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06/24/2010 - Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Hunter Pence hit a three-run home run to help the Houston Astros take a 7-5 win over the San Francisco Giants in the finale of a three-game set.
Lance Berkman went 2-for-4 with two RBI while rookie Jason Castro hit his first career homer and scored twice for the Astros, who won the final two games of the series after losing their previous five.
Wandy Rodriguez (4-10) was charged with just two unearned runs and four hits with a walk and three strikeouts over six innings.
Pat Burrell hit a two-run home run while Aaron Rowand went 3-for-3 with two runs scored for the Giants, who have lost four of their last six. Matt Cain (6-6) was handed the loss as he was tagged for seven runs on nine hits in just 2 2/3 innings.
Houston struck early and often as the team plated seven runs over the first three innings.
In the first with two men on, Pence clubbed a pitch over the wall in left- center and Castro led off the second with a homer to right.
Houston later loaded the bases in the second and a double from Berkman chased home two runners. Michael Bourn added an RBI double in the third for a 7-0 lead.
Burrell's two-run home run in the fourth got the Giants on the board.
The Giants put their first two men on base in the fifth, but Edgar Renteria hit into a double play and Freddy Sanchez fouled out to end the frame.
San Francisco again put their first two batters on in the sixth, but Burrell struck out and Buster Posey grounded into a double play.
The Giants cut into the deficit in the seventh. Bengie Molina reached base on a Geoff Blum error and Rowand followed with a single. Tim Byrdak took over on the mound for Chris Sampson and got the next two batters out, but consecutive RBI singles from Andres Torres and Aubrey Huff made it a 7-4 game.
Houston loaded the bases with one out in the seventh, but Bourn flied out and Jeff Keppinger struck out.
Matt Lindstrom gave up an RBI single to Renteria with one out in the ninth to make it a two-run game and Travis Ishikawa followed with a pinch-hit single to bring the go-ahead run to the plate. But Lindstrom settled down to get the next two batters and pick up his 17th save of the season.
Game Notes
Before the game, the Astros placed pitcher Felipe Paulino on the 15-day disabled list with shoulder tendinitis. To fill the roster spot, the team purchased the contract of pitcher Josh Banks from Triple-A Round Rock and announced he will start Saturday against Texas...Houston plays at Texas for three games starting Friday...San Francisco returns home to face Boston for a three-game set beginning Friday...Rodriguez had lost his previous three starts...San Francisco has won seven of the nine games against Houston this season...Cain has lost his last two starts.
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Two 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.
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