Blue Jays bomb their way past Yankees
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09/05/2010 - Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Vernon Wells and Aaron Hill both knocked in three runs to help the Toronto Blue Jays beat New York, 7-3, and salvage the finale of a three-game series at Yankee Stadium.
Wells hit a two-run homer in the first inning and Hill matched him in the third, while John Buck added a solo shot off New York starting pitcher Phil Hughes (16-7).
Brett Cecil (12-7) allowed three runs on seven hits and walked four over 6 1/3 innings for the Blue Jays, who lead the majors with 208 home runs this season.
The loss snapped the Yankees' season-high winning streak at eight games. New York maintained its 2 1/2 game lead over Tampa Bay in the AL East after the Rays were beaten by Baltimore on Sunday.
Hughes was tagged for six runs and seven hits in six innings for the Yankees, who welcomed back Alex Rodriguez. The All-Star third baseman was activated from the disabled list Sunday after missing time with a strained left calf. He went 2-for-5 with an RBI in his return to the lineup.
A pair of 0-2 mistakes by Hughes to Wells and Hill resulted in a 4-0 lead for Toronto.
The Yankees got on the board in the bottom of the third. Greg Golson doubled to open the frame, advanced on a Ramiro Pena single and came home on a sacrifice fly by Brett Gardner.
Hill increased Toronto's lead to 5-1 with a sac fly in the fifth, and Buck went deep in the sixth to give the Blue Jays a five-run advantage.
Jorge Posada doubled home Marcus Thames for New York in the home half of the sixth. Toronto, though, got the run back in the seventh, when Yankees reliever Sergio Mitre issued a bases-loaded walk to Wells.
Rodriguez plated Pena in the bottom of the inning to trim New York's deficit to 7-3.
Game Notes
Hill and Travis Snider each had three hits for Toronto...New York first baseman Mark Teixeira walked three times...The Yankees have not won nine straight since May 13-21, 2009...New York also had won eight in a row at home...The Blue Jays lead the season series, 8-7.
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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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