CNOTES 2024 2025 NHL NEWS BEST BETS AND OPINION !

[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Sunday, May 11

NHL

Sunday, May 11

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Trend Report
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Winnipeg VS Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Winnipeg's last 7 games.
Winnipeg is 13-7 SU in its last 20 games.
Winnipeg is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games against Dallas.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Winnipeg's last 5 games on the road.
Dallas is 5-11 SU in its last 16 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Dallas' last 10 games against Winnipeg.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Dallas' last 5 games at home.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Dallas' last 7 games when playing at home against Winnipeg.

Toronto VS Florida
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 6 games.
Toronto is 15-4 SU in its last 19 games.
Toronto is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road.
Toronto is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Florida.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Florida's last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Florida's last 18 games against Toronto.
Florida is 16-4 SU in its last 20 games at home.
Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Toronto.


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[CNOTES]

Sunday, May 11​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
WIN at DAL	04:30 PM	DAL -142 U 5.5	+500 +500
TOR at FLA	07:30 PM	O 6.0	+500

 

[CNOTES]

NHL 2025 PLAYOFF BEST BETS !

05/11/2025......................1 - 2 - 0...........................33,33%....................- 6.00
05/10/2025......................4 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%...................+ 20.25
05/09/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 9.50
05/08/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 8.65
05/07/2025......................4 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%....................+ 20.95
05/06/2025......................0 - 4 - 0..........................00.00%......................- 22.60
05/05/2025......................1 - 1 - 0..........................50.00%......................+ 0.10
05/04/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/03/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%......................+ 12,40
05/02/2025......................2 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/01/2025......................4 - 4 - 0...........................50.00%......................- 1.35

TOTALS..........................26 -13 - 0...........................66.66%.......................+ 61.90
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NHL 2025 PLAYOFF BEST BETS !

TOTALS...................39 - 28 - 0.....................58.20%....................+ 44.95

 

[CNOTES]

Monday’s 6-pack:
Most wins by 3+ runs this season:
19— Tigers
17— Dodgers
16— Bronx
15— Mets, Cubs
14— Red Sox, Twins
13— Brewers, Padres, Phillies, Cardinals

Quote of the Day
“Every time you take punches and you get back up, you get stronger. That’s what we’re preaching to our team. We lost a tough one the other night in overtime. We stood back up today.”
Oklahoma City Thunder coach Mark Daigneault

Monday’s quiz
When the Arizona Diamondbacks acquired P Zac Gallen from the Marlins in 2019, who did they send to Miami in the trade?

Sunday’s quiz
In the movie Moneyball, when the Oakland A’s win their 20th game in a row, that win was against the Kansas City Royals.

Saturday’s quiz
In the old TV show Batman, Cesar Romero played the Joker.

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Monday’s Den: Teams %’s of scoring in first inning…….​

— You can bet on whether or not a team will score in the first inning of a game; with the season six weeks old, here are each teams’ results for first inning scoring:

NL (Home/Away….total)

Braves 5-18/6-21…..11-39

Marlins 7-22/5-18…..12-40

Mets 6-19/4-20…..10-39

Phillies 11-19/4-21…..15-40

Nationals 7-22/3-19…..10-41

Cubs 5-17/5-24…..10-41

Reds 5-17/5-24…..10-41

Brewers 2-19/7-24…..9-43

Pirates 6-22/6-19…..12-41

St Louis 4-21/7-20…..11-41

Arizona 8-22/5-19……13-41

Colorado 8-22/2-19…..10-41

Dodgers 8-18/8-21…..16-39

Padres 7-18/9-21…..16-39

Giants 4-16/5-23…..9-39

AL
Orioles 5-16/7-23…..12-39

Red Sox 7-20/6-22…..13-42

New York 8-21/8-19…..16-40

Rays 8-28/0-12…..8-40

Toronto 6-19/5-21…..11-40

White Sox 9-21/8-20……17-41

Cleveland 5-19/5-21…..10-40

Detroit 5-19/7-22…..12-41

Royals 7-23/5-19…..12-42

Twins 3-21/3-18…..6-39

A’s 7-21/6-21…..13-42

Astros 3-21/3-18…..6-39

Angels 6-19/7-20…..13-39

Seattle 4-21/10-18…..14-39

Texas 3-20/5-21…..8-41

— Famous birthdays, May 12th:
Ted Kubiak, 83
Bruce Boxleitner, 75
George Karl, 74
Kevin Grevey, 72
Lou Whitaker, 68
James Wilder, 67
Ving Rhames, 66
Emilio Estevez, 63
Lawrence Phillips, 50
Malin Ackerman, 47
Steve Smith, 46 (NFL WR)
Lance Lynn, 38

— Thunder 92, Nuggets 87
Denver shot 2-22 in first quarter, trailed 17-8.
OKC shot 35.6% from floor, Nuggets 31.3%. Ugly game.
Thunder outscored Denver 29-18 in 4th quarter.
Series is 2-2; Game 5 is Tuesday in Oklahoma City.

— Pacers 129, Cavaliers 109
Indiana led 80-39 at halftime!!!! 80 to freakin’ 39!!!
If you’re coaching #1-seed Cleveland, what do you say at halftime?
Indiana’s starters shot 59.1% from the floor.
Underdog Pacers lead series, 3-1.

— Colorado Rockies beat San Diego 9-3 Sunday, then fired manager Bud Black, because they’re 7-33, which isn’t Bud Black’s fault, but you can’t fire the players, although you could fire the guy who assembled this awful roster of players.

— New York Mets are the only team that hasn’t lost three games in a row this season.

— Los Angeles Rams are having their mini-camp in Maui, which seems like a fun place to have your mini-camp, even though mini-camps aren’t necessarily supposed to be fun.

— Movie of the Day: Sea of Love (1989)- A detective investigating a series of murders becomes involved with a woman who may be the culprit.
Al Pacino is the detective, Ellen Barkin is the woman; John Goodman, Samuel L Jackson, John Spencer are also in this movie. Really good cast.
A movie worth watching, if only because Ellen Barkin is in it.

— Twins 7, Giants 6 (10)
Minnesota won its eighth game in a row.
Brooks Lee was 3-5, with three runs scored, 2 RBI
Heliot Ramos homered, had four RBI for the Giants.

— Cardinals 6, Nationals 1
St Louis also won its eighth game in a row.
Miles Mikolas got 16 outs, allowed only four hits.
Nootbaar, Contreras, Arenado homered for the Redbirds.

— Pirates 4, Braves 3
Pirates blew a 3-0 run lead in 8th inning, won it in bottom of 9th.
Sean Murphy tied the game with a 3-run double in 8th inning.
Atlanta is 19-21, still hasn’t gotten to .500 this season.
Pittsburgh is 2-1 under interim manager Don Kelly.

— White Sox 4, Marlins 2
Tim Elko’s first major league hit was a 3-run homer.
Marlins are 15-24, 5-12 on the road.

— Mets 6, Cubs 2
Mets scored four runs in 8th inning; Lindor’s HR sparked the rally.
Pete Crow-Armstrong homered for Chicago.
Mets are 15-4 at home, 11-11 on the road.

— If the playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Mets, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres, Giants, Phillies
AL: New York, Tigers, Mariners. Wild Cards: Guardians, Royals, Red Sox

 

[Udog]

NHL

Monday, May 12

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Washington VS Carolina
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games.
Washington is 5-10 SU in its last 15 games against Carolina.
Washington is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games on the road.
Washington is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Carolina.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Carolina's last 8 games.
Carolina is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Carolina's last 6 games against Washington.
Carolina is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games at home.

Vegas VS Edmonton
Vegas is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games.
Vegas is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games against Edmonton.
Vegas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Vegas' last 9 games against an opponent in the Pacific Division division.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Edmonton's last 9 games.
Edmonton is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games.
Edmonton is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games at home.
Edmonton is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.


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[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Monday, May 12

 

[CNOTES]

Tuesday’s 6-pack:
— Knicks 121, Celtics 113- Boston led by 11 points at halftime.
— Celtics star Jayson Tatum got hurt at the end; it looked like a severe injury.
— T’wolves 117, Warriors 110- Minnesota shot 16-34 on arc, Warriors 8-27.
— Cowboys-Eagles will open the NFL season September 4th.
— Rams-Jaguars are playing in England October 19th.
— Broncos visit Kansas City on Christmas night.

Quote of the Day
“Borrow money from pessimists; they don’t expect it back .”
Steven Wright

Tuesday’s quiz
In the old TV show Batman, who played the Penguin?

Monday’s quiz
When the Arizona Diamondbacks acquired P Zac Gallen from the Marlins in 2019, they sent Jazz Chisholm to Miami in the trade.

Sunday’s quiz
In the movie Moneyball, when the Oakland A’s win their 20th game in a row, that win was against the Kansas City Royals.

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Tuesday’s Den: Trends for every major league team​

— Arizona (22-20)
Diamondbacks are 4-8 in their last 12 home games,
Arizona is 18-13 vs righty starters, 4-7 vs lefties.
Under is 10-3 in their last thirteen games.

— Braves (20-21)
Atlanta won six of their last nine games.
Braves are 13-6 at home, 7-15 on the road.
Braves are 15-19 vs righty starters, 5-2 vs lefties.
Under is 8-1 in their last nine games.

— Cubs (24-18)
Chicago is 7-0 in home series openers.
Over is 12-6 in their last 18 home games.
Cubs are 15-9 in night games, 9-9 in day games.

— Reds (20-22)
Reds lost seven of their last nine games.
Under is 9-3 in their last dozen road games.
Reds are 2-6 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Rockies (7-34)
Colorado lost 16 of its last 19 games.
Rockies fired their manager Sunday; it isn’t his fault.
Rockies are 2-18 on the road (under 14-6).
Rockies have already had four losing streaks of 6+ games.
Over is 6-1 in their last seven games.

— Dodgers (25-13)
Dodgers won 11 of their last 15 games.
Dodgers are 15-3 at home, 12-11 on the road.
Over is 12-6 in their home games.

— Marlins (15-25)
Marlins lost 12 of their last 15 games.
Marlins are 3-11 in series openers.
Under is 3-0 in their last three games.

— Brewers (20-22)
Milwaukee is 12-7 at home, 8-15 on the road.
Brewers are 2-14 on the road if they score less than seven runs.
Brewers are 2-7 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
22 of its 42 games have been against American League teams.

— Mets (27-15)
Mets are 16-4 at home, 11-11 on road.
Mets are 12-2 in series openers.
Under is 6-3 their last nine home games.

— Phillies (24-17)
Phillies won 11 of their last 15 games.
Phillies are 21-10 vs righty starters, 3-7 vs lefties.
Under is 7-3 in their last ten games.

— Pirates (12-26)
Pittsburgh lost 12 of their last 15 games.
Last 7 series, Pirates are 2-6 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Under is 6-0 in their last six games.

— St Louis (23-19)
St Louis won its last nine games.
Cardinals are 15-6 at home, 8-13 on road.
St Louis is 5-6 vs lefty starters, 18-13 vs righties.
Five of their last six games stayed under the total.
St Louis is 3-8 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Padres (23-13)
San Diego is 8-3 since Arraez got back in lineup.
Padres are 14-4 at home, 11-10 on the road.
Over is 5-1in their last six games.

— Giants (24-18)
Giants lost their last four games.
Giants are 22-9 vs rightly pitchers, 2-9 vs lefties.
SF is 7-8 in one-run games.
Under is 4-1 in their last five games.

— Washington (17-25)
Nationals are 10-12 at home, 7-13 on the road.
Over is 6-2 in their last eight home games.
Nats scored in 1st inning in 7 of 22 home games, 3 of 20 on the road.
Washington is 6-2 in last eight games when winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Famous birthdays, May 13th:
Harvey Keitel, 86
Bobby Valentine, 75
Dennis Rodman, 64
Stephen Colbert, 61
Jose Rijo, 60
Barry Zito, 47
Mike Bibby, 47
Rob Havenstein, 33
Willson Contreras, 33
Tyrann Mathieu, 33
Nico Hoerner, 28
Mickey Moniak, 27

— Orioles (15-24)
Baltimore is 6-13 in its last 19 games.
Orioles are 12-15 vs righty starters, 3-9 vs lefties.
Under is 15-3 in their last 18 games.

— Red Sox (22-21)
Boston is 4-10 in one-run games.
Red Sox are 11-9 at home, 11-12 on the road.
Over is 9-4 in their last 13 road games.

— White Sox (12-29)
Chicago is 5-6 in its last eleven games.
White Sox are 9-12 at home, 3-17 on the road.
Chicago is 3-10 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Cleveland (24-17)
Cleveland won six of its last nine games.
Cleveland is 10-3 against its AL Central rivals.
Cleveland is 7-2 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Guardians are 22-12 vs righty starters, 2-5 vs lefties.

— Detroit (27-15)
Tigers won nine of last 12 games.
Detroit is 15-5 at home, 12-10 on the road.
Over is 10-4 in their last 14 games.

— Houston (20-20)
Astros are 6-13 in the game following a win.
Houston is 13-9 at home, 7-11 on road.
Over is 10-4 in their last ten games.
Astros scored in first inning run in only 3 of 22 home games.

— Royals (25-18)
Royals won 17 of their last 21 games.
Kansas City is 16-7 at home, 9-11 on the road.
15 of Royals’ last 19 home games stayed under the total.

— Angels (17-23)
Halos are 5-4 in last nine games overall.
Angels lost nine of their last ten road games.
Over is 10-3 in their last thirteen games.

— Twins (21-20)
Twins won their last eight games.
Minnesota is 15-6 at home, 6-14 on the road.
Under is 11-4 in their last fifteen games.
Twins are 7-10 vs their AL Central rivals.

— New York (24-17)
New York is 5-1 in its last six games.
New York is 13-8 at home, 11-9 on the road.
New York is 21-12 vs righty starters, 3-5 vs lefties.
Over is 5-1 in their last six games.

— A’s (21-20)
A’s are 15-10 in their last 25 games.
A’s are 8-13 in Sacramento, 13-7 on the road.
Under is 5-2 in their last seven road games.
A’s are 8-4 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Seattle (22-18)
Mariners lost their last four games.
Over is 8-3 in their last eleven road games.
Mariners are 13-5 vs the AL West rivals.

— Tampa Bay (18-22)
Rays are 11-17 at home, 7-5 on the road.
Rays are 13-8 vs NL teams, 5-14 vs AL teams.
Rays are 6-1 in last seven games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Texas (21-21)
Texas won its last three games.
Rangers fired their hitting coach last week
Under is 17-4 in their home games.
Rangers haven’t scored in first inning in their last 11 home games.

— Toronto (20-20)
Toronto won its last four games.
Blue Jays are 9-7 vs their AL East rivals, 11-13 vs everyone else .
Toronto’s last seven games went over the total.
Toronto is 16-15 vs righty starters, 4-5 vs lefties.

 

[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Tuesday, May 13

NHL

Tuesday, May 13

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Winnipeg VS Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Winnipeg's last 8 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Winnipeg's last 5 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Winnipeg's last 5 games when playing on the road against Dallas.
Winnipeg is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games played in May.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Dallas' last 6 games.
Dallas is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Dallas' last 11 games against Winnipeg.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Dallas' last 6 games at home.


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[CNOTES]

Tuesday, May 13​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
WIN at DAL	08:00 PM	DAL -135 U 5.5	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

NHL 2025 PLAYOFF BEST BETS !

05/13/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%....................+ 10.00
05/11/2025......................1 - 2 - 0...........................33,33%....................- 6.00
05/10/2025......................4 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%...................+ 20.25
05/09/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 9.50
05/08/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 8.65
05/07/2025......................4 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%....................+ 20.95
05/06/2025......................0 - 4 - 0..........................00.00%......................- 22.60
05/05/2025......................1 - 1 - 0..........................50.00%......................+ 0.10
05/04/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/03/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%......................+ 12,40
05/02/2025......................2 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/01/2025......................4 - 4 - 0...........................50.00%......................- 1.35

TOTALS..........................28 -13 - 0...........................68.29%.....................+ 71.90
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NHL 2025 PLAYOFF BEST BETS !

TOTALS...................39 - 28 - 0.....................58.20%....................+ 44.95

 

[CNOTES]

Wednesday’s 6-pack:
All-time leading scorers for the Indiana Pacers:
25,279— Reggie Miller
12,871— Rik Smits
10,780— Billy Knight
10,058— Roger Brown
9,580— Jermaine O’Neal
9,571— Danny Granger

Quote of the Day
“The winning team writes the script.”
Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle

Wednesday’s quiz
Last time the Indiana Pacers made the NBA Finals was in 2000; who was their coach?

Tuesday’s quiz
In the old TV show Batman, Burgess Meredith played the Penguin; he later played Rocky Balboa’s boxing trainer in the great Rocky movies.

Monday’s quiz
When the Arizona Diamondbacks acquired P Zac Gallen from the Marlins in 2019, they sent Jazz Chisholm to Miami in the trade.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….​

2025 NFL schedule gets released Wednesday night; here is what we know:

— Cowboys @ Eagles opens the season September 4th; these division rivals play twice a year, but this is the first time since 2000 that they’ll meet in Week 1.

— Chargers are going to start their season in Brazil the next night, September 5th; they haven’t announced who their opponent will be.

— Vikings are going to be the first team in NFL history to play consecutive international games in different countries; they’re playing the Steelers September 28 in Ireland, then they’re playing the Browns in England October 5th.

— Bears @ Eagles is a Friday afternoon game the day after Thanksgiving, the game Amazon shows because they want to you to stay home and go Christmas shopping on their website.

— Rams-Jaguars are playing a game in England October 19th, I think they said.

— Tomorrow’s Den will be loaded with info on the 2025 schedule.

— Famous birthdays, May 14th:
Tony Perez, 83
Dave LaRoche, 77
Dennis Martinez, 71
Mike Quick, 66
Pat Borders, 62
Pooh Richardson, 59
Sofia Coppola, 54
Rob Gronkowski, 36
Kyle Freeland, 32
Tony Gonsolin, 31
Brenton Doyle, 27
Zach Edey, 23

— Pacers 114, Cavaliers 105
Indiana eliminates top-seeded Cleveland in five games.
Pacers outscored Cleveland 33-20 in third quarter.
Tyrese Halliburton scored 31 points, was +27.

— Thunder 112, Nuggets 105
Shea Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points.
Nikola Jokic scored 44 points, had 15 rebounds.
Nuggets led 86-78 after the third quarter.
Oklahoma City leads series, 3-2

— New York Knicks are first NBA team ever to have three wins in the same playoff series, when they trailed by 9+ points at halftime in all three games.

— Boston Celtics’ star Jayson Tatum ruptured his Achilles tendon late in Monday night’s loss to the Knicks; he had surgery on his leg Tuesday afternoon.

— Top 4 picks in the 2025 NBA Draft:
Dallas
San Antonio
Philadelphia
Charlotte

— Movie of the Day: The Fugitive (1993)- A well-known surgeon is unjustly accused of murdering his wife, so he tries to find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt led by a veteran U.S. Marshal.
Harrison Ford is the surgeon, Tommie Lee Jones is the Marshal, Julianne Moore, Sela Ward and Joe Pantoliano are also in the cast.
This is an excellent movie, really, really good.

— A’s 11, Dodgers 1
If the season ended right now, the A’s would be in the playoffs.
Jacob Wilson went 4-5, with two homers, 4 RBI
A’s are a major league-best 14-7 on the road.
1B Nick Kurtz hit his first major league home run.

— Guardians 2, Brewers 0
Cleveland shut the Brewers out for the second day in a row.
Logan Allen allowed three hits and a walk in six IP.
Milwaukee is 12-7 at home, 8-16 on the road.

— Rays 11, Blue Jays 9
Junior Caminero hit a grand slam in the ninth inning.
Rays gave up five runs in the last two innings but still won.
Daulton Varsho homered twice for Toronto.

— Phillies got rained out Tuesday; Kyle Schwarber has a 47-game on-base streak. The all-time best on-base streak is 84 games, by Ted Williams.

— Tigers 10, Red Sox 9 (11)
Javier Baez hit two homers, knocked in six runs; he had the walk-of HR in this game.
Red Sox tied game 8-8 with two runs in 8th inning.
Detroit is 28-15 now, 16-5 at home.

— Astros 2, Royals 1
Isaac Paredes hit a walk-off home run for Houston.
Framber Valdez threw 8 innings, on only 89 pitches.
Jeremy Pena has 13 RBI in 15 games since moving to the leadoff spot.

— Padres 6, Angels 4
Fernando Tatis hit a walk-off home run for San Diego.
Angels led this game 4-2 in the 8th inning.

— If the playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Mets, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres, Phillies, Giants
AL: New York, Tigers, Mariners. Wild Cards: Guardians, Royals, A’s

 

[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, May 14

NHL

Wednesday, May 14

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Florida VS Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Florida's last 7 games.
Florida is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games.
Florida is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games against Toronto.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Florida's last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games.
Toronto is 15-5 SU in its last 20 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Toronto's last 19 games against Florida.
Toronto is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games at home.

Edmonton VS Vegas
Edmonton is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games.
Edmonton is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games against Vegas.
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Edmonton's last 17 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Edmonton's last 5 games when playing on the road against Vegas.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Vegas' last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Vegas' last 6 games at home.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Vegas' last 5 games when playing at home against Edmonton.
Vegas is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games against an opponent in the Pacific Division division.


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[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Thursday’s 6-pack:
— Celtics 127, Knicks 102- Boston shot 22-49 on the arc.
— T’wolves 121, Warriors 110- Minnesota wins series, 4-1
— Twins 6-8, Orioles 3-6- Minnesota has won 10 games in a row.
— Astros 4, Royals 3- Jeremy Pena was 4-4, with two RBI
— Marlins 3, Cubs 1- Kyle Stowers homered twice, hit a triple.
— Diamondbacks 8, Giants 7- Ketel Marte homered twice.

Quote of the Day
“We did what was necessary to do what we needed to do to get it back to New York. You don’t get to pick the test that you have, you pick how you respond to them.”
Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla

Thursday’s quiz
Last time Cowboys-Eagles played in a season opener was in 2000; who was the Dallas coach back then?

Wednesday’s quiz
Last time Indiana Pacers made the NBA Finals was in 2000; Larry Bird was their coach.

Tuesday’s quiz
In the old TV show Batman, Burgess Meredith played the Penguin; he later played Rocky Balboa’s boxing trainer in the great Rocky movies.

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Thursday’s Den: Our first look at this year’s NFL schedule

Notes on the 2025 NFL schedule:
AFC East
Bills
Four of their first five games are at home.
Three of their first five games are in primetime.
Chiefs visit Buffalo in Week 9
Weeks 12-16, four road games in five weeks.

Dolphins
3/last 5 games are in cold weather: @ Jets, Steelers, Patriots.
Five primetime games, plus a game vs Washington, in Spain
Don’t play any 4:00 games.

Patriots
Weeks 5-7: 3 straight road games, at Buffalo, New Orleans, Tennessee
Week 7, Patriots @ Titans; Vrabel coached Tennessee from 2018-23.
Three of first four games at home.
Week 1, Raiders @ Patriots (Tom Brady owns part of Raiders now)

Jets
Week 1: Steelers @ Jets- Justin Fields played for Pittsburgh last year.
3/last 4 games are on the road.
Play Broncos in London in Week 6, don’t have a bye in Week 7.
Right now, 14 of their 17 games are at 1:00; low expectations.

AFC North
Ravens
Five of their first seven games are at home.
Weeks 5-8, have three home games and a bye week.
Weeks 9-11, 3 straight road games, at Miami, Minnesota, Cleveland
Play the Bengals in weeks 13/15.
Three of their last four games are on the road.

Bengals
Last three years, Bengals are 5-10 in Weeks 1-5, 25-10 from Week 6 on.
Three of their first four games are on the road.
Have four primetime games, plus four 4:25 games that aren’t on West Coast.
Weeks 7-10: three home games, then their bye week.

Browns
Browns have 40-year old QB Flacco, and two rookie QB’s,
Cleveland plays its first game and its last game against Cincinnati.
14 of their 17 games are in the Eastern time zone.
No primetime games; they play the Vikings in England in Week 5.

Steelers
Who will the QB be? Right now, it would be Mason Rudolph.
Only 5 of their 17 games are vs teams that were in playoffs last year.
Steelers have four primetime games, plus a game vs Vikings in Ireland.
Their games with the Ravens are in Weeks 14/18.

AFC South
Texans
Weeks 8-10, have three straight home games.
Visit SoFi Stadium twice; Week 1 vs Rams, Week 17 vs Chargers
Chargers beat Houston 32-12 in playoffs last year.
Visit Chiefs in Week 14; KC beat them 23-14 in playoffs LY.

Colts
Four of their first six games are at home.
Also visit SoFi Stadium twice; vs Rams in Week 4, Chargers in Week 7
Only one primetime game, Week 16 vs 49ers.
12 of their 17 games are in domed stadiums.

Jaguars
Play only one game in England this year, Week 7 vs Rams
Play only one primetime game, Week 5 vs Chiefs.
Two games vs Colts are in Weeks 14/17.
Two games vs Tennessee are in Week 13/18.

Titans
Weeks 4-6- 3 straight road games, at Houston, Arizona, Las Vegas (all domes)
No primetime games; league has low expectations for them.
Weeks 9-13- have four home games and their bye week.
Only cold weather game figures to be Week 14 in Cleveland.

AFC West
Broncos
First three games are against their three AFC West rivals.
Open season vs Chiefs on a Friday night in Brazil.
Five primetime games; league has high expectations for them.

Chiefs
Open season in Brazil vs Chargers; host the Eagles in Week 2.
5 of their first 8 games are in primetime.
Weeks 6-8, have three straight home games.
Play on both Thanksgiving/Christmas this year.

Raiders
Two of first three games are on East Coast, at New England/Washington
Raiders open season vs Patriots; Pete Carroll coached Patriots from 1997-99.
Weeks 15-16 are only time they play consecutive weeks on the road.

Chargers
Open season against the Chiefs, in Brazil.
Have two trips to east coast in Weeks 4, 6; lot of travel early on.
Three of their last four games are on the road. .
Five primetime games; league has high expectations for them.

Thanksgiving Day games:
Packers @ Detroit
Chiefs @ Dallas
Bengals @ Baltimore

Christmas Day games
Cowboys @ Washington
Lions @ Minnesota
Broncos @ Kansas City

NFC East
Cowboys
Open season at Super Bowl champion Eagles in Week 1.
Play four of their games on Thursdays.
Weeks 12-16, play four home games in five weeks.
Play on both Thanksgiving/Christmas this year.

Giants
Open season with road games at Washington/Dallas.
Two games vs Cowboys are in Weeks 2/18.
Have a late bye week, Week 14.
Have only one road game in the last five weeks.

Eagles
Don’t have back/back home games all season.
Two games vs Washington are in Weeks 16/18.
Two games vs Giants are in Weeks 6/8.
Host Bears on Black Friday afternoon, the day after Thanksgiving

Commanders
Washington is 18-1 to win Super Bowl; this time last year, they were 150-1
Their last four games are against NFC East rivals.
Weeks 4-8, play four road games in five weeks.
Have five primetime games, plus a Week 8 game in Spain.

NFC North
Bears
Their games vs Detroit are in Weeks 2/18
Three of their last four games are at home.
Weeks 4-9, have tour road games and a bye week.
Thought it was odd that Ben Johnson turned down Washington job LY, but left the Lions to coach division rival Chicago this year. Both teams have promising young QB’s.

Lions
Detroit has two new coordinators this year, the price of success.
Weeks 12-14, have three straight home games.
Week 15, they visit the Rams, a renewal of the Stafford-Goff thing.
Play on both Thanksgiving/Christmas this year.

Packers
Open season with home games vs Lions/Commanders.
Play three of last four games on the road.
Have four primetime games, four 4:25 games.
Two games with the Bears are in Weeks 14/16.

Vikings- unusual schedule
Week 1- visit Chicago on Monday night
Weeks 2-3- two home games
Weeks 4-5- a game in Ireland, a game in England
Week 6- bye
Week 7- host the Eagles
Weeks 8-16- six road games in nine weeks.
Weeks 17-18- home games vs Lions/Packers.

NFC South
Falcons
Week 5 is an early bye week.
Week 2 is at Minnesota, interesting if Kirk Cousins is still a Falcon.
12 of their 17 games are in domed stadiums.
Four primetime games, plus a Week 9 game in Germany,
They don’t have a bye week the game after playing in Germany.

Panthers
Three of their first four games are on the road.
Week 9 game in Germany, against the Falcons.
They don’t have a bye week the game after playing in Germany.
Two games with Tampa Bay are in Weeks 16/18.

Saints
It is unclear who Saints’ QB will be, but whoever it is will be young.
Open with home games vs Cardinals/49ers.
Finish with road games at Tennessee/Atlanta.
No primetime games; league has low expectations for them.

Buccaneers
Open season with road games, at Atlanta/Houston.
Weeks 13-15, have three straight home games.
Have four primetime games, three of them on road.
Four of their last five games are vs NFC South rivals.

NFC West
Cardinals
Three of their last four games are on the road.
12 of their 17 games are in domed stadiums.
Two games with the Rams are in Weeks 14/18.
Have only two games in the eastern time zone.

Rams
Three of their first four games are vs AFC East teams.
Play Jaguars in England in Week 7.
Week 8-12, have three home games and a bye week.
Two of their last three games are in primetime.

49ers
Open season with road games, against teams with new QB’s (Seattle/NO)
Three of their last four games are at home.
Have five primetime games, including two of last three weeks.
First game and last game are both against the Seahawks.

Seahawks
Sam Darnold faces his old team (Vikings) in Week 13.
Cooper Kupp plays against his old team (Rams) in Weeks 11/16
Seahawks have five trips to the eastern time zone.
Seattle finishes with road games, at Panthers/49ers.

 

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Carolina VS Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Carolina's last 9 games.
Carolina is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games.
Carolina is 11-5 SU in its last 16 games against Washington.
Carolina is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Washington's last 6 games at home.
Washington is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Carolina.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Washington's last 12 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.

Dallas VS Winnipeg
Dallas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas' last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas' last 5 games when playing on the road against Winnipeg.
Dallas is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Winnipeg's last 9 games.
Winnipeg is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Winnipeg's last 12 games against Dallas.
Winnipeg is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home.


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[CNOTES]

Thursday, May 15​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
CAR at WAS	07:00 PM	WAS +147 O 5.5	+500 +500
DAL at WIN	09:30 PM	DAL +111 U 5.5	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

NHL 2025 PLAYOFF BEST BETS !

05/15/2025......................1 - 3 - 0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,25.00%...................- 10.50
05/13/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%....................+ 10.00
05/11/2025......................1 - 2 - 0...........................33,33%....................- 6.00
05/10/2025......................4 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%...................+ 20.25
05/09/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 9.50
05/08/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 8.65
05/07/2025......................4 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%....................+ 20.95
05/06/2025......................0 - 4 - 0..........................00.00%......................- 22.60
05/05/2025......................1 - 1 - 0..........................50.00%......................+ 0.10
05/04/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/03/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%......................+ 12,40
05/02/2025......................2 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/01/2025......................4 - 4 - 0...........................50.00%......................- 1.35

TOTALS..........................29 -16 - 0...........................64.44%.....................+ 61.40

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NHL 2025 PLAYOFF BEST BETS !

TOTALS...................39 - 28 - 0.....................58.20%....................+ 44.95

 

[CNOTES]

Friday’s 6-pack:
— Nuggets 119, Thunder 107- Game 7 is Sunday in Oklahoma City.
— Twins 4, Orioles 0- Minnesota has won 11 games in a row.
— Rangers 1, Astros 0- Jake Burger homered for the game’s only run.
— Braves 5, Nationals 2- Atlanta is 15-7 at home, 7-15 on the road.
— Reds 7, White Sox 1- Nick Martinez threw seven shutout IP.
— Rays 8, Blue Jays 3- Brandon Lowe hit two home runs.

Quote of the Day
“When all is said and done, more is usually said than done.”
Unknown

Friday’s quiz
NHL’s Arizona Coyotes moved to Utah this year and became the Utah Mammoth; before the franchise moved to Arizona in 1996, where did the team call home?

Thursday’s quiz
Last time Cowboys-Eagles played in a season opener was in 2000; Dave Campo was the Dallas coach back then.

Wednesday’s quiz
Last time Indiana Pacers made the NBA Finals was in 2000; Larry Bird was their coach.

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AL teams’ records, by starting pitcher:

— Orioles (15-27)
Eflin 3-1
Morton 0-7
Kremer 3-6 (under 4-1 last five)
Sugano 5-4 (under 6-0 last six)
Povich 3-4
Young 1-1
Gibson 0-3
McDermott 0-1

— Red Sox (22-23)
Crochet 6-3 (over 3-0 last three)
Houck 2-7 (over 5-1 last six)
Buehler 4-2
Pitts 0-3 (under 3-0)
Newcomb 2-3 (over 4-1)
Dobbins 2-3
Bello 4-1
Giolito 1-2

— White Sox (14-30)
Burke 3-5
Cannon 1-6
Perez 2-2
Smith 1-7 (under 5-2)
Martin 2-6
Wilson 2-2
Gilbert 1-2 (opener)
Eisert 0-2 (opener)

— Guardians (25-18)
Lively 7-2 (under 6-2 last eight)
Williams 5-4 (over 5-1 last six)
Bibee 5-3 (under 4-1 last five)
Ortiz 3-5 (under 3-1 last four)
Allen 5-3
Nikhazy 0-1

— Tigers (29-15)
Skubal 6-3
Flaherty 1-7
Olson 5-3
Jobe 7-0 (over 5-2)
Mize 6-1
Montero 3-1 (under 3-1)
Holton 1-0 (opener)

— Famous birthdays, May 16th:
Rick Reuschel, 76
Pierce Brosnan, 72
Rick Rhoden, 72
Debra Winger, 70
Jack Morris, 70
John Salley, 61
Thurman Thomas, 59
Jim Mecir, 55
AJ Feeley, 48
Gardner Minshew, 29

— Astros (22-21)
Valdez 4-5
Brown 6-3 (under 6-3)
Arrighetti 1-1
Blanco 5-3 (under 4-1 last five)
Wesneski 2-4 (under 5-1)
Gusto 3-2
McCullers 0-2
Blubaugh 0-1
Gordon 1-0

— Royals (25-20)
Ragans 4-4 (over 3-1 last four)
Lugo 5-4 (under 7-2)
Bubic 5-4
Lorenzen 5-4 (under 7-2)
Wacha 4-5 (under 5-2 last seven)
Cameron 1-0

— Angels (17-25)
Kikuchi 3-6 (over 7-2)
Soriano 2-7 (over 6-2 last eight)
TAnderson 6-2 (over 3-0 last three)
Hendricks 3-5 (under 4-1 last five)
Kochanowicz 3-5

— Twins (24-20)
Lopez 4-3 (over 3-1 last four)
Ryan 3-5 (under 7-1)
Ober 7-2
Paddack 3-6 (under 3-1 last four)
Woods-Richardson 4-3 (under 5-1 last six)
Festa 2-1
Topa 0-1 (opener)

— New York (25-18)
Rodon 4-5
Fried 8-1 (under 6-1 last seven)
Warren 4-5
Carrasco 2-4 (under 4-2)
Schmidt 4-1 (over 3-1 last four)
Stroman 2-1 (over 3-0)
Yarbrough 1-1

— Movie of the Day: Let It Ride (1989)- A cab driver stumbles upon a hot tip on a race horse and wins big, but he can’t stop gambling.
Richard Dreyfuss is the gambler, Teri Garr is his wife; David Johansen, Jennifer Tilly and Allen Garfield are also in the movie, which is very funny. Robbie Coltrane is excellent as the teller at the betting window.

— A’s (22-22)
Severino 4-5 (over 3-1 last four)
Springs 5-4 (over 6-2 last eight)
Bido 4-5 (over 4-1 last five)
Sears 6-2 (under 3-1 last four)
Holland 1-2
Ginn 2-1
Estes 0-2
Lopez 0-1

— Mariners (23-19)
Gilbert 5-1
Castillo 4-5
Miller 4-4 (over 4-0 last four)
Woo 6-2
Hancock 4-2 (over 5-1)
Evans 1-2 (over 3-0)
JFCastillo 1-1

— Rays (20-23)
Pepiot 3-6 (under 4-1 last five)
Littell 4-5 (under 7-2)
Bradley 5-3
Rasmussen 2-6 (under 6-2)
Baz 5-3
Boyle 1-0

— Rangers (24-21)
Eovaldi 5-4 (under 8-1)
Leiter 3-3 (under 5-1)
Mahle 5-4 (under 8-1)
deGrom 6-3 (over 3-1 last four)
Rocker 2-3 (under 3-1 last four)
Corbin 3-4 (under 3-1 last four)

— Blue Jays (21-22)
Berrios 5-4
Gausman 4-5 (over 4-0 last four)
Bassitt 5-4 (under 8-1)
Francis 3-5 (over 3-0 last three)
Lucas 2-2
Scherzer 0-1
Urena 1-1
Rodriguez 1-0

 

[CNOTES]

Friday, May 16​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
TOR at FLA	08:00 PM	FLA -230 O 5.5	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

NHL 2025 PLAYOFF BEST BETS !

05/16/2025......................0 - 2 - 0...........................00.00%...................- 17.00
05/15/2025......................1 - 3 - 0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,25.00%...................- 10.50
05/13/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%....................+ 10.00
05/11/2025......................1 - 2 - 0...........................33,33%....................- 6.00
05/10/2025......................4 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%...................+ 20.25
05/09/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 9.50
05/08/2025......................3 - 1 - 0...........................75.00%.....................+ 8.65
05/07/2025......................4 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%....................+ 20.95
05/06/2025......................0 - 4 - 0..........................00.00%......................- 22.60
05/05/2025......................1 - 1 - 0..........................50.00%......................+ 0.10
05/04/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/03/2025......................2 - 0 - 0.........................100.00%......................+ 12,40
05/02/2025......................2 - 0 - 0..........................100.00%.....................+ 10.00
05/01/2025......................4 - 4 - 0...........................50.00%......................- 1.35

TOTALS..........................29 -18 - 0...........................61.70%.....................+ 44.40

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NHL 2025 PLAYOFF BEST BETS !

TOTALS...................39 - 28 - 0.....................58.20%....................+ 44.95

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Saturday’s 6-pack:
Major League leaders in runs scored:
49— Shohei Ohtani, LA
42— Aaron Judge, NYY
37— Corbin Carroll, Ariz
36— Mookie Betts LA/Fernando Tatis SD
34— Kyle Tucker Chi/Pete Crow-Armstrong Chi
33— Byron Buxton, Minn

Quote of the Day
“We watched the film, and we were kind of disgusted with our communication, our effort and our sense of urgency. That was something we knew we had to fix.”
Knicks’ G Josh Hart, talking about their Game 5 loss

Saturday’s quiz
The current Winnipeg Jets moved to Manitoba in 2011; before that, where did they play their home games?

Friday’s quiz
NHL’s Arizona Coyotes moved to Utah this year and became the Utah Mammoth; before the franchise moved to Arizona in 1996, they were the original Winnipeg Jets.

Thursday’s quiz
Last time Cowboys-Eagles played in a season opener was in 2000; Dave Campo was the Dallas coach back then.
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Saturday’s Den: Remembering a great friend……..

— Friday was the 10-year anniversary of the day my dad passed away, a cruddy day.

My dad was a nice person, an honest person- he was the kind of person this world needs a lot more of. He loved the Mets, the Knicks, the football Giants; he was a pretty good golfer, and he was a freakin’ great father.

He was a great example of the kind of person I should be; I would’ve been remiss if today had gone by without giving a wave up to heaven and saying hi.

I love you, dad. You are missed every day.

— Knicks 119, Celtics 81
New York led 64-37 at halftime.
Knicks win this series, 4-2.
Knicks-Pacers (#3-seed vs #4-seed) is the Eastern Conference final

— 49ers signed QB Brock Purdy to a 5-year contract worth $53M/year; Purdy has played three years in the NFL, is 27-15 as an NFL starter, 4-2 in playoff games.

— Illinois signed football coach Bret Bielema to a six-year contract, with $7.7M/year. Bielama has been at Illinois four years, has a 28-22 record, 2-2 in bowl games.

Overall in 16 years as a head coach, Bielema is 125-80, 5-6 in bowl games.

— Former NBA star Nick Van Exel had some thoughts on social media about the increased amount of Achilles tendon injuries in the NBA:

“There have been Achilles tears throughout the years but my thoughts on them is that they happen more now and I think it has something to do with them dam lows the players wear nowadays. Cover them ankles up fellas.”

— I’m curious how much these celebrities get for doing commercials:
Christopher Walken (Miller Lite)
Will Ferrell (PayPal)
Jeff Goldblum (apartments.com)

— Texas Rangers P Max Scherzer is getting direct deposits in his bank account from all over the continent this year; he is getting paid:

$30,833,334 from the Mets
$15,500,000 from the Blue Jays
$15,000,000 from the Nationals
$12,500,000 from the Rangers

— Famous birthdays, May 17th:
Paige Turco, 60
Danny Manning, 59
Hill Harper, 59
Craig Erickson, 56

Hubert Davis, 55
Sasha Alexander, 52
Carlos Pena, 47
Tony Parker, 43

Matt Cassel, 43
Channing Frye, 42
Matt Ryan, 40
Austin Ekeler, 30

— Week 1 NFL spreads:
Cowboys @ Philadelphia (-7)
Chiefs (-3) vs Chargers (@ San Paolo, Brazil)
Cardinals (-3.5) @ New Orleans
Bengals (-4.5) @ Cleveland

Dolphins @ Indianapolis (-1.5)
Raiders @ New England (-3.5)
Giants @ Washington (-7.5)
Buccaneers (-2.5) @ Atlanta

Panthers @ Jacksonville (-3.5)
Steelers (-2.5) @ NJ Jets
Texans @ Rams (-3.5)
49ers (-1.5) @ Seattle

Titans @ Denver (-7.5)
Lions @ Green Bay (-1.5)
Ravens @ Buffalo (-1.5)
Vikings @ Chicago (-1.5)

— Twins 3, Brewers 0
Minnesota won its 12th game in a row.
Twins haven’t allowed a run in their last 24 innings.
Joe Ryan allowed three baserunners in six scoreless IP.

— Cardinals 10, Royals 3
St Louis has won 11 of its last 12 games.
Ivan Herrera had three hits, four RBI.
Cardinals are 49-26 in their games at Kauffman Stadium.

— Phillies 8, Pirates 4
Pittsburgh led 3-1 in 7th inning.
Phillies scored four runs on only one hit in bottom of 7th.
Bryce Harper got his 1,000th career RBI

— Bronx 6, Mets 2
Juan Soto was 0-2 with three walks in his return to the Bronx.
Mets are 17-5 at home, 11-12 on the road.
Bronx leads AL East by five games.

— Nationals 4, Orioles 3
Mackenzie Gore allowed 12 baserunners in 3.2 IP, but only gave up 2 runs.
Winning run scored from 2nd base on a 9th inning infield hit.
Orioles lost 10 of their last 12 games.

— Marlins 9, Rays 4
Only 5th win for Miami in their last 29 games against the Rays.

— Astros 6, Rangers 3
Texas led 2-0 after six innings.
Astros scored six runs in the top of the 7th.
Christian Walker’s 3-run homer was the big hit.

— Mariners 5, Padres 1
JP Crawford hit the first pitch of the game for a home run.
Logan Evans tossed six shutout innings, allowing seven hits.
Seattle leads the AL West by a game and a half.