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A-Rod's three homers pace Yanks over Royals

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08/14/2010 - Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Alex Rodriguez hit career homers No. 602, 603 and 604, leading the New York Yankees to an 8-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals in the third installment of a four-game series at Kauffman Stadium.

Rodriguez finished with four hits and drove in five runs for the Yankees, who have taken two of the three games in this series so far. It was the fourth three-homer game of his career and first since April 26, 2005.

Overall, it was the slugger's second multi-homer game of the season and the 56th of his career.

Curtis Granderson and Jorge Posada also homered for New York, while Phil Hughes (14-5) pitched six innings and allowed three runs on nine hits and a walk without striking out a batter.

Wilson Betemit went 3-for-4 with a homer and two RBI for the Royals, who have lost six of seven. Sean O'Sullivan (1-4) was dealt the loss after yielding four runs, eight hits and two walks in 5 1/3 frames.

After the Yankees tied the game in the fifth, they used some big swings to build their first lead.

Rodriguez began the sixth inning with a home run to give New York its first lead. Two batters later, Posada homered for a two-run cushion, and Granderson followed him with another blast to make it 4-1.

Betemit drew the Royals one closer in the home half with his fifth home run of the season. Kansas City kept pressing in the inning, loading the bases with nobody out after three straight singles followed the homer. Mitch Maier flied out, but Chris Getz's groundout plated a runner for a one-run game.

Rodriguez, though, quickly restored the Yankees' three-run advantage in the seventh, following a Mark Teixeira single with a blast over the wall in center, putting New York ahead, 6-3, on the home run.

Joba Chamberlain induced three consecutive groundouts in the home seventh to keep the Royals down by three, then Boone Logan and David Robertson combined to throw a scoreless eighth.

Rodriguez came up one more time in the ninth and crushed another two-run shot into the fountains in center to account for the final margin.

The Royals got on the board in the opening inning. Hughes retired the first two hitters he faced, but Billy Butler kept the inning alive with a double to left. Betemit followed with an RBI single to center.

O'Sullivan got out of trouble early, striking out Brett Gardner in the second with runners on second and third to end the frame. New York put two runners on in the third with one out, but O'Sullivan retired both Teixeira and Rodriguez to keep the Yankees off the scoreboard.

The visitors finally scored a run in the fifth. Brett Gardner doubled leading off and headed to third on Ramiro Pena's bunt single. Derek Jeter grounded into a double play, but Gardner scored on the play for a 1-1 game.

Game Notes

O'Sullivan fell to 0-4 since being traded from the Angels to the Royals...The Yankees lead the season series, 5-2...Rodriguez's last multi-homer game came on July 6. He now has 21 home runs on the season. His four three-homer games are tied with Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols and Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramiirez for the most among active players.

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What Is the Point Spread?

What are Sports Betting Point Spreads?

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.

How to Read Point Spreads

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:

  • Philly wins the actual game by any amount of points
    OR
  • Philly loses the game by less than 7 points.

  • 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.

    For Those Who Like to Consider Things Mathematically

    Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:

  • Subtracting the point spread from the favorite’s score (thus the minus sign before the number) and then compare to the underdog’s score
    OR
  • Adding the point spread to the underdog’s score (thus the plus sign before the number) and then compare to the favorite’s score

    Who Really “Won” the Super Bowl odds ?

    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.

    And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.

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