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**Udog** · 06-05-2019, 08:50 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

— Giants 9, Mets 3 (10)— If you bet the under, my condolences.

— It is June 5; the Phillies have already used 41 players this year.

— Dodgers 9, Arizona 0— Hyun-Jin Ryu allowed two ER in his last 44.2 IP.

— If you’re wondering, Tim Tebow is batting .159 at AAA Syracuse.

— RIP Alan Young, who passed away at 96; he played Wilbur Post on the classic TV show Mr Ed.

— Bruins’ Zdeno Chara (broken jaw) hasn’t been ruled out of Game 5 in the Stanley Cup finals. Hockey players are tough.

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Armadillo: Wednesday's List of 13: Mid-week musings…….

13) There are 256 regular season games in the NFL every year; last year, 73 of them (28.5%) were decided by 3 or fewer points.

12) Las Vegas Bowl is one of the first beneficiaries of the new domed stadium in Las Vegas; the LV Bowl will now feature a matchup of a Pac-12 team vs either an SEC team or Big 14 team every year, starting in 2020. The bowl also moves into a post-Christmas slot; the #2 Pac-12 team will be heading to Las Vegas for this game.

11) Since 2011, there have been 12 Pac-12-SEC football games:
2011:
LSU +3 W40-27 vs Oregon
2012:
LSU -23 W41-3 Washington
Missouri -3 W24-20 Arizona State
2013:
Tennessee +28 L14-59 @ Oregon
Auburn -14 W31-24 Auburn
2015:
Tex A&M -3 W38-17 vs Arizona St.
2016:
Tex A&M -3 W31-24 OT UCLA
Alabama -11.5 W52-6 vs USC
Alabama -13.5 W24-7 vs Washington
2017:
Tex A&M +5.5 L44-45 @ UCLA
Ole Miss -7 L16-27 @ California
2018:
Auburn -2 W21-16 vs Washington

SEC teams are 9-3 SU in those games, 9-3 vs spread, 7-2 when favored.

10) Michigan landed former Alabama assistant Josh Gattis as its new offensive coordinator at least in part because Nick Saban doesn’t want a play caller who has never called plays before, so he wouldn’t name Gattis as the Crimson Tide’s OC.

As a player, Gattis starred at safety for Wake Forest and was the leader of the only Demon Deacons team that won the ACC title and went to the Orange Bowl.

9) North Carolina football coach Mack Brown has had his right knee replaced by a surgeon who once played for him, Dr. Michael Bolognesi, who played DB for Brown at UNC from 1989-93.

8) There were only three high school pitchers taken in the first round of the baseball draft, the lowest amount since 2008.

7) Baseball stuff:
— Phillies lost OF Andrew McCutchen (torn ACL) for the season.
— Tigers put 3B Jeimer Candelario (shoulder) on IL.
— Indians put P Jefry Rodriguez (shoulder) on IL.
— Royals put 3B Hunter Dozier (right side) on IL.

6) Northern Arizona basketball coach Jack Murphy is leaving the Lumberjacks to become the associate head coach at Arizona, his alma mater. Murphy went 78-149 in seven years at NAU and was going into the final year of his contract, which means he was probably getting fired next spring unless the Lumberjacks won the Big Sky, so he jumped ship before he got pushed.

5) Odds to win college basketball national title next April:
8-1— Michigan State
10-1— Kentucky, Duke
12-1— Kansas, Memphis
16-1— North Carolina, Villanova
20-1— Gonzaga, Louisville, Oregon, Virginia

4) Kawhi Leonard filed a lawsuit against Nike on Monday in California in an attempt to reclaim control over a logo Leonard says he created, when he was a Nike client. Leonard signed a deal with New Balance earlier this season.

3) UConn added grad transfer QB Micah Lemon from NC State, which prompted Huskies’ QB Marvin Washington to announce he was leaving UConn. Huskies’ WR Keyion Dixon also said he would be leaving the UConn program.

2) RJ Hampton was a highly sought after basketball recruit who instead chose to play pro ball in New Zealand this season, which is his business, but supposedly he signed the pro contract a full month before he told the college teams that he wouldn’t be playing for them.

Why would someone do this? Once he signed the contract, there was no going back. Lot of people, both coaches/other recruits, were waiting for his decision so the next domino in the process could fall.

Without knowing all the fact, it does seem very selfish.

1) St. Louis Blues have never won a Stanley Cup, but four of their former coaches have won 17 of them; their series with Boston now stands at 2-2. Blues have an interim coach (Craig Berube).

**Udog** · 06-05-2019, 08:53 AM

WNBA
Dunkel

Wednesday, June 5

Chicago @ Washington

Game 637-638
June 5, 2019 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Chicago
106.546
Washington
114.104
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 7 1/2
175
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Washington
No Line
N/A
Dunkel Pick:
Washington
N/A

WNBA
Long Sheet

Wednesday, June 5

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CHICAGO (1 - 1) at WASHINGTON (1 - 1) - 6/5/2019, 7:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 6-0 against the spread versus CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 6-0 straight up against CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
4 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WNBA

Wednesday, June 5

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Trend Report
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Chicago Sky
Chicago is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
Chicago is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Chicago is 5-12 SU in its last 17 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago's last 6 games on the road
Chicago is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Washington
Chicago is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago's last 6 games when playing Washington
Chicago is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington
Chicago is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington
Washington Mystics
Washington is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
Washington is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games at home
Washington is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games at home
Washington is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Chicago
Washington is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington's last 6 games when playing Chicago
Washington is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Chicago
Washington is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Chicago

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**Udog** · 06-05-2019, 11:29 AM

Chicago Sky at Washington Mystics (-10.5, 168.5)

Home is where the heart is to start the 2019 WNBA season, and that heart is running over with cash after host teams opened the schedule with a 13-4-1 ATS mark against the pointspread. And depending on where you got the New York Liberty Tuesday (+7 to +5), that home record could be even better.

The Washington Mystics are the lone home side on the WNBA odds board Wednesday, welcoming the Chicago Sky to the nation’s capital. The Mystics are 1-1 to start the season but their opening game of the calendar (an 84-69 loss at Connecticut) was played without plenty of key contributors. Superstar Elena Delle Donne, forward Aerial Powers, and rookie guard Kiara Leslie all sat out the 2019 debut.

Washington looked much stronger in its second game (a 96-75 home win over Atlanta), getting 18 points and seven rebounds from a returning Delle Donne. The team is expected to have the 6-foot Powers back in action for Wednesday’s home stand with the Sky and that gives a boost to an offense putting up an average of 82.5 points through two games. Chicago comes into this contest ranked last in defense, giving up 89 and 79 points in its first two outings.

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