Sunday Trends and Indexes 5/31 (NBA, MLB, Misc.)

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MLB
Short Sheet


Sunday, 5/31/2009

National League

FLORIDA at NY METS, 1:10 PM ET
VOLSTAD: 6-0 TSR Away vs. division
MAINE: 23-9 Over when the total is 7 to 8.5

WASHINGTON at PHILADELPHIA, 1:35 PM ET
LANNAN: Washington 5-24 vs. division
MOYER: 28-11 TSR vs. division

HOUSTON at PITTSBURGH, 1:35 PM ET
HAMPTON: Houston 10-21 vs. division
MAHOLM: Pittsburgh 15-4 Under at home vs. Houston

CINCINNATI at MILWAUKEE, 2:05 PM ET
OWINGS: Cincinnati 9-0 after allowing 8+ runs
GALLARDO: Milwaukee 18-10 Over off a win

SAN DIEGO at COLORADO, 3:10 PM ET
GAUDIN: SD 9-25 off one run loss
DE LA ROSA: Colorado 8-0 Under after a game with a combined score of 15+ runs

ST LOUIS at SAN FRANCISCO, 4:05 PM ET
WAINWRIGHT: 19-9 TSR in road games
SANCHEZ: SF 13-3 Over off BB homerless games

ATLANTA at ARIZONA, 4:10 PM ET
MEDLEN: Atlanta 16-5 Under revenging loss as road favorite
SCHERZER: Arizona 6-15 off a win

LA DODGERS at CHICAGO CUBS, 8:05 PM ET ESPN
MILTON: Dodgers 11-5 as road underdog
MARSHALL: 4-11 TSR in home games

American League

NY YANKEES at CLEVELAND, 12:40 PM ET
HUGHES: Yankees 36-18 after a win by 4+ runs
PAVANO: Cleveland 20-4 Over as an underdog

BOSTON at TORONTO, 1:07 PM ET
LESTER: Boston 11-25 on artificial turf
ROMERO: Toronto 15-5 in day games

MINNESOTA at TAMPA BAY, 1:38 PM ET
BLACKBURN: 9-1 TSR off BB team losses
GARZA: 11-17 TSR as a favorite

DETROIT at BALTIMORE, 1:35 PM ET
JACKSON: Detroit 26-15 on grass
BERKEN: Baltimore 5-27 on Sundays

CHI WHITE SOX at KANSAS CITY, 2:10 PM ET
DANKS: 12-3 Under in day games
GREINKE: KC 45-34 vs. lefties

OAKLAND at TEXAS, 3:05 PM ET
BRADEN: Oakland 3-17 Away off loss by 10+ runs
MILLWOOD: Texas 13-2 vs. division

SEATTLE at LA ANGELS, 3:35 PM ET
OLSON: Sea 54-90 vs. right-handed starters
SANTANA: Angels 25-6 off BB losses

** (TC) Denotes Time Change

[Udog]

NHL
Short Sheet


Sunday, May 31st

Stanley Cup Finals
Game Two
Detroit Leads, 1-0
Pittsburgh at Detroit, 8:05 ET

Pittsburgh:
13-4 SU in Game 2's
22-10 SU playing with double revenge

Detroit:
14-2 Over off BB Unders
25-15 Over off BB wins

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NHL
Dunkel


Pittsburgh at Detroit
The Penguins look to bounce back from yesterday's 3-1 loss and build on their 41-18 record in their last 59 games after scoring 2 goals or less in the previous contest. Pittsburgh is the underdog pick (+120) according to Dunkel, which has the Penguins favored by 1. Dunkel Pick: Pittsburgh (+120). Here are all of today's playoff picks.

SUNDAY, MAY 31

Game 3-4: Pittsburgh at Detroit
Dunkel Ratings: Pittsburgh 14.538; Detroit 13.574
Dunkel Line & Total: Pittsburgh by 1; 4 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: Detroit (-140); 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Pittsburgh (+120); Under

[Udog]

MLB
Write-Up


Sunday, May 31

Hot Pitchers
-- Maine is 4-1, 3.25 in his last six starts.
-- Maholm is 2-0, 1.98 in four home starts this season.
-- Gallardo is 2-0, 0.86 in his last three home starts.
-- Scherzer is 2-0, 2.37 in his last three starts.
-- Wainwright is 2-1, 1.14 in his last three starts.
-- Milton is 1-0, 3.00 in his two starts this season.

-- Former Bronx Bomber Pavano is 5-1, 3.58 in May. Hughes is 2-0, 3.00 in his last three starts (Bronx scored 30 runs).
-- Romero has 3.08 RA in four starts this season.
-- Jackson is 3-1, 2.54 in his last four starts. Berken beat Toronto in his first start (two runs in five IP).
-- Blackburn is 2-0, 1.88 in his last four starts. Former Twin Garza has 2.22 RA in his last four home starts.
-- Rangers won four of Millwood's five home starts.
-- Greinke is 8-1, 0.96 in ten starts this season.

Cold Pitchers
-- Volstad is 2-3, 5.28 in his last five starts.
-- Moyer is 0-4, 10.12 in his last four starts. Lannan is 0-1, 7.59 in two starts against the Phillies this season.
-- Hampton is 1-3, 7.92 in his last six starts.
-- Owings is 0-1, 9.00 in two starts since he had to pitch in relief in long game in San Diego May 16.
-- de la Rosa is 0-2, 18.00 in his last two starts. Gaudin is 0-3, 7.66 in his last four road starts.
-- Medlen is 0-2, 8.72 in his first two major league starts.
-- Giants lost five of last six Sanchez starts.
-- Cubs are 1-3 in Marshall's home starts (1-2, 3.75).

-- Lester is 1-3, 7.04 in five road starts.
-- Danks has a 7.50 RA in his last six starts.
-- Braden is 1-3, 4.86 in his last five starts.
-- Santana is 0-2, 7.82 in three starts this season. Mariners are 0-2 when Olson starts (0-1, 3.75).

Hot Teams
-- Dodgers won eight of their last eleven road games.
-- Mets won six of their last eight games. .
-- Phillies won three of their last four games.
-- Reds won four of their last six games.
-- Rockies are 2-0 since changing managers. .
-- Arizona won four of its last five games.
-- Cardinals won eight of their last eleven games. Giants won four of their last five games.

-- Toronto is 15-4 in its last nineteen home games.
-- Orioles won seven of their last nine games.
-- Bronx won ten of its last thirteen road games.
-- Rangers won 12 of last 14 home games.
-- White Sox won eight of their last eleven games. .

Cold Teams
-- Marlins lost six of their last nine road games.
-- Cubs lost nine of their last thirteen games.
-- Washington is 3-17 in its last twenty games.
-- Astros lost eight of their last nine games. Pirates lost six of their last nine games.
-- Brewers lost five of their last eight games.
-- Padres lost 13 of their last 15 road games.
-- Braves lost five of their last six games.

-- Indians are 5-7 in their last twelve home games.
-- Red Sox lost eight of their last eleven road games.
-- Rays lost five of their last seven games. Twins are 1-11 in their last dozen road games.
-- Oakland lost nine of its last eleven road games.
-- Detroit lost six of its last nine road games.
-- Royals lost eight of their last ten games.
-- Mariners lost ten of their last fourteen road games. Angels lost four of their last five games.

Totals
-- Nine of last eleven Cub games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 7-3 in last ten Philadelphia home games.
-- Over is 9-4 in Houston's last thirteen road games.
-- Seven of last ten Florida road games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 12-4 in last sixteen games at Miller Park.
-- Over is 7-1-1 in San Diego's last nine road games.
-- Ten of last fourteen Arizona home games went over the total.
-- Over is 8-3-1 in Giants' last twelve home games.

-- Nine of last twelve Detroit games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 12-3-1 in last sixteen Red Sox games.
-- Over is 11-5 in Indians' last sixteen games.
-- Over is 9-5-1 in last fifteen Tampa Bay games.
-- Eight of last eleven Oakland road games went over the total.
-- Under is 5-2-1 in White Sox' last eight games.
-- Ten of last twelve Angel home games stayed under the total.

Umpires
-- Fla-NY-- Underdog is 6-3 in last nine TWelke games.
-- Atl-Az-- Five of seven Campos games stayed under the total.
-- LA-Chi-- Seven of last ten Drake games went over the total.
-- Wsh-Phil-- Four of last six Demuth games went over the total.
-- Hst-Pitt-- Under is 8-3 in Hirschbeck games this season.
-- Cin-Mil-- Underdog won five of last six Wolf games.
-- SD-Col-- Five of last seven Guccione games stayed under the total.
-- StL-SF-- Seven of last nine Reilly games went over the total.

-- Bos-Tor-- Last five Fletcher games stayed under the total.
-- Min-TB-- Under is 8-1-1 in last ten Hoye games.
-- Det-Balt-- Favorite won six of last seven Holbrook games.
-- NY-Clev-- Six of last eight Nelson games went over the total.
-- Chi-KC-- Four of last five Nauert games went over the total.
-- A's-Tex-- Under is 3-1-1 in last five Davis games, after his first seven all went over.
-- Sea-LA-- Six of last eight Miller games stayed under the total.

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Six-pack for Sunday

-- In 47.5 years, no Met pitcher has ever thrown a no-hitter, even with Ryan-Seaver-Gooden-Fernandez-Santana on their teams.

-- Other than Carlos Beltran, the lineup the Mets used Saturday looked more like a AAA team than a big league contender.

-- Other than Ryan Ludwick, Cardinal batters in spot behind Albert Pujols are hitting a combined .174 this season.

-- If Billy Beane is so smart, why didn't he hire Ron Washington as his manager when he had the chance?

-- David Price already had a postseason win, but he got his first big league win in regular season yesterday, 5-2 against the Twins.

-- Jose Lopez hit a 3-run homer with two out in 9th inning, tying a game Seattle went on to win 4-3 in 10 innings.

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Sunday's List of 13: Famous people, obscure knowledge......

13) The late Paul Newman was a radio man/gunner on a plane aboard the USS Bunker Hill during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.

12) Robert Redford once got a baseball scholarship to University of Colorado, as a pitcher.

11) Long before he owned race cars, David Letterman was a pit road reporter for ABC at the 1971 Indianapolis 500, back when he was a weatherman at a TV station in Indiana.

10) When he was 14, Martin Sheen organized a strike of caddies at a private golf course where he was working in Dayton.

9) John Madden was the catcher on his college baseball team at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo.

8) Former Presidential candidate Mitt Romney was once governor of Massachusetts; his father had been governor of Michigan; one of the elder Romney's brothers once played QB for the Chicago Bears.

7) Denzel Washington played freshman basketball at Fordham-- his coach there was former Warrior/Sonic coach PJ Carlesimo.

6) Because of a virus he had as an infant, actor Rob Lowe is deaf in his right ear.

5) In June 1980, Vanna White was a contestant on Price Is Right-- she didn't win anything.

4) When Toronto Argonauts won 1991 Grey Cup, two of its owners were the late John Candy and Wayne Gretzky.

3) Before Dick Vitale was yelling on TV, he was a pretty good coach going 78-30 at U of Detroit, including a 21-game win streak in 1977; one of those wins was over Marquette in Milwaukee, later that year, Marquette won the national title.

2) Don't think athletes in New York get overrated quickly? Career won-lost record as a pro quarterback for Joe Namath: 77-108-3, with 173 TD passes, 220 INTs.

1) When George McGovern ran for President in 1972, Bill Clinton ran his campaign in Texas; one of the people who worked with him in Texas was an obscure TV producer named Steven Spielberg. Both of them are a little more famous these days.

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