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Saturday, April 17

 

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Armadillo's Write-Up

Saturday, April 17

NL games
Atlanta (6-8) @ Cubs (5-7)
— Ynoa is 0-0, 0.82 in his first two starts (11 IP)
— Braves split his first two starts.
— under 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0-1
— He hasn’t pitched against the Cubs.

— Braves lost four of their last six games.
— Atlanta is 3-4 on the road.
— Over is 8-3 in their last 11 games.
— scored run in first inning: 6-14
— record in first 5 innings: 4-6-4

— Williams is 1-1, 6.75 in his first two starts.
— Cubs split his two starts.
— under 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He is 0-0, 2.77 in 3 games (2 starts) vs Atlanta.

— Cubs lost seven of their last nine games.
— Chicago is 3-4 at home.
— 10 of last 12 games stayed under the total.
— scored run in first inning: 4-13
— record in first 5 innings: 4-8-1

Arizona (5-9) @ Washington (4-7)
— Weaver is 1-0, 2.13 in two starts.
— Arizona won both his starts
— under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He allowed four runs in 3.2 IP in his one start vs Washington.

— Arizona lost nine of first 14 games.
— Arizona is 3-6 on the road.
— over 5-2 last seven games
— scored run in first inning: 3-14
— record in first 5 innings: 6-7-1

— Fedde is 0-1, 9.95 in two starts (6.1 IP).
— Nationals split his two starts.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-1
— He allowed five runs in six IP in his one start vs Arizona.

— Washington lost seven of its first 11 games.
— Nationals are 2-3 at home.
— under 6-3 last nine games
— scored run in first inning: 4-11
— record in first 5 innings: 1-5-5

St Louis (6-7) @ Philadelphia (7-6)
— Kim is making his first ’21 start; he has been hurt.
— He was 3-0, 1.62 in 8 games (7 starts) as a 31-year old rookie LY.

— Cardinals lost five of their last six games.
— St Louis is 4-3 on the road.
— Over 4-2-1 on road.
— scored run in first inning: 3-13
— record in first 5 innings: 3-8-2

— Moore is 0-0, 7.56 in two starts this year.
— Phillies won both his starts.
— over 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-1
— He is 1-0, 2.77 in 3 games (2 starts) vs St Louis.

— Phillies lost five of their last seven games.
— Phillies are 6-1 at home, 1-5 on road.
— Seven of last ten games went over.
— scored run in first inning: 4-12
— record in first 5 innings: 5-6-2

San Francisco (8-5) @ Miami (6-7)
— Sanchez is 0-1, 2.70 in two starts.
— Giants lost both his starts, scoring one run.
— under 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-1
— He gave up five runs in 4.1 IP in his one start vs Miami.

— Giants are 8-5 in their first 13 games.
— Giants are 3-4 on the road.
— 10 of last 11 games stayed under
— scored run in first inning: 2-13
— record in first 5 innings: 5-5-3

— Alcantara is 0-1, 2.95 in three starts.
— Marlins are 1-2 in his starts.
— under 3-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1-1
— He is 0-1, 1.32 in 3 games (2 starts) vs SF.

— Marlins won five of their last six games.
— Miami is 2-5 at home.
— under 6-3-1 last ten games
— scored run in first inning: 3-13
— record in first 5 innings: 5-3-5

Pittsburgh (6-8) @ Milwaukee (7-6)
— Cahill is 0-1, 8.00 in two starts (9 IP).
— Pirates lost both his starts.
— over 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 2-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-1
— He is 2-0, 2.45 in 14 games (2 starts) vs Milwaukee.

— Pirates won five of their last seven games.
— Pittsburgh is 2-5 on the road.
— over 6-4 last ten games
— scored run in first inning: 2-14
— record in first 5 innings: 7-5-2

— Brett Anderson is 1-1, 4.50 in two starts.
— Milwaukee split his starts.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He is 3-1, 3.45 in six starts vs Pittsburgh.

— Brewers won six of their last nine games.
— Milwaukee is 3-4 at home.
— under 7-3 last ten games
— scored run in first inning: 4-13
— record in first 5 innings: 6-5-2

Mets (5-3) @ Colorado (3-10)
— deGrom allowed one run in 14 IP in his two starts.
— Mets lost both of those games, scoring 3 runs.
— over/under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He is 4-1, 1.25 in seven starts vs Colorado.

— Lucchesi is making his first start for the Mets.
— He is 18-20, 4.20 in 60 MLB games (58 starts).
— He is 2-3, 4.34 in nine starts vs Colorado, 1-2, 5.56 in five starts here.

— Mets won four of their last five games.
— Mets are 1-2 on the road.
— Under 5-0 last five games.
— scored run in first inning: 2-8
— record in first 5 innings: 6-2

— Gonzalez allowed one run in five IP (80 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— Colorado lost his first start, 4-3.
— under 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0
— He hasn’t pitched against New York.

— Marquez is 0-1, 4.02 in three starts.
— Colorado is 1-2 in his starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1
— He is 2-0, 4.50 in three starts vs New York.

— Colorado lost its last six games.
— Rockies are 3-4 at home.
— Under 8-2 last nine games.
— scored run in first inning: 3-13
— record in first 5 innings: 6-6-1

Dodgers (12-2) @ San Diego (9-6)
— Kershaw is 2-0, 0.69 in his last two starts.
— Dodgers won two of his three starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1
— He is 21-7, 2.83 in 40 starts vs San Diego.

— Dodgers won 12 of their last 13 games.
— Dodgers are 6-2 on the road.
— Over 5-3 on road
— scored run in first inning: 5-14
— record in first 5 innings: 8-4-2

— Darvish is 1-0, 1.38 in his last two starts.
— Padres are 3-0 in his starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-2
— He gave up one run in seven IP in his one start vs LA.

— Padres won six of their last ten games.
— San Diego is 4-4 at home.
— Nine of last 14 games stayed under
— scored run in first inning: 4-15
— record in first 5 innings: 6-7-2

AL games
Tampa Bay (6-8) @ Bronx (5-8)
— Glasnow is 1-0, 0.47 in three starts.
— Rays are 2-1 in his starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0-2
— He is 1-2, 3.70 in five starts against New York.

— Tampa Bay lost four of their last six games.
— Rays are 3-4 in their first seven road games.
— 10 of last 13 games went over
— scored run in first inning: 4-24
— record in first 5 innings: 5-5-4

— Montgomery is 1-0, 3.09 in two starts.
— Bronx won his first two starts.
— under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2
— He is 1-2, 5.54 in seven starts vs Tampa Bay.

— New York lost six of its last eight games.
— New York is 3-4 in its first seven home games.
— under 5-2 at home
— scored run in first inning: 1-13
— record in first 5 innings: 6-7

White Sox (6-7) @ Boston (9-4)
— Cease is 0-0, 3.86 in two starts.
— White Sox lost his first two starts.
— under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Boston.

— Chicago lost three of its last five games.
— White Sox are 3-4 on the road.
— under 5-1 last six games
— scored run in first inning: 3-13
— record in first 5 innings: 9-1-3

— Pivetta is 2-0, 3.27 in his first two starts.
— Red Sox won his two starts, scoring 25 runs.
— over 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0
— He gave up one unearned run in two relief stints (3 IP) vs Chicago.

— Boston won nine of its last ten games.
— Red Sox are 3-3 at home.
— Eight of last 11 games went over
— scored run in first inning: 3-13
— record in first 5 innings: 4-6-3

Baltimore (6-8) @ Texas (6-8)
— Kremer is 0-1, 10.50 in two starts (6 IP).
— Orioles split his starts.
— over 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Texas.

— Orioles lost eight of their last 11 games.
— Baltimore is 5-2 on the road.
— under 5-2 in their road games.
— scored run in first inning: 4-14
— record in first 5 innings: 6-5-3

— Dunning is 1-0, 1.00 in his two starts (9 IP).
— Texas split his two starts.
— under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Baltimore.

— Texas won three of its last four games.
— Texas is 2-5 at home.
— under 7-4 last 11 games
— scored run in first inning: 4-14
— record in first 5 innings: 8-5-1

Toronto (6-7) @ Kansas City (7-4)
— Matz is 2-0, 1.46 in his first two starts.
— Jays won his two starts by combined 21-3.
— under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0
— He hasn’t pitched against Kansas City.

— Ray allowed two runs in five IP (84 PT) in his first ‘21 start.
— Jays lost his first start, 3-1
— under 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1
— He gave up one run in 1.1 IP in his one start vs Kansas City.

— Toronto won three of its last five games.
— Toronto is 3-4 on the road.
— under 8-5
— scored run in first inning: 4-13
— record in first 5 innings: 4-9

— Minor is 1-0, 4.50 in his first two starts.
— Royals won his first two starts.
— under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-1
— He is 4-0, 2.00 in seven games (5 starts) vs Toronto.

— Ervin Santana is making his first start since 2019.
— From 2018-20, he made only eight starts; he is 149-127, 4.09 in 384 MLB starts.
— He is 6-7, 3.89 in 20 starts vs Toronto.

— Royals are 7-4 in their first 11 games.
— Royals are 5-2 at home.
— six of last eight games under
— scores run in first inning: 3-11
— record in first 5 innings: 6-4-1

Minnesota (6-8) @ Angels (8-5)
— Ex-Angel Shoemaker is 1-0, 4.09 in two starts.
— Twins split his first two starts.
— over 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0
— He’s never pitched against his old team.

— Twins lost six of their last seven games.
— Minnesota is 4-3 on the road.
— over 4-3 on road
— scores run in first inning: 6-14
— record in first 5 innings: 6-5-3

— Quintana allowed 11 runs in five IP in his first two starts.
— Angels split his first two starts.
— over 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2
— He is 7-8, 4.05 in 21 starts vs Minnesota.

— Angels won eight of their first 13 games.
— Halos are 5-2 at home.
— over 7-6
— scored run in first inning: 3-13
— record in first 5 innings: 5-6-2

Detroit (5-8) @ Oakland (7-7)
— Mize is 1-0, 0.82 in his two starts.
— Detroit won both his starts.
— under 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0
— He hasn’t pitched against Oakland

— Detroit won three of its last five games.
— Detroit is 3-5 on the road.
— under 9-5
— scored run in first inning: 4-14
— record in first 5 innings: 8-6

— Irvin is 0-2, 7.45 in two starts.
— A’s lost those two games.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2
— He hasn’t pitched against Detroit

— A’s won seven of last eight games, after an 0-6 start.
— All seven of their losses are by 4+ runs.
— Oakland lost five of its eight home games.
— Five of last six games went over.
— scored run in first inning: 4-14
— record in first 5 innings: 4-8-2

Houston (6-7) @ Seattle (9-5)
— Greinke is 1-1, 4.08 in three starts.
— Astros are 2-1 in his starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1-1
— He is 7-2, 2.27 in 16 games (14 starts) vs Seattle.

— Astros lost their last six games.
— Astros are 5-2 on the road.
— over 9-4
— scored run in first inning: 3-13
— record in first 5 innings: 6-5-2

— Flexen is 1-0, 5.40 in two starts.
— Seattle won both his starts.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He gave up seven runs in four IP, in his one start vs Houston.

— Seattle won seven of its last nine games.
— Seattle is 4-3 at home.
— over 8-5-1
— scored run in first inning: 1-14
— record in first 5 innings: 4-8-2

Interleague games
Cleveland (7-6) @ Cincinnati (8-5)
— McKenzie allowed three runs in four IP (76 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— Indians lost his first start, 4-3.
— under 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Cincinnati.

— Cleveland won six of their last nine games.
— Indians are 3-5 on the road.
— under 10-3
— scores run in first inning: 2-13
— record in first 5 innings: 3-9-1

— Sonny Gray is making his first ’21 start.
— He is 75-63, 3.54 in 118 starts, was 5-3, 3.70 in 11 starts LY.
— He is 5-3, 3.15 in 10 starts vs Cleveland.

— Cincinnati lost four of its last six games.
— Reds are 6-1 at home, 2-4 on road.
— Over 6-0-1 at home
— scored run in first inning: 4-13
— record in first 5 innings: 8-4-1

 

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MLB

Saturday, April 17

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Trend Report
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Tampa Bay @ NY Yankees
Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing NY Yankees
NY Yankees
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Yankees's last 8 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of NY Yankees's last 9 games when playing Tampa Bay

Arizona @ Washington
Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona's last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington
Arizona is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Washington
Washington
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games when playing at home against Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Washington's last 8 games when playing Arizona

Toronto @ Kansas City
Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Toronto's last 7 games when playing Kansas City
Toronto is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Kansas City
Kansas City
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Kansas City's last 7 games when playing Toronto
Kansas City is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games

Atlanta @ Chi Cubs
Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi Cubs's last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chi Cubs's last 5 games when playing Atlanta

Chi White Sox @ Boston
Chi White Sox
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi White Sox's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chi White Sox's last 5 games when playing Boston
Boston
Boston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Boston is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games

St. Louis @ Philadelphia
St. Louis
St. Louis is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis's last 6 games
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
Philadelphia is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home

Detroit @ Oakland
Detroit
Detroit is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
Detroit is 8-17 SU in its last 25 games
Oakland
Oakland is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Oakland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

Cleveland @ Cincinnati
Cleveland
Cleveland is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Cincinnati
Cleveland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Cincinnati is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Cincinnati is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

NY Mets @ Colorado
NY Mets
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Mets's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Mets's last 7 games when playing Colorado
Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Colorado's last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Colorado's last 7 games when playing NY Mets

San Francisco @ Miami
San Francisco
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Francisco's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Francisco's last 5 games when playing Miami
Miami
Miami is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami's last 5 games when playing San Francisco

Toronto @ Kansas City
Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Toronto's last 7 games when playing Kansas City
Toronto is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Kansas City
Kansas City
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Kansas City's last 7 games when playing Toronto
Kansas City is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games

Baltimore @ Texas
Baltimore
Baltimore is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Texas
Baltimore is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Texas
Texas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Baltimore
Texas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Baltimore

Pittsburgh @ Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Milwaukee
Pittsburgh is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Milwaukee's last 20 games when playing Pittsburgh

LA Dodgers @ San Diego
LA Dodgers
LA Dodgers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Diego
LA Dodgers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
San Diego
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Diego's last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Diego's last 6 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers

NY Mets @ Colorado
NY Mets
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Mets's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Mets's last 7 games when playing Colorado
Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Colorado's last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Colorado's last 7 games when playing NY Mets

Minnesota @ LA Angels
Minnesota
Minnesota is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against LA Angels
Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing LA Angels
LA Angels
LA Angels is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Angels's last 5 games when playing Minnesota

Houston @ Seattle
Houston
Houston is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Houston's last 7 games on the road
Seattle
Seattle is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Seattle is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games


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]Sunday’s 6-pack
Major league leaders in runs scored:
20— Ronald Acuna, Jr, Atl
17— Mark Canha, A’s
15— Starling Marte, Mia
13— Justin Turner, LAD
13— Eduardo Escobar, Ariz
12— Eight guys have scored 12 runs.
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 565,318
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

Quote of the Day
“If you can’t tell who the sucker is in your first 30 minutes at the table, then YOU ARE the sucker.”
from the movie Rounders

Sunday’s quiz
When Hall of Fame QB Jim Kelly played in the USFL, what team did he play for?

Saturday’s quiz
Don Mattingly was the Dodgers’ manager before Dave Roberts.

Friday’s quiz
In the movie Rocky, before Rocky Balboa fought Apollo Creed the first time, his record as a pro boxer was 44-20.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday……..

13) In 2008, a guy named Sean Kazmar played in 19 games for San Diego, going 8-39 at the plate in his proverbial cup of coffee. Making the major leagues is a very big deal, but unfortunately he didn’t stay very long.

But Sean Kazmar never gave up; he kept playing at the AAA level— all in all, he’s come to the plate 6,619 times in minor league games and Friday, at age 37, the Braves brought him back to the major leagues. He got into the game Saturday at Wrigley; what a thrill that had to be.

12) Over his last five games, Steph Curry is 44-81 behind the arc, thats 54.3%. He’s scored 42.6 ppg in those games. This is an interesting argument, who is the greatest shooter in basketball history? Curry? Reggie Miller? Ray Allen? Rick Barry? Larry Bird? Klay Thompson?

I don’t have a strong opinion on this, but I do know that Steph Curry and the Warriors made shooting cool again— nowadays kids all over the country work their butts off on their shooting, which makes the game more fun to watch, because finding the open man and then making open shots is a lot of what makes basketball fun.

11) Cubs 13, Braves 4— Chicago was 5-11 with men in scoring position in this game; coming into the game, they had been 7-84 with RISP.

10) Dodger-Padre games this weekend have been unusually intense for April games; Dodgers pulled games out the last two nights, with a Road Runner/Wily Coyote feel to them. No matter what the Padres did, the Dodgers did better- they already lead the NL West by 4.5 games.

Friday night’s game got weird in extra innings:
— Once LA got ahead by three runs, San Diego brought in 2B Jake Cronenworth to pitch— he pitched some in college and the minors, but had never pitched in the majors. It was just weird, in such an intense setting, for them to wave the white flag like that.
— Pitcher David Price batted for LA and hit a sacrifice fly, his 2nd career RBI- he’s played almost his whole career in the American League.

— In Saturday’s game, Clayton Kershaw/Jurickson Profar exchanged words after a catchers’ interference call. No love lost between the two sides, but the Padres have a long ways to go before they’re at the Dodgers’ level.
— Mookie Betts made a GREAT diving catch in right-center field to end Saturday’s game; score would’ve been tied had he not made the catch.

9) Orel Hershiser was saying on the Dodger broadcast that he thinks the new extra-inning format will become a permanent thing. No inside info, just his opinion.

8) There is a high school in Tarpon Springs, FL where the school’s mascot is a “Sponger”, reflecting the town’s history of sponge diving— it is a guy wearing a big helmet, getting ready to go underwater to retrieve sponges.

7) Astros’ 1B Yuli Gurriel walked 12 times in 57 games last year; this year, he’s already walked 12 times in the Astros’ first 14 games.

6) In 1977, slugger Dave Kingman moved around a lot:
— 59 games for the Mets, hitting .209 with 9 homers.
— 56 games for the Padres, hitting .238 with 11 homers.
— 10 games for the Angels, going 7-36 with two homers.
— 8 games in the Bronx (4 of his 6 hits there were homers)

Back then, there were only four divisions in the major leagues, and Kingman played in all four of them that year. He was only on the Angels for ten days.

5) Red Sox 7, White Sox 4:
— Boston wore bright yellow jerseys with light blue hats; they looked like a cross between UCLA and the Oakland Invaders of the old USFL. No idea what that was about, but if a team is known as the RED Sox, maybe they should have some red in there.

4) White Sox are 6-8 under 76-year old Tony LaRussa; their bullpen has been a problem.

If you bet the Pale Hose in the first five innings of every game, you’d be 9-1-4, but overall, they are only 6-8. Managing the bullpen is this generation’s Rubik’s Cube for big league managers.

3) Looked into watching some Japanese baseball on TV late at night, but only thing I could find was a streaming service that charges $28 a month. Um, no thanks.

2) Jacob deGrom became the sixth pitcher ever to strike out nine guys in a row, in the Mets’ 4-3 win over the Rockies in the first game of a twinbill Saturday in Denver. deGrom was supposed to pitch in Philly on Thursday, but that got rained out, then Friday’s game in Colorado got snowed out, so he had some distractions to deal with as well.

1) Before the Indiana Hoosiers hired Mike Woodson as their new basketball coach, they offered Celtics’ coach (and former Butler coach) Brad Stevens $70M for seven years, which he declined.

 

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MLB
Weather Report

Sunday, April 18

 

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901ST LOUIS -902 PHILADELPHIA
ST LOUIS are 10-22 SU (-14.2 Units) when playing with a day off in the last 3 seasons.

903ARIZONA -904 WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON is 97-69 SU (19.9 Units) vs. poor baserunning teams - averaging 0.5 or less SB's/game in the last 3 seasons.

905SAN FRANCISCO -906 MIAMI
SAN FRANCISCO is 11-23 SU (-14.3 Units) against NL East opponents in the last 3 seasons.

907PITTSBURGH -908 MILWAUKEE
PITTSBURGH is 20-5 SU (14.2 Units) with a team slugging percentage .390 or worse on the season (NL) over the last 2 seasons.

907PITTSBURGH -908 MILWAUKEE
DEREK SHELTON is 20-5 SU (14.5 Units) with a team slugging percentage .390 or worse on the season (NL) (Coach of PITTSBURGH)

909NY METS -910 COLORADO
NY METS are 307-449 SU (-186.9 Units) as a favorite of -150 or more since 1996.

911LA DODGERS -912 SAN DIEGO
LA DODGERS are 21-11 SU (12.6 Units) vs. a team with a good bullpen whose WHIP is 1.350 or better over the last 2 seasons.

913ATLANTA -914 CHICAGO CUBS
DAVID ROSS is 21-34 SU (-16.4 Units) vs. an overused bullpen that pitches more than 3.2 innings per game (Coach of CHICAGO CUBS)

913ATLANTA -914 CHICAGO CUBS
CHICAGO CUBS are 21-34 SU (-17.6 Units) vs. an overused bullpen that pitches more than 3.2 innings per game over the last 2 seasons.

915TAMPA BAY -916 NY YANKEES
NY YANKEES are 14-3 SU (12.8 Units) in home games vs. an AL team with an on base percentage .330 or worse over the last 2 seasons.

 

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MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Sunday, April 18

NL games
Arizona (5-10) @ Washington (5-7)
— Bumgarner is 0-2, 13.11 in three starts.
— Arizona is 0-3 in his starts
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 2-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2
— He is 3-5, 2.69 in ten starts vs Washington.

— Arizona lost 10 of first 15 games.
— Arizona is 3-7 on the road.
— over 5-3 last eight games
— scored run in first inning: 3-15
— record in first 5 innings: 6-8-1

— Strasburg is 0-1, 7.20 in two starts.
— Nationals lost both of his starts.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-1
— He is 5-5, 4.74 in 13 starts vs Arizona.

— Washington won three of its last four games.
— Nationals are 3-3 at home.
— under 7-3 last ten games
— scored run in first inning: 4-12
— record in first 5 innings: 2-5-5

St Louis (7-7) @ Philadelphia (7-7)
— Gant is 0-1, 4.00 in his first two starts.
— Cardinals split his first two starts.
— under 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 2-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-1
— He is 0-0, 4.76 in 4 games (2 starts) vs Philly.

— Cardinals lost five of their last seven games.
— St Louis is 5-3 on the road.
— Over 5-2-1 on road.
— scored run in first inning: 3-14
— record in first 5 innings: 4-8-2

— Nola is 0-1, 3.45 in three starts.
— Phillies are 2-1 in his starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1
— He is 4-2, 2.35 in six starts vs St Louis.

— Phillies lost six of their last eight games.
— Phillies are 6-2 at home, 1-5 on road.
— Eight of last 11 games went over.
— scored run in first inning: 5-13
— record in first 5 innings: 5-7-2

San Francisco (8-6) @ Miami (7-7)
— Wood is making his first ’21 start.
— He is 53-44, 3.45 in 188 games (138 starts); last two years, he gave up 36 runs in 48.1 IP, in 16 games (9 starts)
— He is 6-4, 2.77 in 15 games (12 starts) vs Miami.

— Giants are 8-6 in their first 14 games.
— Giants are 3-5 on the road.
— 10 of last 12 games stayed under
— scored run in first inning: 2-14
— record in first 5 innings: 5-6-3

— Lopez is 0-1, 4.60 in three starts.
— Marlins are 1-2 in his starts.
— over 2-0-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0-2
— He allowed one run in six IP in his one start vs SF.

— Marlins won six of their last seven games.
— Miami is 3-5 at home.
— 0ver 4-1 last five games
— scored run in first inning: 4-14
— record in first 5 innings: 6-3-5

Pittsburgh (6-9) @ Milwaukee (8-6)
— Kuhl is 0-1, 9.28 in three starts.
— Pirates are 2-1 in his starts.
— over 3-0
— allowed run in first inning: 3-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1
— He is 4-0, 1.73 in 8 games (7 starts) vs Milwaukee.

— Pirates won five of their last eight games.
— Pittsburgh is 2-6 on the road.
— over 6-4-1 last 11 games
— scored run in first inning: 2-15
— record in first 5 innings: 7-6-2

— Peralta allowed one run in 11 IP in two starts, both vs Chicago.
— Milwaukee won both his starts.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He is 1-0, 3.72 in 10 games (1 start) vs Pittsburgh.

— Brewers won seven of their last ten games.
— Milwaukee is 4-4 at home.
— under 7-3-1 last 11 games
— scored run in first inning: 5-14
— record in first 5 innings: 7-5-2

Mets (6-4) @ Colorado (4-11)
— Stroman is 2-0, 0.73 in his three games.
— Mets won both his starts.
— over/under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0
— He is 1-1, 1.93 in two starts vs Colorado (both were in Denver).

— Mets won five of their last seven games.
— Mets are 2-3 on the road.
— Under 6-0-1 last seven games.
— scored run in first inning: 2-10
— record in first 5 innings: 6-4

— Senzatela is 1-2, 7.71 in three starts.
— Colorado is 1-2 in his starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 2-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2
— He is 2-0, 3.00 in 3 games (2 starts) vs New York.

— Colorado lost seven of its last eight games.
— Rockies are 4-5 at home.
— Under 8-3-1 last 11 games.
— scored run in first inning: 4-15
— record in first 5 innings: 8-6-1

Dodgers (13-2) @ San Diego (9-7)
— Bauer is 2-0, 2.70 in his three starts.
— Dodgers won two of his three starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0-1
— He is 0-4, 5.06 in four starts vs San Diego.

— Dodgers won 13 of their last 14 games.
— Dodgers are 7-2 on the road.
— under 8-4 last dozen games
— scored run in first inning: 5-15
— record in first 5 innings: 9-4-2

— Snell is 0-0, 4.22 in three starts, lasting total of 10.1 IP.
— Padres are 1-2 in his starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2
— He gave up three runs in 10 IP in two starts vs LA in LY’s World Series.

— Padres lost four of their last five games.
— San Diego is 4-5 at home.
— 10 of last 15 games stayed under
— scored run in first inning: 4-16
— record in first 5 innings: 6-8-2

Atlanta (6-9) @ Cubs (6-7)
— Wilson is making his first ’21 start.
— He is 3-1, 5.91 in 15 MLB games (7 starts)
— He allowed six runs in 4.1 IP in one start against the Cubs.

— Braves lost five of their last seven games.
— Atlanta is 3-5 on the road.
— Over is 9-3 in their last 12 games.
— scored run in first inning: 6-15
— record in first 5 innings: 4-7-4

— Hendricks is 0-1, 3.00 in his first two starts.
— Cubs lost his two starts.
— under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-1
— He is 1-1, 2.66 in five games (4 starts) vs Atlanta.

— Cubs lost seven of their last ten games.
— Chicago is 4-4 at home.
— 10 of last 13 games stayed under the total.
— scored run in first inning: 4-14
— record in first 5 innings: 5-8-1

AL games
Tampa Bay (7-8) @ Bronx (5-9)
— In his last two starts, Yarbrough allowed 15 runs in 11 IP.
— Rays are 1-2 in his starts.
— over 3-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2-1
— He is 3-2, 3.15 in six relief stints (20 IP) against New York.

— Tampa Bay lost four of their last seven games.
— Rays are 4-4 in their first eight road games.
— 11 of last 14 games went over
— scored run in first inning: 4-15
— record in first 5 innings: 6-5-4

— Cole is 2-0, 1.47 in three starts.
— Bronx won two of his first three starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 3-0
— He is 1-3, 4.75 in nine starts vs Tampa Bay.

— New York lost seven of its last nine games.
— New York is 3-5 in its first eight home games.
— under 5-3 at home
— scored run in first inning: 1-14
— record in first 5 innings: 6-8

White Sox (6-8) @ Boston (10-4)
— Keuchel is 0-0, 7.71 in three starts.
— White Sox won two of his first three starts.
— over 3-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 3-0
— He is 0-1, 9.15 in four games (3 starts vs Boston.

— Nightcap could be a bullpen game for Chicago.

— Chicago lost four of its last six games.
— White Sox are 3-5 on the road.
— under 5-2 last seven games
— scored run in first inning: 4-14
— record in first 5 innings: 9-1-4

— Houck allowed three runs in five IP (85 PT) in his first ‘21 start.
— Red Sox lost his only start, 4-2.
— under 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Chicago.

— Perez is 0-0, 4.50 in his first two starts.
— Red Sox won his two starts.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-1
— He is 3-2, 4.93 in six starts vs Chicago.

— Boston won 10 of its last 11 games.
— Red Sox are 4-3 at home.
— Nine of last 12 games went over
— scored run in first inning: 3-14
— record in first 5 innings: 4-6-4

Baltimore (7-8) @ Texas (6-9)
— Means is 1-0, 2.16 in three starts.
— Orioles are 2-1 in his starts.
— under 2-0-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1-1
— He is 0-1, 2.13 in two starts vs Texas.

— Orioles lost eight of their last 12 games.
— Baltimore is 6-2 on the road, 2-6 at home.
— under 6-2 in their road games.
— scored run in first inning: 4-15
— record in first 5 innings: 6-6-3

— Gibson is 2-0, 1.38 in his last two starts.
— Texas is 2-1 in his starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 2-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1
— He is 6-2, 4.31 in 11 starts vs Baltimore.

— Texas won three of its last five games.
— Texas is 2-6 at home.
— under 8-4 last 12 games
— scored run in first inning: 4-15
— record in first 5 innings: 9-5-1

Toronto (7-8) @ Kansas City (8-5)
— Ray allowed two runs in five IP (84 PT) in his first ‘21 start.
— Jays lost his first start, 3-1
— under 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1
— He gave up one run in 1.1 IP in his one start vs Kansas City.

— Toronto won four of its last seven games.
— Toronto is 4-5 on the road.
— under 10-5
— scored run in first inning: 5-15
— record in first 5 innings: 5-9-1

— Singer allowed 10 runs in 8.1 IP in his first two starts.
— Royals lost his first two starts.
— over 1-0-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2
— He hasn’t pitched against Toronto.

— Royals are 8-5 in their first 13 games.
— Royals are 6-3 at home.
— eight of last ten games under
— scores run in first inning: 3-13
— record in first 5 innings: 6-5-2

Minnesota (6-8) @ Angels (8-5)
— Ex-Angel Shoemaker is 1-0, 4.09 in two starts.
— Twins split his first two starts.
— over 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0
— He’s never pitched against his old team.

— Twins lost six of their last seven games.
— Minnesota is 4-3 on the road.
— over 4-3 on road
— scores run in first inning: 6-14
— record in first 5 innings: 6-5-3

— Quintana allowed 11 runs in five IP in his first two starts.
— Angels split his first two starts.
— over 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2
— He is 7-8, 4.05 in 21 starts vs Minnesota.

— Angels won eight of their first 13 games.
— Halos are 5-2 at home.
— over 7-6
— scored run in first inning: 3-13
— record in first 5 innings: 5-6-2

This game was postponed last night because of Twins’ COVID issues; check on Minnesota players’ status for this game.

Detroit (6-9) @ Oakland (8-7)
— Boyd is 2-1, 1.86 in his three starts.
— Detroit won two of his three starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 3-0
— He is 0-1, 5.56 in two starts vs Oakland

— Detroit lost seven of its last ten games.
— Detroit is 3-6 on the road.
— under 10-5
— scored run in first inning: 4-15
— record in first 5 innings: 8-7

— Bassitt is 1-2, 4.96 in three starts.
— A’s lost two of his three starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2
— He is 4-2, 3.35 in six starts against Detroit

— A’s won eight of last nine games, after an 0-6 start.
— All seven of their losses are by 4+ runs.
— Oakland won its last four home games.
— Five of last seven games went over.
— scored run in first inning: 5-15
— record in first 5 innings: 5-8-2

Houston (7-7) @ Seattle (9-6)
— Odorizzi allowed five runs in 3.1 IP (80 PT) in his first ‘21 start.
— Astros lost his first start, 8-2.
— over 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1
— He is 1-3, 4.24 in eight starts vs Seattle.

— Astros lost six of their last seven games.
— Astros are 6-2 on the road.
— over 9-5
— scored run in first inning: 3-14
— record in first 5 innings: 7-5-2

— Sheffield is 0-1, 6.55 in two starts.
— Seattle split his two starts.
— under 1-0-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He gave up two runs in six IP in his one start vs Houston.

— Seattle won seven of its last ten games.
— Seattle is 4-4 at home.
— over 8-6-1
— scored run in first inning: 1-15
— record in first 5 innings: 4-9-2

Interleague games
Cleveland (7-7) @ Cincinnati (9-5)
— Bieber is 0-1, 2.11 in three starts.
— Indians are 2-1 when he starts.
— under 3-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2-1
— He is 2-0, 3.15 in three starts against Cincinnati.

— Cleveland lost three of their last four games.
— Indians are 3-6 on the road.
— under 11-3
— scores run in first inning: 2-14
— record in first 5 innings: 4-9-1

— Miley has thrown 11 shutout innings in two starts.
— Reds won those two games, by a combined 17-1.
— under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 02-0
— He is 1-3, 4.60 in seven starts against Cleveland.

— Cincinnati lost four of its last seven games.
— Reds are 7-1 at home, 2-4 on road.
— Over 6-1-1 at home
— scored run in first inning: 4-14
— record in first 5 innings: 8-5-1

 

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MLB

Sunday, April 18

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Trend Report
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Tampa Bay @ NY Yankees
Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing NY Yankees
NY Yankees
The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Yankees's last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Yankees's last 6 games

Arizona @ Washington
Arizona
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Arizona's last 5 games on the road
Arizona is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Washington
Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 7 games
Washington is 14-7 ATS in its last 21 games at home

St. Louis @ Philadelphia
St. Louis
St. Louis is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Philadelphia's last 11 games

Chi White Sox @ Boston
Chi White Sox
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi White Sox's last 6 games when playing Boston
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chi White Sox's last 5 games on the road
Boston
Boston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 5 games at home

Cleveland @ Cincinnati
Cleveland
Cleveland is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Cincinnati
Cleveland is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Cincinnati is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Cincinnati is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home

San Francisco @ Miami
San Francisco
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Francisco's last 7 games when playing Miami
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Francisco's last 6 games on the road
Miami
Miami is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Miami's last 7 games when playing San Francisco

Toronto @ Kansas City
Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Toronto's last 9 games on the road
Toronto is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Kansas City
Kansas City
Kansas City is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas City's last 5 games at home

Pittsburgh @ Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Milwaukee
Pittsburgh is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh
Milwaukee is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games

Baltimore @ Texas
Baltimore
Baltimore is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Baltimore's last 5 games
Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas's last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas's last 5 games when playing at home against Baltimore

NY Mets @ Colorado
NY Mets
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Mets's last 5 games on the road
NY Mets is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Colorado
Colorado is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Colorado is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing at home against NY Mets

Detroit @ Oakland
Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Detroit's last 9 games when playing on the road against Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Detroit's last 18 games
Oakland
Oakland is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Detroit
Oakland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit

LA Dodgers @ San Diego
LA Dodgers
LA Dodgers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against San Diego
LA Dodgers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Diego
San Diego
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of San Diego's last 8 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Diego's last 7 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers

Houston @ Seattle
Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Houston's last 7 games when playing Seattle
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Houston's last 7 games when playing on the road against Seattle
Seattle
Seattle is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Seattle is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Houston

Chi White Sox @ Boston
Chi White Sox
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi White Sox's last 6 games when playing Boston
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chi White Sox's last 5 games on the road
Boston
Boston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 5 games at home

Atlanta @ Chi Cubs
Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Atlanta's last 14 games on the road
Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chi Cubs's last 7 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Chi Cubs's last 13 games


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MLB
Dunkel

Sunday, April 18

 

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Monday’s 6-pack
Major league leaders in RBI:
18— JD Martinez, Bos
16— Acuna, Turner, Lowe
15— Tyler Naquin, Cin
14— Devers, Franco, Haniger, Hosmer,
13— McKinstry, Moran, Shaw, Walsh
12— Seven guys have knocked in 12 runs.
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 566,549
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

Quote of the Day
“Anyone want to sign this Romo guy for free? He’s from Wisconsin.”
Green Bay Packers’ scout after the 2003 draft, when Green Bay was deciding which undrafted players to sign

Monday’s quiz
Since 2008, which left-handed hitter has hit the most home runs?

Sunday’s quiz
When Hall of Fame QB Jim Kelly played in the USFL, he played for the Houston Gamblers.

Saturday’s quiz
Don Mattingly was the Dodgers’ manager before Dave Roberts.

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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports weekend……

13) AL East standings:
10-6- Boston
8-8- Tampa Bay
7-9- Toronto
7-9- Baltimore
5-10- Bronx

Have to be some coaches in the Bronx who are queasy about their future employment; season is almost 10% over, and they’re scoring 3.67 runs/game.

For a team with an Opening Day payroll of $197,675,220, more is expected.

12) Russell Brandt writes an interesting article about football on espn.com; this week he told a story about the day Green Bay drafted Aaron Rodgers. Very interesting stuff.

NFL teams grade all players before the draft and assign them grades, as to which round they should be drafted in. For the 2005, the Packers had 20 players with first round grades, and they had the 24th pick. If no first round players are available, teams would look to trade out of the first roumd.

That year, when the 24th pick came around, only one player was available with a first round grade; Aaron Rodgers. Considering the Packers already had Brett Favre, this was a dilemma, but when no one called to ask about a trade, Green Bay drafted the player with the first round grade and things turned out pretty well.

11) NFL Draft is coming up in 10 days, so ESPN will obsess over that and the NBA and continue to ignore baseball, except on Sunday nights. Not sure why they do that, but they do.

10) I posted this yesterday:
Red Sox 7, White Sox 4:
— Boston wore bright yellow jerseys with light blue hats; they looked like a cross between UCLA and the Oakland Invaders of the old USFL. No idea what that was about, but if a team is known as the RED Sox, maybe they should have some red in there.

As it turns out, the jerseys represents the color scheme of the Boston Marathon, which is usually held on Patriots’ Day, which is today (Monday).

9) Mets 2, Rockies 1— Not sure what Colorado’s business plan is; they’re 4-12 this year, they dealt their biggest star (Nolan Arenado), will probably trade Trevor Story, their future isn’t very bright. Feel bad for manager Bud Black; he basically has zero chance to win with that roster.

Rockies have very good TV announcers; they’re going to spend lot of time pumping up Denver’s hosting the All-Star Game in July. Not much else to talk about.

8) In Denver, it is illegal to lend a vacuum to a next-door neighbor, but it’s perfectly okay to lend a vacuum to a friend down the street. No idea why, I’m just the messenger here.

7) This, from football expert Warren Sharp:
Over the last two years, the Cincinnati Bengals have held a lead at some point in 24 of their 32 games, but they won only six games of those 24 games. Not good.

6) Jay Bruce retired Sunday, ending his 14-year career in which he hit 319 homers.

5) They were talking about this on Sunday Night Baseball; over last decade, Cubs have developed only five pitchers who started a major league game, which is pretty bad. They made a priority of developing position players, and acquiring pitchers, via trades/free agency.

4) Indians 6, Reds 3— Shane Bieber is first pitcher ever to strike out 10+ guys in each of his first four starts of a season.

3) 47-year old Stewart Cink won the RBC Heritage golf tournament by four shots; his son was his caddy, which had to be cool.

Cink went 12 years without winning a PGA Tour event, before winning the Safeway Open last September; he had previously won this tournament twice, way back in 2000, 2004. Cink is also the fourth player to win twice in the same PGA Tour season after turning 47.

2) Most walk-off wins, since the start of the 2018 season:
28— A’s
22– Blue Jays
20— Braves, Brewers

Monday’s Oakland-Minnesota game has already been postponed, because of the Twins’ COVID issues; a doubleheader is scheduled Tuesday. Twins-Angels didn’t play Saturday or Sunday.

1) Braves 13, Cubs 4— Kyle Hendricks is first Cubs’ pitcher ever to give up four home runs in the first inning of a game.

 

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MLB
Weather Report

Monday, April 19

 

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951ST LOUIS -952 WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON is 32-18 SU (16.4 Units) in home games vs teams who strand 6.9 or less runners on base per game in the last 3 seasons.

953SAN FRANCISCO -954 PHILADELPHIA
SAN FRANCISCO is 12-23 SU (-13.3 Units) against NL East opponents in the last 3 seasons.

955MILWAUKEE -956 SAN DIEGO
Jayce Tingler is 20-8 SU (11.2 Units) vs. good defensive catchers - allowing 0.5 or less SB's/game (Coach of SAN DIEGO)

955MILWAUKEE -956 SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO is 20-8 SU (14 Units) vs. good defensive catchers - allowing 0.5 or less SB's/game over the last 2 seasons.

957CHI WHITE SOX -958 BOSTON
BOSTON is 11-0 SU (12.6 Units) vs. an AL team with a team batting average of .265 or worse in the current season.

959TAMPA BAY -960 KANSAS CITY
TAMPA BAY is 628-649 SU (-177.5 Units) in road games with a team slugging percentage .400 or worse on the season (AL) since 1996.

961TEXAS -962 LA ANGELS
TEXAS are 2-11 SU (-13.8 Units) in road games vs. teams averaging 2.75 or less extra base hits per game over the last 2 seasons.

963MINNESOTA -964 OAKLAND
MINNESOTA is 2-16 SU (-16.3 Units) in road games vs. an AL team with an on base percentage .330 or worse over the last 2 seasons.

965LA DODGERS -966 SEATTLE
LA DODGERS are 22-11 SU (13.8 Units) vs. a team with a good bullpen whose WHIP is 1.350 or better over the last 2 seasons.

 

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MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Monday, April 19

NL games
San Francisco (9-6) @ Philadelphia (8-7)
— Gausman is 1-0, 3.20 in three starts.
— Phillies are 2-1 in his starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1
— He is 0-3, 6.56 in five games (4 starts) vs Philly.

— Giants are 9-6 in their first 14 games.
— Giants are 4-5 on the road.
— 11 of last 13 games stayed under
— scored run in first inning: 2-15
— record in first 5 innings: 6-6-3

— Anderson is 0-1, 4.00 in his first two starts.
— Phillies are 0-2 in his starts.
— over 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2
— He is 3-2, 4.76 in nine starts vs San Francisco.

— Phillies lost six of their last nine games.
— Phillies are 7-2 at home, 1-5 on road.
— Eight of last 12 games went over.
— scored run in first inning: 6-14
— record in first 5 innings: 6-7-2

St Louis (7-8) @ Washington (5-8)
— Flaherty is 2-0, 0.82 in his last two starts.
— Cardinals won his first three starts.
— over 2-0-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0-1
— He is 1-0, 1.80 in two starts vs Washington.

— Cardinals lost six of their last eight games.
— St Louis is 5-4 on the road.
— Over 5-3-1 on road.
— scored run in first inning: 3-15
— record in first 5 innings: 4-9-2

— Ross threw 11 shutout innings in his first two starts.
— Nationals split those games.
— under 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0-1
— He is 3-0, 2.86 in six games (4 starts) vs St Louis.

— Washington won three of its last five games.
— Nationals are 3-4 at home.
— under 8-3 last 11 games
— scored run in first inning: 4-13
— record in first 5 innings: 2-6-5

Milwaukee (8-7) @ San Diego (10-7)
— Woodruff is 0-0, 2.12 in his first three starts.
— Milwaukee is 2-1 in his starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1-1
— He is 0-1, 4.50 in three games (2 starts) vs San Diego.

— Brewers won seven of their last 11 games.
— Milwaukee is 4-2 on road.
— under 4-2 on road.
— scored run in first inning: 6-15
— record in first 5 innings: 7-5-3

— Musgrove is 1-0, 3.06 in his first three starts.
— Padres are 3-0 in his starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-2
— He is 0-2, 6.14 in five starts vs Milwaukee.

— Padres lost four of their last six games.
— San Diego is 5-5 at home.
— 11 of last 16 games stayed under
— scored run in first inning: 4-17
— record in first 5 innings: 6-9-2

AL games
White Sox (8-8) @ Boston (10-6)
— Giolito is 1-0, 2.55 in three starts.
— White Sox lost two of his first three starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0-1
— He is 0-0, 3.71 in three starts vs Boston.

— Chicago is 7-5 in its last dozen games.
— White Sox are 5-5 on the road.
— under 7-2 last nine games
— scored run in first inning: 6-16
— record in first 5 innings: 11-1-4

— Eovaldi is 2-1, 2.08 in his first three starts.
— Red Sox won two of his three starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0-1
— He is 1-1, 5.59 in three games (2 starts) vs Chicago.

— Boston won 10 of its last 13 games.
— Red Sox are 4-5 at home.
— Nine of last 14 games went over
— scored run in first inning: 3-16
— record in first 5 innings: 4-8-4

Tampa Bay (8-8) @ Kansas City (9-5)
— Fleming allowed one run in five IP (84 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— Rays are 0-1 in his starts.
— under 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Kansas City.

— Tampa Bay won its last three games.
— Rays are 5-4 in their first nine road games.
— 11 of last 15 games went over
— scored run in first inning: 4-16
— record in first 5 innings: 6-5-5

— Duffy allowed one run in 12 IP in his first two starts.
— Royals won his first two starts.
— under 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0
— He is 2-1, 2.68 in six starts vs Tampa Bay.

— Royals are 9-5 in their first 14 games.
— Royals are 7-3 at home.
— nine of last 11 games under
— scores run in first inning: 3-14
— record in first 5 innings: 6-5-3

Texas (7-9) @ Angels (8-5)
— Arihara is 1-1, 3.68 in his first three starts.
— Texas is 1-2 in his starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1
— He hasn’t pitched against the Angels.

— Texas won four of its last six games.
— Texas won its last three road games.
— under 9-4 last 13 games
— scored run in first inning: 4-16
— record in first 5 innings: 9-5-2

— Bundy is 0-1, 3.15 in his first three starts.
— Angels are 1-2 in his starts.
— under 3-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2-1
— He is 5-1, 2.91 in nine games (7 starts) vs Texas.

— Angels won eight of their first 13 games.
— Halos are 5-2 at home.
— over 7-6
— scored run in first inning: 3-13
— record in first 5 innings: 5-6-2

Interleague games
Dodgers (13-3) @ Seattle (10-6)
— May is 1-0, 1.75 in his two starts.
— Dodgers won his first two starts.
— under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0
— He hasn’t pitched against Seattle.

— Dodgers won 13 of their last 15 games.
— Dodgers are 7-3 on the road.
— under 9-4 last 13 games
— scored run in first inning: 5-16
— record in first 5 innings: 10-4-2

— Sheffield is 0-1, 6.55 in two starts.
— Seattle split his two starts.
— under 1-0-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He hasn’t started against the Dodgers.

— Seattle won eight of its last 11 games.
— Seattle is 5-4 at home.
— over 8-6-2
— scored run in first inning: 2-16
— record in first 5 innings: 5-9-2

 

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MLB

Monday, April 19

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Trend Report
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Chi White Sox @ Boston
Chi White Sox
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Chi White Sox's last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Chi White Sox's last 12 games when playing on the road against Boston
Boston
Boston is 11-2 ATS in its last 13 games
Boston is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games

St. Louis @ Washington
St. Louis
St. Louis is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of St. Louis's last 13 games when playing Washington
Washington
Washington is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing St. Louis
Washington is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing St. Louis

San Francisco @ Philadelphia
San Francisco
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Francisco's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of San Francisco's last 13 games
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing at home against San Francisco
Philadelphia is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against San Francisco

Tampa Bay @ Kansas City
Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Tampa Bay's last 8 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 12-3 SU in its last 15 games when playing Kansas City
Kansas City
Kansas City is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Kansas City is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home

Texas @ LA Angels
Texas
Texas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas's last 6 games when playing on the road against LA Angels
LA Angels
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Angels's last 6 games when playing at home against Texas
LA Angels is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home

Milwaukee @ San Diego
Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Milwaukee's last 7 games when playing San Diego
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Milwaukee's last 14 games on the road
San Diego
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of San Diego's last 9 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Diego's last 7 games when playing Milwaukee

LA Dodgers @ Seattle
LA Dodgers
LA Dodgers is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games
LA Dodgers is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games
Seattle
Seattle is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Seattle's last 7 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers


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MLB
Dunkel

Monday, April 19

 

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Diamond Trends for Monday April 19
Vince Akins

ATS Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: L.A. Dodgers at Seattle (10:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Dodgers are 11-0 SU since Sep 01, 2019 on the road when they are off a loss in which they held the lead.

ATS Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Tampa Bay at Kansas City (8:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Royals are 0-11 SU since Aug 07, 2017 as a home dog off a game as a favorite in which they scored in more innings than their opponent.

OU Play OVER Trend of the Day
Matchup: L.A. Dodgers at Seattle (10:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Mariners are 9-0 OU (3.94 ppg) since Aug 17, 2020 as a dog after their opponent left fewer than 10 men on base individually last game.

OU Play UNDER Trend of the Day
Matchup: St. Louis at Washington (7:05 p.m. ET)

-- The Nationals are 7-0 SU since Apr 20, 2016 when Joe Ross starts after he had a WHIP of less than 1 in his last start.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

 

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Tuesday’s 6-pack
NBA leaders in scoring:
31.1— Bradley Beal, Wash
31.0— Steph Curry, GSt
28.7— Damian Lillard, Port
28.6— Luka Doncic, Dal
28.4— Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milw
27.5— Zach LaVine, Chi
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 567,557
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

Quote of the Day
“Although I would have rather won, tonight we rejoice in our democracy, we rejoice in the freedom of a wonderful people, and we accept their verdict. I thank the people of America for hearing my case.”
Walter Mondale, after losing the 1984 Presidential election.
Mr Mondale passed away Monday, at age 93. RIP, sir.

Tuesday’s quiz
Rick Pitino has had a long, very successful coaching career; where did he have his first head coaching job?

Monday’s quiz
Since 2008, Jay Bruce is the lefty batter who has hit the most home runs (319)

Sunday’s quiz
When Hall of Fame QB Jim Kelly played in the USFL, he played for the Houston Gamblers.

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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but…….

13) QB Alex Smith retired Monday, ending a 16-year career; he suffered a severely broken leg in 2018, wound up having 17 surgeries, had his life threatened by infection, but fought back and wound up starting six games for Washington LY, winning five of them.

All in all, Smith had a 99-67-1 record as a QB; he was the first player taken in the 2005 draft, after playing for Urban Meyer at Utah. He’s also the answer to a future trivia question; he was the Chiefs’ QB before Patrick Mahomes.

If you get a chance to see the film ESPN did on Smith’s recovery (Project 11) it is worth your time. It is stunning, all he went through so he could play football again. Very tough guy, this Alex Smith. I am hoping he goes on TV so we can learn from him.

12) There isn’t enough “nice” in the world these days, but CNN’s Wolf Blitzer did a nice thing Monday night. This week is the 20th anniversary of Dr Sanjay Gupta working for CNN- they put together a highlight reel from the past 20 years of Dr Gupta on TV, and CNN showed it while Wolf Blitzer had him on the air Monday. It was pretty cool.

Dr Gupta is an accomplished neurosurgeon; over the past year, I’ve learned a lot from listening to him on TV. He didn’t get a haircut until he got his vaccine; I haven’t had a haircut since last summer because of that— now I look like Albert Einstein ��

Good news is my first vaccine shot is Sunday. Then, thanks to Dr Gupta, I can get my haircut.

11) Tampa Bay Rays went 90-72 in 2018, then made the playoffs the last two years, so they’re doing great stuff with a very limited payroll- they made the World Series last year.

But they do some unusual things; they firmly believe that the starting pitcher shouldn’t face the opponents’ lineup more than twice. Last year, they took Blake Snell out of a World Series game when he was rolling; it went against the grain, it didn’t work and they got ripped for it.

Monday night in Kansas City, Josh Fleming had a 2-0 lead in the 6th inning- he had allowed only two baserunners, but when Whit Merrifield came up for his third AB, out came Kavin Cash and Fleming went to the showers. They have their philosophy, and they stick to it.

Tampa Bay’s bullpen held the lead last night, they improved to 9-8. Can’t argue with their results, but their tactics can make you shake your head.

10) In his first two starts, Washington’s Joe Ross threw 11 shutout innings, and one of those starts was against the Dodgers, so I sat down to watch him pitch last night, to see if I wanted to pick him up for my fantasy team. It didn’t go well.

Cardinals attacked Ross’s pitches like they were smashng a piñata; he gave up ten runs in 4.1 IP, as St Louis hammered the Nationals 12-5. Go figure.

9) Warriors 107, 76ers 96— Steph Curry made 10-17 3-pointers, scored 49 points, as he tries to carry the Warriors on his back to the playoffs.

8) Nuggets 139, Grizzlies 137, 2OT— Nikola Jokic scored 41 points, grabbed 15 rebounds, also had eight assists, as Denver improved to 37-20.

7) San Jose Sharks’ F Patrick Marleau played in his 1,768th career NHL game Monday night in Las Vegas, breaking the previous record, held by Gordie Howe. Anytime you break a record held by Gordie Howe, thats impressive.

6) Former Michigan quarterback Joe Milton will transfer to Tennessee; he’s going to graduate from Michigan next month, so he should be eligible to play this fall. Milton will have three years of eligibility left; he started five games LY, but was replaced near the end of the season.

5) Kind of an alarming stat: Roughly 40% of all college basketball players who enter Division I directly out of high school leave their initial school by the end of their sophomore year. This is a chaotic time for college coaches; you have to re-recruit all your players, every year.

I’m going to need a vacation in October to try and sort out who is playing where in college basketball next winter. Sounds like a good excuse to visit Las Vegas for the first time in two years.

4) If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Mets-Reds-Dodgers. Wild Card: Giants-Brewers
AL: Red Sox-Royals-Mariners, Wild Card: Angels-A’s

3) Texas Rangers’ new ballpark appears to be a pitchers’ park; under is 7-2 in first nine games there this season. My question is this: did they make it a pitcher’s park on purpose?

Keep hearing how baseball wants more offense, then they build a pitchers’ park. Go figure.

2) Red Sox 11, White Sox 4— Patriots’ Day is a holiday in Boston; Red Sox have played at home every Patriots’ Day since 1959— the Boston Marathon is usually run that day (it’ll be in October this year). Red Sox play their annual Patriots’ Day game at 11am.

This year’s game was over by 11:30; first six Boston batters got hits, they all scored and they cruised to an 11-4 win over White Sox ace Lucas Giolito, who had an awful hour on the mound- he threw 46 pitches in the first inning.

All in all, the Red Sox are 71-53 on Patriots’ Day.

1) White Sox’ DH Yermin Mercedes pitched the 8th inning, making him the first White Sox player to DH and pitch in the same game since Adam LaRoche, on July 31, 2015.

Here’s the thing: in both of those games, games played six years apart, the opposing starting pitcher was Nathan Eovaldi.

 

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MLB
Weather Report

Tuesday, April 20

 

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MLB
Dunkel

Tuesday, April 20

 

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MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Tuesday, April 20

NL games
Arizona (6-10) @ Cincinnati (9-6)
— Gallen allowed one run in four IP (82 PT) in his first ‘21 start.
— Arizona is 0-1 in his starts
— over 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0
— He gave up three runs in 5.2 IP in his one start vs Cincinnati.

— Arizona lost four of last six games.
— Arizona is 4-7 on the road.
— under 3-0 last three games
— scored run in first inning: 4-16
— record in first 5 innings: 7-8-1

— Castillo is 1-1, 3.00 in his last two starts.
— Reds are 1-2 in his starts.
— over 3-0
— allowed run in first inning: 2-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1
— He is 2-4, 4.25 in six starts vs Arizona.

— Cincinnati lost five of its last eight games.
— Reds are 7-2 at home, 2-4 on road.
— Over 7-1-1 at home
— scored run in first inning: 4-15
— record in first 5 innings: 8-6-1

San Francisco (10-6) @ Philadelphia (8-8)
— Webb is 0-1, 5.23 in his first two starts.
— Giants are 1-1 in his starts.
— under 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2
— He hasn’t pitched against Philly.

— Giants are 7-3 in their last ten games.
— Giants are 5-5 on the road.
— 12 of last 14 games stayed under
— scored run in first inning: 2-16
— record in first 5 innings: 7-6-3

— Wheeler is 0-2, 4.91 in his last two starts.
— Phillies are 1-2 in his starts- home side won all three.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2
— He is 2-2, 3.16 in seven starts vs San Francisco.
— He was Giants’ first round pick in 2009 draft.

— Phillies lost seven of their last ten games.
— Phillies are 7-3 at home, 1-5 on road.
— Eight of last 13 games went over.
— scored run in first inning: 6-15
— record in first 5 innings: 6-8-2

St Louis (8-8) @ Washington (5-9)
— Wainwright is 0-2, 7.82 in three starts.
— Cardinals lost two of his first three starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-3
— He is 10-5, 3.21 in 18 games (16 starts) vs Washington.

— Cardinals lost six of their last nine games.
— St Louis is 6-4 on the road.
— Over 6-3-1 on road.
— scored run in first inning: 3-16
— record in first 5 innings: 5-9-2

— Corbin allowed 16 runs in 6.2 IP in his first two starts.
— Nationals lost those two games.
— over 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2
— He is 2-2, 4.17 in seven starts vs St Louis.

— Washington is 5-9 in its first 14 games.
— Nationals are 3-5 at home.
— under 8-4 last 12 games
— scored run in first inning: 4-14
— record in first 5 innings: 2-7-5

Mets (7-4) @ Cubs (6-9)
— Walker is 0-0, 2.61 in his two starts.
— Mets won both his starts.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0
— He gave up five runs in five IP in his one start vs Chicago.

— Mets won five of their last six games.
— Mets are 3-3 on the road.
— Under 7-0-1 last seven games.
— scored run in first inning: 2-11
— record in first 5 innings: 7-4

— Arrieta is 2-1, 3.18 in three starts.
— Cubs won two of his three starts.
— under 2-0-1
— allowed run in first inning: 2-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2
— He is 6-5, 3.09 in 16 starts vs New York.

— Cubs lost six of their last eight games.
— Chicago is 4-5 at home.
— 10 of last 14 games stayed under the total.
— scored run in first inning: 5-15
— record in first 5 innings: 5-9-1

Milwaukee (9-7) @ San Diego (10-8)
— Burnes is 1-1, 0.49 in his first three starts.
— He’s allowed one run in 18.1 IP.
— Despite that, Milwaukee is 1-2 in his starts.
— under 2-0-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0-1
— He gave up a run in two IP in two relief stints vs San Diego.

— Brewers won eight of their last 12 games.
— Milwaukee is 5-2 on road.
— under 5-2 on road.
— scored run in first inning: 6-16
— record in first 5 innings: 8-5-3

— Paddack is 1-1, 6.23 in his first three starts.
— Padres are 2-1 in his starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2
— He allowed a run in five IP, in his one start vs Milwaukee.

— Padres lost five of their last seven games.
— San Diego is 5-6 at home.
— 12 of last 17 games stayed under
— scored run in first inning: 5-18
— record in first 5 innings: 6-10-2

AL games
White Sox (8-9) @ Cleveland (8-7)
— Rodon threw 14 scoreless IP in his first two starts.
— His last start was a 114-pitch no-hitter vs Cleveland.
— White Sox won both his starts.
— under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0
— He is 6-5, 2.69 in 18 games (16 starts) vs Cleveland.

— Chicago is 3-4 in its last seven games.
— White Sox are 5-6 on the road.
— under 7-3 last ten games
— scored run in first inning: 7-17
— record in first 5 innings: 11-2-4

— Plesac is 1-2, 5.27 in three starts.
— White Sox KO’d him in first inning of his last start.
— Indians are 1-2 when he starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 2-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2
— He is 1-3, 4.59 in six starts against Chicago.

— Cleveland lost three of their last five games.
— Indians are 4-1 at home.
— under 11-4
— scores run in first inning: 3-15
— record in first 5 innings: 5-9-1

Minnesota (6-8) @ Oakland (9-7)
— Shoemaker is 1-0, 4.09 in two starts.
— Twins split his first two starts.
— over 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0
— He is 6-3, 4.03 in 16 games (15 starts) vs Oakland.

— Pineda is 1-0, 1.50 in three starts.
— Twins are 2-1 in his starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0-1
— He is 4-1, 3.05 in seven starts vs Oakland.

— Twins lost six of their last seven games.
— Minnesota is 4-3 on the road.
— over 4-3 on road
— scores run in first inning: 6-14
— record in first 5 innings: 6-5-3
— Twins haven’t played since Friday.

— Luzardo is 0-1, 8.31 in three starts.
— A’s won two of his three starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Minnesota.

— Manaea is 1-0, 2.25 in his last two starts.
— A’s won two of his three starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1-1
— He is 2-1, 3.94 in three starts vs Minnesota.

— A’s won nine of last ten games, after an 0-6 start.
— All seven of their losses are by 4+ runs.
— Oakland won its last five home games.
— Five of last eight games went over.
— scored run in first inning: 5-16
— record in first 5 innings: 6-8-2

Toronto (7-9) @ Boston (11-6)
— Ryu is 1-1, 2.37 in his first three starts.
— Jays are 2-1 in his starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2
— He is 0-1, 3.00 in two starts vs Boston.

— Toronto lost three of its last four games.
— Toronto is 4-6 on the road.
— under 11-5
— scored run in first inning: 5-16
— record in first 5 innings: 5-9-2

— Rodriguez is 2-0, 3.60 in his first two starts.
— Red Sox won his first two starts.
— under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 2-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He is 4-4, 4.64 in 14 games (13 starts) vs Toronto.

— Boston won 11 of its last 14 games.
— Red Sox are 5-5 at home.
— 10 of last 15 games went over
— scored run in first inning: 4-17
— record in first 5 innings: 5-8-4

Tampa Bay (9-8) @ Kansas City (9-6)
— Hill is 1-0, 7.54 in his first three starts.
— Rays are 1-2 in his starts.
— over 3-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1-1
— He is 2-1, 6.00 in 12 games (3 starts) vs Kansas City.

— Tampa Bay won its last four games.
— Rays are 6-4 in their first ten road games.
— 11 of last 16 games went over
— scored run in first inning: 4-17
— record in first 5 innings: 7-5-5

— Keller is 1-1, 9.58 in his first three starts.
— Royals won two of his first three starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 2-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1
— He is 0-2, 7.30 in three games (2 starts) vs Tampa Bay.

— Royals are 9-6 in their first 15 games.
— Royals are 7-4 at home.
— 10 of last 12 games under
— scores run in first inning: 3-15
— record in first 5 innings: 6-6-3

Texas (8-9) @ Angels (8-6)
— Lyles is 1-0, 4.70 in his first three starts.
— Texas is 2-1 in his starts.
— over 2-0-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 3-0
— He is 3-1, 5.40 in six games (5 starts) against the Angels.

— Texas won five of its last seven games.
— Texas won its last four road games.
— under 9-5 last 14 games
— scored run in first inning: 4-17
— record in first 5 innings: 10-5-2

— Ohtani allowed three runs in 4.2 IP in his first ‘21 start.
— Angels are 1-0 in his starts.
— over 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0
— He hasn’t pitched against Texas.

— Angels won eight of their first 14 games.
— Halos are 5-3 at home.
— over 8-6
— scored run in first inning: 3-14
— record in first 5 innings: 5-7-2

Interleague games
Dodgers (13-4) @ Seattle (11-6)
— Urias is 2-0, 4.34 in his three starts.
— Dodgers won his first three starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 2-3
— record in first 5 innings: 3-0
— He gave up a run in 1.2 IP in his one game against Seattle.

— Dodgers lost last two games, after a 13-1 run.
— Dodgers are 7-4 on the road.
— under 10-4 last 14 games
— scored run in first inning: 5-17
— record in first 5 innings: 10-5-2

— Gonzales is 1-1, 8.22 in three starts.
— Seattle is 2-1 in his starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2-1
— He allowed one run in seven IP in his one start against the Dodgers.

— Seattle won nine of its last 12 games.
— Seattle is 6-4 at home.
— under 4-1-1 last six games
— scored run in first inning: 3-17
— record in first 5 innings: 6-9-2

Atlanta (7-9) @ Bronx (5-10)
— Morton is 1-1, 4.76 in three starts.
— Braves are 1-2 in his starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2
— He is 4-2, 3.83 in 10 starts vs Bronx.

— Braves won three of their last four games.
— Atlanta is 4-5 on the road.
— Over is 10-3 in their last 13 games.
— scored run in first inning: 7-16
— record in first 5 innings: 5-7-4

— Taillon is 0-1, 7.56 in two starts (8.1 IP).
— Bronx lost his first two starts.
— under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2
— He gave up two runs in seven IP in his one start vs Atlanta.

— New York lost 5 in row, eight of its last ten games.
— New York is 3-6 in its first eight home games.
— under 6-3 at home
— scored run in first inning: 1-15
— record in first 5 innings: 6-8-1

Baltimore (7-9) @ Miami (7-8)
— Harvey is 0-1, 5.02 in three starts.
— Orioles are 1-2 in his starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0-1
— He is 2-4, 4.31 in 11 starts vs Miami.

— Orioles lost nine of their last 13 games.
— Baltimore is 6-3 on the road, 1-6 at home.
— under 7-2 in their road games.
— scored run in first inning: 4-16
— record in first 5 innings: 6-6-4

— Neidert is 0-0, 4.00 in two starts (9 IP).
— Marlins are 1-1 in his starts.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Baltimore.

— Marlins won six of their last eight games.
— Miami is 3-6 at home.
— 0ver 4-2 last six games
— scored run in first inning: 4-15
— record in first 5 innings: 6-4-5

Pittsburgh (6-9) @ Detroit (6-9)
— TAnderson is 1-2, 4.02 in three starts.
— Pirates are 1-2 in his starts.
— under 3-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Detroit.

— Pirates won five of their last eight games.
— Pittsburgh is 2-6 on the road.
— over 6-4-1 last 11 games
— scored run in first inning: 2-15
— record in first 5 innings: 7-6-2

— Fulmer allowed two runs in five IP (78 PT) in his first ‘21 start.
— Detroit won his only start, 6-4.
— over 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0
— He is 0-1, 0.64 in two starts vs Pittsburgh

— Detroit lost seven of its last ten games.
— Detroit is 3-6 on the road.
— under 10-5
— scored run in first inning: 4-15
— record in first 5 innings: 8-7

Houston (7-7) @ Colorado (4-11)
— Garcia allowed two runs in 3.1 IP (68 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— Astros lost his first start, 7-6.
— over 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0
— He hasn’t pitched against Colorado.

— Astros lost six of their last seven games.
— Houston should have everybody but Altuve back here.
— Astros are 6-2 on the road.
— over 9-5
— scored run in first inning: 3-14
— record in first 5 innings: 7-5-2

— Gray is 1-1, 2.18 in three starts.
— Colorado is 1-2 in his starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1
— He gave up 2 runs (1 earned) in his one start vs Houston.

— Colorado lost seven of its last eight games.
— Rockies are 4-5 at home.
— Under 8-3-1 last 11 games.
— scored run in first inning: 4-15
— record in first 5 innings: 8-6-1