked the leadoff hitter in a game, got thrown out by the umpire, then his replacement retired 27 hitters in a row, one of the strangest games in big league history.

I’m guessing Babe Ruth would’ve been the center of attention in our current social media era.

7) Hawks 116, Bucks 113:
— Trae Young scored 48 points, dished out 11 assists.
— Hawks won despite their subs playing a combined 60:00- they were minus-38.
— John Collins had 23 points, 15 rebounds for Atlanta.

6) Last time the Hawks got this far along in the playoffs was six years ago, when their coach was Mike Budenholzer, who obviously is now Milwaukee’s coach.

5) Last time the Detroit Pistons picked first in the NBA Draft was 1970; they took Bob Lanier, who scored 22.7 ppg over ten years with Detroit.

4) Thinking back on the Suns’ last-second alley-oop the other night:
— Devin Booker set a set screen, despite playing with a broken nose.
— Jae Crowder threw a great pass, a truly great pass; should’ve been mentioned more.

3) Forgot to mention this when the NFL schedule came out, but they did something really smart; three exhibition games per team, but no games on Labor Day weekend, the week before the regular season starts. Very good idea, long overdue.

Not sure what this does to HBO’s Hard Knocks; the best episode is usually when the team makes its last cuts— will that be after Labor Day, or the week before?

2) I’m seriously hoping MLB bans shifts next year; Manny Machado is San Diego’s 3B, but last night, he was so far out in right field, when he dove for a fly ball, he wound up on the warning track. Keeping four infielders on the infield would create more offense, and baseball claims they want more offense in their game. We’ll see.

1) If the playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Mets-Brewers-Giants. Wild Card: San Diego @ Los Angeles
AL: Red Sox-White Sox-Astros. Wild Card: Tampa Bay @ A’s

**Udog** · 06-24-2021, 08:17 AM

MLB
Weather Report

Thursday, June 24

**Udog** · 06-24-2021, 08:19 AM

951WASHINGTON -952 MIAMI
WASHINGTON is 45-20 SU (23 Units) after having won 6 or 7 of their last 8 games in the last 3 seasons.

953ATLANTA -954 CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI is 4-16 SU (-12.8 Units) vs. a bad bullpen that blows 38% or more of their save opportunities in the current season.

955PITTSBURGH -956 ST LOUIS
PITTSBURGH is 12-24 SU (-15.9 Units) vs. poor baserunning teams - averaging 0.5 or less SB's/game in the current season.

957CHICAGO CUBS -958 LA DODGERS
LA DODGERS are 122-94 SU (18.6 Units) against right-handed starters in the last 3 seasons.

959KANSAS CITY -960 NY YANKEES
NY YANKEES are 62-44 SU (13.6 Units) in home games against right-handed starters in the last 3 seasons.

961OAKLAND -962 TEXAS
OAKLAND is 10-0 SU (10 Units) when playing with a day off in the current season.

963BALTIMORE -964 TORONTO
BALTIMORE is 5-18 SU (-16.6 Units) vs. teams outscoring opp by 0.5 or more runs/game on the season in the current season.

965HOUSTON -966 DETROIT
HOUSTON is 35-27 SU (11.9 Units) vs. an AL team with a team batting average of .265 or worse in the current season.

967BOSTON -968 TAMPA BAY
TAMPA BAY is 21-9 SU (13.8 Units) vs. a starting pitcher whose strikes out 5 or more batters per start in the current season.

969CLEVELAND -970 MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA is 20-46 SU (-33.2 Units) vs. an overused bullpen that pitches more than 3.2 innings per game in the current season.

**Udog** · 06-24-2021, 08:21 AM

MLB
Dunkel

Thursday, June 24

**Udog** · 06-24-2021, 08:24 AM

MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Thursday, June 24

NL games
Atlanta (35-38) @ Cincinnati (36-36)
— They haven’t named a starter yet.

— Braves are 6-9 in their last 15 games
— Atlanta is 4-8 in its last 12 road games.
— over 7-4 in last 11 games.
— scored run in first inning: 25-73
— record in first 5 innings: 36-26-11

— Santillan is 0-1, 4.70 in two starts.
— Reds are 1-1 in his starts.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 2-2
— you’re reading ***************.com
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Atlanta.

— Cincinnati lost five of its last six games.
— Reds are 4-1 in last five home games.
— over 3-1 last four home games
— scored run in first inning: 19-72
— record in first 5 innings: 29-30-13

Washington (35-36) @ Miami (31-42)
— Lester is 1-0, 2.55 in his last five starts.
— Nationals are 5-5 in his starts.
— under 6-4
— allowed run in first inning: 4-10
— record in first 5 innings: 5-3-2
— He is 1-2, 3.74 in eight starts vs Miami.

— Washington won nine of its last ten games.
— Nationals split their last eight road games.
— under 22-7 last 29 games
— scored run in first inning: 20-71
— record in first 5 innings: 29-27-15

— Poteet is 0-2, 8.71 in his last three starts.
— Marlins are 3-3 in his starts.
— over 3-2
— allowed run in first inning: 3-6
— record in first 5 innings: 4-2
— He hasn’t pitched against Washington.

— Marlins are 2-7 in their last nine games.
— Miami is 8-6 in its last 14 home tilts.
— under 10-5-1 last 16 games
— scored run in first inning: 15-71
— record in first 5 innings: 27-30-14

Pittsburgh (26-44) @ St Louis (36-38)
— Kuhl is 1-3, 6.05 in his last four starts
— Pittsburgh is 4-4 in his starts.
— over 7-1
— allowed run in first inning: 5-8
— record in first 5 innings: 3-3-2
— He is 1-3, 3.33 in nine starts vs St Louis.

— Pirates lost 12 of their last 15 games.
— Pittsburgh lost six of its last nine home games.
— under 13-10 last 23 home games
— scored run in first inning: 20-72
— record in first 5 innings: 20-41-11

— Martinez is 0-4, 15.34 in his last four starts.
— Cardinals are 4-9 in his starts.
— over 5-2 last seven
— allowed run in first inning: 7-13
— record in first 5 innings: 4-9
— He is 7-6, 3.32 in 33 games (14 starts) vs Pittsburgh.

— Cardinals lost five of their last six games.
— St Louis won its last four home games.
— Under is 7-3 in their last ten games.
— scored run in first inning: 25-74
— record in first 5 innings: 29-32-13

Cubs (40-33) @ Dodgers (44-30)
— Davies is 1-1, 2.18 in his last four road starts.
— Cubs are 9-6 in his starts.
— under 8-7
— allowed run in first inning: 3-15
— record in first 5 innings: 7-5-3
— He is 3-3, 2.37 in eight starts vs Los Angeles.

— Cubs lost six of their last nine games.
— Chicago is 4-7 in its last 11 road games.
— Under is 15-8 in their last 23 games.
— scored run in first inning: 20-74
— record in first 5 innings: 34-31-9

— Buehler is 6-0, 1.55 in his last seven starts.
— Dodgers are 10-4 in his starts.
— over 7-2-1 last ten
— allowed run in first inning: 3-14
— record in first 5 innings: 6-4-4
— He is 0-1, 4.58 in four games (3 starts) vs Chicago.

— Dodgers won 10 of their last 15 games.
— Dodgers are 5-2 in their last seven home games.
— under 3-0 last three home games
— scored run in first inning: 20-74
— record in first 5 innings: 38-25-11

AL games
Kansas City (33-39) @ Bronx (39-34)
— Keller is 0-3, 9.98 in his last three starts.
— Royals are 8-7 in his starts.
— under 7-7-1
— allowed run in first inning: 8-15
— record in first 5 innings: 6-7-2
— He is 1-0, 5.40 in two games (1 start) vs New York.

— Royals lost 12 of their last 16 games.
— Royals are 4-9 in their last 13 road games.
— over 8-3-1 last 12 road games.
— scores run in first inning: 15-72
— record in first 5 innings: 27-35-10

— Taillon is 0-2, 6.07 in his last seven starts.
— New York is 4-9 in his starts.
— over 7-3 last ten
— allowed run in first inning: 3-13
— record in first 5 innings: 5-6-2
— He threw 7 shutout IP in his one start vs Kansas City.

— New York won six of its last eight games.
— New York is 6-9 in its last 15 home games.
— over 11-4 last 15 games
— scored run in first inning: 18-73
— record in first 5 innings: 28-29-16

Oakland (45-31) @ Texas (27-47)
— Bassitt is 4-0, 2.75 in his last six starts.
— A’s are 11-4 in his starts.
— under 8-7
— allowed run in first inning: 3-15
— record in first 5 innings: 8-3-4
— He is 2-2, 4.99 in 9 games (5 starts) vs Texas.

— A’s lost four of their last five games.
— Oakland is 9-7 in its last 16 road games.
— Over is 8-3 in their last 11 games.
— scored run in first inning: 23-76
— record in first 5 innings: 34-28-14

— Allard is 1-2, 2.70 in four starts.
— Rangers were shut out in both losses.
— Texas is 1-3 in his starts.
— under 3-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-4
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2-1
— He is 0-2, 11.37 in two starts vs Oakland.

— Texas lost 11 of its last 15 games.
— Texas is 12-11 in its last 23 home games.
— over 7-3-1 last 11 games.
— scored run in first inning: 16-74
— record in first 5 innings: 24-39-11

Baltimore (23-51) @ Toronto (37-35)
— Kremer is 0-3, 6.26 in his last five starts.
— Baltimore is 3-7 in his starts.
— over 4-0 last four
— allowed run in first inning: 2-10
— record in first 5 innings: 4-6
— He gave up 2 runs in six IP, in his one start vs Toronto.

— Orioles lost 13 of their last 14 games.
— Baltimore is 11-25 on the road, 12-26 at home.
— over is 25-12-1 in their last 38 games.
— scored run in first inning: 24-74
— record in first 5 innings: 23-37-14

— Kay is 0-2, 6.46 in four starts; his last start was May 26.
— Toronto is 1-3 in his starts.
— under 2-2
— allowed run in first inning: 1-4
— record in first 5 innings: 2-2
— He gave up 4 runs in 8.1 IP, in three relief stints vs Baltimore.

— Blue Jays are 7-9 in their last 16 games.
— Toronto lost its last four home games.
— over 8-5 last 13 home games
— scored run in first inning: 23-72
— record in first 5 innings: 32-30-10

Boston (44-30) @ Tampa Bay (44-31)
— Pivetta is 0-3, 5.66 in his last four starts.
— Red Sox are 10-4 in his starts.
— under 4-0 last four
— allowed run in first inning: 6-14
— record in first 5 innings: 7-5-2
— He threw 5 shutout innings, in his one start vs Tampa Bay.

— Boston is 7-5 in its last 12 games.
— Red Sox won eight of last 11 road games.
— over 10-4 last 14 games
— scored run in first inning: 25-74
— record in first 5 innings: 33-30-11

— Wacha is 0-1, 6.10 in his last four starts.
— Rays are 9-5 in his starts.
— over 4-2-2
— allowed run in first inning: 2-8
— record in first 5 innings: 3-3-2
— He is 1-1, 4.50 in two starts vs Boston

— Tampa Bay lost 7 of its last 8 games.
— Rays are 13-3 in last 16 home games.
— over is 7-2-1 in last ten home games.
— scored run in first inning: 24-75
— record in first 5 innings: 31-27-17

Houston (46-28) @ Detroit (32-42)
— Garcia is 5-1, 2.45 in his last seven starts.
— Astros are 6-6 in his starts.
— under 5-0 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 3-12
— record in first 5 innings: 7-2-3
— He threw 4.1 scoreless IP, in a relief stint vs Detroit.

— Astros won 10 in row, 18 of their last 22 games.
— Astros are 8-2 in their last ten road games.
— over 8-2 last ten games
— scored run in first inning: 29-74
— record in first 5 innings: 41-22-11

— Urena is 0-3, 14.73 in his last three starts.
— Tigers are 5-8 in his starts.
— over 5-2 last seven
— allowed run in first inning: 5-13
— record in first 5 innings: 1-9-3
— He gave up 3 runs in 5.2 IP, in his one start vs Houston.

— AJ Hinch manages against team he led to World Series title.
— Detroit split its last six games.
— Detroit is 3-4 in its last seven home games.
— over 10-4 last 14 games
— scored run in first inning: 15-74
— record in first 5 innings: 7-3 last ten at home

Cleveland (40-31) @ Minnesota (31-42)
— Mejia is 0-2, 7.36 in four starts.
— Indians are 2-2 in his starts.
— over 2-2
— allowed run in first inning: 2-4
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2-1
— He threw 2.1 scoreless IP, in a relief stint vs Minnesota.

— Cleveland is 13-8 in its last 21 games.
— Indians are 9-7 in last 16 road games.
— over 24-13 last 37 games
— scores run in first inning: 26-71
— record in first 5 innings: 28-33-10

— Berrios is 4-0, 3.82 in his last six starts.
— Twins won his last seven starts.
— over 7-2 last nine
— allowed run in first inning: 4-14
— record in first 5 innings: 7-4-3
— He is 5-3, 3.91 in 14 starts vs Cleveland.

— Minnesota won five of its last six games.
— Twins are 3-6 in their last nine home games.
— over 14-4-1 last 19 home games
— scores run in first inning: 26-73
— record in first 5 innings: 24-34-15

**Udog** · 06-24-2021, 08:26 AM

MLB

Thursday, June 24

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Trend Report
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Kansas City @ NY Yankees
Kansas City
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Kansas City's last 5 games when playing NY Yankees
Kansas City is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing NY Yankees
NY Yankees
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Yankees's last 5 games when playing Kansas City
NY Yankees is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Kansas City

Oakland @ Texas
Oakland
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland's last 5 games when playing Texas
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland's last 5 games when playing on the road against Texas
Texas
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Texas's last 5 games when playing Oakland
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Texas's last 5 games when playing at home against Oakland

Baltimore @ Toronto
Baltimore
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Baltimore's last 5 games
Baltimore is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Toronto is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games

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

Houston @ Detroit
Houston
Houston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Detroit
Detroit is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Houston
Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Houston

Washington @ Miami
Washington
Washington is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games
Washington is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Miami
Miami
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Miami's last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Miami's last 11 games when playing at home against Washington

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

Cleveland @ Minnesota
Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland's last 5 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Cleveland's last 10 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 5 games when playing Cleveland
Minnesota is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Cleveland

Pittsburgh @ St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Pittsburgh's last 9 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
St. Louis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh

Chi Cubs @ LA Dodgers
Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing LA Dodgers
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chi Cubs's last 5 games on the road
LA Dodgers
The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Dodgers's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 10 of LA Dodgers's last 13 games when playing Chi Cubs

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**Udog** · 06-24-2021, 08:29 AM

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**Udog** · 06-24-2021, 11:01 AM

Diamond Trends for Thursday June 24
Vince Akins

SU Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: Houston at Detroit (7:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Astros are 11-0 SU since May 11, 2021 as a favorite after they drew 5+ walks last game.

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Baltimore at Toronto (7:07 p.m. ET)

-- The Orioles are 0-19 SU since May 11, 2021 on the road.

OU Trend of the Day
Matchup: Cleveland at Minnesota (8:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Indians are 11-0 OU (3.23 ppg) since Apr. 22, 2021 after they scored more runs off the bullpen than they did off the starter last game.

Starter-Based Trend of the Day
Matchup: Oakland at Texas (2:05 p.m. ET)

-- The Athletics are 10-0 SU since Aug. 11, 2019 when Chris Bassitt starts as a road favorite.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

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