Granderson makes history as Tigers beats Mariners
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09/08/2007 - Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Curtis Granderson made major league history by belting his 20th homer of the season as Detroit downed Seattle, 6-1, in the opener of a crucial three-game set at Comerica Park.
With the home run, Granderson became just the sixth player in major league history with at least 20 home runs, 20 doubles and 20 triples in one season.
Placido Polanco finished 1-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI for the Tigers, who won their third straight game and vaulted above Seattle in the AL wild card race.
The Tigers are now 2 1/2 games behind New York for the wild card, pending the Yankees game against Kansas City.
Justin Verlander (16-5) was brilliant for eight innings. The flame-throwing righty allowed just one run on seven hits while fanning three.
Jose Vidro was 3-for-4 with a run scored for the reeling Mariners, who have dropped 12 of their past 13 games and are now 3 1/2 games behind the Yankees.
Miguel Batista (13-11) was touched for six runs on nine hits in 6 2/3 innings en route to the loss.
The Tigers jumped in front with a pair of runs in the first. Granderson led off with an infield single and quickly scored on Polanco's double. Polanco moved up a base on a wild pitch and Batista walked Gary Sheffield to put runners on the corners before Magglio Ordonez slapped an RBI single up the middle to make it a 2-0 game.
Detroit tacked on another run in the second. Timo Perez doubled to left and, a batter later, came around to score on Brandon Inge's run-scoring single.
The Mariners finally got on the board in the fourth. Vidro got on with a leadoff double, moved up 90-feet on Jose Guillen's ground ball and scored when Raul Ibanez lofted a sacrifice fly to right.
The Tigers got that run back in the sixth. Ordonez doubled to center, moved to third on Carlos Guillen's ground ball and crossed the plate on Ivan Rodriguez's single to right.
The Tigers then put the game away with two more runs in the seventh. Granderson's got things started with a one-out solo homer. Polanco followed with a walk and moved up a base on a wild pitch before crossing the plate on Carlos Guillen's RBI single.
Game Notes
The other players to have at least 20 home runs, 20 doubles and 20 triples in one season are George Brett, Willie Mays, Jeff Heath, Jim Bottomley and Frank Schulte...Granderson also has 19 stolen bases. If he reaches 20, he will join Mays and Schulte as the only players to have 20 in all four categories...Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki and Ordonez entered the game tied atop the AL batting chart. Suzuki was 0-for-4 and fell to .349 and Ordonez was 2- for-3 and is now hitting .354.
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Colts give the ‘D’ its due
The Indianapolis Colts know that winning the Super Bowl last season put a huge target on their backs, and they expect opponents to go all-out to knock them from the top of the mountain.
They’ll get their first test from the New Orleans Saints this Thursday night. The defending champs had nothing but good things to say about the New Orleans defense this past week, praising their opponents’ pass rush and run-stopping abilities.
"They play very aggressively," head coach Tony Dungy told the New Orleans Times-Picayune. "They play a lot of man-to-man coverage, and they come after you. They have good pass rushers, and they're going to try to pressure us, I'm sure."
Both center Jeff Saturday and quarterback Peyton Manning gave New Orleans’ front four props, admitting keeping guys like Will Smithand Charles Grant contained would be a tall task for the offensive line.
New Orleans ranked second in total defense during the preseason at a sportsbook, allowing just under 233 yards per game. Last season, the defense finished 11th in the league after giving up 307.3 yards and 20.1 points per contest.
Not so sound on the ground
If Indianapolis' efficient offense has a weakness it has to be its running attack. The Colts one-two-punch of Dominic Rhodes and Joseph Addai is no longer, leaving the bulk of the carries to Addai, the second-year back out of LSU.
Former Saskatchewan Roughrider Kenton Keith was named Addai’s backup this week after beating out DeDe Dorsey for the second-string position. Indy has only three backs on the roster right now, including fullback Luke Lawton, and coach Dungy is aware of the thinness of his ground game. Sports Betting lines on the game can be found at BettingExpress.com
“We’ll continue to look. Luke Lawton’s done a good job for us too. So probably getting a third true tailback is something that we’d like to do,” Dungy told the Indiana Tribune-Star.
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Brees says bring it on
Opening the season on the road against the defending Super Bowl champions is not the way most teams would like to kick off their year – unless you’re the New Orleans Saints or their quarterback Drew Brees. This internet Sportsbooks had the Saints as the favorites.
Brees told the New Orleans Times-Picayune that he is excited to get the regular season started and the Colts are a great challenge for him and his teammates. The 28-year-old QB, entering his second season with the Saints, is expecting a wild environment in the RCA Dome this Thursday when the franchise celebrates its 2007-2007 championship.
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Oddsmakers are preparing for some fireworks this Thursday when the NFL season kicks off. online Sportsbooks have Thursday’s total set at a whopping 52 points, accounting for two of the league’s most explosive offenses.
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