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05/15/2011 - Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ryan Braun had a home run and four RBI and Jonathan Lucroy went deep and drove in three to lead Milwaukee over Pittsburgh, 9-6, and complete a three-game series sweep.
Zack Greinke (2-1) earned the win despite allowing five runs on six hits and a walk in five innings. He also struck out five in the Brewers' sixth win in eight games.
Kevin Correia (5-4) took the loss in four innings of work, allowing six runs on eight hits and two walks in the Pirates' fifth consecutive loss.
Braun hit a three-run home run in the first inning and Casey McGehee followed two batters later with a solo shot to straightaway center field to give the Brewers an early four-run advantage.
Carlos Gomez worked a two-out walk and was followed by a Braun triple to make the score 5-0 in the second.
Milwaukee continued their offensive onslaught with an RBI double by Lucroy in the third.
Neil Walker hit a homer to lead off the fifth inning, after a 12-pitch at-bat, for the Pirates' first hit. Pittsburgh added four more runs in the inning with two outs on five consecutive hits. Chris Snyder doubled and then scored on a Ronny Cedeno double. Cedeno crossed the plate on a pinch-hit double by Steve Pearce. Pearce then came home on Andrew McCutchen's triple, and Jose Tabata singled in McCutchen to make the score 6-5.
The Brewers answered with a Lucroy two-run home run in the bottom half of the inning.
Milwaukee added another run in the seventh when McGehee rounded the bases without the benefit of a hit. He reached base on a throwing error by third baseman Pedro Alvarez which allowed him to take second, moved to third on a flyout by Corey Hart, and scored on a wild pitch by reliever Daniel McCutchen to make the score 9-5.
Pittsburgh tried to fight back in the ninth off of John Axford, but they could not get the big hit they needed. Alvarez, Brandon Wood and Cedeno started the inning with three consecutive singles to score a run, and McCutchen walked with one out. Tabata was the potential go-ahead run, but grounded into a 6-4-3 double play to end the game.
Game Notes
Pittsburgh has dropped nine in a row at Miller Park...Correia fell to 5-1 on the road this season...Milwaukee scored nine runs despite hitting 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position.
<< Marseille misses chance to close on Ligue 1 leaders
Lorient, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Marseille missed a chance to close in on
French Ligue 1 leaders Lille with a 2-2 draw at Lorient on Sunday.
Loic Remy opened the scoring for the visitors in the 14th minute before Lamine
Kone and Kevin
<< Napoli, Inter battle to draw in Serie A
Naples, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Napoli and Inter Milan battled to a 1-1 draw
in Italian Serie A action on Sunday.
With the draw, No. 2 Inter clinched the runner-up spot in the league table, a
small consolation for seeing its three-year
<< Bautista hits 3 homers, Blue Jays sweep Twins
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jose Bautista clubbed three home runs,
leading the Toronto Blue Jays to an 11-3 win over the Minnesota Twins to
complete a three-game sweep at Target Field.
Bautista hit solo shots in the third
<< Hardy's slam helps O's rout Rays
St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - J.J. Hardy belted a grand slam and Nick
Markakis homered during a three-hit day, as the Baltimore Orioles downed the
Tampa Bay Rays, 9-3.
Matt Wieters also had three hits and an RBI in the Orioles' 15
Ludwick, Latos lead Padres over Rockies >>
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ryan Ludwick's three-run homer helped Mat Latos
pick up his first win of the season, as the Padres got by the Rockies, 8-2, to
take the final meeting of a three-game series.
Jason Bartlett doubled in a pair d
Finns crush Swedes to win World gold >>
Bratislava, Slovakia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A five-goal third period helped
Finland capture its first gold medal since 1995 with a 6-1 win over Sweden at
the 2011 World Championship.
With the score tied at 1-1 to enter the third, the Fi
Davis lifts Rangers over Angels >>
Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chris Davis homered and drove in the go-ahead
run in the eighth inning, helping the Rangers edge the Angels, 5-4, in the
rubber match of their three-game series.
Los Angeles had won Saturday's game, 3-
Ronaldo brace pushes Real Madrid over Villarreal in La Liga >>
Villarreal, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Cristiano Ronaldo tied the Spanish La
Liga scoring record with two goals in Real Madrid's 3-1 win at Villarreal on
Sunday.
Marcelo gave Real the 1-0 advantage just 17 minutes in before Ronaldo made
MySportsbook.com Releases World Series Championship Lines
New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox early favorites to win 2008 World Series
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Going in to this weekend, MySportsbook.com's favorites to win the World Series are the New York Yankees at 7-2 and last year’s winners the Chicago White Sox at 9-2.
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In terms of sports wagering, the NFL is "the most popular game in town." The explanation behind that is easy.
It is called the "pointspread."
Many years ago, NFL games, as well as the more popular college games, used straight odds as a vehicle for betting. For example, if the Bears were playing the Giants, and it shaped up as a competitive contest, the Bears might be, say, a 7/5 favorite. If they were playing an also-ran, it might be 10/1. Well, there is a point where a line becomes prohibitive, as far as betting the favorite. And who would waste money betting an underdog that has virtually no chance? Such a setup did not contribute to promoting betting action.
But in modern sports betting, a "pointspread" is used.
A NFL pointspreads are exactly that, a pre-established point difference between the two sides that will, for all intents and purposes, create a handicap that evens things out, and in doing so, produces comparable wagering activity on both sides of that proposition. So in lieu of a odds figure in which to bet the team to win outright, the Bears might be a three-point favorite over the New York Giants, and a 17-point favorite over the also-ran. Now that the team that is the underdog can "get" points, there can be equal action on both sides.
In sportsbooks, this is usually done with efficiency by charging the losing bettors 10% extra - in effect, bettors are laying 11/10 on those games. So they are actually betting $110 to win $100. If they lose, they pay the "vig." If they win, they simply collect.
The establishment of the pointspread as the corner stone around which team sports like football can be wagered upon was truly what brought gridiron betting into the stratosphere for online football betting .
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