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07/11/2008 - Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ronnie Belliard hit a pair of home runs and drove in five, while Tim Redding threw six shutout innings to help Washington crush Houston, 10-0, in the first of three games with the Astros.
Houston starter Roy Oswalt re-aggravated a hip injury and left the game after throwing one scoreless inning, and the Nationals' offense took advantage. Austin Kearns had two hits, including a two-run homer, while Cristian Guzman went 3-for-5 with a double for Washington, which has won two of three.
The run support helped Redding (7-3) pick up his first win and decision since a May 19 start against the Phillies. Redding allowed seven hits, but had no walks and struck out six.
Chad Paronto (0-1) took over for Oswalt, and allowed three runs on six hits in 2 1/3 frames to take the loss. Dave Borkowski surrendered seven runs in two innings for the Astros, who have lost four of five.
Houston had nine hits -- Kaz Matsui and Carlos Lee each had two -- but eight of them were singles. Matsui had a double for the team's only extra-base hit.
Paronto took the mound for the second inning, and the Nationals got to him almost immediately. After Jesus Flores hit a one-out single, Belliard clubbed the ball over the left field wall for a 2-0 lead.
In the third, Guzman and Kearns led off with back-to-back doubles to push one more run across, bringing up Dmitri Young. But after Young fouled off a pitch, he left the game with tightness in his lower back. As a result, Pete Orr pinch-hit and played at third base, while Belliard moved over to first.
Redding got into some jams -- Houston had runners on the corners in the first inning -- but found his way out of them, and in the fifth, Washington tacked on five runs to turn the game into a blowout.
Borkowski started on the mound and immediately gave up an infield single to Guzman, then walked Kearns. A sacrifice moved the runners over, and a walk to Kory Casto loaded the bases. After Flores singled to bring home Guzman and Kearns, Belliard blasted a three-run homer to center field, his ninth of the year, to boost Washington's lead to 8-0.
Redding worked a perfect top of the sixth, and Kearns' two-run homer in the bottom half completed the scoring. Steven Shell tossed three scoreless innings for the Nationals to finish the game and earn his first career save.
Game Notes
Oswalt was making his first start since June 30, when he came out with the same injury after six innings...On Friday, the Nationals recalled outfielder Ryan Langerhans from Triple-A Columbus, and optioned outfielder Roger Bernadina to Columbus...The Astros left eight runners on base, while the Nationals stranded five.
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While the NFL is the sport wagered on the heaviest, college football betting lines has become more and more popular as people realize it’s a game that can be beat. The NCAA football season gets longer each year with the addition of numerous bowl games and with that comes more opportunities for more money in your pocket, if handled correctly.
Betting on college football is not the same as with the NFL, so make sure you separate the two. Because of the vast number of teams, the parity between college football programs is slight and thus, you are going to see some high numbers in the NCAA. Teams favored by more than 40 points are not uncommon especially early in the season when teams playing their non-conference schedules.
The best advice when trying to tackle these enormous spreads and is to just stay away. A team that is favored by 40 points is favored by that many for a reason while teams getting 40 points are bad enough that they shouldn’t be touched. Set yourself a spread limit. Getting rid of these games will cut down on the number of contests that you need to handicap while staying away from backdoor or front-door covers.
What is a backdoor and front-door cover you ask? A backdoor cover is a team that is getting beat by more than the spread, but scores late to get within that number thus covering the spread. A front-door cover is just the opposite where the favorite scores late and covers the number they are favored by.
These front-door and backdoor covers are common when second and third string players enter games in college football and it can be the worst nightmare for some bettors. These players can also be your best friend, but ask any bettor and he will give you more instances on losing in this situation than winning. It just seems to work out that way even though everything evens out in the end.
College football betting has some of the softest lines of any sport and it’s being able to find these lines that will make you a successful college football handicapper. The NFL and NBA have the tightest lines around and while those sports can be beat by looking at situations and systems, college football doesn’t quite work that way. It’s much more manual, but when done correctly, it’s much more gratifying as well.
Getting into the nuts and bolts of college football means looking at the many stats in order to beat the number. As opposed to pro football, college football is less dependent on situations and angles and more on certain statistics. Rushing offense and defense, pass efficiency offense and defense and turnover margins are huge. These are vital in the NFL, but even more so when it comes to college football.
Being able to run the ball in college football has always been a key factor in the overall success of a team. The same adage also goes for teams who have the ability to stop the run. Putting these two factors together can produce some positive results in a team’s record both straight up and against the spread. These numbers show huge differences in teams and the spread may not take those into effect, which is where the value comes into play.
Passing yardage numbers both for and against can be a misinterpreted statistic. However, pass efficiency has always been one of the best ways to look at a teams’ passing game ability both offensively and defensively. But is it really a true indication of how they perform? I wouldn’t say so since they are raw passing numbers with nothing else taken into consideration.
I use pass efficiency ratings when doing my handicapping but I adjust my numbers based on a number of factors including power ratings, strength of schedules, personnel and injuries. This gives a much better picture of a team’s ability to pass effectively and also being able to defend the pass. Tweaking pass efficiency stats instead of raw passing yards is the key.
Turnovers are the single most frustrating, and at times the most gratifying, aspect of a college football lines, mostly because they are so unpredictable. They are part of the game and most of the time nothing can be done to control them. However, turnovers are contagious and they can carry over from game to game and season to season.
It’s important to know how to forecast these unforeseen events and how to use them to your advantage. You can find ways to give yourself an edge by looking at past histories of teams and coaches and how they have fared in turnover wars in the past. Instead of turnovers hurting you at the wrong times, find ways to use them to your advantage.
As you can see, college football handicapping is very labor intensive and isn’t just based on where teams are ranked in the AP and coaches polls. Experience, coaching and match-ups are all important since unlike the NFL, college teams turn over much more often with new personnel at most positions every single year. Keeping current on this information is vital.
Betting NCAA football can be lucrative if done correctly, but more importantly, it’s just plain enjoyable because it can be beat. College football is one of the best sports to watch with some of the best rivalries taking place in all of sports. The only downfall is that a championship isn’t decided on the field but on a computer-based system that is the Bowl Championship Series. That will change someday and we will all be better off for it.
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Huskers' Lucky hospitalized for undisclosed reason
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska running back Marlon Lucky was hospitalized Monday for undisclosed reasons after Lincoln police responded to a call at his residence.
The Nebraska athletic department said in a release Monday that Lucky was admitted Sunday night.
MySportsbook.com has the Cornhuskers listed at +2500 to win the BCS National Championship odds.
A nursing supervisor at the hospital said all questions about Lucky were being referred to the athletic department. The athletic department said there would be no further comment from the department or Lucky's family.
A Lincoln Police spokesman said officers responded to a call at Lucky's residence 11:30 p.m. Sunday. The spokesman said he didn't know Lucky's condition at the time he was taken to the hospital.
Lucky, from North Hollywood, Calif., started six games last season as a sophomore and was the team's second-leading rusher, with 728 yards and six touchdowns. He also caught 32 passes for 383 yards. He averaged 19.1 yards on eight kickoff returns.
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