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**Udog** · 08-25-2021, 07:50 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

Active leaders in career TD passes:
581— Tom Brady, TB
412— Aaron Rodgers, GB
396— Ben Roethlisberger, Pitt
347— Matt Ryan, Atl
282— Matthew Stafford, Rams
267— Russell Wilson, Sea

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

13) Weird scheduling for the Mets; they’re near the end of a 15-game stretch, totally against the Dodgers/Giants (2-11 so far). Good news is that their next 16 games are against Washington and Miami, two non-contending teams.

12) I’m not in favor of wagering on NFL exhibition games, but the fact is this: the Ravens have won 19 preseason games in a row- they’re 8-3 ATS in last 11.

11) Los Angeles Angels’ last five games:
— Trailed 10-2 in 6th inning, won 13-10 at Detroit
— Lost 9-1 in Cleveland
— Lost 5-1 in Cleveland
— Lost 3-0 to Cleveland in Williamsport, PA
— Whacked Orioles 14-8 in Camden Yards.

10) Am I the only person who thinks it is odd that there are three active NFL QB’s who went to college at North Dakota State? Bison are a I-AA program, albeit one of the best ones.

Carson Wentz, Easton Stick (Chargers’ backup), Trey Lance (49ers’ rookie)

9) Strange Stat of the Day: Giants/Tigers are only major league teams this season without a guy who has 20+ homers; the weird thing is, San Francisco has hit the most homers of any team in the big leagues, yet they don’t have anyone who has hit 20+. Go figure.

8) This stat is from Ralph Michaels on Twitter:

Over last 18 years, there have been 64 baseball teams that have had a winning streak of 10+ games; those teams are 35-29 (-2.6 units) in their 11th game.

7) San Diego Padres’ reliever Austin Allen has hit 17 batters this season, most ever by a reliever; the all-time mark for any pitcher is 21, so he has a chance to set that record.

6) Jacksonville Jaguars used six kickers last year, most kickers any NFL team has used since 1967, when Washington also used six, one of whom was a starting DB.

Jaguars got bad news Tuesday; rookie RB Travis Etienne hurt his foot, will likely miss the whole season this year.

5) There are already former college/NFL players on Twitter speaking out about Jacksonville hiring Urban Meyer as head coach, instead of Chiefs’ OC Eric Bieniemy. When the Jaguars suffer thru this year, and they likely will with a rookie QB, those voices will get louder.

The thing is, what if the Jaguars start winning next year or the year after? Then where will those voices be? It is easy to be critical, but you have to give them time.

4) Mariners 5, A’s 1:
— Damaging stretch here for Oakland; Saturday-Monday, they blew leads in 9th/8th/9th innings, losing all three games. Not good.
— Seattle has won nine of its last 12 games.

3) Modern baseball: When a pitching change is made during an inning now, the on-deck hitter retreats to the dugout to look at the pitcher’s delivery on a tablet, while the pitcher warms up.

2) Reds stayed a game ahead of San Diego in NL Wild Card race:
— Brewers 7, Reds 4— Reds led 4-1 in 7th inning; the bullpen imploded.
— Dodgers 5, Padres 2— First five guys in San Diego’s lineup were 0-17.

1) If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Giants. Wild Card: Cincinnati @ Los Angeles
AL: Rays, White Sox, Astros. Wild Card: Boston @ New York

**Udog** · 08-25-2021, 07:58 AM

MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, August 25

NL games
Colorado (57-68) @ Cubs (55-72)
— Marquez is 3-1, 4.84 in his last four starts.
— Rockies are 15-10 in his starts.
— under 7-3 last ten
— allowed run in first inning: 4-25
— you’re reading ***************.com
— record in first 5 innings: 15-9-1
— He is 1-2, 6.66 in five starts vs Chicago.

— Gomber is 1-2, 6.75 in his last four starts.
— Rockies are 11-10 in his starts.
— over 5-0 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 6-21
— you’re reading ***************.com
— record in first 5 innings: 12-7-2
— He gave up 6 runs in 8.2 IP in six games (1 start) vs Chicago.

— Colorado won six of last nine games.
— Rockies are 43-22 at home, 14-46 on road.
— under 5-2 last seven road games.
— scored run in first inning: 43-125
— record in first 5 innings: 52-57-16

— Steele is 0-2, 5.00 in two starts.
— Cubs are 0-2 in his starts.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2
— He hasn’t pitched against Colorado.

— Davies is 0-4, 9.38 in his last five starts.
— Cubs are 1-9 in his last ten starts.
— over 5-1-1 last seven
— allowed run in first inning: 6-26
— record in first 5 innings: 9-12-5
— He is 4-3, 4.57 in eight starts vs Colorado.

— Cubs are 13-39 in last 52 games.
— Chicago lost 13 of last 14 home games.
— Under is 5-3 in last eight games.
— scored run in first inning: 35-127
— record in first 5 innings: 49-64-14

Arizona (42-85) @ Pittsburgh (46-80)
— Gilbert is 1-0,2.57 in his first two MLB starts.
— Arizona is 1-1 in his starts.
— under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— you’re reading ***************.com
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Pittsburgh

— Arizona is 7-5 in last 12 games.
— Arizona is 4-13 in its last 17 road games.
— under 8-5-2 last 15 games
— scored run in first inning: 17-127
— record in first 5 innings: 50-66-11

— Keller is 1-4, 5.73 in his last five starts.
— Pirates are 6-11 in his starts.
— over 6-1 last seven
— allowed run in first inning: 8-17
— you’re reading ***************.com
— record in first 5 innings: 5-9-3
— He hasn’t pitched against Arizona.

— Pirates are 10-28 in last 38 games.
— Pittsburgh is 3-6 in last nine home games.
— under 7-2-1 last ten games
— scored run in first inning: 30-125
— record in first 5 innings: 38-73-14

San Francisco (81-44) @ Mets (61-64)
— Cueto is 1-1, 3.94 in his last three starts.
— Giants are 10-9 in his starts.

— His last start was August 8th.
— under 10-2 last 12
— allowed run in first inning: 4-19
— you’re reading ***************.com
— record in first 5 innings: 7-10-2
— He is 4-4, 3.53 in 13 starts vs New York.

— Giants are 23-12 since All-Star break.
— Giants are 10-3 in last 12 road games.
— Under is 8-3 in last 11 games.
— scored run in first inning: 37-125
— record in first 5 innings: 67-43-15

— Walker is 0-5, 6.21 in his last six starts.
— Mets are 14-9 in his starts.
— under 3-0 last three
— allowed run in first inning: 4-23
— record in first 5 innings: 11-10-2
— He is 3-2, 3.82 in six starts vs San Francisco.

— Mets are 26-40 in their last 66 games.
— Mets are 7-11 in last 18 home games.
— under 7-2 last eight games.
— scored run in first inning: 29-126
— record in first 5 innings: 50-64-12

Washington (54-69) @ Miami (51-74)
— Gray is 0-0, 3.27 in four starts for Washington.
— Washington is 2-2 in his starts.
— over 2-2
— allowed run in first inning: 1-4
— record in first 5 innings: 2-2
— He hasn’t pitched against Miami

— Washington is 12-27 in its last 39 games.
— Nationals are 3-8 in last 11 road games.
— over 16-5 last 21 games
— scored run in first inning: 40-124
— record in first 5 innings: 51-53-20

— Top prospect Cabrera makes his MLB debut here.
— He was 1-3, 3.68 in six AAA starts.
— He started this season at Class A, then AA, AAA, now the bigs.

— Marlins lost their last eight games.
— Miami is 6-5 in last 11 home games.
— over 13-9 last 21 games
— scored run in first inning: 30-126
— record in first 5 innings: 44-60-22

Cincinnati (69-58) @ Milwaukee (77-49)
— Castillo is 4-2, 3.64 in his last seven starts.
— Reds are 7-4 in his last 11 starts.
— over 15-11
— allowed run in first inning: 9-26
— you’re reading ***************.com
— record in first 5 innings: 12-12-2
— He is 0-2, 2.89 in five starts vs Milwaukee this year.

— Cincinnati is 22-15 in its last 37 games.
— Reds are 4-6 in last ten road games.
— over 6-1 last seven road games
— scored run in first inning: 39-126
— record in first 5 innings: 62-48-17

— Woodruff is 0-3, 4.78 in his last five starts.
— Milwaukee is 2-6 in his last eight starts.
— over 4-1-1 last six
— allowed run in first inning: 6-24
— record in first 5 innings: 11-6-7
— He is 0-0, 2.31 in two starts vs Cincinnati this year.

— Brewers are 24-10 in last 34 games.
— Milwaukee is 6-5 in last 11 home games.
— under 7-5 last 12 home games.
— scored run in first inning: 43-126
— record in first 5 innings: 66-39-21

Los Angeles (79-47) @ San Diego (68-59)
— Buehler is 3-1, 1.34 in his last five starts.
— Dodgers are 17-8 in his starts.
— over 14-10-1
— allowed run in first inning: 5-25
— record in first 5 innings: 12-8-5
— He is 4-0, 1.76 in seven starts vs San Diego.

— Dodgers are 20-7 in last 27 games.
— Dodgers are 8-1 in last nine road games.
— under 6-2 last eight games
— scored run in first inning: 42-125
— record in first 5 innings: 68-38-19

— Snell is 2-1, 2.45 in his last four starts.
— Padres are 11-12 in his starts.
— under 3-0 last three
— allowed run in first inning: 5-23
— record in first 5 innings: 9-12-2
— He is 1-0, 2.35 in three starts vs Los Angeles this year.

— Padres lost 10 of last 12 games.
— San Diego is 5-4 in last nine home games.
— over 14-10-1 last 25 games
— scored run in first inning: 38-127
— record in first 5 innings: 50-59-18

AL games
Angels (63-63) @ Baltimore (38-86)
— Ohtani is 4-0, 1.36 in his last five starts.
— Angels are 12-6 in his starts.
— under 9-9
— allowed run in first inning: 5-18
— record in first 5 innings: 11-4-3
— He hasn’t pitched against Baltimore.

— Angels lost three of last four games.
— Angels are 10-7 in last 17 road games.
— under 17-6 last 23 road games
— scored run in first inning: 39-127
— record in first 5 innings: 54-58-15

— bullpen game

— Orioles are 0-19 in last 19 games.
— Baltimore is 21-45 on road, 17-41 at home.
— under is 5-1 in last six home games.
— scored run in first inning: 42-124
— record in first 5 innings: 38-69-17

White Sox (73-54) @ Toronto (65-58)
— Giolito is 1-1, 2.84 in his last three starts.
— White Sox are 12-13 in his starts.
— over 11-2 last 13
— allowed run in first inning: 6-25
— record in first 5 innings: 13-9-3
— He is 2-0, 3.86 in three starts vs Toronto.

— Chicago is 2-4 in last six games.
— White Sox are 8-10 in last 18 road games.
— under 10-5-1 last 16 road games.
— scored run in first inning: 38-127
— record in first 5 innings: 71-37-19

— Ray is 1-0, 1.64 in his last five starts.
— Toronto is 12-12 in his starts.
— under 5-0
— allowed run in first inning: 5-24
— record in first 5 innings: 13-6-5
— He gave up a run in 6.1 IP, in one start vs Chicago.

— Toronto is 3-7 in last ten games.
— Blue Jays are 11-5 in last 16 home games.
— Under is 5-0 in last five games.
— scored run in first inning: 35-123
— record in first 5 innings: 22-12-2 last 36

Minnesota (54-71) @ Boston (72-55)
— Ober is 0-1, 3.10 in his last four starts.
— Twins are 8-6 in his starts.
— under 3-1-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 2-14
— record in first 5 innings: 5-7-2
— He hasn’t pitched against Boston.

— Minnesota is 6-5 in its last 11 games.
— Twins are 5-6 in last 11 road games.
— over 15-8-1 last 24 games
— scored run in first inning: 44-124
— record in first 5 innings: 37-63-24

— Pivetta is 2-2, 4.85 in his last six starts.
— Red Sox are 15-9 in his starts.
— under 12-2 last 14
— allowed run in first inning: 7-24
— record in first 5 innings: 10-9-5
— He allowed 4 runs in 5 IP in one start vs Minnesota.

— Boston is 3-4 in its last seven games.
— Red Sox are 7-2 in last nine home games.
— under 6-5 last 11 games
— scored run in first inning: 42-128
— record in first 5 innings: 58-51-19

Texas (43-80) @ Cleveland (60-62)
— bullpen game

— Texas lost 29 of last 37 games.
— Texas is 3-18 in last 21 road games.
— over 10-5 last 15 games.
— scored run in first inning: 25-125
— record in first 5 innings: 40-69-16

— Plesac is 1-1, 8.02 in his last four starts.
— Indians are 10-8 in his starts.
— over 8-1-1 last ten
— allowed run in first inning: 5-18
— record in first 5 innings: 6-10-2
— He is 1-0, 0.69 in two starts vs Texas.

— Cleveland won three of last four games.
— Indians are 7-9 in last 16 home games.
— under 4-3 last seven games
— scores run in first inning: 38-123
— record in first 5 innings: 48-57-18

Kansas City (57-69) @ Houston (74-52)
— Minor is 0-3, 5.40 in his last four starts.
— Kansas City is 2-8 in his last ten starts.
— under 5-0-1 last six
— allowed run in first inning: 6-25
— record in first 5 innings: 9-13-3
— He is 3-4, 4.83 in 14 starts vs Houston.

— Royals won seven of last nine games.
— Royals are 7-7 in last 14 road games.
— under 23-8-3 last 34 games.
— scores run in first inning: 27-128
— record in first 5 innings: 46-61-21

— McCullers is 2-2, 3.13 in his last four starts.
— Astros are 13-8 in his starts.
— over 11-9-1
— allowed run in first inning: 5-21
— record in first 5 innings: 12-7-2
— He is 1-0, 2.73 in five starts vs Kansas City.

— Astros are 4-6 in last ten games.
— Astros are 12-6 in last 18 home games.
— over 3-2 last five games
— scored run in first inning: 45-126
— record in first 5 innings: 69-40-17

Interleague games
Tampa Bay (78-48) @ Philadelphia (62-62)
— bullpen game

— Tampa Bay won 18 of last 24 games.
— Rays are 11-4 in last 15 road games.
— over 12-3-2 last 17 games.
— scored run in first inning: 40-126
— record in first 5 innings: 51-47-28

— Wheeler is 0-2, 7.11 in his last two starts.
— Phillies are 14-11 in his starts.
— under 4-1-1 last six
— allowed run in first inning: 5-25
— record in first 5 innings: 9-9-7
— He is 0-1, 4.50 in two starts vs Tampa Bay.

— Phillies lost six of last eight games.
— Phillies are 36-26 at home, 27-36 on road.
— under 5-2 last seven games.
— scored run in first inning: 39-124
— record in first 5 innings: 53-47-25

Detroit (59-66) @ St Louis (63-61)
— Skubal is 2-1, 1.08 in his last three starts.
— Detroit is 10-12 in his starts.
— under 7-0 last seven
— allowed run in first inning: 9-22
— record in first 5 innings: 10-12-2
— He is 0-1, 10.80 in two starts vs St Louis.

— Detroit is 4-6 in its last ten games.
— Detroit is 7-2 in last nine road games.
— under 16-6-1 last 23 games
— scored run in first inning: 27-127
— record in first 5 innings: 18-14-2 last 34

— Lester is 1-1, 7.08 in four starts for St Louis.
— Cardinals are 2-2 in his starts.
— over 3-1
— allowed run in first inning: 21-4
— record in first 5 innings: 2-2
— He is 3-6, 5.40 in 13 starts vs Detroit.

— Cardinals are 10-6 in last 16 games.
— St Louis is 5-10 in its last 15 home games.
— Under is 5-1 in their last six games.
— scored run in first inning: 43-124
— record in first 5 innings: 54-50-20

Wednesday’s umpires
Colo-Chi— Over is 9-5 in last 14 Gonzalez games.
Over is 10-6 in Livensparger games.
Az-Pitt— Road team won last six Diaz games.
SF-NY— Over is 6-3-1 in last ten Riggs games.
Wsh-Mia— Home side is 10-2 in last 12 Lentz games.
Cin-Milw— Under is 3-0-1 in last four Bucknor games.
LA-SD— Underdogs are 6-5 in last 11 Hickox games.

KC-Hst— Over is 12-5 in Ceja games.
LAA-Balt— Over is 9-6 in last 15 Moscoso games.
Chi-Tor— Over is 8-0-2 in last ten Segal games.
Minn-Bos— Under is 9-2 in last 11 Ripperger games.
Tex-Clev— Under is 10-4 in last 14 Eddings games.

Det-StL— Over is 12-8 in Torres games
TB-Phil— Under is 7-4 in last 11 Bellino games.

**Udog** · 08-25-2021, 09:13 AM

MLB

Wednesday, August 25

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Trend Report
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Detroit @ St. Louis
Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit's last 5 games on the road
Detroit is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of St. Louis's last 10 games when playing Detroit
St. Louis is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games

Kansas City @ Houston
Kansas City
Kansas City is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Kansas City is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games when playing Kansas City
Houston is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games at home

Colorado @ Chi Cubs
Colorado
Colorado is 10-3 ATS in its last 13 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Colorado's last 7 games on the road
Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Chi Cubs's last 13 games when playing at home against Colorado

LA Angels @ Baltimore
LA Angels
LA Angels is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Baltimore
LA Angels is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Baltimore
Baltimore
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Baltimore's last 6 games at home
Baltimore is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games when playing LA Angels

Tampa Bay @ Philadelphia
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
Tampa Bay is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Philadelphia's last 16 games

Arizona @ Pittsburgh
Arizona
Arizona is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
Arizona is 12-2 ATS in its last 14 games when playing Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Pittsburgh's last 10 games

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

Minnesota @ Boston
Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games on the road
Boston
Boston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
Boston is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home

Texas @ Cleveland
Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas's last 5 games when playing Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Texas's last 5 games
Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games when playing Texas
Cleveland is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games

Washington @ Miami
Washington
Washington is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Miami
Washington is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Miami
Miami
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Miami's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Miami's last 6 games when playing Washington

San Francisco @ NY Mets
San Francisco
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Francisco's last 6 games
San Francisco is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
NY Mets
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Mets's last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Mets's last 5 games when playing San Francisco

Cincinnati @ Milwaukee
Cincinnati
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Cincinnati's last 7 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee
Cincinnati is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee
Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Milwaukee's last 7 games when playing at home against Cincinnati
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 6 games

LA Dodgers @ San Diego
LA Dodgers
LA Dodgers is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games
LA Dodgers is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games on the road
San Diego
San Diego is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing LA Dodgers
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Diego's last 7 games

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**Udog** · 08-25-2021, 09:14 AM

MLB
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Wednesday, August 25

**Udog** · 08-25-2021, 10:09 AM

MLB
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Wednesday, August 25

**Udog** · 08-25-2021, 11:49 AM

Diamond Trends for Wednesday August 25
Vince Akins

SU Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: Cincinnati at Milwaukee (8:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Brewers are 8-0 SU since Jun. 6, 2021 as a home favorite of at least -140 off a home game in which they had a comeback win.

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Texas at Cleveland (7:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Rangers are 0-20 SU since Jul. 31, 2018 as a road underdog of more than +165 after they held a multiple-run lead last game.

OU Trend of the Day
Matchup: Kansas City at Houston (2:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Astros are 0-8-1 OU (-3.56 ppg) since Jun. 3, 2021 at home after a game as a home favorite in which they scored in at most two separate innings.

Starter-Based Trend of the Day
Matchup: Texas at Cleveland (7:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Indianas are 9-0 SU since Jul. 16 2019 when Zach Plesac starts at home when they won in his last start against this team .

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

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