08/27/2008 - Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kelly Shoppach and Shin-Soo Choo each hit a two-run homer to lead Cleveland to its 10th straight victory, as the Indians edged the Tigers, 9-7, in the finale of a three-game set.
Grady Sizemore ended with a pair of RBI for the Indians, who have won five of their last seven versus the Tigers. Jhonny Peralta and Ryan Garko drove in a run apiece in the win. Fausto Carmona (7-5) got the win after lasting six innings and giving up four runs on seven hits.
"I thought Fausto got better as the game wore on," said Indians manager Eric Wedge. "He did a very good job of settling down."
Curtis Granderson went 3-for-4 and notched his 17th career leadoff homer for the Tigers, who have dropped four in a row and five of their last seven. Magglio Ordonez went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer and finished with three RBI in defeat. Justin Verlander (10-14) was tagged with the loss after getting touched for five runs on seven hits in six frames while fanning eight and walking three.
"I felt the best that I have all year tonight," Verlander said. "I had good stuff. It's funny, I had nothing in Kansas City in my last start and won and tonight I lost."
Cleveland took a 1-0 lead in the first as David Dellucci doubled, moved to third on Ben Francisco's ground out and crossed home when Peralta singled to left. Granderson led off the home half with a shot to left, and the game was knotted at one.
The Tribe got back to business in the second. Garko led off with a walk and Shoppach followed with a single before Andy Marte advanced them both into scoring position with a sac bunt. Two batters later, Sizemore plated them both with a single to center, making it 3-1.
In the bottom half, though, the Tigers went in front. It was second and third as Jeff Larish singled, Gary Sheffield walked and Edgar Renteria dropped down a sac bunt. Brandon Inge, Ramon Santiago and Granderson all clubbed RBI singles to give Detroit a 4-3 advantage.
The game tilted back in Cleveland's favor, 5-4, as Garko opened the fourth by getting drilled by a Verlander fastball and Shoppach followed with a homer to left.
Gary Glover came in to pitch for Detroit in the seventh and walked leadoff hitter Peralta before Choo took the first pitch he saw over the fence in right for a 7-4 Indians lead.
Granderson worked a one-out walk off Rafael Perez in the bottom half and Rafael Betancourt came on in relief to get Marcus Thames to go down swinging. Ordonez, though, belted an RBI double to the gap in right to pull the Tigers within two.
Cleveland tacked on two more insurance runs in the ninth as back-to-back RBI singles from Garko and Shoppach made it 9-5.
Ordonez crushed a two-out homer to right off Jensen Lewis in the ninth inning, which also scored Granderson, to pull Detroit within 9-7. But Miguel Cabrera went down swinging to end the game.
Game Notes
Carmona improved to 6-2 lifetime against Detroit and 3-0 this season...Since August 8, the Indians are 16-3...Sheffield is 0 for his last 16...Cleveland's team record for consecutive wins is 13. The Indians pulled within two games of .500 for the first time since May 21...The Tribe improved to 8-7 in their 15 matchups with the Tigers this season...Detroit recalled Larish from Triple-A Toledo and optioned pitcher Chris Lambert to Toledo prior to the game.
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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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