08/27/2008 - Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jason Bay finished 2-for-4 with four RBI and Dustin Pedroia added a grand slam as Boston routed the New York Yankees, 11-3, in the middle contest of a three-game set from Yankee Stadium.
Jacoby Ellsbury collected two hits and scored twice for the Red Sox, who have won three in a row and four of five. Boston remained 3 1/2 games behind first- place Tampa Bay in the AL East after the Rays topped Toronto earlier Wednesday.
Kevin Youkilis, Alex Cora and Coco Crisp knocked in a run each.
Paul Byrd (9-11) got the win after yielding five hits and two runs over six frames, with five strikeouts and a pair of walks.
Jason Giambi homered for the Yankees, who have lost two straight games. Alex Rodriguez and Robinson Cano also drove in a run.
Sidney Ponson (7-5) lasted only 4 2/3 innings, allowing seven hits and four runs with four walks in defeat.
With a two-run lead in pocket, 'Sox reliever Manny Delcarmen hurled a scoreless seventh before the Red Sox put the game away with a seven-run eighth.
Against Jose Veras, Youkilis singled to third and Bay's triple scored him. Jed Lowrie and Jason Varitek drew consecutive walks and Cora's sacrifice fly made it 6-2. Crisp followed with an RBI single and David Robertson spelled Veras. He allowed a single to Ellsbury which loaded the bases and set the stage for Pedroia's slam for an 11-2 score.
David Ortiz singled but Youkilis flew out and Bay grounded out to end the onslaught.
Mike Timlin held the Bombers off the board in the eighth. Giambi greeted Timlin with a leadoff homer in the ninth but the veteran reliever closed the door on Boston's rout.
The Sox got on the board with a pair in the first. Pedroia singled with one out and Ortiz doubled. Two batters later, Bay drove them both in with a double. After Lowrie's walk, Varitek singled but Bay was thrown out trying to score for the final out.
The Yanks countered in their turn, as Bobby Abreu walked with two down and scored when Rodriguez doubled down the left-field line.
Rodriguez led off the fourth with a double and scored the tying run later in the frame on Cano's two-out single.
Boston loaded the bases against Ponson in the fifth on one-out singles by Ellsbury and Pedroia plus a walk to Ortiz. Youkilis walked to force in a run then Bay's sac fly scored Pedroia while moving Ortiz to third. Ponson was lifted for Edwar Ramirez, who retired Lowrie on a grounder to first to keep the margin at 4-2.
Byrd finished his outing by allowing a leadoff single to Johnny Damon in the home fifth before retiring the final six batters he faced.
Game Notes
Boston has won eight of the 14 meetings thus far in 2008...Prior to the game, the Red Sox acquired Mark Kotsay from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for outfielder Luis Sumoza...Timlin made his 1,051st career appearance, moving him past Kent Tekulve for seventh on the all-time list...Ponson is winless in his last four starts with three losses and also fell to 3-12 lifetime against Boston...Byrd improved to 6-1 since July 21.
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LaDainian Tomlinson Favorite to be 2007 NFL MVP
With the first NFL preseason game less than two weeks away, it is time to start thinking about football once again at MySportsbook.com. Reigning NFL MVP LaDainian Tomlinson is currently the 5-1 co-favorite to win the award again alongside Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning.
This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone after his all out assault on the record books last season. For those suffering from amnesia or were under a rock last football season, all L.T. did last season was set the NFL record for rushing touchdowns (28), total touchdowns (31) and total points scored (186) to go along with his 1815 rushing yards and 508 receiving yards. At 6-1, Tom Brady is next in line which isn’t surprising considering all of the firepower the Pats added over the off-season. With the addition of Randy Moss, Donte Stallworth and Wes Welker; it would be quite difficult for Brady’s numbers not to improve from last years 3529 yards and 24 touchdowns. There appears to be some decent value in Drew Bees at 10-1 considering he probably would have won the award last year if it wasn’t for L.T.’s record breaking season.
There is no reason to think the Saints will come back to earth this season and playing in a weak NFC, they should have as good a shot as any to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. At 15-1, Donovan McNabb could also be worth a look. Remember, many felt he was the MVP of the first half of the season before going down with a season ending injury. Reportedly, he is in great shape and well ahead of schedule to return to form. Also, he could have some added motivation to put up big numbers this season with the Eagles using their first pick in the draft on McNabb’s future successor Kevin Kolb.
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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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