Tejada helps Orioles rally past Rays
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04/18/2007 - St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Miguel Tejada went 3-for-4 and scored twice, and Jon Knott had two hits, one run batted in and crossed the plate twice as Baltimore toppled Tampa Bay, 6-4, in the rubber match of a three-game series at Tropicana Field.
Nick Markakis homered and Kevin Millar also drove in a run for the Orioles, who have won five of their last six games.
Erik Bedard (3-1) pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on seven hits with eight strikeouts and three walks. Chris Ray notched his fifth save of the season by throwing the ninth inning.
Rocco Baldelli blasted a solo homer and scored twice for the Devil Rays, who dropped to 21-38 against Baltimore since the start of the 2004 campaign. Carl Crawford and Josh Paul each added two hits and an RBI in defeat.
Scott Kazmir yielded three runs on six hits in four innings while walking four and striking out three, but Gary Glover (0-1) took the loss by surrendering three runs on four hits in 2 2/3 innings of relief.
Trailing 3-1, the Orioles knotted the contest in the fourth. Tejada got things started with a base hit to center. After Millar flied out, Knott walked. Chris Gomez's single then brought Tejada home from second for the first run. Two batters later, Alberto Castillo laced a double to left to score Knott.
Baltimore finally took the lead in the fifth with a pair or runs to make it a 5-3 game. With one out, Tejada doubled off Glover and Millar followed with a double of his own to plate Tejada. Millar then scored on Knott's base hit.
B.J. Upton's fielder's choice, which scored Elijah Dukes, cut the Devil Rays' deficit to one in the sixth, but Markakis belted a one-out homer to left in the seventh to put Baltimore back up by two, 6-4.
Baldelli's lead-off home run in the first inning put Tampa Bay ahead.
Baltimore tied it in the second when Freddie Bynum knocked a double to center which scored Knott.
The Devil Rays regained the lead at 2-1 in the bottom half on Josh Paul's RBI single.
Tampa Bay added another run in the third. Baldelli drew a lead-off walk and took second on Ben Zobrist's bunt. Crawford then smacked a double to left, plating Baldelli.
Game Notes
Bedard improved to 8-3 in his career against Tampa Bay...The Orioles outhit the Devil Rays, 11-7...Baltimore opens a seven-game homestand with three against Toronto on Friday while Tampa Bay hosts Cleveland for three games...Attendance was 10,540.
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2007 NFL Football Betting Preview
“You play to win the game!”
Those are the words of notoriously intense head coach Herman Edwards. Unfortunately, from a bettors’ perspective, most coaches don’t feel that way about the NFL preseason. August is a time to evaluate young players, finalize the depth chart and pray your star players stay healthy.
The trick to making money during the exhibition schedule is identifying coaches – like Edwards – who can’t stand losing even when there's nothing on the line.
The New York Jets betting won 15 of 21 preseason games and went 14-7 against the spread (ATS) during Edwards’s five-year tenure with the club. In his first season as the Kansas City Chiefs field boss, the team improved from 0-4 to 2-2.
Identifying win-a-holics like Edwards is a good start if you plan betting the preseason – even though most say you shouldn’t ... but what the hell do they know anyway?
Here’s a brief rundown of two teams that have a habit of winning during the second-stringers’ season, and another club that has a good chance of exceeding this year.
Playing in the media hub of North America can be stressful but the press can’t write anything negative about the way Tom Coughlin’s boys play in the preseason. The Giants won and covered all four games last summer, improving their record to 7-1 both straight up (SU) and against the spread over the last two years.
Coughlin has shown he’s not afraid to give his starters more time in the second preseason game than most of his colleagues, no doubt one of the reasons his team has been so dominant.
Bettors can count on America’s team early on. The Cowboys are 14-6 both SU and ATS since 2002 in warm-up contests. Former coach Bill Parcells, the coach of the team the last four years, has an intimidating, in-your-face presence – surely a reason Dallas has had so much early success.
The Big Tuna won’t be strolling the sidelines with looks of disgust, but new coach Wade Phillips will be anxious to make a good first impression for owner Jerry Jones.
Dallas plays the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos before things get serious. They then face the Houston Texans in their third contest (the game starters see most game time) and finish off with the Minnesota Vikings.
Expect a Dallas team able to walk away with another 3-1 preseason record.
This team scored a league-worst 12 offensive touchdowns last season, so the rookies and veterans each have something to prove. There’s a bounty of first-unit jobs up for grabs and plenty of bodies competing for those slots.
First-time head coach Lane Kiffin will be eager to impress an owner who employs the philosophy, “Just win, baby!”
The 32-year-old Kiffin has to command respect from a locker room full of players older than him. All of these factors should lead to purpose in preseason.
Don’t forget: before playing like a team that belonged in NFL Europe, Oakland went 4-1 (both SU and ATS) in exhibition games.
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