On Saturday night we head west to Angel Stadium where the hometown Angels are playing host for a weekend series against the visiting New York Mets. The Mets opened the series with a 4 to 3 win on Friday and added to the Angels what is now a seven-game losing streak. The Halos will hang their hopes on starter Reid Detmers who has a 1-2 SU record with a 4.38 ERA on the year. Detmers is not a fan of the month of May over his career he has posted a record of 2-7 SU with an ERA of 6.55. Two other factors could play into his success or lack thereof. The Angels bullpen has allowed twenty-six runs over their last twenty-one innings of work. The LA offense has only managed to average hitting .212 at home this season. The Mets will send Nolan McLean to the mound with his record of 1-2 SU an ERA of 2.55 and forty-five strikeouts in thirty-five innings of work. McLean has been awesome on the road with a 1.46 ERA and a WHIP of only 0.568. Our TPR Index projects a run advantage of 1.49 runs. The SPMatrix has Nolan McLean with an average of 6.32 compared to Reid Detmers who has an average of 6.18. Our next set of metrics looks at the overall Pitchers Power Ratings. Coming into this game and situation Nolan McLean has a rating of 101 while Reid Detmers has a rating of only 96 with the league average of 100. The SIM Matrix has the New York Mets with a 73.97 percent advantage against the oddsmakers number in tonight’s contest. Play ON MLB road teams when facing Reid Detmers as the starter, 10-1 SU (91%)(+$912). Play AGAINST MLB teams when the starter’s last opponent starter threw more than sixty-nine strikes and the team had fewer than one walked batter by the starter in his last start, 17-5 SU (77%)(+$1,342). Play AGAINST MLB teams that are coached by Kurt Suzuki and facing a team winning fewer than fifty percent of their games and the starter walked less than three batters the last time out, 9-0 SU (+$912). The Mets get the call on Saturday night as they take the Game Two win and secure the series victory. PREDICTION: 8* NEW YORK METS 4 LOS ANGELES ANGELS 2

On Saturday we head north to Boston to be exact as the hometown Celtics try to avoid a monumental meltdown in their series against the Sixers. If the Celtics find a way to lose tonight in Game Seven of this series they would become just the fourteenth team in NBA history to lose a series after holding a three games to one advantage. Boston led this series three games to one and looked to be on their way to the Second Round of the NBA Playoffs. This was before Philly won in Boston and then won at home to even the series and force Game Seven tonight in Boston. The Sixers averaged 115.9 points per game this season. The Sixers offense has been inconsistent in this series averaging 110 points per game in their three victories and averaging just 95 in their three series losses. For Boston they averaged 114 points per game this season but struggled like Philly in their three losses averaging just 96 points per game. The TPR Index projects a point advantage of 13.89 points. The MM projects a point differential of +5.34 against the current line range. The Pace-Tempo Matrix has an offensive defensive differential of 5.21 with a transitional average of 43.7. The SIM Matrix has the Celtics with a 73.99 percent advantage against the spread in this contest. Play ON the Celtics when they are coming off a loss and facing a team who has won no more than sixty-two percent of their games, 44-15 ATS (75%)(+$2,750). Play AGAINST NBA teams in at least Game Three of their series and coming off a SU win and having lost more at least thirty-seven games this season, 150-93 ATS (62%)(+$4,770) We will lay the digits with the Celtics as they get back to business on their home floor on Saturday night. PREDICTION: 8* BOSTON CELTICS 114 PHILADELPHIA 76ERS 100