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04/27/2010 - Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Trevor Hoffman continues to struggle this season, and his latest meltdown helped the Pirates snap a 22-game skid in Milwaukee.
Ronny Cedeno hit the tying homer to lead off the ninth inning, and Ryan Doumit belted the winning grand slam in Pittsburgh's 7-3 triumph in the middle test of the three-game series.
Prince Fielder smashed the tie-breaking home run in the eighth inning, giving Milwaukee the 3-2 lead, but Hoffman suffered his third blown save of this year, helping Pittsburgh snap its seven-game slide.
"It was a nice win for us to break the streak against one of the best closers in the game," Pirates manager John Russell said. "It's important for our young guys that we found a way to win this one."
Hoffman (1-2) has allowed at least one run in five of his eight appearances this season, including five home runs. He surrendered just two homers all of 2009.
"It's a function of not throwing quality strikes," Hoffman said. "My fastball is a good pitch when it's located. Bottom line is it punches the team in the gut. Individually, that's how you feel responsible. My confidence is still good. I still feel good."
Jeff Clement homered and joined Doumit with three hits, while Andy LaRoche had a four-hit night for the Pirates, who gained their first win in Milwaukee since May 3, 2007.
Hoffman, the all-time major league saves leader with 594, gave up a homer to Cedeno on a 1-0 pitch. After Andrew McCutchen struck out, LaRoche singled, Lastings Milledge doubled and Garrett Jones was intentionally walked. Doumit then crushed a 2-0 fastball over the wall in right field.
"These last seven days have been pretty trying for us as a team," Doumit said. "That's why baseball is such a beautiful sport. This one feels good because we haven't won here in three years and we could've rolled over after Fielder's homer in the eighth. I was looking for a sacrifice fly and I got something up I thought I could handle."
It was the only hit for the Pirates with runners in scoring position (1-for-11).
Doumit's hit allowed Brendan Donnelly (2-0) to get the win, as he recorded the last out in the eighth inning to escape a jam with two runners on base.
George Kottaras also homered, and Craig Counsell added an RBI double for the Brewers, who prior to Tuesday had beaten the Pirates in all four meetings by a combined 53-4 margin.
Jeff Karstens, making his first start of the season, gave up six hits and two runs over 6 2/3 frames for the Pirates. Randy Wolf started for Milwaukee and allowed 10 hits and two runs in eight frames.
Doumit doubled to start the top of the second and scored two batters later on Akinori Iwamura's sacrifice fly.
Wolf doubled with one out in the third and came home on Counsell's two-bagger off the base of the wall in right.
Clement homered to right with one out in the fourth, but Kottaras homered to right on the first pitch he saw to start the seventh to tie the game.
Fielder led off the bottom of the eighth by crushing Javier Lopez's 1-0 pitch well over the wall in center field.
Game Notes
Earlier Tuesday, the Pirates selected the contract of Karstens from Triple-A Indianapolis. To make room on the 25-man active roster and 40-man roster, the Pirates designated outfielder John Raynor for assignment. Karstens became the eighth different pitcher to start a game for the club this year, the most in the first 20 games of a season since 1953...Legendary broadcaster Bob Uecker announced at a press conference Tuesday he will undergo heart surgery later this week and be away from the Brewers broadcast booth for the next 10-12 weeks. Uecker will have an aortic valve replaced as well as part of an aortic root. The fans at Miller Park gave Uecker a standing ovation during the game.
<< Cardinals send Braves to seventh straight loss
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ryan Ludwick homered and drove in two runs,
and the Cardinals used a four-run sixth inning to beat the Braves, 5-4, and
send Atlanta to its seventh straight loss.
Yadier Molina also drove in two runs fo
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three-game series at Wrigley Field.
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and held the Marlins to just three hits in six innings, as the San Diego
Padres downed Florida, 4-1.
Garland (2-2) matched his season strikeout total t
<< Orioles hold off Yankees for first home win of 2010
Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Cesar Izturis went 2-for-3 with three RBI and
knocked in the eventual winning run in the eighth, as Baltimore survived a
late Yankee rally to take a 5-4 win over New York at Camden Yards for its
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MySportsbook.com Favors Fighting Irish to win College Football betting odds
According to odds makers at MySportsbook.com, on January 8, the Fighting Irish faithful may be toasting their 14th national title in Arizona – Notre Dame’s first national championship in close to 20 years.
Although MySportsbook.com has listed Notre Dame as the 5-1 favorite to win thecollege football College Football betting, fans in Columbus do not need to cancel their tickets to Glendale just yet. The Ohio State Buckeyes, listed right behind the Irish at 7-1, are also heavy favorites to win college football’s most coveted prize, while West Virginia, USC and the 2007 National Champion Texas Longhorns - all listed at 8-1 – are strong contenders as well.
MySportsbook.com has also posted gambling odds on the conference championships for the ACC, Big 12 and SEC. In the ACC – it could be anyone’s title, particularly for the two schools from the Sunshine State. Florida State and Miami, both listed at 2-1, are favored to win the ACC Championship Game odds, with the ‘Noles hoping to finish in the nation’s top 10 for the first time in five years, and the ‘Canes looking to avenge their 10-7 loss against FSU in last year’s ACC Championship betting.
Moving west to the Big 12, MySportsbook.com has betting lines listing Texas as 7-5 favorites to repeat as conference champions, even though the Longhorns lost their national championship-winning quarterback Vince Young to the NFL. In the south, the Auburn Tigers – led by Heisman-hopeful senior running back Kenny Irons – have been given the best odds to win the SEC Championship odds at 5-2.
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It’s time to see how the biggest NFL free agent signings will perform for their news teams. Some will work out and could be the difference that makes a difference in the win column.
We look at the best off-season signings and if they should influence your NFL betting this season. Julius Peppers – Peppers was the biggest prize available on the 2010 NFL free agent market and the Chicago Bears opened the bank to bring his talents to the south side.
Peppers is explosive, he can get around blockers and cause quarterbacks to lose their minds. We all remember the classic Peppers game last year against the Vikings where he hounded Brett Favre into his worst game of the season. Peppers joining the Bears could be the reason Favre retired for good Tuesday morning. In addition to Peppers, the Bears added Chester Taylor to back up Matt Forte, Forte didn’t have the same intensity in 2009 compared to 2008 and bringing in Taylor will challenge Forte to bring it every game or he’ll risk losing carries to Taylor.
Betting on the Bears is a good option this season because of Julius Peppers and to a lesser extent Taylor. Antonio Bryant and Terrell Owens – The Cincinnati Bengals signed two former number one wide receivers to line up with Chad Ocho Cinco. Antonio Bryant had a huge season in 2008 catching 83 passes for over 1200 yards but regressed last season. Playing for the Tampa Bay Bucs last season was a large part of the regression, everyone was bad in TB last season.
Bryant should have a bounce back season if he can win the number two spot from Terrell Owens. If Bryant wins the number 2 WR spot, it will open up a completely new set of problems for the Bengals. If Owens is forced to the bench in favor of Bryant, his attitude will create trouble for Carson Palmer and head coach Marv Lewis. If Owens is the number two receiver, it means Bryant can’t live up to his past numbers and the Bengals are still limited in the passing game. NFL bettors should be wary of laying their money down on what could potentially be the biggest gong show in the league in 2010. 2010 football betting lines for this can be found at this top online sportsbook. Karlos Danby – The Miami Dolphins have a great running back tandem in Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown, a good young QB in Chad Henne and now the Bill Parcells regime is building a solid defense.
NFL bettors should be wary of laying their money down on what could potentially be the biggest gong show in the league in 2010. Karlos Danby – The Miami Dolphins have a great running back tandem in Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown, a good young QB in Chad Henne and now the Bill Parcells regime is building a solid defense. They signed away the Arizona Cardinals top linebacker Karlos Danby. In the past two seasons, Danby has totaled 228 tackles, 5 sacks, 3 interceptions and 3 forced fumbles. The Dolphins are the forgotten team of the AFC East with the second longest odds to win the division but with the addition of Karlos Danby and a trade for WR Brandon Marshall makes the Miami Dolphins legitimate contenders in the AFC East and in the NFL’s Eastern Conference.
The Dolphins will make NFL wagering fans a lot of money this season, get in early and enjoy the cash.
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