4 1/2

Las Vegas - FOUR AND A HALF!!! That's the Over/Under goal total that we have seen at a few sportsbooks for game two of the Islanders/Flyers series. And we understand. New York's masked man, Semyon Varlamov, has thrown two bagels at the opposition the last two times out. It was 4-0 against the Capitals in the close out game and 4-0 against Philly in the opener of this series. Had a little taste of the Isles in game one, and will put 'em back on the menu again in this afternoon special.

And if you're wondering why the Lakers/Blazers line has almost doubled, from -7 to -13.5, Portland's Damian Lillard IS NOT available. No Dame so it's TIME for the Blaze to spit polish the golf clubs.

Stepping out to the Windy City, and gonna throw some chips on Dallas Keuchel and the White Sox. Keuchel is sitting at 4-2, and has looked very sharp the last few times out. His ERA is sitting at 2.65 and if you look across the diamond, Pittsburgh's Trevor Williams ERA is over a point higher at 3.70. But it's Trevor's last two outings that pushed me over to the Sox. He managed to last a total of only nine innings, but has allowed 13 hits. When you give up over a hit per inning, that's trouble. Especially to a Chicago team that has some BIG bangers, and, LEADS all of MLB in hits per game at 9.07! My Sox are ALL white this afternoon!

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