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09/14/2007 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chase Utley hit a two-run homer and scored three times, helping the Philadelphia Phillies club the Colorado Rockies, 12-4, in the finale of a four-game series at Citizens Bank Park.
Jayson Werth knocked in three runs for the Phillies, who earned a split and moved within 1 1/2 games of San Diego for the wild card lead. The Padres fell to LA 6-3 on Thursday.
Starter J.D. Durbin lasted just one-plus innings, allowing three runs on five hits with three walks. The bullpen gave up just one run the rest of the way, however, with Geoff Geary (2-2) picking up the win after tossing three innings of one- hit relief.
Jeff Francis (15-8) was tagged for eight runs over 3 1/3 innings for Colorado, which had won seven of 10 coming in.
Colorado put up a three-spot in the first to gain an early advantage thanks to RBI singles from Troy Tulowitzki, Garrett Atkins and Omar Quintanilla.
The Phillies, though, responded with four runs in the bottom of the inning to move in front. With runners on the corners and two down, Chris Ianetta yielded a passed ball, allowing Utley to score and Ryan Howard to advance to second. Aaron Rowand followed with an RBI single and Wes Helms capped the surge a batter later with a two-run double to right-center.
The home team tacked on four more runs in the fourth to establish an 8-3 lead. Utley sparked the offense with a two-run homer to right, his 19th long ball of the season.
Taylor Buchholz relieved Francis later in the inning with runners on first and second, and gave up a run-scoring single to Werth. Carlos Ruiz's RBI groundout a batter later made it a five-run game.
Atkins' solo homer in the fifth cut the lead to 8-4, but the Phils had an answer.
Philadelphia loaded the bases with one out in the home-half of the fifth, chasing Dan Serafini from the game. Ramon Ortiz entered and promptly gave up a single to Rowand that scored Utley. Werth was hit by a pitch in the next sequence, pushing another run across, and Greg Dobbs upped the lead to 11-4 with a sacrifice fly.
Werth tacked on an RBI double in the seventh.
Game Notes
Colorado won two of three against Philadelphia when these two clubs met at Coors Field in early July...Rockies bench coach Jamie Quirk served a one-game suspension Thursday for his actions during Tuesday's game...Attendance was 42,623.
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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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