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06/20/2007 - Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chris Young's two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning capped a late rally and sent Arizona to a 10-8 victory over Tampa Bay in the middle contest of a three-game interleague set.
Conor Jackson began the frame with a single, then Chad Tracy flew out. Young stepped in and lifted a 2-2 pitch deep into the seats in left field to give Arizona the comeback win.
Al Reyes (1-1), who served up the home run, took the loss and the blown save. He allowed four runs in 1 1/3 innings of relief, including two homers.
Carlos Quentin homered, scored three runs and drove in three for the D-Backs, who have won four of five. Tony Clark delivered a game-tying two-run homer, while Mark Reynolds, Orlando Hudson and Eric Byrnes each knocked in a run in the win.
Brandon Lyon (5-2) pitched a perfect 10th inning to earn the win.
Akinori Iwamura finished 3-for-5 with a homer, two RBI and three runs scored for the Devil Rays, who saw their two-game win streak halted in a late-game collapse. Carl Crawford had two RBI, Ty Wigginton added a two-run homer and Jonny Gomes collected two hits with an RBI in the losing effort.
Down by six runs, Arizona began its comeback in the sixth on Quentin's leadoff blast to center and Hudson's RBI single which made it an 8-4 contest.
Jay Witasick entered the game in the seventh with the Rays nursing a solid four-run lead, but wound up helping the home team trim the deficit further. Quentin picked up his third run batted in with a two-out bloop single to center to score Tracy for an 8-5 contest, then Byrnes singled home Quentin to cut the Arizona deficit to two. Witasick walked Stephen Drew to load the bases and exited for Gary Glover, who recovered to retire Hudson on a daring 3-2 pitch on the outside corner.
Glover pitched a scoreless eighth, then yielded to Reyes in the ninth. He gave up a one-out walk to Quentin, and Clark evened the score with a homer into the seats in right. Byrnes followed with an infield single, but Drew fouled out and Hudson struck out swinging to keep the game tied heading into extra innings.
Iwamura led off the game and took Arizona starter Doug Davis over the wall in left for a 1-0 Tampa lead. Two batters later, Davis hit Crawford and almost plunked Carlos Pena in the head for a wild pitch that moved Crawford to second. Pena drew a walk, then Young's single scored Crawford. Gomes laced a base hit up the middle which boosted the lead to 3-0.
Arizona loaded the bases with one out in the bottom half of the inning on Drew's double and walks to Hudson and Jackson, then picked up a run as Tampa starter J.P. Howell walked Reynolds to make it 3-1. Young and Chris Snyder both fanned, though, to limit further damage.
The Rays took a 5-1 lead on Crawford's two-run single in the second, and upped their lead to six runs on Wigginton's two-run homer in the fourth.
It was 7-2 when Quentin grounded into a fielder's choice to score Young with one out in the home half of the fourth.
Iwamura's sacrifice fly to deep center field with the bases loaded and one out in the fifth made it 8-2.
Game Notes
Tampa had won the last seven meetings dating back to 2004...Davis allowed nine hits and seven runs over four innings, while Howell yielded nine hits and four runs with four strikeouts and four walks in 5 1/3 innings...Game time was 4:05.
<< Lee leads Astros over Angels in LA
Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carlos Lee homered and knocked in four runs
while Hunter Pence had three hits including a tie-breaking two-run homer, as
the Houston Astros downed the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 9-5, in the
second
<< UC Irvine, UNC advance at CWS; Louisville & ASU eliminated
Omaha, NE (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Olli Linton hit the game-winning single in the
bottom of the 10th inning to lift the UC Irvine Anteaters to a come-from-
behind 8-7 win over the now-eliminated Arizona State Sun Devils in College
World S
<< Pirates push Seattle's skid to six games
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tom Gorzelanny twirled seven strong innings and
Ryan Doumit recorded two RBI, as the Pittsburgh Pirates downed the Seattle
Mariners, 5-3, in the opener of a three-game interleague series at Safeco
Field.
<< New skipper, same result: Padres send O's to ninth straight defeat
San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Khalil Greene drove in three runs, and his
two-run bloop single capped a six-run sixth inning, carrying the Padres to a
12-6 win over Baltimore in Dave Trembley's first game as manager of the
Orioles
Federer, Henin are top seeds for Wimbledon >>
Wimbledon, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Roger Federer and Justine Henin have
been installed as the top seeds at Wimbledon, which begins next Monday at the
venerable All England Club.
Federer enters the third Grand Slam event of the
Federer, Mauresmo look to defend at Big W >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Over the next few weeks, Roger Federer
will try to match Bjorn Borg's amazing Wimbledon feat, as the super Swiss
seeks a fifth straight title at the 121st edition of the Championships.
Borg is the only man
Fightin Phils wrap up set with Tribe >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ryan Howard is hitting his stride and will try to continue
the power surge tonight when the Philadelphia Phillies play the rubber match
of their three-game set with the Cleveland Indians at Jacobs Field.
Howard had thr
Bonderman leads Tigers in finale at D.C. >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jeremy Bonderman will try for his eighth straight winning
decision tonight when his Detroit Tigers wrap their three-game series with the
Washington Nationals at RFK Stadium.
Bonderman opened the season with five straigh
2007 Academy Award Betting : Oscars odds
The 79th Annual Academy Awards odds , which will air February 25th, is sparking an interest throughout the nation with the announcement of its nominees. As the public chooses their favorites, sportsbooks are creating odds for one of the biggest entertainment betting nights of the year.
Whether its at a “Oscar Party” or in an on line sportsbook, entertainment gambling on award shows represent a huge increase in betting. As the public speculation mounts, MySportsbook.com, the largest and most respected sportsbook on the web, posted odds on who is going home with a “Golden Best Friend.”
“ We see a majority of our entertainment wagers come from the Academy Awards,” said MySportsbook.com spokesperson, Tim Dalton. “This is a competition that applies to everyone. These are the people that entertain us on a daily basis and you want to see them win.”
MySportsbook.com posted the following odds for Academy Awards:
Odds to win the Achievement in Directing:
Alejandro González Iñárritu "Babel": 8/1
Martin Scorsese "The Departed": 2/17
Clint Eastwood "Letters From Iwo Jima: 4/1
Stephen Frears "The Queen": 12/1
Paul Greengrass "United 93": 15/1
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:
Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond": 11/1
Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson": 20/1
Peter O’Toole in "Venus": 16/5
Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness": 16/1
Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland": 1/11
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:
Penélope Cruz in "Volver": 18/1
Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal": 15/1
Helen Mirren in "The Queen": 1/50
Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada": 10/1
Kate Winslet in "Little Children": 20/1
Best Animated Feature Film:
"Cars": 1/3
"Happy Feet": 2/1
"Monster House": 20/1
Best Foreign-Language Film of the Year:
"Water" – Canada: 22/1
"The Lives of Others" – Germany: 7/2
"After the Wedding" - Denmark: 24/1
"Days of Glory (Indigenes)" – Algeria: 23/1
"Pan's Labyrinth" - Mexico: 1/10
Odds to win the Best Live-Action Short Film:
"Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)": 6/5
"Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)": 7/2
"Helmer & Son": 5/2
"The Saviour": 6/1
"West Bank Story": 7/2
Odds to win the Best Original Screenplay:
"Babel": 7/4
"Letters From Iwo Jima": 3/1
"Little Miss Sunshine": 21/20
"Pan's Labyrinth": 11/4
"The Queen": 5/4
Best Motion Picture of the Year:
"Babel": 11/4
"The Departed": 1/2
"Letters from Iwo Jima": 15/2
"Little Miss Sunshine": 17/10
"The Queen": 20/1
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:
Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 11/10
Jackie Earle Haley in "Little Children": 10/1
Djimon Hounsou in "Blood Diamond": 9/1
Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls": 2/5
Mark Wahlberg in "The Departed": 5/1
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:
Adriana Barraza in "Babel": 14/1
Cate Blanchett in "Notes on a Scandal": 11/1
Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 2/1
Jennifer Hudson in "Dreamgirls": 1/8
Rinko Kikuchi in "Babel": 11/1
Film To Win Most Oscars:
Dreamgirls: 2/3
Pans Labyrinth: 6/5
The Departed: 6/1
The Queen: 11/1
Babel: 15/1
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: 11/1
Little Miss Sunshine: 15/1
Additional sports and entertainment odds can be found at: www.MySportsbook.com
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Is there such a thing as a trap game in the NFL?
I once asked that question to Pete Korner, who at the time was office manager and a senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants.
Korner almost ripped my head off. There is no such thing as a trap game, he loudly berated me. It’s a myth. The numbers are made using power ratings, he said.
There are trap games, though. They just might not be what you think. The perception is of a good team, say Philadelphia, laying a small number against New Orleans.
Using the highly-respected power ranking from The Gold Sheet, you’d find the Eagles with a power rating of 4 and the Saints at 8. When you factor the game being played in New Orleans, you could see why the line opened so short at less than a field goal.
For some, this makes it enticing to take the Eagles. That’s not a real trap game, though.
A real trap game, says professional gambler Dave Malinsky, is thinking you’re getting value betting a bad team, which brings us to the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos matchup.
The Raiders are +15 in this long-standing division rivalry. Denver is on a short week having dispatched Baltimore Monday. However, the Raiders haven’t covered the spread their last 10 games.
Many bettors don’t trust the Raiders to give a full effort. Few think much of Art Shell and his Oakland’s coaching staff.
So oddsmakers have to do something to make Oakland attractive if they hope to get equal action.
Now Malinsky is a value shopper. But he won’t touch the Raiders even getting more than two touchdowns.
“I try to eliminate the undisciplined, unfocused teams because they’re the ones most likely to suffer the bad beats,” he said.
Near the top of Malinsky’s list of stay-away teams is the Miami Dolphins, who have yet to cover a spread this season.
“Whatever you think of Nick Saban, you have to look at the penalties and turnovers,” Malinsky said.
It’s easy to point out the Dolphins failed to get the money this past week against New England because Olindo Mare missed a field goal and had another field goal blocked. But even though the Dolphins outgained the Patriots, 283-213, they committed eight penalties.
Bad teams not only cost themselves victories, but pointspread covers as well. The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers are two more examples.
The Cardinals couldn’t have been in a better position this past Sunday, up 14-0 at home against a mediocre Kansas City Chiefs squad. But they couldn’t hold it. The Packers got a push against St. Louis, but also could have won losing by three when Brett Favre fumbled at the St. Louis 11-yard line with 44 seconds left.
“The Packers were in a position to beat Philadelphia, too,” Malinsky said. “But they couldn’t even cover double digits.
“These teams just make mistakes and it costs you … they always will look good from a value standpoint. They really will. But that’s the trap.”
Houston and Tennessee rank among the six-worst teams. Malinsky wouldn’t be afraid to take either of these teams, however, if the price were high enough.
The Texans are bad, Malinsky said, but they have some discipline. The Titans showed they could not only come up with an outstanding game plan, but execute it as well, losing by one to the Colts on the road as an 18 ?-point underdog this past Sunday.
“Jeff Fisher is a worker,” Malinsky said of the Titans coach. “I’m not sure how hard Art Shell wants to work when he gets out of bed.”
Fisher, though, could be out as Tennessee coach after this season. Is he still worth backing in the right spot, with the right price, as a lame duck coach?
“It’s in his nature to keep working hard and not worry about any possible lame duck status,” Malinsky said. “He’s coaching for his resume.”
Note: Monday night game will be picked Monday. Lines used are from football betting lines.
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