Markakis, O's take first game of doubleheader over Twins
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05/08/2010 - Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Nick Markakis went 2-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored to help Baltimore take a 7-3 win over Minnesota in the opener of a doubleheader at Target Field.
Julio Lugo went 3-for-5 with an RBI while Cesar Izturis scored three times for the Orioles, who won the series opener on Thursday to snap a three-game slide.
Jeremy Guthrie (1-4) went 6 2/3 innings in the start and was charged with three runs on five hits with a walk and five strikeouts to grab his first win of the season.
Justin Morneau hit a two-run home run while Michael Cuddyer added a solo shot for the Twins, who had won four straight coming into the series. Francisco Liriano (4-1) was tagged for five runs on 10 hits with a walk and three strikeouts over six innings of work.
On Friday, the Twins, who spent 28 years protected from rain under the roof of the Metrodome, suffered their first rainout since 1980, at brand-new Target Field.
Minnesota jumped out to a lead in the first inning when Orlando Hudson hit a one-out single and Morneau followed with a shot over the wall in right for a 2-0 lead.
Baltimore, though, tied it in the third as Markakis hit a single with the bases loaded and two out to bring home Nolan Reimold and Izturis.
The Orioles plated two more runs in the fourth. With one out, Matt Wieters doubled and, after Garrett Atkins flied out, Reimold walked. Izturis and Lugo followed with consecutive RBI singles. Adam Jones then singled to load the bases and Markakis' one-bagger brought home another run for a 5-2 lead.
Cuddyer led off the bottom of the fourth with a solo home run to cut the deficit to 5-3.
Guthrie worked a 1-2-3 sixth inning and the Orioles padded their lead in the seventh when Markakis led off with a walk, stole second and later scored on a Ty Wigginton double for a 6-3 lead.
In the bottom of the seventh, Guthrie hit Wilson Ramos with a pitch to start the inning, but retired the next two batters before stepping aside for Will Ohman, who got Denard Span to groundout to second and end the inning.
In the eighth, the Orioles put another run on the board as Izturis walked, stole second and later scored on a Jones single for a 7-3 advantage.
Ohman stayed on for the eighth and gave up a leadoff single to Hudson, but got Morneau to foul out and Jim Thome to hit into a double play to end the inning.
Koji Uehara worked around a one-out single in the ninth to close out the game.
Game Notes
Baltimore has won six of eight against Minnesota...Guthrie improved to 2-0 in five appearances (three starts) against Minnesota...Liriano, who had won four straight starts coming into the game, is now 1-1 in two starts against Baltimore.
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Super Bowl XLIII Betting - Super Bowl 2009
Super Bowl 2009, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers.Let’s take a look at the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds and the betting line and figure out where they’ve been and where they are going to go.
MySportsbook.com put up the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds late on Sunday night with the Pittsburgh Steelers favored by 6.5 points and a total betting line at 47.5 points.
Since then, however, the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds have seen a good deal of movement and you’ll want to be on top of where they are likely to move to make sure you get the best line value for the big game.
Since opening, the Super Bowl 2009 betting lines went to Steelers -7 in the span of roughly 3 hours but were quickly bought back down just minutes later to 6.5 again.
After that is took about 5-6 more hours before the betting line went back to -7 where it has sat for a while now and is likely to remain. The opening betting total of 47.5 was bet down right after the line became available and went to 47 within minutes.
Roughly a day later it has been bet even further down to the 46.5 tally it currently is set at.
Roughly 60% of gamblers seem to be on the Cardinals here so the point spread will be bet down and a 7.5 would not last very long at all with many taking the early 6.5 in hopes of finding a potential middle in the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds.
If you like Arizona and see a 7.5, I’d take it as soon as possible because it’s unlikely to last. For Pittsburgh backers, the -7 might be the best you’ll be able to find but a 6.5 is definitely possible close to game time.
Regarding the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds for the total, most tracked gamblers are already on the over and with those who took the under 47.5 already securing a middle on the over 46.5, the only way I see it moving is back up to 47 so if you like the over, I’d recommend betting now.
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