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08/11/2010 - Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bobby Abreu hit a game-winning home run with one out in the 10th inning, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 2-1 victory and a three-game sweep over the Kansas City Royals.
Abreu's 14th home run of the season helped the Angels nab their fifth win in six games. Maicer Izturis added three hits, while Reggie Willits also scored a run in Los Angeles' 16th win in its last 20 games against Kansas City.
Jered Weaver went eight innings, allowing just one run on six hits and two walks while fanning 11. It was the sixth straight quality start and third straight in which he's given up one run or fewer. Brian Fuentes (4-1) earned the win for a scoreless inning.
Yuniesky Betancourt homered for the Royals, losers in four straight and six of seven. Zack Greinke matched Weaver inning for inning, lasting eight frames and yielding one run, six hits and a walk while striking out six.
Jesse Chavez (1-1) took the loss for giving up Abreu's homer.
The Royals threatened in the second with runners on the corners with two outs, but Weaver struck out Brayan Pena swinging to keep Kansas City off the board.
The Angels took advantage of their first threat of the game, taking the lead in the third inning.
Jeff Mathis singled leading off, but was erased at second on Willits' fielder's choice groundout. Willits moved to third on a single from Bobby Abreu, and Erick Aybar's sacrifice fly made it 1-0.
Weaver struck out five consecutive batters from the end of the fourth through the fifth, but Betancourt began the sixth inning with a home run to center, tying the game, 1-1.
Kansas City nearly went ahead in both the seventh and eighth, but came up short. Weaver allowed runners to reach the corners with one out in the seventh, but struck out Pena and induced a fly out from Betancourt. The Royals loaded the bases with two outs in the eighth, but Alex Gordon's swinging bunt was fielded by Weaver, who tagged out Gordon running down the first base line.
The Angels put a runner in scoring position in the ninth, but Mathis struck out with a chance to win the game. Fuentes struck out two in a perfect 10th inning, needing only nine pitches, to set up Abreu's dramatics.
Game Notes
The Angels won the 2010 season series, 7-3...Los Angeles recorded its first series sweep since June 11-13 against the Dodgers...The Royals finished 2-7 on a nine-game road trip, scoring just 17 runs in that stretch...The teams combined to finish 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position...With 11 strikeouts on Wednesday, Weaver set a new career-high, increasing his season total to a league-leading 182.
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BENGALS (-7) at Browns SPORTSBOOK LINES
All you can ask out of your NFL team is that it has a plan. You may not always agree with it as a fan, but as long as it appears the organization is going in some sort of direction, you have to go with it. Which brings us to the Cleveland Browns. You flip a coin to determine whether Chuck Frye or Derek Anderson should start the preseason opener. You start Frye in Week 1, but pull him in the first half. And then you deal him to the Seahawks for a sixth-round pick? Hmm... the Bengals could get six turnovers again this week.
COLTS (-7) at Titans SPORTSBOOK LINES
Tennessee signed ex-Colts cornerback Nick Harper in the offseason so that should help slow down Peyton Manning. Just ask Jason David and the Saints. Oh wait... One of these weeks, I'm going to learn to not pick against Tennessee, which has won seven of its last eight games. But it's not happening against Indy.
TEXANS (+6.5) at Panthers SPORTSBOOK LINES
Houston's Mario Williams, the first pick in the '06 draft, has more touchdowns than Reggie Bush after one week. Somehow I don't see that lasting. Meanwhile, Carolina bottled up what was expected to be a pretty high-octane offense in St. Louis in Week 1. Could this be the Panthers' defense everyone expected last year? Maybe. This feels like a 20-16 Carolina win.
RAMS (-3) vs. 49ers SPORTSBOOKS LINES
Absolutely love this game. Everyone's favorite pick for this year's surprise team -- the 49ers -- laid an egg on Monday night (not that anyone was watching with the game ending in the middle of the night for those of us on the East Coast). St. Louis wasn't much better, delivering a lackluster effort against the Panthers that included two Steven Jackson fumbles and panic from his fantasy owners. Jackson rebounds this week, and the Rams get their first win.
PACKERS (+1.5) at Giants SPORTSBOOKS LINES
Do you really trust this guy to win an NFL game if Eli Manning can't go? I say no. I'd feel alot better about this Packers team if it had any semblance of a running game, but I still think Green Bay's defense is good enough to give it a 2-0 start.
JAGUARS (-10) vs. Falcons SPORTSBOOKS LINES
Does it scare me to pick Jacksonville to cover a double-digit spread after it scored just 10 points last week against the Titans? Absolutely. But can I bring myself to pick Atlanta under any circumstances? No. Check out this poll on ajc.com. It asks what Atlanta's most urgent deficiency is: offense, defense, specials teams or all of the above. "All of the above" has 57 percent of the votes. Ouch.
SAINTS (-3) at Buccaneers SPORTSBOOKS LINES
I'm picking way too many road teams this week. Oh well. New Orleans has had some time to reflect on its lackluster showing in the opener, and the Buccanneers just aren't a very good football team. Anyone else surprised Tampa Bay hasn't made a move to sign Byron Leftwich? I thought that's what they do.
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Run the ball and stop the run. Minnesota can do both, and that will keep them in a lot of games this season. Even though it was only one week, Adrian Peterson looks like he was a steal at No. 7 in last year's draft. Not only will he produce, but Peterson delivers excitement to what otherwise would be one of the league's most boring teams.
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