09/05/2008 - Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Victor Martinez had two hits and two walks, as the Cleveland Indians used a six-run fifth to defeat Kansas City, 9-3, in the first of three games with the Royals.
Jamey Carroll and Asdrubal Cabrera each had two hits, a run scored and an RBI in the victory, the Indians' third in four games.
Starter Anthony Reyes pitched three shutout innings and gave up just one hit before leaving, and Edward Mujica (2-1) picked up the win after tossing two scoreless innings in relief.
Brandon Duckworth (2-1) was tagged for five runs on five hits and four walks in four-plus innings, with one strikeout, and took the loss.
Jose Guillen drove in two runs with a pair of doubles for the Royals, who had their three-game winning streak ended. David DeJesus added a sacrifice fly in defeat.
The Indians got on the board in the second, after loading the bases with nobody out on two walks and a single. Ryan Garko grounded into a double play, but Jhonny Peralta scored on the play. Cabrera added an RBI single two batters later for a 2-0 lead.
Cleveland extended its lead in the fifth. Cabrera and Grady Sizemore singled to put runners on the corners, and Carroll singled up the middle to plate one and end Duckworth's start.
Joel Peralta came in, and David Dellucci greeted him with an RBI single to make it 4-0. Jhonny Peralta followed with the team's fifth consecutive single to plate Carroll, and Martinez hit an RBI single to plate Dellucci and send Kansas City to the bullpen once again.
Yasuhiko Yabuta was brought in to stop the rally, but Shin-Soo Choo kept the offense rolling, singling to score another run. The Indians added their sixth run of the inning on a double play -- again by Garko -- to make it 8-0 at the end of five innings.
DeJesus' sacrifice fly and Guillen's two-RBI double in the seventh off Tom Mastny brought the Royals within 8-3. Garko added an RBI single in the ninth to cap the scoring.
Game Notes
The Indians lead the season series 8-4...Cleveland has a 10-game road winning streak...Reyes left after three innings with soreness in his right elbow.
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Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.
New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.
His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.
HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.
The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.
RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.
First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.
The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.
These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.
New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.
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