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07/11/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rookie right-hander Barry Enright aims for a series clincher in just his third start as a big-leaguer today, when the Arizona Diamondbacks host the Florida Marlins in the finale of their four-game series at Chase Field.
The Diamondbacks won for the second time in three games with Florida on Saturday, when Ian Kennedy pitched into the sixth inning for his first victory in nearly two months and Arizona held off the Marlins, 5-4.
Kennedy (4-7), who had lost five times in his previous eight starts -- including four in a row -- surrendered five hits and two runs over 5 1/3 innings. He also had two walks and five strikeouts. It was the right-hander's first victory since May 19 against San Francisco.
Chris Snyder belted a two-run homer and Mark Reynolds added a solo shot for the Diamondbacks, who won for just the second time in eight games under new manager Kirk Gibson.
Mike Stanton homered for Florida, which failed to build on a 3-2 win from Friday. Starting pitcher Nate Robertson (6-7) permitted six hits and five runs over six innings to suffer the loss.
Enright, a second-round pick of the Diamondbacks in 2007, reached the majors for the first time on June 30 in St. Louis, when he allowed just four hits and a run in five innings of a 4-2 defeat of the Cardinals. He followed it up with his first loss, a 6-4 verdict against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday in which he was touched for seven hits and three runs in 5 2/3 innings.
The 6-foot-3, 220-pounder has walked five and struck out 10 in 10 2/3 overall innings since being promoted, with opposing batters reaching him for a .268 average.
For the Marlins, 23-year-old San Diego native Alex Sanabia makes his first start in a major-league uniform today. The right-hander debuted this season with three straight appearances out of the bullpen, logging a combined 8 1/3 innings while giving up 10 hits and four earned runs.
A 32nd-round pick of the Marlins in 2006, Sanabia has walked one batter and struck out 10 in his three outings. His lone decision came June 30 against the New York Mets, when he surrendered three hits and an earned run in a two- inning relief outing.
These two clubs split a quick two-game set in Florida from May 17-18, as well as four games held at Chase Field last year. Arizona has won eight of the last 13 overall meetings in the series.
<< Angels, A's hope to close out first half on high note
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Oakland Athletics and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
close out a three-game weekend set from the Coliseum this afternoon.
These teams have split the first two meetings of this series, with the
Athletics rebounding from
<< France completes whitewash of Spain
Clermont-Ferrand, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Gilles Simon and Julien Benneteau
each won reverse singles matches for France on Sunday to complete a 5-0 rout
of Spain in the Davis Cup quarterfinals.
The Spaniards were the two-time defendin
<< Red-hot Rockies attempt to draw even with sliding Padres
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Colorado Rockies appear to be putting together one of
those long winning stretches they've become known for during the past few
seasons, much to the chagrin of the rest of the National League West.
The resurgent Rockie
<< Brewers ready brooms for skidding Bucs
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Veteran lefty Randy Wolf pitches for the sweep when the
Milwaukee Brewers host the Pittsburgh Pirates today in the finale of their
three-game series at Miller Park.
Milwaukee has taken one-run verdicts in each of the first
Silva tries to send Cubs to split with Dodgers >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) -- In a first half filled with disappointment, Carlos Silva
has been an unexpected source of joy for the Chicago Cubs. Tonight the
rejuvenated pitcher takes aim at a 10th victory of 2010 when he takes the
mound for the North Si
Orioles have chance for surprising sweep of West-leading Texas >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Texas Rangers, who continue to lead the American League
West, will close out a four-game weekend series with the lowly Baltimore
Orioles today in Arlington.
The Orioles may have the worst record in baseball at 28-59, b
Longtime Yankees' PA announcer Bob Sheppard dies >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Longtime New York Yankees public address
announcer Bob Sheppard died Sunday. He was 99 years old.
According to the New York Daily News, Sheppard died at his home on Long Island
with his wife, Mary, at hi
White Sox strive for eighth straight win, sweep of Royals >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - U.S. Cellular Field is the site of today's finale of a
three-game set between the Kansas City Royals and hometown Chicago White Sox,
who'll be taking aim at an eighth consecutive victory.
The White Sox kept up their red-ho
Rule No. 1 in the gamblers' handbook states, "Avoid sports betting on meaningless games."
When you're drowning in a sea of baseball monotony, however, things change. Even a hint of pro football betting can persuade the most disciplined bettor to break a few rules.
The NFL preseason is around the corner, with a tempting Hall of Fame match kicking off on Sunday. But bettors must stay vigilant. Wagering on NFL exhibition games is an entirely different beast than the regular season. Most fans don't recognize the players on the field because starters get as much action in August as Warcraft fans get on Prom night.
The only certainty about the NFL this time of year is uncertainty – and yet there are some who say betting in August can be a gold mine.
“I actually feel the NFL preseason presents solid profit opportunities for sharp bettors and handicappers,” Sports Expert Steve Merril explains. “My experience has been that the sportsbooks fear the preseason, which is evident by lower limits and massive moves.”
The line moves are attributed to the limited knowledge available regarding playing-time distribution. One team’s top unit out on the field for one more series has an impact on the pointspread. Setting lines in the preseason often is a shot in the dark.
“We base the betting lines mostly on public perception,” Pete Korner, founder of the Sports Club in Las Vegas, says. “It’s very tough to predict, almost a guessing game.”
The preseason is all about figuring out who’s in and for how long.
“It becomes a race between bettors and oddsmakers to find out how long the quarterbacks are going to stay in,” Korner admits. “If a sharp gets the information first, he could exploit an early line. I’m a full believer in moving the line in the preseason if the books find out something late in the week.”
Determining what each team’s motive is can help bettors handicap. To do this you must pay close attention to the philosophies head coaches employ in exhibition play.
“You need to know what a coach is trying to accomplish,” says Covers Expert Bryan Leonard. “Sometimes a new coach will want to instill a winning attitude. Others just want to make sure their starters don’t get hurt."
So how do you distinguish who’s playing scared and who’s playing for keeps?
“Head coaches on the hot seat or new coaches trying to implement a winning attitude usually try harder to win in the preseason,” Merril says.
Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel fits this criteria. He’s entering his third season as the sideline boss and has yet to lead the Browns to more than six wins.
Cleveland is an enticing bet as well because of the unresolved quarterback situation. General manager Phil Savage sacrificed the Browns’ first-round pick in next year’s draft for Brady Quinn, but the former Notre Dame quarterback hasn’t signed or reported to training camp yet.
Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson split time at QB last season and it looks like either player (or even Quinn) could be the opening-day starter.
“If a team has quarterback depth and the pecking order hasn’t been decided, it’s a big advantage,” Leonard says.
Even in the third week of the preseason when starters generally play the most, the final outcome of the game is in the hands of fringe players. A team's talent, all the way down to the last man on the roster, is something to consider.
The New England Patriots have long been considered one of the deeper teams in the NFL and coach Bill Belichick has said in the past he’s unafraid of stars getting hurt in games with nothing on the line. He shocked his colleagues in 2003 by playing some of his starters on special teams in the preseason.
“We want to have the team ready to play a tough, physical game and preparation has to go into that and I imagine a certain amount of injuries go with it,” Belichick told the Providence Journal in August 2003.
Bettors can only hope to find more teams that share the Pats' business-like approach to the preseason (New England is 17-9-3 against the spread since 2000) and take advantage of teams who detest the exhibition schedule.
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Two 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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