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06/19/2010 - St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Matt Holliday hit a two-run home run and drove in three, while Adam Wainwright tossed eight strong innings to help the St. Louis Cardinals take a 4-3 win over the Oakland Athletics in the second of a three-game interleague set.
Wainwright (10-4) gave up just one unearned run on five hits with a walk and four strikeouts for the Cardinals, who have won four of their last five. Skip Schumaker went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored in the win.
Ryan Sweeney and Gabe Gross each drove in a run, while Ben Sheets (2-7) was tagged with the loss as he gave up four runs on six hits with four walks and two strikeouts over seven innings for the Athletics, who have dropped seven of their last eight.
With the Cardinals holding a three-run lead, Ryan Franklin took the mound for the ninth, but quickly got into trouble. Conor Jackson led off with a walk and Kurt Suzuki followed with a single. Sweeney's RBI single then made it a two- run game.
Jason Motte was called out of the bullpen and struck out Kevin Kouzmanoff for the first out. Mark Ellis flied out to center, but Gross made it a one-run game with a pinch-hit single to left. Adam Rosales, though, struck out to end the game and give Motte his second save of the season.
Oakland jumped on top in the first. Rajai Davis doubled, Jackson was hit by a pitch and Davis came home on a double steal after Yadier Molina's throwing error.
St. Louis finally got on the board in the fifth. Molina led off with a walk and moved to second on Wainwright's sacrifice bunt. Two batters later, Schumaker singled to score Molina, and Holliday followed with an RBI double for a 2-1 lead.
Wainwright worked around a two-out single in the sixth and set the A's down in order in the seventh.
St. Louis padded its lead in the seventh, as Brendan Ryan led off with a double and Holliday blasted a pitch over the fence in left for a 4-1 advantage.
In the eighth, Jack Cust led off the frame with a pinch-hit double, but Davis flied out and Daric Barton lined into an inning-ending double play.
Game Notes
The A's are 132-109 in interleague play, but just 4-7 this season...St. Louis improved to 106-92 in interleague play and 6-2 on the campaign...St. Louis has taken seven of the eight meetings with Oakland...Sheets has dropped his last four starts and hasn't won since May 8, a span of eight starts. He is 6-15 over 27 starts against St. Louis...Wainwirght is a perfect 7-0 over seven starts at home this season...The start of the game was delayed by 15 minutes due to rain.
<< Hur leads by one in New Jersey
Galloway, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - M.J. Hur fired a seven-under 64 Saturday to
take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the ShopRite LPGA Classic.
Hur, who collected her lone LPGA Tour win last year, finished 36 holes at 11-
under-par 131
<< Twins rally to win wild slugfest against Phillies
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Delmon Young drove in the go-ahead run
during a three-run 11th inning, as Minnesota rallied from a pair of five-run
deficits to top Philadelphia, 13-10, in the middle contest of a three-game
interle
<< Edwards wins caution-filled Nationwide race at Road America
Elkhart, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carl Edwards finally performed his celebratory
back flip from his car for the first time this NASCAR season after winning
Saturday's inaugural Bucyrus 200 Nationwide Series race at Road America.
Edwards d
<< Pedroia lifts Red Sox over Dodgers
Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dustin Pedroia drove in the game-winning run
with a single in the bottom of the ninth inning, as the Boston Red Sox edged
the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-4, in the second installment of a three-game
interle
Rangers top Astros behind Lewis' complete game >>
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Colby Lewis hurled his first career complete
game and Justin Smoak added a two-run home run and three RBI as Texas topped
Houston, 5-1, in the second of three in this interleague series from Minute
Maid Pa
D-Backs edge Tigers, halt franchise-worst road losing streak >>
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mark Reynolds hit a two-run home run as Arizona
snapped its franchise record 14-game road losing streak with a 6-5 win over
Detroit in the second of a three-game interleague set.
Gerardo Parra hit a two-run
Report: Suns pick up Gentry's option for 2011-12 >>
Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Phoenix Suns managing partner Robert Sarver has
reportedly exercised head coach Alvin Gentry's contract option for the 2011-12
season.
According to The Arizona Republic, Gentry's contract was already partia
TCU pounds Florida State in CWS debut; UCLA drops Florida >>
Omaha, NE (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jason Coats' two-run double ignited a five-run
first inning, as TCU posted an 8-1 victory over Florida State in the opening
game of the 2010 College World Series.
In the second game of the double-elimina
American Idol odds : Blake Lewis the Early Standout
An important American Idol betting lines recap from February 20 Guys episode. The 12 men came out flat overall with Blake Lewis appearing to have the early edge after the first hour and a half.
Rudy - was quite good singing "Free Ride" to start off. Randy was not impressed though. Paula thought he started off fantastic. "Never had anyone stop off so lively" said Paula but Simon (who does not like Rudy) does not feel he has a distinct voice and was not impressed either.
Brandon was a little pitchy according to Randy and Paula agreed. Simon said he was a good singer but the song was "too safe" and he needs to make an impact. He was listed at +1200 odds or $1200 paid out on a $100 bet should he win the competition.
Big favorite Sundance came in with a flat version of "Knights in White Satin" and the judges let him have it, including Paula. Randy claimed the song was out of pitch throughout.
Korean American - and a Jenny Woo favorite - Paul Kim was up next. Another pitchy flat one but Randy said he still liked his potential. Kim at +3000 odds was said to have sung a "third rate version of that (George Michael) song" according to Simon Cowell. He sang "Careless Whisper".
22 year old Chris Richardson was up next. He was listed with +1100 odds coming in. He got the best response from the judges though Simon did not believe the vocal was that great.
Nick was boring and pitchy. Simon didn't think he was that bad though and predicted he would be back next week. Nick Pedro was a big +3000 dog coming into this competition.
Beat boxer Blake Lewis was listed with early +1000 odds or $1000 payout on a $100 bet if he were to become the next American Idol winner odds . These of course were the early odds. He was considered original for picking an "odd song". He did not beat box and the judges felt it was the best vocal of the night.
Sanjaya came in as the second biggest favorite after Chris Sligh but his performance Tuesday night was not very good.
Chris Sleigh was the early favorite at +450 odds. Great voice and a great sense of humor. He's a real standout. Randy felt it was on point but maybe ahead of the chorus a little bit. Simon Cowell said he felt like he was in some "sort of weird student gig".
Jared Cotter followed. He was listed with +2000 odds early on to win the competition. The judges felt he needs to take more risks but looked good.
22-year old AJ Talbado, who has tried out for American Idol five times, was up next. "Kind of a theme park performance" said Simon. Though the judges felt he performed okay. Simon did feel AJ might be better than he originally thought.
Phil - this season's military favorite - came into this competition with +1200 odds to win the competition. He was the last to perform. He was certainly strong enough to get through this stage of the competition and perhaps the best one after a shaky start.
Tomorrow night, the ladies perform and I sure hope they do a better job than the boys. Check out all the American Idol betting odds here.
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MySportsbook.com Posts Heisman Trophy Odds
With 3,919 passing yards, 32 touchdowns and a mere seven interceptions last season, combined with a powerful South Bend Heisman legacy, odds makers at MySportsbook.com have given Notre Dame senior quarterback Brady Quinn the best Heisman Trophy odds at 5-2.
Quinn isn’t the only big man on campus this season. Oklahoma junior running back and 2004 Heisman runner-up Adrian Peterson, listed at 7-2, rushed for a combined 3,033 yards in his first two years as a college player and will give Quinn a run for his money.
This online sportsbook has also listed Troy Smith, Ohio State senior quarterback, as another strong favorite to win the 72nd Heisman Trophy. A 7-1 bet, Smith threw for 2,282 yards last season and also led the Buckeyes to a convincing 34-20 victory over Quinn and the Fighting Irish in last season’s Fiesta Bowl.
Current betting odds Heisman trophy are:
| Brady Quinn (QB, Notre Dame) Adrian Peterson (RB, Oklahoma) Troy Smith (QB, Ohio State) Michael Bush (RB, Louisville) Steve Slaton (RB, West Virginia) Brian Brohm (QB, Louisville) Chris Leak (QB, Florida) Mike Hart (RB, Michigan) Ted Ginn (WR, Ohio State) Darius Walker (RB, Notre Dame) Drew Tate (QB, Iowa) Marshawn Lynch (RB, Cal) Kenny Irons (RB, Auburn) Chad Henne (QB, Michigan) Kyle Wright (QB, Miami) Drew Stanton (QB, Michigan State) Kenneth Darby (RB, Alabama) JaMarcus Russell (QB, LSU) Drew Weatherford (QB, Florida State) Blake Mitchell (QB, South Carolina) Reggie Ball (QB, Georgia Tech) |
5-2 7-2 7-1 10-1 10-1 12-1 12-1 18-1 18-1 20-1 30-1 35-1 35-1 40-1 50-1 50-1 60-1 60-1 60-1 60-1 60-1 |
For complete NCAA Football odds visit MySportsbook.com.
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