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Baseball Crusher Kansas City Royals -132 over Minnesota Twins (System Record: 11-0, lost last game) Overall Record: 11-8
Hockey Crusher Chicago Blackhawks -104 over St. Louis (Playoff Record: 1-2, lost last 2 games) (Regular Season Record: 91-4) Overall Record: 92-75-1
Basketball Crusher Memphis Grizzlies +7 over OKC (System Record: 78-8, lost last game) Overall Record: 78-86-5
Soccer Crusher Rosario Central + Estudiantes LP UNDER 2
This match is happening in Argentina (System Record: 555-20, won last game)
Overall Record: 555-475-81
Here are the rest of his baseball, hockey and basketball plays for today...
Baseball
Tampa Bay Rays -132 over NY Yankees
San Diego Padres +108 over SF
Detroit Tigers -140 over LA Angels
Hockey
Columbus Blue Jackets +1.5 over Pittsburgh Penguins
Minnesota Wild +127 over Colorado
Pittsburgh Penguins + Columbus Blue Jackets OVER 5.5
Basketball
Golden State Warriors + Los Angeles Clippers OVER 211.5
Golden State Warriors +7 over Los Angeles Clippers
Brooklyn Nets + Toronto Raptors UNDER 194
Nets/Raptors split four games this season, with three of four going over total and teams going 1-1 in each building. Toronto has won one playoff series in its history (2001); they're 1-4 overall in first round series-- this is Raptors' first playoff appearance since '08. Nets are playoffs for 2nd time in last eight years; they haven't won playoff series since '07, but a veteran nucleus they have has won elsewhere. Nets lost four of last five games, are 18-23 vs spread on road. Toronto won six of last eight, with seven of those eight games going over the total. Casey has experience edge as a head coach, but both he and Kidd are in playoffs for 1st time.
Home side won last seven Warrior-Clipper games; Golden State lost last three visits here by 26-11-13 points. Golden State is in playoffs for just third time in 20 years; they won 1st round series last two appearances. Clippers are in playoffs for third time in row, first time they've done that since they were the Buffalo Braves in 1976. LA won seven of its last ten games, with eight of those ten going over total. Warriors won five of last seven games overall; under is 47-33 in their games this year, 25-16 on road. Golden State has had coaching turmoil; two assistants have been fired in last month.
Pacers are under lot of pressure after going 6-9 in last 15 games, though they did win three of last four; since Feb 12, Indiana is 6-24-1 against spread. Indiana beat Hawks in six games in playoffs LY, winning three games played here by 17-15-23 points- teams split four meetings in this season, going 1-1 in each building. Hawks won six of last eight games, with five of last six staying under total; Atlanta is in playoffs 7th year in a row, going 3-3 in first round previosu six years. Vogel won two of his three first round series; Budenholzer is rookie HC who was Spurs' aide.
Memphis ousted Oklahoma City in five games in playoffs LY, got to the Western Conference finals, and still fired its coach- Joerger is rookie HC but Grizzlies won last five games overall, despite covering only once in last five games as an underdog. Thunder won three of four vs Memphis this year, winning two games here by 9-6 points; OC won nine of last ten at home (7-2-1 vs spread)- they won last three first round series but decent amount of pressure on after making Finals in '14 then flopping in LY's second round. This is Brooks' 5th year as Thunder's coach.
Columbus has still never won a playoff game, losing 4-3 at Pittsburgh in Game 1, after 4-0 sweep by Detroit in '09, its only other playoff trip; Blue Jackets won four of last six games overall, with seven of their last ten staying under total. Columbus lost last seven games with Pittsburgh- they allowed two goals in 0:45 span of second period. Penguins are 4-4 in last eight games but are 30-12 at home this season- four of last five games went to OT or SO.
Quick turnaround after Blues scored 0:26 into third OT to snap 6-game losing skid- they had 52-42 edge in shots, but needed goal with 1:45 left to send game to OT. Chicago lost five of last seven games with Blues; seven of last 11 series games stayed under total. Chicago lost eight of last nine road games; nine of their last 13 road games stayed under, as did six of last nine St Louis games. St Louis won one playoff series in last eight years; winning Game 1 in triple OT is good start to winning another one.
Colorado was down 4-2 in third period, tied game with 0:14 left, then won game 7:27 into OT to break Minnesota's heart. Avalanche was 0-4 on power play, lost faceoffs 42-35, but still won for fifth time in six games with Minnesota this year. Colorado is 29-13 at home this season. Minnesota won four of its last six games overall, with last four going over total. Eight of last eleven Colorado games stayed under total. Wild is 20-22 on the road this year. Over is 6-2-2 in playoff games so far this week.
The sample size is small considering Bartolo Colon has pitched 414 games since making his major-league debut in 1997, but the New York Mets right-hander has handled the Atlanta Braves. Colon takes the mound Saturday when the Mets host Atlanta in the second game of a weekend set, bringing a 4-0 career record with a 1.20 ERA in four starts against the Braves. Atlanta counters with Ervin Santana, who has emerged as a linchpin of the Braves’ revamped rotation with dominant outings in his first two appearances.
An encouraging sign for Atlanta – which scored six runs in Friday’s series-opening shutout victory – is the recent play of center fielder B.J. Upton, who is hitting .320 with five runs scored, four walks and three stolen bases in his past six games. The Braves are off to another flying start, winning 11 of their first 16 games after starting last season 12-1. David Wright kept the Mets from being no-hit in Friday, recording a single with two outs in the eighth to extend his hitting streak to nine games.
TV: 7:10 p.m. ET, FSN South (Atlanta), WPIX (New York)
LINE HISTORY: The Mets opened as +115 home dogs against their N.L. East rival.
POWER RANKINGS: Braves (-187.0), Mets (+105.0)
INJURY REPORT: Mets OF Juan Lagares (15-day DL, hamstring), SP Bartolo Colon (Probable Saturday, back). Braves RP Gory Gearrin (15-day DL, elbow)
It would be difficult for Santana to pitch any better in his first two efforts in an Atlanta uniform, and a bullpen meltdown Monday at Philadelphia is the only reason he is not 2-0. Still, Santana has allowed seven hits and one earned run in 14 innings, walking two and striking out 17. The 31-year-old has posted a 0.64 WHIP and is averaging 10.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
Colon dominated the Braves in Atlanta’s home opener April 8, firing seven shutout innings with six hits allowed, no walks and five strikeouts. But he was pounded by the Angels on Sunday, surrendering nine earned runs on 11 hits – including four homers – in five innings. The 40-year-old, who is 10 victories shy of 200 for his career, makes his third career start at Citi Field, where he is 1-1 with a 2.25 ERA.
TRENDS:
*Braves are 9-4 in the last 13 meetings in New York.
*Braves are 4-0 in their last 4 after scoring 5 runs or more in their previous game.
*Mets are 5-0 in their last 5 games following a loss.
CONSENSUS: 72 percent of backers are taking the Braves, with 54 percent backing the under.
MLB | SAN FRANCISCO at SAN DIEGO
Play Against – All teams when the money line is +125 to -125 (SAN DIEGO) allowing 3.3 or less runs/game on the season (NL), after allowing 4 runs or less 4 straight games
46-21 over the last 5 seasons. ( 68.7% | 25.3 units )
5-3 this year. ( 62.5% | 2.3 units )
StatFox Situational Power Trends™ – FoxSheets
MLB | SAN FRANCISCO at SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO is 13-2 (+11.5 Units) against the money line in Home games after a game with a combined score of 3 runs or less over the last 2 seasons.
The average score was: SAN DIEGO (5.6) , OPPONENT (2.9)
NBA | BROOKLYN at TORONTO
Play Against – All teams where the line is +3 to -3 (TORONTO) revenging a loss vs opponent against opponent off a road loss
241-148 over the last 5 seasons. ( 62.0% | 78.2 units )
31-18 this year. ( 63.3% | 11.2 units )
NBA | MEMPHIS at OKLAHOMA CITY
Play Against – Road teams vs. the money line (MEMPHIS) good shooting team (45.5-47.5%) against an average defensive team (43.5-45.5%), good rebounding team (+3 to +5.5 Reb/G) vs. an average rebounding team (+/-3 Reb/G) after 42+ games
130-83 since 1997. ( 61.0% | 51.2 units )
9-3 this year. ( 75.0% | 8.9 units )
NBA | MEMPHIS at OKLAHOMA CITY
Play Under – Road teams where the first half total is between 95.5 and 100.5 points in a game involving two good teams (60% to 75%), in April games
59-26 since 1997. ( 69.4% | 30.4 units )
1-1 this year. ( 50.0% | -0.1 units )
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