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Padres dominate D'Backs at home againBaseball Betting Lines08/26/2010 - San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Adrian Gonzalez's three-run blast capped an early offensive attack, and the San Diego Padres continued their home dominance over the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 9-3 victory at PETCO Park. Gonzalez launched his 26th homer of the season for the Padres, who have won nine straight at home over Arizona, including eight this season. San Diego also won for the 13th time in 16 games to surpass its 2009 win total with its 76th victory. David Eckstein finished 3-for-4 and scored three times, while Miguel Tejada homered and also scored three times in the win. Wade LeBlanc (8-11) allowed three runs on seven hits and two walks while fanning seven in 6 2/3 frames to earn the victory. With the win, coupled with a Giants loss, San Diego increased its lead in the NL West to 6 1/2 games. Stephen Drew went 4-for-4 with two homers -- his first career multi-homer game -- and two doubles for the Diamondbacks, who have lost seven of nine. Joe Saunders (1-4) lost his fourth consecutive start with his new team after yielding all nine runs -- six earned -- on eight hits and three walks in four frames. Arizona jumped on top early with Drew's leadoff homer to begin the game, but Tejada quickly put San Diego in front for good with a two-run homer in the home half after Eckstein's leadoff base hit. The Padres added four runs in the third to take control. Eckstein singled and stole second, preceding a walk to Tejada. The runners moved up on a groundout, and Ryan Ludwick walked to load the bases. An error from Drew on a hit by Chase Headley scored a run and left the bases loaded, and Jerry Hairston, Jr. lofted a sacrifice fly for a 4-1 advantage. Yorvit Torrealba followed with a two-run single to increase the margin to five. Adam LaRoche's RBI double in the fourth made it a 6-2 game, but Gonzalez crushed a three-run homer in the bottom half to push San Diego's lead to seven. Drew's second homer of the contest in the seventh accounted for the final margin. Game Notes Drew recorded his second career game with four extra-base hits...San Diego leads the season series, 10-4...Gonzalez has 82 RBI on the season...Besides Drew, the rest of the Diamondbacks had three hits total.
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Football BettingNFL Football Betting OnlineThe San Francisco 49ers (5-11 SU, 5-10-1 ATS in 2007; 1-1 SU & ATS in pre-season) found some offensive life last week, and they will try to build some momentum on Thursday night as they travel to the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bears (7-9 SU & ATS in 2007; 0-2 SU, 0-1-1 ATS in pre-season) in an NFL matchup that is set to get underway at 8 PM ET at Soldier Field (natural turf) in Chicago. Thursday, August 21 NFL betting odds: CHICAGO -3 (-120), Total 37 NOTABLE STAT: San Francisco was last in points, last in total offense in 2007 In the BetUS NFL pre-season football betting odds, the Bears are listed as a three-point favorite (laying -120), with the total posted at 37 points. Here are some NFL football betting trends as they relate to this matchup (reflecting numbers going into the 2008 season): * SF has lost 11 of its last 14 games SU Well, I guess we should congratulate the Bears on making their quarterback choice for the season's opening game, as they have designated Kyle Orton the starter against Indianapolis. The Bears obviously have lost patience with Rex Grossman, and what they do with him at this point is anybody's guess. But suffice it to say that there isn't a quarterback competition anymore, at least in training camp. Meanwhile, the quarterback competition may also be settled in San Francisco, where the Niners bounced back from a lackluster 18-6 loss to the Raiders, in which they turned the ball over four times, to execute a 34-6 rout of the Packers last Saturday. However, coach Mike Nolan has stopped short of saying that, insisting that the job is still open. But J.T. O'Sullivan, the longshot of the trio of Niner signal-callers who opened camp, will start his third straight pre-season game here. Against Green Bay, O'Sullivan was only 8-for-17, and was intercepted, but he also threw for 9.1 yards an attempt, which included a 59-yard TD pass to Josh Morgan. The others struggled. Some offensive cohesion is badly needed, in light of the Niners' dismal 2007 campaign, in which they were dead last in the NFL in scoring, with just 13.7 points a game. And O'Sullivan is the guy who is most familiar with offensive coordinator Mike Martz's exacting system, because he learned it last year in Detroit. O'Sullivan will go at least the entire first half and may even last longer. He'll be relieved by Alex Smith, with Shawn Hill doing the mop-up work. Three receivers who were out last week - Bryant Johnson, Ashley Lelie and Arnaz Battle - will miss this game too. That may hurt a little here, especially since the Bears will be using a lot of their defensive starters. And it's the defense that has been keeping the Bears in games thus far. In fact, the defense and special teams were responsible for the first 19 points Chicago scored against Seattle last time out, as the offense really struggled with Grossman at the controls. But maybe the first-team offense has a chance to settle a little bit as it works more with Orton at the helm. Certainly we have concerns about the Bears' offensive line, but we like the scenario for them here, especially if O'Sullivan doesn't make some bis plays. The Niners may have nowhere else to turn right now, and they have lost seven straight road games in the pre-season. Let's take Chicago, the three-point favorite in the NFL football betting odds. CHICAGO -3 (-120) ** The 2008 NFL betting lines season is almost upon us! If you like to bet on the NFL, you are in the best possible place for online betting. The sportsbook has NFL odds up on a ton of futures, and you will also find NFL lines up for early games as well. Join sportbook today and we'll help guide you right through to Super Bowl XLIII and beyond! Note: Monday night game will be picked Monday. Lines used are from football betting odds . |
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