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Heavy-hitting Yanks continue series with A'sBaseball Betting Lines09/01/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Six homers in two games and four consecutive victories have helped the New York Yankees regain sole possession of first place in the American League East. If they want to stay there, A.J. Burnett better figure things out in a hurry. Burnett will try to avoid a fifth straight losing decision when New York continues a four-game series versus the Oakland Athletics this evening at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees smashed three homers in Monday's series-opening 11-5 victory, then added three more in last night's 9-3 rout to win four contests in a row for the first time since a seven-game run from July 3-9. Mark Teixeira homered for a second game in a row, notching his 30th of the season, while Nick Swisher added a two-run shot -- his third homer in five games. Curtis Granderson finished with a solo homer of his own to help the Yankees move a game ahead of the Rays for the top spot in the AL East after Tampa Bay lost to Toronto on Tuesday. "What a great game tonight was -- great pitching, clutch hitting," Swisher said afterward. "(Teixeira) is on fire...it's just been a lot of fun to watch." The power game helped Phil Hughes post his 16th win of the season despite lasting just five innings. He allowed two runs on four hits and matched a season high with five walks. Still, New York picked up its fifth win in a row over Oakland and is 7-1 in the season series so far this year. The Yankees have also won 18 of the past 21 games of this series. After Trevor Cahill was blasted for a season-high eight runs over four innings in Monday's opener, A's starter Van Mazzaro was charged with nine runs -- seven earned -- over just 3 2/3 frames last night. "I battled. I fell behind a lot," Mazzaro said. "If you fall behind these guys, they're going to punish you. I just tried too hard and left the ball up in the zone." Daric Barton hit a solo homer in the seventh inning for Oakland, which fell to 4-4 on a 10-game road trip and is still 8 1/2 games back of first-place Texas in the AL West. The Athletics should have a good chance of moving back above .500 on the swing if Burnett pitches the way he has in his last five starts, all Yankee losses. Burnett is 0-4 with a 7.80 earned run average over that span and was blasted by the White Sox in Chicago on Friday to the tune of nine runs -- eight earned -- over 3 1/3 innings. The right-hander has allowed at least six runs in three of his last five starts and nine times total this year. "It's like Groundhog Day again," Burnett said after that game. "I take the team out of it in the first three innings. It wears on these guys and it has to be frustrating." The 33-year-old is 9-12 with a 5.17 ERA this year, but evened his career mark against Oakland to 3-3 with a 3.81 ERA after besting them in Oakland with seven frames of two-run ball on July 7. Despite leaving his last start after just two innings due to a hyperextended right knee, Brett Anderson is slated to take the hill for the A's. The lefty is 0-3 with a 3.68 ERA over his last four starts and was charged with four runs on six hits Friday versus Texas before his exit. Anderson, though, threw a bullpen session on Monday with no issues. "It went really well," manager Bob Geren told Oakland's website. "He should be good to go, no problems." Anderson, who has also missed time this year with left elbow issues, is 3-5 with a 3.32 ERA in 12 starts this year. The 22-year-old is winless in three all-time meetings with the Yankees, having gone 0-2 with a 5.68 ERA.
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FOOTBALL BETTING LINESNFL Football Sports BettingTwo 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. You can find these lines and all of the NFL betting lines , so be sure to login and get your wagers down before kickoff! Note: Monday night game will be picked Monday. Lines used are from football betting lines . |
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