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06/21/2007 - Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Frank Catalanotto's base hit in the bottom of the ninth pushed Texas past Chicago, 6-5, in the finale of a three-game interleague series.
Against Bob Howry (3-4), Kenny Lofton led off the ninth with a single, and went to second on Adam Melhuse's sacrifice bunt. Brad Wilkerson followed with a comebacker to the mound, and although Lofton was caught in a rundown between second and third, Howry failed to get the ball into second for the out, leaving men on first and second. Catalanotto then lofted a slicing ball to right field which bounced out of Angel Pagan's glove as he dove near the foul line, allowing Lofton to score the winning run.
Eric Gagne (2-0) held the Cubs off the board in the ninth to earn the victory. Starter Vicente Padilla allowed 10 hits and four runs over four-plus innings, fanning five and walking three.
Victor Diaz and Melhuse homered for the Rangers, who have won two straight and three of four. Marlon Byrd was 2-for-4 with a two-run single.
Ted Lilly gave up six hits and five runs over seven innings in his start for Chicago. He finished with 10 strikeouts, the most he has recorded in one start since coming to the Cubs.
Derrek Lee went 3-for-4, scored a run and drove in two for the Cubs, who have dropped two in a row and four of five. Pagan finished 3-for-5 with an RBI, Alfonso Soriano collected two hits and scored a run, and Mark DeRosa and Rob Bowen knocked in a run each.
Chicago faced a five-run deficit after three innings, but chipped away at the lead and tied the contest.
Lee put the Cubs on the board with an RBI single in the fifth. DeRosa followed two batters later with an RBI single, and Bowen looped a single into right to plate another run. Pagan's single brought in DeRosa for a 5-4 game and signaled Padilla's exit. Willie Eyre came on to get Felix Pie to ground into a fielder's choice and Ryan Theriot to hit into an inning-ending double play.
In the sixth, Soriano led off with a double, moved to third on Mike Fontenot's ground out, and scored on Lee's single to forge a 5-5 tie. Daryle Ward walked and DeRosa struck out, then with Bowen at the plate, a wild pitch moved the runners up. However, Bowen fanned to end the frame.
The game remained deadlocked until the fateful ninth, which rendered the Cubs' rally moot.
Chicago loaded the bases in the second as Bowen walked, Pagan doubled and Pie walked. Padilla worked his way out of the jam, as Theriot flew out to right and the runners did not advance, Soriano lined to short and Fontenot flew out to center.
Diaz put the Rangers up 2-0 in the home half, with an opposite-field shot that barely cleared the wall in right. Melhuse followed with a homer to left and a 3-0 lead. It was the second time in two days that Texas hit back-to-back home runs.
Byrd pushed the lead to 5-0 on a two-run single in the third.
Game Notes
Michael Young, who owns the highest average in the history of interleague play (.349), finished 1-for-4...Texas remains home to begin a three-game interleague set with intra-state rival Houston on Friday, while the Cubs head to the South Side of Chicago for a three-game series with the White Sox.
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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.
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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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