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Baseball Crusher Seattle Mariners +103 over Oakland (System Record: 8-0, lost last 2 games) Overall Record: 8-5
Hockey Crusher Montreal Canadiens -127 over NY Rangers (System Record: 90-4, won last 3 games) Overall Record: 90-72-1
Basketball Crusher Utah Jazz +9.5 over Denver Nuggets (System Record: 74-8, won last 2 games) Overall Record: 74-85-5
Soccer Crusher Quilmes + Estudiantes LP OVER 1.5
This match is happening in Argentina (System Record: 550-20, won last 5 games and a push)
Overall Record: 550-473-81
Here are the rest of his baseball, hockey and basketball plays for today...
Baseball
Houston Astros +140 over Texas
Miami Marlins +104 over Philly
Kansas City Royals -140 over Minnesota
Hockey
Anaheim Ducks +109 over LA
Pittsburgh Penguins -137 over philly
Boston Bruins -1.5 over Buffalo
Basketball
Milwaukee Bucks +10.5 over washington
Milwaukee Bucks + Washington Wizards OVER 203.5
Charlotte Bobcats -12 over Philadelphia
Harvick claims Darlington pole; Almirola sets record
DARLINGTON, N.C. -- Aric Almirola has the record, but Kevin Harvick has the starting spot that counts most after Friday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series knockout qualifying session at Darlington Raceway.
With a lap at 183.479 mph in the five-minute third round of time trials, Harvick won the Coors Light pole for the Bojangles' Southern 500 on Saturday night at the egg-shaped 1.366-mile speedway.
The pole was Harvick's first of the season, his first at Darlington and the seventh of his career.
Joey Logano landed the second spot with a lap of 183.049 mph and will start from the front row for the third time in eight Sprint Cup races this season. Almirola qualified third at 182.946 mph after setting a track record in the second of the three rounds.
Marcus Ambrose (182.485 mph) will start fourth, followed by Brad Keselowski (182.059 mph) and Jamie McMurray (182.019 mph). Ryan Newman, Kyle Busch, series points leader Jeff Gordon, Denny Hamlin, Paul Menard and Martin Truex Jr. will start from positions seven through 12 on the grid.
Crew chief Rodney Childers, himself a former driver, advised Harvick to change his racing line after the first round of time trials.
"I was on the bottom all day in practice and Rodney felt like that, in order to get the pole, we were going to need to run the top after we ran our first run," Harvick said. "That's the driver in him. That's why he's good to have sitting there watching, because he knows what's going on.
"He can relay -- -and also having (spotter) Tim Fedewa up on top -- -as former drivers, knowing what's going on, they can relay what you need to do. We moved up and picked up in the second (round). I felt like I didn't roll through there fast enough. In the last one, I felt like I rolled through there pretty good."
In the first round, which pared the number of drivers eligible for the pole from 44 to 24, Menard posted a best lap at 183.946 mph, breaking Kurt Busch's previous track record of 181.918 mph, set May 10, 2013.
In round No. 2, Almirola one-upped Menard with a record lap at 184.145 mph on scuffed tires, despite having an electrical short in his No. 43 Ford that forced his team to push-start the car before it rolled onto the track.
"After that first session, when I tried to fire the car up, when I would go to turn the starter on and it would try to engage with the flywheel, the electrical system in the whole car would shut itself down," Almirola said.
"We obviously had a short in our starter or something, and every time we would flick the starter switch on, it would shut the electrical system down, so we had to push-start it the last two sessions. It made it interesting trying to blend on the racetrack."
In the second session, though, Almirola blended well enough to set the record.
NOTES: Logano is the only driver to make the final round of all seven knockout qualifying sessions held so far this season. ... David Reutimann failed to make the 43-car field. ... Coming off a 43rd-place finish last Sunday at Texas -- the result of an early accident -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start 15th. ... Six-time series champion Jimmie Johnson will take the green flag in 26th place after failing to advance to the second round of knockout qualifying.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Qualifying - Bojangles' Southern 500
Darlington Raceway
Darlington, South Carolina
Friday, April 11, 2014
1. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 183.479 mph.
2. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 183.049 mph.
3. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 182.946 mph.
4. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 182.485 mph.
5. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 182.059 mph.
6. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 182.019 mph.
7. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 181.985 mph.
8. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 181.763 mph.
9. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 181.756 mph.
10. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 181.548 mph.
11. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 181.481 mph.
12. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 181.200 mph.
PHOENIX at DALLAS
Play On - Home teams where the line is +3 to -3 (DALLAS) off a upset loss as a favorite, a good team (60% to 75%) playing a team with a winning record 79-39 since 1997. ( 66.9% | 36.1 units ) 2-0 this year. ( 100.0% | 2.0 units )
MILWAUKEE at WASHINGTON
Play On - Any team vs the money line (MILWAUKEE) poor shooting team (41.5-43.5%) against an poor defensive team (45.5-47.5%), good ball handling team (<=14.5 TO) vs. an average pressure defense (14.5-16.5 TO) after 42+ games 82-58 since 1997. ( 58.6% | 41.4 units ) 11-11 this year. ( 50.0% | 4.9 units )
UTAH at DENVER
Play Over - All teams where the first half total is greater than 100 in a game involving two average three point shooting teams (33%-36.5%), after 2 straight games making 9 or more 3 point shots 149-85 since 1997. ( 63.7% | 55.5 units ) 24-13 this year. ( 64.9% | 9.7 units )
MLB | CLEVELAND at CHI WHITE SOX
Play Against – Home teams (CHI WHITE SOX) first 12 games of the season, after closing out last season poorly with 20+ losses in last 30 games against opponent first 12 games of the season, after closing out last season strong with 20+ wins in last 30 games
34-11 since 1997. ( 75.6% | 22.0 units )
0-2 this year. ( 0.0% | -2.3 units )
StatFox Situational Power Trends™ – FoxSheets
MLB | CHICAGO CUBS at ST LOUIS
ST LOUIS is 16-1 (+14.6 Units) against the money line in Home games after batting .225 or worse over a 5 game span over the last 3 seasons.
The average score was: ST LOUIS (6.9) , OPPONENT (2.2)
Saturday card has the * NHL Total Of the Year from a Huge late season System and 2 Late Season 5* NBA Power systems both cashing over 90%. There is MLB and the Analysis for the Bluegrass Stakes and Arkansas Derby. Free NBA Play below.
The Free NBA 3* Play is on Dallas. Game 514 at 8:35 eastern. This is the last home game for Dallas. They come in off a tough loss to San Antonio here on Thursday and have now lost the last 2 here. They need this game as it has playoff implications and listening to Dirk Nowitzki post game comments after that loss the Mavs will know doubt be ready for a Phoenix team that blew a double digit lead in their loss to the Spurs last night. In this series the winning team has covered 24 of the last 25 times and Dallas has won 8 of 12 off a favored loss this season. The Suns are playing a 3rd in 4th night on the road and have lost and failed to cover in 3 of the last 4 here. Take Dallas.. On Saturday we have the 6* NHL Total of the Year from a perfect late season totals system. In the NBA There are 2 Late season 90% 5* system sides. MLB is on the card and we also have the Analysis for the 2 major Kentucky Derby preps, the Bluegrass staked and Arkansas Derby. All part of a big day and night. Jump on and flatten your book on Saturday. For the free play take Dallas. GC
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