Cards hoping for repeat mound effort in game two with Bucs
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07/12/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Todd Wellemeyer tries to follow up Kyle Lohse's brilliant performance of the previous night when the St. Louis Cardinals play the middle test of their three-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates this evening at PNC Park.
Lohse (11-2) gave up six hits over seven scoreless innings to run his unbeaten streak to 12 games in St. Louis' 6-0 victory over the Pirates on Friday. Rick Ankiel was 3-for-3 with a two-run homer and Ryan Ludwick chipped in a solo home run for the Cardinals, who halted their two-game slide.
All six of St. Louis' runs came with two outs.
Pittsburgh's Zach Duke (4-6) took the loss after he was touched for five runs on 10 hits in six frames. Nate McLouth had a double which was the only extra- base hit for the Pirates, who have dropped two of three.
Wellemeyer, meanwhile, has dropped his last three decisions and is 7-4 with a 3.94 earned run average on the year. His latest loss came on Sunday against the Chicago Cubs, as he surrendered three runs and nine hits in five innings.
The 29-year-old righty has defeated the Pirates twice already this season and is 3-1 with a 3.03 ERA lifetime against them.
Pittsburgh will counter with Cuban right-hander Yoslan Herrera, who will be making his major-league debut in place of the injured Phil Dumatrait. Dumatrait had been scheduled to start tonight's tilt, but was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Friday with bursitis in his left shoulder.
Herrera, who signed a $1.92 million, three-year contract with the Pirates before the 2007 season, had been 5-8 with a 3.11 ERA in 17 starts at Double-A Altoona. He also won a spot start with Triple-A Indianapolis back in late June.
St. Louis has split its 10 matchups with the Pirates this season and has won nine of its last 12 in the Steel City dating back to last season.
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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.
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