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**Udog** · 07-17-2017, 08:44 AM

Armadillo: Monday's six-pack

— Nationals 14, Reds 4— Washington outscored Reds 29-11 the last three days.

— Dodgers 3, Marlins 2— LA won its last nine games, is now 64-29

— Cubs 8, Orioles 0— Quintana had 12 K’s, allowed three baserunners in seven IP

— Braves 7, Arizona 1— Atlanta has found its way back to .500 (45-45).

— A’s 7, Indians 3— Trevor Bauer threw 43 pitches, never finished the first inning.

— RIP Martin Landau 89, who passed away Sunday. A great actor; he played the law professor in Rounders. His scenes with Matt Damon were tremendous.

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Armadillo: Monday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports weekend……

13) Being an A’s fan isn’t as fun as it used to be; Oakland had a great walk-off win Saturday night- they’re 7-2 in their last nine games, but then Sunday they traded Doolittle/Madson to Washington, for two Class A prospects and Blake Treinen, who if he was any good, this trade wouldn’t have happened.

I mentioned the other day how the A’s had roughly $24.5M on the books for 2018-20, total; well, dealing Doolittle/Madsen eliminates about half of that amount.

It is now an annual event, like the swallows returning to Capistrano; the A’s don’t contend, then they sell some of their decent players for minor leaguers in July, then are lousy the rest of the year, they make excuses about being a small market team. Oy.

On July 31, 2014, the then-contending A’s traded Yoenis Cespedes for free agent-to-be Jon Lester and Jonny Gomes- since that genius move, Oakland is 201-270, but no one in the front office gets fired. Coaches on field get fired; they don’t create the roster. Go figure.

12) A’s social media was working overtime after the trade was announced, liking every positive tweet that ran after the walk-off win Saturday night, trying to create positive vibes.

Positive vibes come from having a contending team, or at least trying to have one.

11) NL Wild Card race is going to get crazy; Rockies are 6-15 in their last 21 games; Arizona is 3-11 in its last 14 games, as the Dodgers pull away in the NL West. The Wild Card pack is going to catch up quickly unless the Rockies/D’Backs wake up.

10) Christopher Kamka on Twitter pointed out that Jose Quintana is 9th guy to pitch for both Cubs/White Sox in same season; last one was Matt Karchner, in 1998.

9) I’m adamant that when a player assists on a 3-point basket, he should get 1.5 assists; just like if a pass leads to free throws, he should get half an assist for each foul shot made.

8) Phillies-Brewers wore late 70’s/early 80’s throwbacks this weekend; Phillies wore light blue road unis, which lot of teams wore back then.

They closed the roof at Miller Park in the 2nd inning, which according to Brewers’ TV guys, changes how fly balls carry in the park. Ryan Braun struggled on a fly ball right after the roof closed. Once the roof is closed during a game, it cannot be re-opened during the game.

7) 7-foot and 8-foot high outfield fences are awesome in baseball, because guys can rob home runs. Marcell Ozuna made a great catch Sunday, robbing Kike Hernandez of a homer in the sixth inning. Check out MLB Network for highlights; you worry when a fielder climbs a chain-link fence- you don’t want his cleats to stick in there, but this was a tremendous play.

6) Chris Paul’s AAU team won the Peach Jam tournament in Augusta this weekend, which is a very good tournament. Decent amount of NBA players sponsor AAU teams.

5) Jordan Spieth’s brother Steven is on the Dallas Mavericks’ squad in the Las Vegas summer league. Steven went to college at Brown; he had 5 points against the Celtics Saturday night.

4) Odd Stats of the Day: The Cubs have won their last 13 games played on July 15.

Mets won their last 18 games when one of their pitchers homers in that game.

3) Seattle Mariners’ catcher Mike Zunino grew up in Florida; was he destined to play for Seattle? He played for Mariner High School is Cape Coral, FL.

2) Jed Lowrie makes $6.5M; he is now the Oakland A’s highest-paid player, which means he will be gone too, soon. Sonny Gray makes $3,575,000 a year; he better not get traded unless they get back really, really strong prospects in return. Good starting pitchers are invaluable.

1) Another Bastille Day passes with no mention of Sebastian Cabot, who played Mr French on the 60’s sitcom Family Affair. Who was more French than Mr French?

**Udog** · 07-17-2017, 08:50 AM

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Monday, July 17

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INDIANA (7 - 11) at LOS ANGELES (13 - 5) - 7/17/2017, 10:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
LOS ANGELES is 2-18 ATS (-17.8 Units) as a home favorite of 12.5 to 15 points since 1997.
LOS ANGELES is 5-25 ATS (-22.5 Units) as a home favorite of 12.5 to 18 points since 1997.
LOS ANGELES is 6-25 ATS (-21.5 Units) as a home favorite of 12.5 or more points since 1997.
LOS ANGELES is 61-90 ATS (-38.0 Units) in a home game where where the total is greater than or equal to 150 since 1997.
LOS ANGELES is 91-121 ATS (-42.1 Units) after a win by 10 points or more since 1997.
LOS ANGELES is 172-220 ATS (-70.0 Units) after scoring 75 points or more since 1997.
LOS ANGELES is 10-20 ATS (-12.0 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 85-118 ATS (-44.8 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 77+ points/game since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
INDIANA is 5-2 against the spread versus LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES is 4-3 straight up against INDIANA over the last 3 seasons
5 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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Monday, July 17

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Trend Report
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10:30 PM
INDIANA vs. LOS ANGELES
Indiana is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games
Indiana is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 7 games when playing Indiana
Los Angeles is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Indiana

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