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04/11/2009 - Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ryan Howard had a pair of hits and three runs batted in, as the Phillies used some timely hitting and strong pitching to defeat the Colorado Rockies, 8-4, at Coors Field.
Seven of Philadelphia's runs came with two outs, as the Phillies won for the second time in three games. Brett Myers (1-1) became the first starter on the team to earn a win and improved to 7-0 lifetime against the Rockies, as he threw seven strong innings, allowing four runs on four hits and a walk, with six strikeouts.
Shane Victorino went 3-for-5 and scored twice, while Jayson Werth added a two- RBI triple. Chase Utley had two hits and scored twice, while Pedro Feliz also added three hits.
The Rockies managed only four hits in the game, with three being home runs from Clint Barmes, Troy Tulowitzki and Garrett Atkins, respectively. Brad Hawpe doubled to account for the other base hit, while Jorge De La Rosa (0-1) gave up five runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three in 4 2/3 innings.
Colorado had a three-game winning streak snapped.
Back-to-back two-out singles by Utley and Howard in the fifth put runners on the corners for Werth and knocked De La Rosa out of the game. Ryan Speier came in to face Werth, who tripled down the right field line to score both runners and put the Phillies ahead, 5-3.
Barmes immediately cut the Rockies' deficit in half, leading off the home fifth with a homer off Myers.
In the sixth, against Colorado reliever Jason Hammel, Feliz singled to lead off and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Myers. Jimmy Rollins and Victorino each worked two-out walks to load the bases for Utley, who grounded out to Hammel to end the threat.
Raul Ibanez blasted a two-out solo homer in the seventh to make it 6-4 in favor of the visitors. Utley blooped a two-out RBI single in the eighth to score Victorino, who had doubled.
Ibanez led the ninth off against Huston Street with a double and scored on an RBI single from Feliz to account for the final margin.
Ryan Madson and Brad Lidge contributed one perfect inning of relief apiece to close out the game.
Colorado jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second, as Hawpe hit a one-out double and Tulowitzki drilled a two-run homer to center.
Rollins and Victorino both hit two-out singles in the third, and Utley worked a five-pitch walk to load the bases. Howard came up and promptly drilled the first pitch to the wall in the left-center field gap, scoring all three runs.
Atkins hit a one-out homer in the fourth, his second in two games, to tie the game at 3-3.
Game Notes
Clay Condrey is the other Phillies pitcher who has won a game this season...Philadelphia has won seven of eight against the Rockies...The Phillies placed catcher Carlos Ruiz on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right oblique muscle and recalled catcher Lou Marson from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to fill the roster spot...Colorado left just one runner on base, while the Phillies stranded 12...Ibanez finished 2-for-5 with a homer, a double and two runs scored.
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Pittsburgh earned their passage to the big game by beating their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14 in yesterday's AFC Championship Game. The Steelers jumped on Baltimore early, building a 13-0 first half lead, and never let up on their way to a fairly easy win. Although the Ravens did close to within two points in the fourth quarter, it never appeared as if they had enough offense to pull off the upset.
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Is there such a thing as a trap game in the NFL?
I once asked that question to Pete Korner, who at the time was office manager and a senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants.
Korner almost ripped my head off. There is no such thing as a trap game, he loudly berated me. It’s a myth. The numbers are made using power ratings, he said.
There are trap games, though. They just might not be what you think. The perception is of a good team, say Philadelphia, laying a small number against New Orleans.
Using the highly-respected power ranking from The Gold Sheet, you’d find the Eagles with a power rating of 4 and the Saints at 8. When you factor the game being played in New Orleans, you could see why the line opened so short at less than a field goal.
For some, this makes it enticing to take the Eagles. That’s not a real trap game, though.
A real trap game, says professional gambler Dave Malinsky, is thinking you’re getting value betting a bad team, which brings us to the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos matchup.
The Raiders are +15 in this long-standing division rivalry. Denver is on a short week having dispatched Baltimore Monday. However, the Raiders haven’t covered the spread their last 10 games.
Many bettors don’t trust the Raiders to give a full effort. Few think much of Art Shell and his Oakland’s coaching staff.
So oddsmakers have to do something to make Oakland attractive if they hope to get equal action.
Now Malinsky is a value shopper. But he won’t touch the Raiders even getting more than two touchdowns.
“I try to eliminate the undisciplined, unfocused teams because they’re the ones most likely to suffer the bad beats,” he said.
Near the top of Malinsky’s list of stay-away teams is the Miami Dolphins, who have yet to cover a spread this season.
“Whatever you think of Nick Saban, you have to look at the penalties and turnovers,” Malinsky said.
It’s easy to point out the Dolphins failed to get the money this past week against New England because Olindo Mare missed a field goal and had another field goal blocked. But even though the Dolphins outgained the Patriots, 283-213, they committed eight penalties.
Bad teams not only cost themselves victories, but pointspread covers as well. The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers are two more examples.
The Cardinals couldn’t have been in a better position this past Sunday, up 14-0 at home against a mediocre Kansas City Chiefs squad. But they couldn’t hold it. The Packers got a push against St. Louis, but also could have won losing by three when Brett Favre fumbled at the St. Louis 11-yard line with 44 seconds left.
“The Packers were in a position to beat Philadelphia, too,” Malinsky said. “But they couldn’t even cover double digits.
“These teams just make mistakes and it costs you … they always will look good from a value standpoint. They really will. But that’s the trap.”
Houston and Tennessee rank among the six-worst teams. Malinsky wouldn’t be afraid to take either of these teams, however, if the price were high enough.
The Texans are bad, Malinsky said, but they have some discipline. The Titans showed they could not only come up with an outstanding game plan, but execute it as well, losing by one to the Colts on the road as an 18 ?-point underdog this past Sunday.
“Jeff Fisher is a worker,” Malinsky said of the Titans coach. “I’m not sure how hard Art Shell wants to work when he gets out of bed.”
Fisher, though, could be out as Tennessee coach after this season. Is he still worth backing in the right spot, with the right price, as a lame duck coach?
“It’s in his nature to keep working hard and not worry about any possible lame duck status,” Malinsky said. “He’s coaching for his resume.”
Note: Monday night game will be picked Monday. Lines used are from football betting lines.
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