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07/11/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kyle Lohse takes aim at win No. 11 this evening when the St. Louis Cardinals open a three-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park.
Lohse, signed by the Cardinals right near the end of spring training, has been sensational for St. Louis this season, having gone 10-2 with a 3.61 earned run average. He extended his unbeaten streak to 11 games on Saturday with a no- decision against the Chicago Cubs, as he allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings of a 5-4 win.
The 29-year-old right-hander received a no-decision the last time he faced the Pirates, but is 2-0 against them in his career with a 2.51 ERA in five games, four of which have been starts.
St. Louis enters tonight's opener after dropping two of three in Philadelphia, including a 4-1 setback in Thursday's rubber match at Citizens Bank Park. Yadier Molina knocked in the sole run for the Cardinals, who have dropped five of seven.
Braden Looper (9-7) gave up four runs on seven hits in six innings, with two strikeouts and a walk, to take the loss.
Pittsburgh picked up a big win over the New York Yankees on Thursday, as Nate McLouth hit a two-run home run and Paul Maholm threw eight solid innings, lifting the Bucs to a 4-2 win in a makeup game.
The Pirates split their first two games with the Yanks, but the finale was rained out on June 26. The contest actually got underway, but was called in the top of the third inning with the Yankees leading 3-1.
Maholm (6-5) yielded two runs and scattered seven hits for the Pirates, who have won three of their last four contests. Freddy Sanchez had the other two RBI for Pittsburgh in the win.
Hoping to keep the Pirates on the winning track tonight will be lefty Zach Duke, who is 4-5 with a 4.23 ERA. Duke was roughed up by the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday, surrendering six runs (five earned) and seven hits in just 2 1/3 innings. However, he did not factor in the decision of that 11-6 loss.
Duke lost to the Cards back on May 30 and is 2-3 lifetime against them with a 3.86 ERA in eight starts.
Pittsburgh has won five of its nine matchups with the Cards this season, but St. Louis has won eight of its last 11 in the Steel City dating back to last season.
<< O's, Red Sox start series at Fenway
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Right-hander Clay Buchholz returns to the big leagues
tonight against a familiar foe, when the Boston Red Sox host the Baltimore
Orioles in the opener of a three-game weekend series at Fenway Park.
A 23-year-old right-hand
<< AL Central resume set in Motown
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Right-handed surprise Armando Galarraga goes for a ninth
start without a loss tonight when the Detroit Tigers host the Minnesota Twins
in game two of a four-game matchup between the American League Central
Division's second-
<< Giants head into Wrigley for weekend set with Cubs
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Cubs try to get back on the winning track when
they open a three-game series with the San Francisco Giants this afternoon at
Wrigley Field.
Chicago gave up its highest run total at home of the season on Thur
<< Tigers agree to terms with first-rounder Perry
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Tigers have agreed to terms with
pitcher Ryan Perry -- the team's 2008 first-round draft pick.
Perry, a 6-foot-4, 200-pound right-hander, was taken with the 21st overall
pick out of the Uni
Chicago All-Star snub Floyd toes rubber against Rangers >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chicago White Sox starter Gavin Floyd could have easily
been on the AL's All-Star roster, but will shake off the snub when he toes the
rubber tonight in the opener of a three-game series against Texas down south
at Rangers Ba
Return of the king: Felix, M's set to battle Royals >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - While the Seattle Mariners have been retooling their roster
and shelving injured players, they expect to get a big boost tonight from
starting pitcher Felix Hernandez.
Hernandez will be activated from the disabled list on
Lefty Parra takes ball for Brewers vs. Reds >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - CC Sabathia is the left-handed pitcher the Milwaukee
Brewers are counting on to break a long postseason drought, but fellow
southpaw Manny Parra has made quite a contribution to his team's playoff push.
Parr
Padres to host road-challenged Braves >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Braves will try to snap out of their season-
long road funk in tonight's opener of a three-game series with the San Diego
Padres at Petco Park.
The Braves began a six-game road trip with a three-test se
Is there such a thing as a trap game in the NFL?
I once asked that question to Pete Korner, who at the time was office manager and a senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants.
Korner almost ripped my head off. There is no such thing as a trap game, he loudly berated me. It’s a myth. The numbers are made using power ratings, he said.
There are trap games, though. They just might not be what you think. The perception is of a good team, say Philadelphia, laying a small number against New Orleans.
Using the highly-respected power ranking from The Gold Sheet, you’d find the Eagles with a power rating of 4 and the Saints at 8. When you factor the game being played in New Orleans, you could see why the line opened so short at less than a field goal.
For some, this makes it enticing to take the Eagles. That’s not a real trap game, though.
A real trap game, says professional gambler Dave Malinsky, is thinking you’re getting value betting a bad team, which brings us to the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos matchup.
The Raiders are +15 in this long-standing division rivalry. Denver is on a short week having dispatched Baltimore Monday. However, the Raiders haven’t covered the spread their last 10 games.
Many bettors don’t trust the Raiders to give a full effort. Few think much of Art Shell and his Oakland’s coaching staff.
So oddsmakers have to do something to make Oakland attractive if they hope to get equal action.
Now Malinsky is a value shopper. But he won’t touch the Raiders even getting more than two touchdowns.
“I try to eliminate the undisciplined, unfocused teams because they’re the ones most likely to suffer the bad beats,” he said.
Near the top of Malinsky’s list of stay-away teams is the Miami Dolphins, who have yet to cover a spread this season.
“Whatever you think of Nick Saban, you have to look at the penalties and turnovers,” Malinsky said.
It’s easy to point out the Dolphins failed to get the money this past week against New England because Olindo Mare missed a field goal and had another field goal blocked. But even though the Dolphins outgained the Patriots, 283-213, they committed eight penalties.
Bad teams not only cost themselves victories, but pointspread covers as well. The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers are two more examples.
The Cardinals couldn’t have been in a better position this past Sunday, up 14-0 at home against a mediocre Kansas City Chiefs squad. But they couldn’t hold it. The Packers got a push against St. Louis, but also could have won losing by three when Brett Favre fumbled at the St. Louis 11-yard line with 44 seconds left.
“The Packers were in a position to beat Philadelphia, too,” Malinsky said. “But they couldn’t even cover double digits.
“These teams just make mistakes and it costs you … they always will look good from a value standpoint. They really will. But that’s the trap.”
Houston and Tennessee rank among the six-worst teams. Malinsky wouldn’t be afraid to take either of these teams, however, if the price were high enough.
The Texans are bad, Malinsky said, but they have some discipline. The Titans showed they could not only come up with an outstanding game plan, but execute it as well, losing by one to the Colts on the road as an 18 ?-point underdog this past Sunday.
“Jeff Fisher is a worker,” Malinsky said of the Titans coach. “I’m not sure how hard Art Shell wants to work when he gets out of bed.”
Fisher, though, could be out as Tennessee coach after this season. Is he still worth backing in the right spot, with the right price, as a lame duck coach?
“It’s in his nature to keep working hard and not worry about any possible lame duck status,” Malinsky said. “He’s coaching for his resume.”
Note: Monday night game will be picked Monday. Lines used are from football betting lines.
Let’s take a look at the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds and the betting line and figure out where they’ve been and where they are going to go.
MySportsbook.com put up the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds late on Sunday night with the Pittsburgh Steelers favored by 6.5 points and a total betting line at 47.5 points.
Since then, however, the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds have seen a good deal of movement and you’ll want to be on top of where they are likely to move to make sure you get the best line value for the big game.
Since opening, the Super Bowl 2009 betting lines went to Steelers -7 in the span of roughly 3 hours but were quickly bought back down just minutes later to 6.5 again.
After that is took about 5-6 more hours before the betting line went back to -7 where it has sat for a while now and is likely to remain. The opening betting total of 47.5 was bet down right after the line became available and went to 47 within minutes.
Roughly a day later it has been bet even further down to the 46.5 tally it currently is set at.
Roughly 60% of gamblers seem to be on the Cardinals here so the point spread will be bet down and a 7.5 would not last very long at all with many taking the early 6.5 in hopes of finding a potential middle in the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds.
If you like Arizona and see a 7.5, I’d take it as soon as possible because it’s unlikely to last. For Pittsburgh backers, the -7 might be the best you’ll be able to find but a 6.5 is definitely possible close to game time.
Regarding the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds for the total, most tracked gamblers are already on the over and with those who took the under 47.5 already securing a middle on the over 46.5, the only way I see it moving is back up to 47 so if you like the over, I’d recommend betting now.
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