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07/22/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Winners in five of their last six and now two games ahead of Cleveland for first place in the American League Central, the Detroit Tigers close out a three-game set against the Kansas City Royals at Comerica Park this afternoon.
The Tigers, who now have the best record in the majors overall, moved to 26-20 at home thanks to a 10-8 victory against Kansas City in 10 innings on Saturday. Brandon Inge played the hero as he blasted a two-run home run in the bottom of the 10th to give the club it's eighth win in 11 tries against the Royals so far this season.
Craig Monroe homered and knocked in four runs for the Tigers, while Placido Polanco, Gary Sheffield and Magglio Ordonez all crossed the plate twice for the winning team.
Chad Durbin earned his seventh win of the season, while Detroit starter Justin Verlander lasted 5 2/3 innings, permitting four earned runs on seven hits and striking out seven, all while letting loose three wild pitches.
Joakim Soria suffered the loss for the visitors, allowing the long ball by Inge in extra innings. KC starter Jorge De La Rosa was touched for seven runs on seven hits, two of them home runs, over 4 1/3 innings.
Tony Pena tallied three hits for the Royals and scored twice, while Emil Brown knocked in two and John Buck cranked out his 16th home run of the campaign in the setback.
Right-hander Brian Bannister gets the call to the hill for the Royals this afternoon in an effort to even his season record which currently stands at 5-6.
The second-year man out of USC suffered his second straight loss on Monday after giving up three home runs and four total runs in six innings against Boston on the road. Bannister, who is 0-1 in his career against Detroit, carries an ERA of just under four into this contest.
As for the Tigers, they have Nate Robertson slated to make the start at home today. The lefty, who is nine games under .500 for his career but 4-3 versus Kansas City all-time, picked up his sixth triumph of the 2007 campaign on Tuesday as he gave up a mere three hits in seven shutout innings against Minnesota on the road in the dome.
The Wichita State product now in his sixth year in the majors, posted five strikeouts versus the Twins and reached the 500 strikeout plateau in the process.
Over the last six games the Tigers have picked up more than their share of victories, despite hitting just .257 as a team. The AL's leading hitter at .360, Ordonez has knocked in eight of the team's 31 runs over the last week of action and is now third in the league with 80 RBI overall.
Kansas City's Billy Butler may not have the season stats similar to Ordonez, but in the last week he certainly gives the Detroit All-Star a run for his money with 10 RBI and four runs scored. Mark Grudzielanek checks in with a total of 10 hits and a team-high eight runs during that stretch for the Royals, now 16 1/2 games out of the race in the AL Central and a mere 12-21 versus the rest of the division.
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JUPITER, Fla. -- The Foorida Marlins are preparing for the likelihood that right-hander
Josh Johnson won't be ready when the season starts April 2.
Grapefruit League action starts Wednesday, but Johnson, penciled in as the No. 2 starter, hasn't even thrown off a mound at full speed since September. He's experienced some soreness in his right forearm.
MySportsbook.com have the Marlins listed with baseball betting lines at +800 to win the NL East this season .
''You guys know the math. If he's not on the hill then he becomes an opening day roster issue,'' manager Fredi Gonzalez said Saturday. ''We're borderline now.''
Johnson, who finished 12-7 with a 3.10 ERA in 2007, was supposed to throw on flat ground Saturday. That was canceled when he woke up with pain.
He played catch on Wednesday with no pain but felt discomfort in a throwing session on Thursday. He's expected to try again Sunday.
''Like we always said from the very beginning, we're going to take it easy on him,'' Gonzalez said. ''He didn't feel right, so we shut him down. We're going to take it back to step one and see where we're at.''
Among the candidates to take Johnson's spot in the rotation are left-hander Chris George and right-handers Yusmeiro Petit and Jose Garcia.
Right-hander Sergio Mitre, who missed most of last season with arm and shoulder problems, also is behind.
With Johnson's status doubtful, Gonzalez said right-hander Ricky Nolasco will stay in the rotation and no longer will be considered a candidate for closer.
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In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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