Padres start series in Milwaukee
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08/20/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The surging San Diego Padres can put more ground between themselves and the National League pack tonight when they open a three-game weekend series with the host Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park.
Expected by many to be merely an also-ran in this year's pennant chase, the Padres burst from the gate in the spring and have maintained the momentum throughout - opening a six-game lead on the San Francisco Giants in the NL's West Division.
San Diego leads the Atlanta Braves by 2 1/2 games in the race for the league's best record as well and has won five straight games after completing a four- game sweep of the Chicago Cubs on Thursday at Wrigley Field.
Will Venable drove in two runs and Mat Latos tossed seven solid innings for the Padres, who won the series finale, 5-3.
Jerry Hairston Jr. and Ryan Ludwick each had an RBI for the Padres, who had never swept the Cubs in four games at Wrigley. San Diego did win a four-game series between the teams at Petco Park from May 5-8, 2006.
Latos (13-5) allowed two runs on five hits to improve to 8-1 over his last nine decisions. The right-hander also struck out a career-high 10 batters and walked one. Heath Bell recorded his 37th save of the season despite giving up a run in the ninth.
Lefty Wade LeBlanc, who turned 26 earlier this month, aims for a second career win against the Brewers and a third straight victory overall for the Padres.
The Louisiana native was 5-10 on the season after a 9-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Aug. 4, but has since bounced back with consecutive defeats of the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Giants.
He beat Milwaukee, 9-0, on April 29 in San Diego, allowing eight hits in 6 1/3 innings with no walks and six strikeouts.
LeBlanc is 4-5 in 10 road starts this season.
The Brewers will go with staff ace Yovani Gallardo, who'll try to beat the Padres for the second time in 2010. The 24-year-old Mexican-born righty allowed six hits and one run in seven innings while striking out 11 in a 2-1 win at Petco Park on May 1.
The victory was the third in a stretch of six straight for the 6-foot-2, 222- pounder, who won 13 games in 30 starts last season and reached 11 wins in 2010 with an 11-6 defeat of Houston on Aug. 8.
He is 5-4 in 11 home starts with a 3.62 ERA across 69 2/3 innings.
On Wednesday in St. Louis, Lorenzo Cain doubled, tripled, drove in one and scored twice to back 8 1/3 solid innings from Randy Wolf as the Brewers held on for a 3-2 win over the Cardinals and earned a sweep of a two-game set at Busch Stadium.
Alcides Escobar added a sacrifice fly and George Kottaras knocked in the other run for Milwaukee, which has won four of six. Escobar exited with a leg injury with two outs in the ninth.
Wolf (10-9) notched his third consecutive win after limiting the Cardinals to one run on three hits. The left-hander walked one and fanned four.
Ex-Padre Trevor Hoffman struck out Brendan Ryan with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the ninth to lock down the win. It was Hoffman's 598th career save, which extends an MLB record.
San Diego has won three of its four meetings with the Brewers this season.
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Eastern Conference Playoff Betting Trends
We all know by now that the “public” loves to put their money on the FAVORITES and the OVERS. Just by taking a quick glance at Sportsbook.com’s “Betting Trends” it appears as is this tendency will continue as far as the Eastern Conference games are concerned. For the inaugural games of the first round, 69% of the early money is on Toronto -4.5; 59% of bettors prefer Chicago -4.5; 84% are backing Detroit -9; and 56% think Cleveland -11.5 is the way to go. As far as TOTALS are concerned, the only UNDER the “public” is backing is the Cleveland/ Washington game in which 83% are pounding the UNDER (190). Remember, there is no better way to predict a possible line change than by monitoring MySportsbook.com’s “Betting Trends”. By determining who the “public” is backing, you can get the most ideal line for your bet. For example, if you are siding with the public you better place your bet before the line moves in the wrong direction. On the other side of the coin, if you prefer the team that the “public” is betting against; you might be able to get and extra ½ or even more by placing your bet a bit later. Under the “Betting Trends” section, Sportsbook.com also provides plenty of statistical data and trends in order for the bettor to make the most informed pick. Below are some extremely important trends for the first round opponents of the Eastern Conference match-ups, more can be found at MySportsbook.com
New Jersey Nets vs. Toronto Raptors
Toronto was the most reliable covering team this season with a 48-33-1 ATS record but covered the OVER only 41.5% of the time.
The last 20 times these teams have played, the TOTAL has gone UNDER 16 times.
Versus Eastern Conference teams, Toronto is 33-19 ATS including 17-9 at home.
New Jersey has covered four games in a row while Toronto has failed to cover their last four games.
When playing a team with a winning record during the second half of the season, New Jersey was just 5-13 ATS this season.
After scoring 105 points or more, Toronto has covered the OVER only 28% of the time this season.
Miami Heat @ Chicago Bulls
Miami has failed to cover their last 7 games whereas Chicago has covered 6 out of their last 8 games.
Miami has covered the UNDER in four of their last five games whereas Chicago has covered the UNDER in five out of their last six.
When playing on Saturdays, Miami covered 80% of their games this season.
Away from home, Chicago is just 16-25 ATS this season.
At home, Miami covered the UNDER about 66% of the time whereas Chicago covered the UNDER about 61% of the time.
The last 13 times these teams have played each other, Chicago has covered 9 times.
In Miami’s last 11 road games, the UNDER covered 9 times.
Orlando Magic @ Detroit Pistons
Detroit has covered 5 out of their last 6 games.
Away from home, Detroit is 28-13 ATS but just 14-26-1 ATS at home.
At home, Orlando covered the UNDER 64% of the time while Detroit covered the UNDER in 63% of their away games.
The last five times these teams have played in Detroit, the OVER covered each time.
Versus Eastern Conference teams, Detroit is 8-17-1 ATS at home but 17-9 ATS away.
Detroit covered the spread 5 out of the last 6 times they played Orlando.
After a Division game, Orlando covered the UNDER 87% of the time this season.
Washington Wizards @ Cleveland Cavaliers
In a home game where the TOTAL is between 190 and 194.5 points, Cleveland is 9-1 ATS this season.
Washington has covered the UNDER in their last 6 games and in 8 of their last 9 games.
The last 6 times these teams have played each other, the UNDER covered each time.
When playing on 3 or more days of rest, Washington is just 18-37 ATS since 1996.
Since 1996, Washington is 28-16 ATS versus Cleveland including 11-5 over the last 3 seasons.
In their last 7 road games, Washington is 6-1 ATS.
Versus Eastern Conference teams at home, Washington is just 6-18-2 ATS.
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