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06/04/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Houston right-hander Roy Oswalt shoots for his 12th career win against Pittsburgh tonight, when the Astros head to PNC Park for the second of three games with the Pirates.
Oswalt is 11-5 in 22 career games against the Pirates, including 21 starts, with a 2.49 earned run average in 148 innings of work. He has walked just 24 batters in that stretch, while striking out 126.
The 30-year-old Mississippi native is winless in three starts since the end of a four-decision win streak this year. In a 3-2 loss at St. Louis on May 29 he allowed five hits and three runs in seven innings of work.
He dropped a 6-2 decision at Texas on May 17 after being tagged for 11 hits and six runs in six innings. Oswalt's last win came May 12 at San Francisco, when he tossed eight innings of five-hit, three-run ball.
For Pittsburgh, lefty Zach Duke will attempt to end a three-start winless skid on Wednesday night.
Duke won consecutive starts on May 6 and May 12 against San Francisco and Atlanta to even his record at 2-2, but has since gone 0-2 with a no-decision in three outings.
He allowed five hits and two earned runs in six innings against St. Louis on May 30, dropping a 5-4 verdict. He previously lost a 12-3 decision on May 23 against the Chicago Cubs, allowing 10 hits and four runs in four innings.
Duke is 0-3 with a 4.08 ERA in seven lifetime games against Houston.
On Tuesday, Wandy Rodriguez and three relievers combined on a five-hit shutout as the Astros topped the Pirates, 2-0.
Rodriguez improved to 2-1 after striking out three batters and walking one in six innings. Chris Sampson, Doug Brocail and Jose Valverde followed with three hitless innings of relief, with Valverde notching one strikeout en route to his 16th save.
Lance Berkman doubled and drove in a run for Houston, which also got a double and an RBI from Miguel Tejada.
Jack Wilson had two of Pittsburgh's five hits. Lefty Phil Dumatrait (2-3) was a hard-luck loser after allowing seven hits and two runs in six innings.
Pittsburgh won 10 of its 15 matchups with the Astros last season.
<< Struggling Yanks hope to solve Toronto's Litsch
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mired in a three-game losing streak, the New York Yankees
will now have to face one of baseball's hottest pitchers in tonight's middle
test of a three-game home series with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Toronto's Jesse Litsch ent
<< Mets, Giants close out series by the bay
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The front office's confidence in Mets manager Willie
Randolph has carried onto the field. New York tries to win its third straight
series this afternoon when it concludes a three-game series with the San
Francis
<< Tigers close out trip in Oakland
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Few things have gone right for Detroit this year, and its
current road trip is becoming one of them. The Tigers wrap up a nine-game trek
tonight in the finale of a three-game series with the Oakland Athletics at
McAfee
<< Gearing up for the MLB Draft
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The biggest crapshoot in all of sports will get underway on
Thursday, as Major League Baseball presents its First-Year Player Draft. And,
for the second straight year, MLB will try to capitalize on the incredible
popularity o
Cardinals continue set with Nationals >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Right-hander Todd Wellemeyer goes for a fifth consecutive
win tonight when the St. Louis Cardinals visit the Washington Nationals in the
middle game of a three-game series at Nationals Park.
Wellemeyer, a 29-year-old nativ
Cubs try to run win streak to 10 games against Maddux and Padres >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Cubs are one game away from producing their
first double-digit win streak in nearly a decade. The red-hot club will
attempt to maintain its awesome recent form when it goes up against an old
friend in tonight's fi
Smoltz headed for season-ending surgery >>
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Braves have scheduled a press
conference for Wednesday, at which time the club will reportedly announce that
pitcher John Smoltz will need season-ending surgery on his right shoulder -- a
procedu
First place on line in latest Red Sox-Rays skirmish >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Right-handed ace Josh Beckett will try to pitch Boston back
into first place tonight, when the second-place Red Sox meet the American
League East Division-leading Tampa Bay Rays in the middle test of a three-game
series
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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MySportsbook.com refunds all bets on Oakland, Green Bay and Tampa Bay from NFL week one.
(September 14) – Week one of NFL action saw three teams go scoreless for the first time since 1977. Another four were unable to get a touchdown and almost half of the underdogs covered the spread. Those three teams saved bettors at MySportsbook.com from losing out completely, thanks to the company’s unique NFL Shutout Rule -- which ensures that if the team you backed goes scoreless, your wager is refunded.
Sportsbook refunded tens of thousands of dollars to customers who bet on Oakland, Green Bay and Tampa Bay, the three teams that stunk up the field so badly that their fans and backers never had a chance to get up from their couches and cheer. In the spirit of the low scoring start to the season, odds makers at the world’s largest online sportsbook and casino have set odds on how many total shutouts there will be this season.
MySportsbook.com has posted updated sports betting lines for week two of the season. Ben Roethlisberger’s health status is still questionable, so Willie Parker will try to lead Pittsburgh again as they travel to Jacksonville as a one point favorite. After beating up on his little brother last week, Peyton Manning will look to lead the Colts to victory against Houston. Indianapolis is a whopping 13.5 favorite in the match-up.
Seattle, last year’s highest scoring team, showed the power of their defense with their gritty 9-6 win in Motown over the ravenous Lions. They take their act back home to the comforts of Qwest Field where they will face the resurgent Arizona Cardinals. The Seahawks are favored by a touchdown.
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