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Rotation #957: MLB Sunday Philadelphia Phillies +135 @ San Diego Padres @ 4:10 ET - Just as I stated with yesterday's play on the Phillies as well, this one is all about the line value as even though Taijuan Walker is making his first start of the season after coming back from an injury and Michael King has some decent numbers early this season, there are more factors than just that! What about the lineups and current trending here? The Phillies rolled to a 9-3 win Friday and a 5-1 win yesterday and their sluggers were crushing the ball in that big win Friday too. This Philly team has had many bigger performances at the plate of late and if some of their guys that had been a bit quiet early this season are starting to get it going...look out! The Phillies hit 5 home runs Friday and then Bohm had 4 RBI yesterday too. They have now won 10 of 12 games and have scored an average of about 7 runs in their last 9 wins! As for the Padres, even playing at Colorado did not help their slumbering bats too much. In a 4-game series they had one 10-9 loss. However, in their other 9 games that are part of their current 3-7 slide, they have scored an average of only 3 runs per game including just 1 run in yesterday's loss! In 8 of their last 11 home games the Padres have scored 3 or less runs! Even in a pitching match-up that most would view as favoring the Padres, don't be surprised if the Phillies prove to be the much stronger team at the plate again today. Note that the Phillies road batting average is more than 25 points higher than the Padres home batting average this season. Taking the hotter team and the better hitting team at a solid underdog price is the way to play this one. Many will back the Padres to avoid the sweep but spots like this often lead to the most value on the contrarian side. I am contrarian here and I look for an underdog upset here! PHILADELPHIA +135

Rotation #39: NHL Sunday OVER 6.5 +100 in LA Kings vs Edmonton Oilers @ 10:30 ET - This is a great spot for plenty of goals. The Kings were outshot 40-28 in Game 3 and lost embarrassingly 6 to 1 on home ice and now are down 2-1 in this series. That said, I fully expect LA to respond in desperation mode here but they can't stop this Oilers team! Edmonton has scored 17 goals so far in this series and their offensive production is in full-on playoff mode thus far. However, the flip side of the coin is that prior to Los Angeles surprisingly being held to only 1 goal in Game 3, the Oilers had allowed 4 or more goals in 4 straight games! Also, prior to the 6-1 home ice loss, take a look at the Kings last 10 home games of the regular season! LA won 9 of 10 and scored 4.1 goals per game. Asking for a 4-3 final here is not asking for too much and honestly a 5-4 game seems even more likely as the goals continue to fly in this series! OVER 6.5 +100 in LA Kings

Rotation #555: NBA Sunday Minnesota Timberwolves -115 @ Phoenix Suns @ 9:30 ET - The Timberwolves are dominating this series and I don't see that changing here. If the Suns were going to get back in this series it would have been Game 3. But they again got dominated on the boards, just like Game 1, and this was even though they were at home. Phoenix just has not looked good on either end of the floor and the Timberwolves would love to give their big men extra rest by completing the sweep by wrapping up this series with a Game 4 win in Phoenix. Note that Minnesota has averaged 14.6 more rebounds per game than the Suns in this series. With that kind of an edge on the glass a team has to shoot very well to beat you. Phoenix has not been shooting well plus this Timberwolves defense deserves credit for that too. They were one of the top teams defensively in the regular season as well so this comes as no surprise. It is evident watching this series that one team wants it more. The Suns had a chance to make a series of it with a Game 3 win but they are now defeated both physically and mentally. Their season ends tonight. MINNESOTA -115

Rotation #200073: English Premier League: Sunday OVER 3 -120 in Tottenham vs Arsenal @ 9 AM ET - This is a great spot to expect goals as Tottenham has been off for 2 weeks thinking about an ugly 4-0 loss to Newcastle in their most recent match! Now the Hotspur are on their home pitch and ready to respond in a huge way and I look for them to do just that! The Hotspur have scored an average of 2 goals per match this season. Of course  here they face the club at the top of the table and, as you would expect as a top club, Arsenal has scored an average of 2.4 goals per match this season. Also, Tottenham surely benefited from the extra rest and Richarlison particularly benefited. He is ready to go here and, overall, so too is this Tottenham club after the ugly loss. The benefit of getting this total at 3 goals is a big one and note that 4 of the last 5 meetings have totaled at least 3 goals. Also, Arsenal flying high with confidence after a 5-0 win over Chelsea but you know Tottenham is going to bring a huge effort here at home and coming off an ugly road beating two weeks ago. The end result here should be a back-and-forth affair and a 2-2 type match would not surprise me in the least. Overall, 14 of last 15 Tottenham matches in EPL action have totaled at least 3 goals! This one will too! 12 straight home matches in EPL for Tottenham have totaled 3 or more goals. Those matches averaged 3.8 goals apiece. Given all of the above, as well as this situation, over is the play here! OVER 3 -120 in Tottenham