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**Udog** · 06-28-2015, 07:06 AM

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

More pointspreads for six of college football's more interesting games this year:

-- Sept 3: Michigan @ Utah (-4)

-- Sept 4: Washington @ Boise State (-13)

-- Sept 5: Texas @ Notre Dame (-7.5)

-- Sept 19: Stanford @ USC (-4)

-- Sept 26: Tennessee (-2.5) @ Florida

-- Oct 3: Ole Miss (-6) at Florida

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Armadillo: Sunday's List of 13: Random stuff with weekend here.....

13) Rangers 4, Blue Jays 0-- Yovani Gallardo blanked the Jays for 8.1 innings in the Rogers Centre, which is super impressive this season-- Toronto only got five men on base against him and they score a lot of runs at home.

12) People are very nice in Toronto; rookie Matt Boyd left his first major league start down 4-0 in the 7th inning, but got a nice ovation from the home crowd. Think he gets a nice ovation in NYC if he leaves with the home side down 4-nil? Me either.

11) Angels 4, Mariners 2-- Robinson Cano was sitting in dugout in between innings when an errant warmup throw drilled him in the forehead and forced him out of this game. Freak accident but another lousy night in a dismal Seattle season.

10) Kenny Albert came up with a great stat on FOX Saturday; the last 11 no-hitters were all thrown by National League pitchers. Last AL pitcher to toss a no-hitter was Felix Hernandez in 2012.

9) Speaking of no-hitters, a lefty named Ken Holtzman threw two of them for the Cubs, one in '69, one in '71. The first one, August 19, 1969 came against an Atlanta team that had Hank Aaron-Rico Carty-Orlando Cepeda batting 3-4-5. Damn- you toss a no-hitter against those three guys, thats a full day's work.

But the oddity of that no-hitter is this; Holtzman didn't strike anyone out, not even the opposing pitcher (Phil Niekro).

8) Holtzman has a special place in my heart because the Cubs traded him to Oakland after the '71 season (for Rick Monday) and he helped the A's win three World Series in a row, in 72-73-74. He was a very underrated big-game pitcher.

7) Staying in Oakland for a minute, you can buy a ticket package of all 13 A's home games in July, for..........take a guess. How much you think 13 games would go for? I'll post the answer a little further down the line in today's article.

6) Andrew Cashner has given up 19 unearned runs this season, partially because he isn't pitching as well, partially because the Padres are terrible on defense. Jon Niese has allowed the second-most unearned runs this season, with 11.

5) Jose Altuve is trailing in the All-Star voting, which is fine with me; he is on my fantasy team and I'd just as soon he had the four days off to rest his legs.

4) Not sure why, but Jeff Samardzija has allowed a run or more in first inning in nine of his last eleven starts, which is really bad. A's got Marcus Semien and Josh Phegley for Samardzija and right now, they might have gotten the better end of the deal.

You can buy a ticket package to all 13 Oakland home games in July for $89; that is less than $7 a game. Lot of places, one beer costs $7, or more.

3) Karl-Anthony Towns went #1 in the NBA Draft; six guys on Kentucky played more minutes than he did last winter. Has that ever happened before?

2) Oakland Raiders lost the Super Bowl after the 2002 season, but they got there; since that day, the Raiders are 56-136, which is hard to believe.

1) NBA free agency starts Wednesday; NBA is one league where the off-season is often more interesting than the actual season.

**Udog** · 06-28-2015, 07:09 AM

WNBA
Long Sheet

Sunday, June 28

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LOS ANGELES (0 - 6) at NEW YORK (4 - 4) - 6/28/2015, 3:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
LOS ANGELES is 31-48 ATS (-21.8 Units) in all games over the last 3 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 2-10 ATS (-9.0 Units) on Sunday games over the last 2 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 23-43 ATS (-24.3 Units) after 3 or more consecutive overs since 1997.
LOS ANGELES is 145-185 ATS (-58.5 Units) after scoring 75 points or more since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
NEW YORK is 2-2 against the spread versus LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES is 3-1 straight up against NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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CHICAGO (5 - 3) at WASHINGTON (5 - 3) - 6/28/2015, 4:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CHICAGO is 0-6 ATS (-6.6 Units) as a road underdog of 3 points or less over the last 3 seasons.
CHICAGO is 10-19 ATS (-10.9 Units) after allowing 75 points or more over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 7-18 ATS (-12.8 Units) after scoring 75 points or more over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 7-0 ATS (+7.0 Units) as a road favorite of 3 points or less over the last 3 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 262-322 ATS (-92.2 Units) in all games since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 28-48 ATS (-24.8 Units) as a home favorite of 3 points or less since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 84-113 ATS (-40.3 Units) in home games in May, June, or July games since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 166-211 ATS (-66.1 Units) vs. division opponents since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 6-19 ATS (-14.9 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 11-25 ATS (-16.5 Units) in home games off a upset loss as a favorite since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 4-4 against the spread versus CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
CHICAGO is 6-3 straight up against WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
5 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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SEATTLE (2 - 5) at TULSA (7 - 1) - 6/28/2015, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SEATTLE is 15-25 ATS (-12.5 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
SEATTLE is 12-23 ATS (-13.3 Units) in May, June, or July games over the last 2 seasons.
SEATTLE is 6-15 ATS (-10.5 Units) in road games revenging a loss versus opponent over the last 3 seasons.
TULSA is 7-0 ATS (+7.0 Units) in all games this season.
TULSA is 7-0 ATS (+7.0 Units) in June games this season.
TULSA is 7-0 ATS (+7.0 Units) in May, June, or July games this season.
TULSA is 18-9 ATS (+8.1 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
TULSA is 6-4 against the spread versus SEATTLE over the last 3 seasons
TULSA is 6-4 straight up against SEATTLE over the last 3 seasons
5 of 10 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WNBA

Sunday, June 28

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Trend Report
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3:00 PM
LOS ANGELES vs. NEW YORK
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Los Angeles's last 8 games when playing on the road against New York
Los Angeles is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 games when playing New York
New York is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of New York's last 7 games when playing Los Angeles

4:00 PM
CHICAGO vs. WASHINGTON
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago's last 6 games when playing Washington
Chicago is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Washington
Washington is 4-15 SU in its last 19 games when playing Chicago
Washington is 2-10-2 ATS in its last 14 games

7:00 PM
SEATTLE vs. TULSA
Seattle is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Seattle is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Tulsa is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Seattle
Tulsa is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

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WNBA

Sunday, June 28

Shock remain perfeact against the spread

The Tulsa Shock recorded a 71-62 win over the New York Liberty Friday evening, improving to 7-1 straight up and an unblemished 8-0 against the spread to start the WNBA season.

The Shock are now the only unbeaten team in the league at the betting window after the Connecticut Sun failed to cover the spread as 7-point home faves in an 80-76 win over the L.A. Sparks Friday.

Tulsa hosts the Seattle Storm as 11-point home faves Sunday evening.

Mystics have yet to cover spread at home this season

The Washington Mystics might be 5-3 straight up in the early stages of the WNBA season, but they have not lined bettors' pockets when they play at home. The Mystics head into Sunday's home date with the Chicago Sky with an 0-4 record against the spread on their own floor.

The Mystics have failed on their home floor as faves of 7, 5.5, 3.5 and 11.5 points in Washington so far this season.

Oddsmakers opened the Mystics as 1-point home dogs with the Sky in town. Chicago heads in with a 3-3 ATS record on the road.

**Udog** · 06-28-2015, 08:49 AM

WNBA
Dunkel

Sunday, June 28

Los Angeles @ New York

Game 601-602
June 28, 2015 @ 3:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Los Angeles
113.210
New York
114.750
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
New York
by 1 1/2
133
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
New York
by 4 1/2
139
Dunkel Pick:
Los Angeles
(+4 1/2); Under

Chicago @ Washington

Game 603-604
June 28, 2015 @ 4:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Chicago
110.207
Washington
116.170
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 6
150
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Chicago
by 1
157
Dunkel Pick:
Washington
(+1); Under

Seattle @ Tulsa

Game 605-606
June 28, 2015 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Seattle
99.337
Tulsa
114.837
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Tulsa
by 15 1/2
154
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Tulsa
by 11 1/2
148 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Tulsa
(-11 1/2); Over

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