Braves outlast Marlins, rain in Florida
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05/28/2010 -
Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Martin Prado went 3-for-6 with two runs batted in
and David Ross knocked in a pair, as the Atlanta Braves handled the Florida Marlins, 8-3, in the rubber match of a three-game series at Sun Life Stadium.
Yunel Escobar contributed two hits, an RBI and two runs scored for the Braves,
who took the last two games in the set and have now won 12 of their last 16
overall.
Tim Hudson worked four innings before rain halted play and did not return to
the mound after a one hour and 17 minute delay. The right-hander allowed two
runs on five hits with a pair of walks and struck out a batter. Peter Moylan
(2-0) earned the win for pitching a scoreless fifth inning after play resumed.
Hanley Ramirez went 2-for-4 with an RBI and scored, while Jorge Cantu knocked
in a run for Florida, which has dropped five of the last seven.
Ricky Nolasco (4-4), like Hudson worked four frames prior to the stoppage, and
yielded eight hits and three runs while fanning three without issuing a walk.
Nolasco also chipped in with an RBI single.
Chipper Jones' double off the left-field wall in the top of the first plated
Jason Heyward, who tripled to straightaway center.
In the home half, Ramirez was hit by a pitch with two outs, stole second and
crossed the plate on Cantu's single to center.
The Braves picked up a pair of two-out runs in the fourth to go back in front.
Escobar started things with a single and came around to score on Ross' double
into the left-field corner. Hudson reached on an infield single before Prado
grounded a base hit through the left side for a 3-1 game.
Through a steady rain in the home half, Nolasco helped his own cause with an
RBI single with the bases loaded. Hudson was able to limit the damage by
striking out Chris Coghlan and retiring Gaby Sanchez on a line out to center.
The grounds crew put the tarp on the field prior to starting the fifth, and
after the lengthy rain delay, Nolasco was pulled in favor of Jay Buente, who
tossed a perfect frame in making his major league debut
Buente did give up an RBI single to Prado in the sixth to make it a 4-2 game.
Escobar then added a run-scoring double in the seventh off Tim Wood.
Florida got a run back off Eric O'Flaherty in the home seventh on a fielder's
choice groundout by Ramirez. After Cantu was hit by a pitch, Takashi Saito
came in and struck out Dan Uggla and Cody Ross to end the inning.
However, the Braves tacked on three more in the eighth on Eric Hinske's
double-play ground ball, an RBI infield single by Melky Cabrera and bases-
loaded walk to David Ross that stretched the lead to 8-3.
In the bottom of the ninth, Billy Wagner surrendered a one-out triple to
Ramirez, then fanned Cantu and Uggla to polish off the win.
Game Notes
The Marlins won 10 of the 18 matchups a year ago and are 5-3 in the previous
eight contests in this series. Florida made several roster moves prior to the
game. The club recalled pitchers Taylor Tankersley, Buente and veteran
infielder Mike Lamb from Triple-A New Orleans, optioned pitcher Burke Badenhop
to New Orleans and placed reliever Renyel Pinto on the 15-day disabled list
with a left hip strain...Braves catcher Brian McCann missed the game with a
strained right quadriceps muscle and is day-to-day.
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Betting the NFL preseason
Rule No. 1 in the gamblers' handbook states, "Avoid sports betting on meaningless games."
When you're drowning in a sea of baseball monotony, however, things change. Even a hint of pro football betting can persuade the most disciplined bettor to break a few rules.
The NFL preseason is around the corner, with a tempting Hall of Fame match kicking off on Sunday. But bettors must stay vigilant. Wagering on NFL exhibition games is an entirely different beast than the regular season. Most fans don't recognize the players on the field because starters get as much action in August as Warcraft fans get on Prom night.
The only certainty about the NFL this time of year is uncertainty – and yet there are some who say betting in August can be a gold mine.
“I actually feel the NFL preseason presents solid profit opportunities for sharp bettors and handicappers,” Sports Expert Steve Merril explains. “My experience has been that the sportsbooks fear the preseason, which is evident by lower limits and massive moves.”
The line moves are attributed to the limited knowledge available regarding playing-time distribution. One team’s top unit out on the field for one more series has an impact on the pointspread. Setting lines in the preseason often is a shot in the dark.
“We base the betting lines mostly on public perception,” Pete Korner, founder of the Sports Club in Las Vegas, says. “It’s very tough to predict, almost a guessing game.”
The preseason is all about figuring out who’s in and for how long.
“It becomes a race between bettors and oddsmakers to find out how long the quarterbacks are going to stay in,” Korner admits. “If a sharp gets the information first, he could exploit an early line. I’m a full believer in moving the line in the preseason if the books find out something late in the week.”
Determining what each team’s motive is can help bettors handicap. To do this you must pay close attention to the philosophies head coaches employ in exhibition play.
“You need to know what a coach is trying to accomplish,” says Covers Expert Bryan Leonard. “Sometimes a new coach will want to instill a winning attitude. Others just want to make sure their starters don’t get hurt."
So how do you distinguish who’s playing scared and who’s playing for keeps?
“Head coaches on the hot seat or new coaches trying to implement a winning attitude usually try harder to win in the preseason,” Merril says.
Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel fits this criteria. He’s entering his third season as the sideline boss and has yet to lead the Browns to more than six wins.
Cleveland is an enticing bet as well because of the unresolved quarterback situation. General manager Phil Savage sacrificed the Browns’ first-round pick in next year’s draft for Brady Quinn, but the former Notre Dame quarterback hasn’t signed or reported to training camp yet.
Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson split time at QB last season and it looks like either player (or even Quinn) could be the opening-day starter.
“If a team has quarterback depth and the pecking order hasn’t been decided, it’s a big advantage,” Leonard says.
Even in the third week of the preseason when starters generally play the most, the final outcome of the game is in the hands of fringe players. A team's talent, all the way down to the last man on the roster, is something to consider.
The New England Patriots have long been considered one of the deeper teams in the NFL and coach Bill Belichick has said in the past he’s unafraid of stars getting hurt in games with nothing on the line. He shocked his colleagues in 2003 by playing some of his starters on special teams in the preseason.
“We want to have the team ready to play a tough, physical game and preparation has to go into that and I imagine a certain amount of injuries go with it,” Belichick told the Providence Journal in August 2003.
Bettors can only hope to find more teams that share the Pats' business-like approach to the preseason (New England is 17-9-3 against the spread since 2000) and take advantage of teams who detest the exhibition schedule.
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