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**Udog** · 05-30-2017, 08:52 AM

Armadillo: Tuesday's six-pack

Updated odds to win the World Series:

5-1- Houston Astros

6-1— Chicago Cubs

7-1— San Francisco Giants

15-2— Boston Red Sox

8-1— Cleveland Indians

17-2— Los Angeles Dodgers

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Armadillo: Tuesday's List of 13: Nobody asked me, but…….

13) I’m not real interested in how long baseball games last; I enjoy watching the game, but some people are bent out of shape because games are longer now. One easy way to shorten games; eliminate coaches’ visits to the mound. There’s your 5-7 minutes a game right there.

12) Last week, Marlins’ manager Don Mattingly put Giancarlo Stanton in the #2 spot in the order, which was surprising, but since then, Stanton is 11-26 with two walks, so he has gotten better pitches to hit in that spot. The two walks were last night; one was intentional.

11) Underrated: Joe Gibbs won three Super Bowls coaching the Redskins; now he owns NASCAR teams and is a giant in that sport. Not many people have been so prominent in two different sports.

10) Mets’ OF Michael Conforto has impressive bloodlines; his mother won two gold medals in the Olympics in synchronized swimming. His dad played football at Penn State.

9) Was reading on SI.com where the Falcons’ new domed stadium will have 1,264 beer taps in it. The GeorgiaDome had 30 beer taps.

8) Miami Hurricanes missed out on the NCAA baseball tournament for the first time in 45 years; losing a series to Dartmouth isn’t good for your tournament resume.

7) Only four of the Braves’ first 49 games (2-2) have come against lefty starting pitchers.

6) In college basketball, Belmont has finished #1 in whole country in 2-point FG% four of the last five years; thats hard to believe, but they run lot of backdoor plays and get lot of layups. Still, with 351 teams in the country. to be #1 four out of five years is really impressive.

5) Astros (10 games), Nationals (8.5 games) have huge divisional leads; 2nd place in the NL East is 21-27, so thats a terrible division. 2nd place in AL West is 26-27. Those two teams will basically coast from here into the playoffs.

4) Second Wild Card in NL is 10 games over .500, so going to be hard to make the playoffs there. In AL, second Wild Card is only two games over .500, so a straggler now can get hot and become a contender.

This stuff will influence who is a seller when the trade deadline rolls around. Lesser teams in the National League are more likely to sell off veteran players than American League teams.

3) Astros 16, Twins 8— Minnesota led this game 8-2 after seven innings behind Ervin Santana, who has a 1.75 ERA. Twins’ bullpen then allowed 11 runs in the 8th inning, three more in the 9th- they faced 22 hitters- 16 of them reached base, 14 scored. Yikes.

Houston has a team like the Red Sox teams when they had Butch Hobson batting 9th when he knocked in 100 runs. You cannot outslug the Astros; very impressive lineup.

Elias Sports says that before Monday, Astros were 0-659 in franchise history when trailing by 6+ runs in the 8th inning. Now they’re 1-659.

2) Nationals 3, Giants 0— In the top of the 8th, reliever Hunter Strickland drilled Bryce Harper in the hip and a hockey fight broke out— a real donnybrook, a Pier 6 brawl. Harper got a couple shots in before both benches converged on the mound.

Seemed like there was some history there- they seemed to actually dislike each other— turns out Harper homered twice off Strickland in the 2014 playoffs; one ball went in the upper deck at Nationals Park, the other one landed in McCovey Cove. Only times they’ve faced each other, until Monday.

1) Mike Trout has a torn ligament in his left thumb, will miss a couple weeks unless surgery is needed, then it’ll be a lot more than that.

**Udog** · 05-30-2017, 09:20 AM

WNBA
Dunkel

Tuesday, May 30

Indiana @ Dallas

Game 653-654
May 30, 2017 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Indiana
107.228
Dallas
107.520
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Indiana
Even
162
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Dallas
by 3 1/2
167
Dunkel Pick:
Indiana
(+3 1/2); Under

Los Angeles @ New York

Game 651-652
May 30, 2017 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Los Angeles
115.628
New York
109.842
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Los Angeles
by 6
163
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Los Angeles
by 3 1/2
157 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Los Angeles
(-3 1/2); Over

WNBA
Long Sheet

Tuesday, May 30

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LOS ANGELES (2 - 2) at NEW YORK (2 - 2) - 5/30/2017, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NEW YORK is 5-15 ATS (-11.5 Units) in home games over the last 2 seasons.
NEW YORK is 5-15 ATS (-11.5 Units) in a home game where where the total is greater than or equal to 150 over the last 2 seasons.
NEW YORK is 3-12 ATS (-10.2 Units) in home games in May, June, or July games over the last 2 seasons.
NEW YORK is 7-16 ATS (-10.6 Units) against Western conference opponents over the last 2 seasons.
NEW YORK is 7-16 ATS (-10.6 Units) in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
LOS ANGELES is 3-2 against the spread versus NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES is 3-2 straight up against NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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INDIANA (2 - 3) at DALLAS (2 - 2) - 5/30/2017, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DALLAS is 4-14 ATS (-11.4 Units) against Eastern conference opponents over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 4-14 ATS (-11.4 Units) in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 12-22 ATS (-12.2 Units) after allowing 75 points or more over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 9-18 ATS (-10.8 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 77+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
DALLAS is 2-2 against the spread versus INDIANA over the last 3 seasons
INDIANA is 3-2 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WNBA

Tuesday, May 30

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
LOS ANGELES vs. NEW YORK
Los Angeles is 5-11 ATS in its last 16 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 6 games when playing on the road against New York
New York is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing Los Angeles
New York is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games at home

8:00 PM
INDIANA vs. DALLAS
Indiana is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games when playing Dallas
Indiana is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Dallas
Dallas is 6-14 ATS in its last 20 games
Dallas is 3-9 SU in its last 12 games when playing Indiana

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**Udog** · 05-30-2017, 12:36 PM

NBA
Dunkel

Thursday, June 1

Cleveland @ Golden State

Game 701-702
June 1, 2017 @ 9:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Cleveland
127.934
Golden State
140.845
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Golden State
by 13
233
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Golden State
by 7
225 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Golden State
(-7); Over

NBA
Long Sheet

Thursday, June 1

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CLEVELAND (63 - 32) at GOLDEN STATE (79 - 15) - 6/1/2017, 9:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CLEVELAND is 3-12 ATS (-10.2 Units) in road games in non-conference games this season.
GOLDEN STATE is 106-88 ATS (+9.2 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
GOLDEN STATE is 99-84 ATS (+6.6 Units) as a favorite over the last 2 seasons.
GOLDEN STATE is 85-64 ATS (+14.6 Units) in home games over the last 3 seasons.
GOLDEN STATE is 53-33 ATS (+16.7 Units) in all playoff games since 1996.
GOLDEN STATE is 32-23 ATS (+6.7 Units) after a win by 10 points or more this season.
GOLDEN STATE is 63-48 ATS (+10.2 Units) after 3 or more consecutive wins over the last 2 seasons.
GOLDEN STATE is 26-15 ATS (+9.5 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
GOLDEN STATE is 17-8 ATS (+8.2 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record - 2nd half of the season this season.
GOLDEN STATE is 23-13 ATS (+8.7 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game this season.
GOLDEN STATE is 24-11 ATS (+11.9 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game - 2nd half of the season over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
GOLDEN STATE is 10-9 against the spread versus CLEVELAND over the last 3 seasons
GOLDEN STATE is 11-8 straight up against CLEVELAND over the last 3 seasons
12 of 17 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Thursday, June 1

Golden State is 12-0 in playoffs, Cleveland 12-1. Teams meet in NBA Finals for third straight year; Cavaliers rallied from down 3-1 LY to win title. Cleveland is 5-2 in last seven series games; they won two of last three games in Oakland, but lost 126-91 here in January. Under is 6-2-1 in last nine series games. Cleveland is 7-0 on road in playoffs; they led by 21 in only playoff game they’ve lost this spring. Over is 6-3 in last nine Cavalier games, Golden State covered five of its last six games; they’re 2-4 vs spread at home in playoffs. Warriors’ last five games all went over the total.

NBA

Thursday, June 1

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Trend Report
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9:00 PM
CLEVELAND vs. GOLDEN STATE
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland's last 6 games when playing on the road against Golden State
Cleveland is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Golden State
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Golden State's last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Golden State's last 5 games

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