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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“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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Matt Kenseth And Kevin Harvick Favorites To Take NASCAR Nextel Cup Championship
(September 15)—The NASCAR season has hit the homestretch with the opening event on this year’s Chase for the Cup taking place this weekend at the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway. With 10 races remaining to determine the Cup Series champion, leading online sportsbook MySportsbook.com today announced odds on all 10 Chase qualifying drivers capturing the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship.
One of the largest sportsbook sites on the Internet, MySportsbook.com currently lists the top two drivers in the point standings as the early favorites to win the Nextel Cup. Entering the Chase for the Cup with a slim five-point lead in the point standings, 2003 NASCAR champ Matt Kenseth has been made a slight favorite to win his second Cup at 7/2 betting odds. 2001 Cup Rookie of the Year Kevin Harvick has betting odds listed at 5/2 and four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon is listed at 6/1 to capture the Nextel Cup this year.
Hoping to follow in the footsteps of his legendary father who won six NASCAR titles, Dale Earnhardt Jr. stands at 8/1 to breakthrough with his first Cup victory. Staying with the family theme, MySportsbook.com lists 2005 Rookie of the Year Kyle Busch at 14/1 to succeed big brother Kurt’s 2004 NASCAR title. While Kasey Kahne was the final driver to qualify for the Chase with a third place finish last week, the oddsmakers give him a fighting chance at 10/1 mainly due to several mile-and-a-half tracks remaining on the schedule. Despite going winless on the NASCAR circuit this season, Jeff Burton enters the Chase at 5/1 to capture the Cup title. Meanwhile, rookie Denny Hamlin is 4/1 to win the championship, while veteran driver Mark Martin enters the Chase for the Cup as a 15/1 long shot to win his first NASCAR title in his 24th and final season.
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