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08/19/2007 - Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Aaron Hill hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th to lift the Toronto Blue Jays past the Baltimore Orioles, 3-2, in the finale of a three-game series at Rogers Centre.
Vernon Wells scored the game-winning run and added an RBI for Toronto, which has won four of six.
Roy Halladay went nine strong innings, allowing two runs on six hits with five strikeouts and three walks. Scott Downs (2-2) worked a scoreless 10th to pick up the win.
Opposing starter Jeremy Guthrie had a quality outing as well, yielding two runs and three hits over eight innings while fanning six for the Orioles, who have dropped two of three. Chad Bradford (2-6) was ineffective in relief, though, and was tagged with the loss.
Brian Roberts had an RBI and a run scored in defeat.
Wells started the 10th with an infield single, and moved to second on Frank Thomas' groundout. Troy Glaus followed with a single to put runners on first and third with one out. Hill capitalized with a fly ball to deep left, scoring Wells easily to end the game.
The Orioles put up a pair of runs in the third to move in front. Jay Payton led off the inning with a double, advanced to third on a wild pitch, then scored on Roberts' base hit to right. Baltimore went on to load the bases, and upped its lead to 2-0 on Kevin Millar's fielder's choice grounder.
Toronto sliced its deficit in half in the fourth courtesy of an RBI double by Wells, and Glaus led off the fifth with his 16th home run of the season to knot the contest at 2-2.
Game Notes
Baltimore stranded seven runners, while Toronto left just two on base...Attendance was 38,132...Toronto has won seven of its 12 matchups with the Orioles this season and is 28-22 in the series since the start of the 2005 campaign.
<< Devil Rays place Zobrist on DL
St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Devil Rays placed
shortstop Ben Zobrist on the 15-day disabled list Sunday with a right oblique
strain.
Zobrist was hurt swinging at a pitch in the team's 8-1 loss to Cleveland
<< Hamburg wins again; Bechmann double carries Bochum
Hamburg, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rafael van der Vaart converted a penalty
kick in the second half to help Hamburg to a 1-0 defeat of Bayer Leverkusen
while Tommy Bechmann scored a pair of goals to lead Bochum to a 2-1 victory
over En
<< Mets' Easley placed on DL
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Mets placed infielder Damion
Easley on the 15-day disabled list with a Grade 3 left ankle sprain.
Easley left the Mets' 7-4 victory against the Washington Nationals Saturday
in the sixth i
<< Ilonen claims second win of '07
Stockholm, Sweden (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mikko Ilonen birdied the par-three 18th
Sunday, then watched as Martin Kaymer closed with a double-bogey.
Kaymer's closing double handed Ilonen his second win of the season. Ilonen
completed the eve
Mets swat Nats to complete sweep >>
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carlos Beltran went deep twice and knocked
in four runs as the New York Mets pulled away late to down the Washington
Nationals, 8-2, and complete a three-game sweep at RFK Stadium.
Shawn Green and Ma
Flanagan headed to PGA thanks to comeback win in Rochester >>
Rochester, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Nick Flanagan roared from behind Sunday with
a seven-under 63 to overtake James Driscoll and win the Xerox Classic.
Flanagan ended the tournament at 10-under-par 270, one stroke clear of
Driscoll, w
Snedeker earns first PGA Tour win >>
Greensboro, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brandt Snedeker fired a nine-under 63 on
Sunday to come from behind and win his first PGA Tour title at the Wyndham
Championship.
He finished the shootout at 22-under-par 266 and won by two over th
Damon, Betemit help Yankees power past Tigers >>
Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Johnny Damon finished 3-for-4 with a home run,
and Wilson Betemit drove in four runs as New York bested Detroit, 9-3, in the
finale of a four-game set at Yankee Stadium.
Betemit was 2-for-5 with an RBI single
Super Bowl XLIII is now set, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet each other on February 1st in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium to battle it out for the coveted Lombardi Trophy. The game kicks off at 6:00pm ET on NBC with announcers Al Michaels and John Madden covering the on-field action. Super Bowl XLIII betting odds at online bookmaker MySportsbook.com have the Steelers listed as an early -6.5 against the spread favorite.Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds
Pittsburgh earned their passage to the big game by beating their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14 in yesterday's AFC Championship Game. The Steelers jumped on Baltimore early, building a 13-0 first half lead, and never let up on their way to a fairly easy win. Although the Ravens did close to within two points in the fourth quarter, it never appeared as if they had enough offense to pull off the upset.
The Steelers dominating defense held Baltimore to a total of 198 yards while allowing them to convert just three third downs in 13 attempts. Pittsburgh also forced quarterback Joe Flacco into three interceptions, one of which safety Troy Polamalu returned fourty yards for a touchdown.
The Cardinals, by far the playoff team with the longest odds to reach Super Bowl XLIII, did so yesterday with a 32-25 upset of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship. Arizona charged out of the gates and built a 24-6 halftime lead that had the Eagles venerable defense reeling. Quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald did most of the damage, connecting on three first half touchdowns.
Arizona, however, could not sustain their momentum and the Eagles took a 25-24 with 10:45 left to play in the fourth. The Cardinals, with the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance hanging in the balance, mounted a fourteen play, 72 yard touchdown drive that consumed 7:52 off the clock. Warner hit running back Tim Hightower on a short screen for the go-ahead, game clinching score that will forever live in Cardinal infamy.
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Pittsburgh Steelers -6.5 (-110), Over 46.5 (-110), -260 (Money line)
Arizona Cardinals +6.5 (-110), Under 46.5 (-110), +220 (Money line)
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The San Francisco 49ers (5-11 SU, 5-10-1 ATS in 2007; 1-1 SU & ATS in pre-season) found some offensive life last week, and they will try to build some momentum on Thursday night as they travel to the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bears (7-9 SU & ATS in 2007; 0-2 SU, 0-1-1 ATS in pre-season) in an NFL matchup that is set to get underway at 8 PM ET at Soldier Field (natural turf) in Chicago.
Thursday, August 21
NFL betting odds: CHICAGO -3 (-120), Total 37
NOTABLE STAT: San Francisco was last in points, last in total offense in 2007
KEY NFL BETTING TREND: SF has lost its last seven SU on pre-season road
In the BetUS NFL pre-season football betting odds, the Bears are listed as a three-point favorite (laying -120), with the total posted at 37 points.
Here are some NFL football betting trends as they relate to this matchup (reflecting numbers going into the 2008 season):
* SF has lost 11 of its last 14 games SU
* SF has covered three of its last 11 games
* SF has lost six of its last seven road games SU
* SF has covered one of its last seven road games
* CHI has covered five of its last eight games
* CHI has played five of its last seven games OVER the total
* CHI has covered four of its last 13 home games
* SF has lost its last seven pre-season road games SU
* CHI has covered two of its last seven home pre-season games
Well, I guess we should congratulate the Bears on making their quarterback choice for the season's opening game, as they have designated Kyle Orton the starter against Indianapolis. The Bears obviously have lost patience with Rex Grossman, and what they do with him at this point is anybody's guess. But suffice it to say that there isn't a quarterback competition anymore, at least in training camp.
Meanwhile, the quarterback competition may also be settled in San Francisco, where the Niners bounced back from a lackluster 18-6 loss to the Raiders, in which they turned the ball over four times, to execute a 34-6 rout of the Packers last Saturday. However, coach Mike Nolan has stopped short of saying that, insisting that the job is still open. But J.T. O'Sullivan, the longshot of the trio of Niner signal-callers who opened camp, will start his third straight pre-season game here. Against Green Bay, O'Sullivan was only 8-for-17, and was intercepted, but he also threw for 9.1 yards an attempt, which included a 59-yard TD pass to Josh Morgan. The others struggled.
Some offensive cohesion is badly needed, in light of the Niners' dismal 2007 campaign, in which they were dead last in the NFL in scoring, with just 13.7 points a game. And O'Sullivan is the guy who is most familiar with offensive coordinator Mike Martz's exacting system, because he learned it last year in Detroit. O'Sullivan will go at least the entire first half and may even last longer. He'll be relieved by Alex Smith, with Shawn Hill doing the mop-up work. Three receivers who were out last week - Bryant Johnson, Ashley Lelie and Arnaz Battle - will miss this game too.
That may hurt a little here, especially since the Bears will be using a lot of their defensive starters. And it's the defense that has been keeping the Bears in games thus far. In fact, the defense and special teams were responsible for the first 19 points Chicago scored against Seattle last time out, as the offense really struggled with Grossman at the controls. But maybe the first-team offense has a chance to settle a little bit as it works more with Orton at the helm.
Certainly we have concerns about the Bears' offensive line, but we like the scenario for them here, especially if O'Sullivan doesn't make some bis plays. The Niners may have nowhere else to turn right now, and they have lost seven straight road games in the pre-season. Let's take Chicago, the three-point favorite in the NFL football betting odds.
CHICAGO -3 (-120) **
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