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09/08/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Alex Rodriguez could become just the fourth player in Yankees history to reach 50 home runs this evening when New York resumes its three-game series with the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.
Rodriguez belted his major league-leading 49th homer and finished 3-for-4 on Friday to help the Yankees pull out a 3-2 win in the opener of this set. Bobby Abreu knocked in the go-ahead run in the seventh and Jorge Posada added a home run for the Yankees, who have won three straight games and hold a three-game lead in the AL wild card race over Detroit.
The Rodriguez homer, a lead-off shot in the second, was the 513th of his career, passing both Ernie Banks and Eddie Mathews for sole possession of 17th place on the all-time list. One more home run and A-Rod, who has homered in his last three games and has five home runs in his last six contests, will join Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris as the only Yankees to ever reach 50 in a season.
Kyle Farnsworth (2-1) earned the win by pitching a scoreless inning. Ian Kennedy, in his second major-league start, allowed seven hits and two runs with three walks and a pair of strikeouts over five innings.
Joba Chamberlain was again brilliant for the Yankees, tossing two more scoreless innings, while Mariano Rivera retired the side in order in the ninth for his 24th save.
Neal Musser (0-1) took the loss, charged with the Yanks' go-ahead run in two- thirds of an inning in relief. Royals starter Gil Meche gave up two runs and five hits over six innings in the no-decision.
Alex Gordon went 2-for-4 and scored a run for the Royals, who have lost three in a row.
Getting the call for the Yankees this evening will be reliable left-hander Andy Pettitte, who is 12-8 with a 3.82 ERA on the season, but had a six-start losing streak stopped in his last outing. Against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Sunday Pettitte allowed five runs and 11 hits in 6 1/3 innings to absorb the loss.
Pettitte has faced the Royals 18 times (16 starts) and is 10-3 against them with a 3.17 ERA.
Kansas City will counter with Brian Bannister, who is 12-7 with a 3.16 ERA. Bannister, though, won his fourth straight start on Sunday in Minnesota, as he held the Twins to a run and six hits in eight innings.
This will be his first-ever appearance against the Yankees.
The Yankees have won seven of eight from the Royals this season, including four of five in KC. New York is also 14-3 in the last 17 meetings.
<< Blue Jays, Devil Rays continue set at Tropicana Field
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Toronto Blue Jays try to keep their slim playoff hopes
alive this evening when they play the middle contest of a three-game series
with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Tropicana Field.
Toronto enters tonight's matchup 6 1/
<< Red Sox send Dice-K to the mound against O's
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Daisuke Matsuzaka tries to win back-to-back starts for the
first time in nearly three months this evening when the Boston Red Sox
continue their four-game series with the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards.
Matsuzaka picked
<< Brewers hope for some success in Cincinnati
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Milwaukee Brewers haven't fared well against
Cincinnati this season. The club will try and turn things around versus the
Reds -- and hold onto their share of the division lead -- tonight in the
middle portion of a three-
<< Zambrano tries to put boo-birds behind him in Steel City
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carlos Zambrano wasn't happy when Cubs fans booed him
during his last start. Zambrano and the Chicago faithful will get a breather
from each other tonight when the ace makes a road start in the middle portion
of the Cubs' thr
Zito squares off with Wells by the Bay >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Barry Zito will try to extend his excellent pitching
efforts as of late for the Giants tonight when San Francisco plays the second
contest of its three-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers at AT&T Park.
Zito is pitchi
Dredge and Rumford lead in Switzerland >>
Crans Montana, Switzerland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Defending champion Bradley
Dredge and Brett Rumford are tied atop the leaderboard after Saturday's third
round of the Omega European Masters.
Dredge managed a three-under 68 Saturday at
Walker Cup tied >>
Newcastle, Northern Ireland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The United States and Great
Britain & Ireland teams are tied, 6-6, after Saturday's opening day of the
Walker Cup.
In Saturday morning's foursomes matches at Royal County Down, the A
No. 3 West Virginia pulls away late to beat Marshall >>
Huntington, WV (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pat White threw for a pair of touchdowns and
ran for a score, as third-ranked West Virginia visited state rival Marshall
for the first time in 92 years and left with a tougher-than-expected 48-23
victory
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Underdog bettors love the Super Bowl and, history suggests, the underdogs love them back. And the big dogs bite harder.
Even so, there is a warning in store for Super Bowl gamblers who must love dogs: The Arizona Cardinals Super Bowl betting lines might not be enough of a Cinderella to make it worth your while.
Although the Cardinals were widely panned as one of the worst division winners and least playoff-worthy teams in recent memory, their trip to Super Bowl XLIII Jan. 31 in Tampa against the Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl betting lines comes with a little more respect from the oddsmakers than you might imagine. They are a 7-point underdog at most sports books.
If you count yourself among those who covet the big dog in the big game, this isn’t exactly great news. You should have been hoping for more points. This is because the facts show that the bigger the dog, the better the bet in the Super Bowl.
Case in point: Over the past 13 seasons, double-figure underdogs in the Super Bowl are 4-0-1 ATS and have won the past three outright. In fact, the last double-digit chalk to do the deed for bettors was the 1995 San Francisco 49ers, who managed to beat the astounding 19-point spot afforded backers of the San Diego Chargers in the 49-26 romp in Super Bowl XXIX.
By contrast, 7-point favorites are 2-1-1 ATS in the same span, the last such contest resulting a cover grinded out by the Colts in their 29-17 win over the Bears two seasons ago in Super Bowl XLI.
In 2004, the Patriots failed to cover the number in their 32-29 triumph over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl props while the Rams and Titans gave everyone a refund in 2000 after the Rams posted a 23-16 win as a seven-point favorite.
So while Arizona’s run has included impressive upsets as a 10-point road underdog to the Carolina Panthers and Sunday’s 32-25 win in the NFC championship game to the 4-point favored Philadelphia Eagles, their long-shot story lacks a bit of the David vs. Goliath storyline of past Super Bowl underdogs.
While the seven-point spread represents a significant gap in the perception of strength between the two teams, it is far from monumental. For example, last season the Giants were the wild-card afterthought turned road-warrior buzzsaw, with stunning wins over the Buccaneers, Cowboys and Packers to earn their place in the Super Bowl.
There, they played spoiler to New England’s bid to become the first 19-0 team in NFL history and cemented their place in sports betting lore with a 17-14 win as a 12.5-point underdog.
In other words, the Cardinals appear to have their work cut out for them as a mid-range underdog. But in homage to the spread beaters who have come before them, here is a brief look back at recent colossal upsets in the Super Bowl:
SB XLII -- 2008 -- New York Giants 17, New England Patriots 14 (Giants +12.5) – Eli Manning’s 13-yard touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress in the final minute clinched the historic upset for the Giants, who used a masterful defensive plan to slow down Tom Brady and the previously undefeated New England Patriots.
XXXVI -- 2002 -- Patriots 20, Rams 17 (Patriots +14) – This was the coming out party for the aforementioned Brady, who went from obscure sixth-round draft pick to Super Bowl hero in one fell swoop. He led the game-winning drive in the final minute – eschewing analyst John Madden’s advice to take a knee and play for overtime – leading to Adam Vinatieri’s memorable 48-yard field goal that split the uprights as time expired.
XXXII 1998 Broncos 31, Packers 24 (Denver +12) – The first of John Elway’s two consecutive Super Bowl titles to put an end to his Hall of Fame career was an upset for the ages. The Broncos used the determination of Elway and a 157-yard, three-touchdown performance from Terrell Davis to turn back Brett Favre and the heavily favored Packers.
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