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07/22/2007 - Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brandon Inge's two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning gave the Detroit Tigers a 10-8 victory over the Kansas City Royals in the second of a three-game set from Comerica Park.
Sean Casey hit a one-out single with one out before Inge drove the first pitch he saw off reliever Joakim Soria (1-3) over the left-field wall for his 12th homer of the year.
"I like anybody who can score guys from first," said Detroit manager Jim Leyland. "And Brandon can score guys from first."
Ryan Raburn, Craig Monroe and Placido Polanco also homered for the Tigers, who have won five of six.
Detroit starter Justin Verlander went 5 2/3 innings, allowing five runs -- four earned -- on seven hits, with two walks and seven strikeouts. Chad Durbin (7-3) picked up the win by pitching a perfect 10th.
John Buck homered and Emil Brown drove in two runs for the Royals, who had a three-game winning streak snapped.
"They scored early and often, we scored late," said Brown. "We got back into the game but just couldn't close it"
Kansas City starter Jorge De La Rosa was tagged for seven runs on seven hits with two walks and a strikeout in 4 1/3 innings.
Kansas City got on the board in the first on Billy Butler's two-out RBI single.
Detroit, though, answered with two runs in the home half. Raburn led off with a homer to left, his first of the season and Monroe hit an RBI double to left with two outs.
The Royals tied the game at two in the top of the third. Tony Pena singled to right, advanced to third on Mark Teahen's two-out double and scored on a passed ball.
Monroe's two-out, three-run home run to left, his 10th of the season, gave the Tigers the lead for good in the bottom of the frame.
Buck led off the fifth with his 16th homer of the year, a shot to right center.
The Tigers extended their lead in the bottom half on RBI singles to left by Gary Sheffield and Ivan Rodriguez.
Brown cut Kansas City's deficit to 7-5 in the sixth with a two-RBI single to center.
Polanco's lead-off home run to left in the seventh was his fourth of the season.
The Royals again pulled to within two in the eighth when Teahen, who led off with a single, scored when Alex Gordon grounded into a fielder's choice.
Kansas City tied it in the top of the ninth with two runs off Detroit closer Todd Jones. David DeJesus' groundout made it 8-7, and Mark Grudzielanek's RBI single with one-out scored the tying run.
Game Notes
It was Jones' fifth blown save of the season...Verlander had a career-high three of the Tigers' four wild pitches...Buck's homer was originally ruled a double, but the Royals argued and the call was reversed. Replays showed the ball hit above the yellow home run line...The Tigers wore the uniforms of the Detroit Stars and the Royals wore the Kansas City Monarchs' uniforms as part of Negro League Weekend at Comerica Park...Butler has 20 RBIs in his last 13 games...Monroe's homer was his first since June 1 and his four RBI tied a season-high...Attendance was 43,408.
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Is there such a thing as a trap game in the NFL?
I once asked that question to Pete Korner, who at the time was office manager and a senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants.
Korner almost ripped my head off. There is no such thing as a trap game, he loudly berated me. It’s a myth. The numbers are made using power ratings, he said.
There are trap games, though. They just might not be what you think. The perception is of a good team, say Philadelphia, laying a small number against New Orleans.
Using the highly-respected power ranking from The Gold Sheet, you’d find the Eagles with a power rating of 4 and the Saints at 8. When you factor the game being played in New Orleans, you could see why the line opened so short at less than a field goal.
For some, this makes it enticing to take the Eagles. That’s not a real trap game, though.
A real trap game, says professional gambler Dave Malinsky, is thinking you’re getting value betting a bad team, which brings us to the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos matchup.
The Raiders are +15 in this long-standing division rivalry. Denver is on a short week having dispatched Baltimore Monday. However, the Raiders haven’t covered the spread their last 10 games.
Many bettors don’t trust the Raiders to give a full effort. Few think much of Art Shell and his Oakland’s coaching staff.
So oddsmakers have to do something to make Oakland attractive if they hope to get equal action.
Now Malinsky is a value shopper. But he won’t touch the Raiders even getting more than two touchdowns.
“I try to eliminate the undisciplined, unfocused teams because they’re the ones most likely to suffer the bad beats,” he said.
Near the top of Malinsky’s list of stay-away teams is the Miami Dolphins, who have yet to cover a spread this season.
“Whatever you think of Nick Saban, you have to look at the penalties and turnovers,” Malinsky said.
It’s easy to point out the Dolphins failed to get the money this past week against New England because Olindo Mare missed a field goal and had another field goal blocked. But even though the Dolphins outgained the Patriots, 283-213, they committed eight penalties.
Bad teams not only cost themselves victories, but pointspread covers as well. The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers are two more examples.
The Cardinals couldn’t have been in a better position this past Sunday, up 14-0 at home against a mediocre Kansas City Chiefs squad. But they couldn’t hold it. The Packers got a push against St. Louis, but also could have won losing by three when Brett Favre fumbled at the St. Louis 11-yard line with 44 seconds left.
“The Packers were in a position to beat Philadelphia, too,” Malinsky said. “But they couldn’t even cover double digits.
“These teams just make mistakes and it costs you … they always will look good from a value standpoint. They really will. But that’s the trap.”
Houston and Tennessee rank among the six-worst teams. Malinsky wouldn’t be afraid to take either of these teams, however, if the price were high enough.
The Texans are bad, Malinsky said, but they have some discipline. The Titans showed they could not only come up with an outstanding game plan, but execute it as well, losing by one to the Colts on the road as an 18 ?-point underdog this past Sunday.
“Jeff Fisher is a worker,” Malinsky said of the Titans coach. “I’m not sure how hard Art Shell wants to work when he gets out of bed.”
Fisher, though, could be out as Tennessee coach after this season. Is he still worth backing in the right spot, with the right price, as a lame duck coach?
“It’s in his nature to keep working hard and not worry about any possible lame duck status,” Malinsky said. “He’s coaching for his resume.”
Note: Monday night game will be picked Monday. Lines used are from football betting lines.
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