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07/02/2010 - San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Michael Bourn started a three-run 10th inning with a two-run triple, and the Astros took a 6-3 win from San Diego to kick off a four-game set from Petco Park.
Jeff Keppinger singled in Bourn to make it a three-run game and finished with three RBI overall. Jason Michaels homered and had two hits for Houston, which won a combined 17 games through the first two months before going 14-14 in June.
Chris Sampson (1-0) pitched a scoreless ninth for the win and Matt Lindstrom closed it out for his 19th save. Starter Brian Moehler went 5 2/3 innings and was charged with just a run on four hits.
Luke Gregerson (2-3) was roughed up in the extra frame to take the loss, San Diego's third in four games. David Eckstein, Chris Denorfia and Oscar Salazar recorded runs batted in, while starter Jon Garland surrendered three runs on six hits with a season-high six walks in five innings.
Gregerson recorded two quick outs in the 10th, but ran into trouble with back- to-back walks to Humberto Quintero and Oswaldo Navarro. Bourn broke the tie score by lacing a triple to the right-center gap and Keppinger added insurance with a base hit to right. Lindstrom retired the side in order to make the rally stick.
Michaels belted a leadoff homer to open the scoring in the second and Keppinger later added a two-out, two-run single with the bases loaded for a 3-0 edge.
San Diego got on the board in the fifth courtesy of a pinch-hit RBI single from Denorfia, then tied it with two in the seventh off Wilton Lopez.
Nick Hundley led off with a triple and came home on a sacrifice fly by Salazar. Tony Gwynn Jr. followed with a base hit, advanced on a balk and scored on Eckstein's single back through the middle.
The Padres couldn't capitalize on a Chase Headley two-out double in the eighth and Houston stranded a runner at second with one out in the ninth.
Game Notes
The Padres took two of three from the Astros earlier in the year, but Houston has won 10 of the last 13 in the series, including four of the last five in San Diego...Headley went 3-for-4 with two doubles...The Padres stranded seven runners in all, while Houston left 12 on base and was 3-for-10 with runners in scoring position.
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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.
MySportsbook.com's Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds:
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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In terms of sports wagering, the NFL is "the most popular game in town." The explanation behind that is easy.
It is called the "pointspread."
Many years ago, NFL games, as well as the more popular college games, used straight odds as a vehicle for betting. For example, if the Bears were playing the Giants, and it shaped up as a competitive contest, the Bears might be, say, a 7/5 favorite. If they were playing an also-ran, it might be 10/1. Well, there is a point where a line becomes prohibitive, as far as betting the favorite. And who would waste money betting an underdog that has virtually no chance? Such a setup did not contribute to promoting betting action.
But in modern sports betting, a "pointspread" is used.
A NFL pointspreads are exactly that, a pre-established point difference between the two sides that will, for all intents and purposes, create a handicap that evens things out, and in doing so, produces comparable wagering activity on both sides of that proposition. So in lieu of a odds figure in which to bet the team to win outright, the Bears might be a three-point favorite over the New York Giants, and a 17-point favorite over the also-ran. Now that the team that is the underdog can "get" points, there can be equal action on both sides.
In sportsbooks, this is usually done with efficiency by charging the losing bettors 10% extra - in effect, bettors are laying 11/10 on those games. So they are actually betting $110 to win $100. If they lose, they pay the "vig." If they win, they simply collect.
The establishment of the pointspread as the corner stone around which team sports like football can be wagered upon was truly what brought gridiron betting into the stratosphere for online football betting .
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