Pirates rally in seventh to beat Phillies
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07/04/2010 - Pittsburgh, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Garrett Jones knocked in three runs and Delwyn Young struck a key blow with a pinch-hit two-run double as Pittsburgh used a late burst of offense to down Philadelphia, 8-5, in the finale of a four-game set from PNC Park.
Pedro Alvarez homered and drove in two runs for the Pirates, who won three of four in the series.
Evan Meek (4-2) picked up the win after hurling a perfect seventh inning in relief. Octavio Dotel, who picked up his 19th save, locked down all three Pittsburgh wins in this battle of Pennsylvania clubs.
Raul Ibanez collected two hits and drove in a run, while Dane Sardinha homered among his pair of hits for the Phillies, who stumbled to their fifth loss in seven.
Jose Contreras (3-3) took the loss and was charged with a blown save after yielding two hits and three runs while retiring just one batter.
The Pirates forged ahead with a six-run seventh.
Alvarez got the rally going with a leadoff homer, Ryan Doumit followed with a single and Ryan Church doubled. After Ronny Cedeno struck out, Contreras came in for starter Joe Blanton. Young greeted the reliever with a pinch-hit, two-run double and Jose Tabata added a game-tying RBI single.
Later in the inning, with runners on second and third, Mike Zagurski was summoned and allowed a two-run single from Jones to make it 8-5 for the Bucs.
Joel Hanrahan turned in a scoreless eighth and Dotel had an easy time in the ninth to lock up the win.
Pittsburgh picked up two runs in the first on a Jones groundout and RBI single by Alvarez.
Philly responded with a single run in the second as Ben Francisco doubled, moved up on a groundout and scored on a Wilson Valdez grounder.
In the third, the Phils put up three as Blanton singled, Shane Victorino doubled with one out and Ibanez singled in the starter. Ryan Howard followed with a sac fly then Greg Dobbs hit a two-out, run-scoring double.
Sardinha's leadoff homer in the seventh put the visitors up 5-2 and signaled starter Jeff Karstens' exit. Evan Meek shut the door for the remainder of the frame.
Game Notes
Pittsburgh won four of six games in the season series...The Phillies had won six straight games on the 4th of July dating back to a defeat to Florida at Veterans Stadium in 2003...Blanton allowed six hits and five runs with seven strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings...Karstens was dented for nine hits and five runs with two srikeouts in six-plus frames...Pittsburgh travels to Houston on Tuesday and Philadelphia hosts Atlanta beginning Monday.
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NFL Football Sports BettingTwo playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.
New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.
His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.
HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.
The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.
RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.
First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.
The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.
These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.
New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.
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