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06/25/2007 - Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Erick Aybar singled home the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3, to sweep the three-game interleague series.
Howie Kendrick hit a one-out double to get things going in the 10th and Pirates reliever Matt Capps (3-4) intentionally walked Kendry Morales. After the Bucs right-hander got pinch-hitter Gary Matthews Jr. to fly out to left, Aybar followed with the game-winning hit.
Francisco Rodriguez, who came into the game in the ninth trying to preserve a 3-2 Angels lead, retired the first two batters he faced before walking Adam LaRoche. Rajai Davis came in to pinch run and advanced to third on a pair of wild pitches and scored when Xavier Nady lined a single to left to tie the contest at 3-3. Nady then stole second and Ryan Doumit followed with a walk, but Rodriguez got Josh Phelps to strike out to end the inning and force the game into extra innings.
Aybar finished 2-for-5, while Jose Molina drove in a pair of runs for the Angels, who have won four straight and nine of their last 11. Los Angeles finished 13-4 in interleague play this season.
Bartolo Colon started for the Angels and allowed two runs on seven hits while striking out six and walking four over six innings. Chris Bootcheck (2-1) got the win in relief by pitching a perfect 10th inning.
Nady went 2-for-5 with the game tying RBI single and Jack Wilson had two hits and an RBI for the Pirates, who have dropped five in a row.
Tom Gorzelanny got the starting nod for the Pirates and went six solid innings, giving up three runs on seven hits. The left-hander struck out four and walked three.
After some solid pitching by both teams in the early going, the Angels put two runs on the board in the fourth. Robb Quinlan got things started with a lead- off single and Kendrick followed with a ground-rule double down the right field line. After Morales went down on strikes, Molina grounded a single to center that plated a pair of runs.
Pittsburgh got a run back in the fifth. Wilson led off with a base hit, Chris Duffy walked and Freddy Sanchez singled to load the bases with no outs. After Jason Bay got caught looking, LaRoche drew a walk that brought in a run. Colon prevented further damage when he got Nady to ground into a 1-2-3 twin killing.
Los Angeles added a run in the bottom of the fifth without the benefit of a hit. Chone Figgins drew a walk to start the frame and stole second. An Orlando Cabrera ground out to second advanced Figgins to third and Vladimir Guerrero's sacrifice fly plated a run, making it 3-1.
Wilson's run-scoring single in the sixth got the Pirates back to within 3-2.
The Angels had a golden opportunity to tack on more in the seventh. Los Angeles loaded the bases with one out off Pirates reliever Masumi Kuwata who settled down to strike out Kendrick before inducing Morales to ground out to second, ending the inning.
Game Notes
Attendance was 42,346...The Pirates will travel to Miami to begin a three-game series versus the Florida Marlins on Tuesday night, while Los Angeles will host the Kansas City Royals in a three-game set starting on Monday...The Pirates finished interleague play with a 5-10 record this season. Los Angeles has won nine straight series and 13 of their last 14 sets.
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In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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