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The D-backs might be feeling invincible after last night...world today...
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Value on this Isaiah Hartenstein prop for Game 5...
Will OKC figure out the Pacers' defense in Game 5?...
Will the Thunder's home dominance continue in Game 5?...
Embrace the futility ...
Another southpaw has me going back to the well ...
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You know this is a "care" game for the Dodgers after getting handled easily last night to fall into a first-place tie with their bitter rivals. Clayton Kershaw isn't going very deep into games at age 37 but is still pretty effective. The Giants are 33-17 vs. righty starters but 8-12 vs. lefties and hitting a scant .219 against them. San Francisco starter Landen Roupp has been generally solid but worse away (4.02 ERA) and hit around a bit last year in his lone career outing vs. L.A. Decent spot for -1 to bring the price way down and risk the push.
The Blue continues to scuffle, now losing 7 of 12 and out of sole possession of first place for the first time in over a month after the Giants pulled level with last night's 6-2 win. Clayton Kershaw, on the mound tonight for LA, isn't the Kershaw of old, with so-so numbers (4,35 ERA and 1.55 WHIP) and highly unlikely to last beyond five innings. As for the Giants, they're surging with wins in eight of nine to pull astride of the Dodgers in the West, and young starter Landen Roupp continues to impress with a 1.88 ERA ins even starts since the beginning of May. Play Giants on Money Line
The storyline to note with the Oilers was the latest pull of goalie Stuart Skinner by Kris Knoblauch in Game 4. That's back-to-back games with Skinner yanked, and unlike Game 3, when it was too late for Cal Pickard to make a difference, he shut the gate enough on Thursday for Edmonton to rally from a 3-0 deficit to win in OT and push his playoff record to 7-0. We're assuming Pickard will be in the nets for Game 5, though Knoblauch has yet to announce. Whatever, in this series of resilience, we still like Florida's depth scoring, its ability to cause disruptions with its forecheck, and Sergei Bobrovsky's likelihood to bounce back in goal from a tough Game 4. Play Panthers on Money Line
In both Panthers-Oilers regular-season meetings, plus these first four in these finals, at least seven goals have been scored. As in Game 4 on Thursday, when nine goals were scored. It was also the second straight game in which Edmonton had to pull goalie Stuart Skinner, with Cal Pickard (now 7-0 in these playoffs) very effective in relief, though Kris Knoblauch has yet to decide who's in the nets for Game 5. (Surprise if not Pickard.) The Oilers seemed to get Sergei Bobrovsky rattled in the Florida nets in game 4, and for all of his highlight-reel assists, Connor McDavid is still looking for a goal in this series. One more night for this totals pattern to continue. Play Panthers-Oilers Over
Flat-out turned off Game 4 with the Panthers up 3-0. I'm like OK, gonna spend some of that $100 on Arby's -- yes, I have issues and beef and cheddars with Horsie and Arby's sauce will eventually be the end of me physically. And I don't care (well, $68 or so as the Cats were -140ish; feels like the wife purposefully picked a house close to an Arby's and Taco Bell to get rid of me). Can't believe they blew that. I'll just be honest in that I have no idea who wins Saturday but I need a reason not to play the home team. If the Panthers were a bit cheaper at +1, I'd look that way but not doing that at nearly -180.
The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees are playing their second series in a week. Last night’s extra inning game resulted in just a 2-1 final, where as the prior three matchups all had double digit runs of no fewer than fifteen. Carlos Rodon was impacted as his stretch of four straight outings of quality starts ended. That was the only game over the last six that Romy Gonzalez did not have a hit. Dual split play here with Gonzalez total bases and to record a run.