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06/26/2010 - Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jose Lopez's two-run homer in the fourth proved to be the difference as the Seattle Mariners took a 5-4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in the second of a three-game interleague set.
Milton Bradley added a solo home run, while Brian Sweeney (1-0) got the win for throwing four innings of one-hit relief for the Mariners, who snapped a two-game slide. Doug Fister started on the mound but was pulled after four innings as he gave up four runs on five hits with a walk and a strikeout.
"I appreciate the support from my manager," said Sweeney. "It all comes down to execution. They can put up runs really quick and today it worked out for me."
Corey Hart drove in two runs, while Prince Fielder added a solo homer for the Brewers, who had a five-game winning streak stopped. Randy Wolf (5-7) was tagged with the loss as he gave up five runs -- four earned -- on eight hits with four walks and four strikeouts over five innings of play.
"The home run ball again hurt us," said Brewers manager Ken Macha. "We appeared to turn that game around in the third, but we needed to get a shutdown inning and that didn't happen. If you wanted a lesson on the value of a good changeup, you got it today from Sweeney."
Seattle grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second when Rob Johnson's groundout plated Bradley, and the M's added a run in the third on Bradley's solo homer to left.
Milwaukee, though, responded in the third to take the lead. With two on and one out, Hart doubled to left-center, chasing home both runners. Hart came home on the play after Fister's throwing error, and Fielder followed with his 15th home run of the season for a 4-2 lead.
The Mariners came right back in the fourth to regain the lead. With one out, Chone Figgins walked, and Franklin Gutierrez followed with an RBI double. Lopez then laced a pitch over the left field wall for a 5-4 lead.
The Brewers had men on first and third in the bottom of the fourth, but it was with two outs, and Rickie Weeks hit into a fielder's choice to end the inning.
Brian Sweeney, who came on the mound to throw the fifth, finished his outing by retiring the last 10 batters he faced to get through the eighth.
Brandon League then worked a perfect ninth to pick up his second save of the season.
Game Notes
Seattle stranded 11 men on base as the team went just 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position...Sweeney made his first appearance in the majors since 2006 when he was with San Diego. He played his previous three seasons in Japan and went 23-21 with a 4.10 ERA with the Nippon-Ham Fighters...Milwaukee had won three straight against Seattle coming into the game...Hart has 58 RBI on the season and is one behind the Mets' David Wright for the National League lead.
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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.
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LaDainian Tomlinson Favorite to be 2007 NFL MVP
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This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone after his all out assault on the record books last season. For those suffering from amnesia or were under a rock last football season, all L.T. did last season was set the NFL record for rushing touchdowns (28), total touchdowns (31) and total points scored (186) to go along with his 1815 rushing yards and 508 receiving yards. At 6-1, Tom Brady is next in line which isn’t surprising considering all of the firepower the Pats added over the off-season. With the addition of Randy Moss, Donte Stallworth and Wes Welker; it would be quite difficult for Brady’s numbers not to improve from last years 3529 yards and 24 touchdowns. There appears to be some decent value in Drew Bees at 10-1 considering he probably would have won the award last year if it wasn’t for L.T.’s record breaking season.
There is no reason to think the Saints will come back to earth this season and playing in a weak NFC, they should have as good a shot as any to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. At 15-1, Donovan McNabb could also be worth a look. Remember, many felt he was the MVP of the first half of the season before going down with a season ending injury. Reportedly, he is in great shape and well ahead of schedule to return to form. Also, he could have some added motivation to put up big numbers this season with the Eagles using their first pick in the draft on McNabb’s future successor Kevin Kolb.
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