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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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Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Miguel Olivo went 2-for-3 with a solo
homer, two RBI and two runs scored as the Florida Marlins downed the
Philadelphia Phillies, 6-3, to open a three-game set at Citizens Bank Park.
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Richmond, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kyle Busch won Friday night's Emerson Radio
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The victory
Granderson makes history as Tigers beat Mariners >>
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, Granderso
McGowan, Blue Jays top Devil Rays >>
St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dustin McGowan hurled eight innings and
struck out a career-high twelve as the Toronto Blue Jays took the first
game of a weekend series against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 7-2, at Tropicana
Field.
Super Bowl XLIII is now set, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet each other on February 1st in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium to battle it out for the coveted Lombardi Trophy. The game kicks off at 6:00pm ET on NBC with announcers Al Michaels and John Madden covering the on-field action. Super Bowl XLIII betting odds at online bookmaker MySportsbook.com have the Steelers listed as an early -6.5 against the spread favorite.Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds
Pittsburgh earned their passage to the big game by beating their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14 in yesterday's AFC Championship Game. The Steelers jumped on Baltimore early, building a 13-0 first half lead, and never let up on their way to a fairly easy win. Although the Ravens did close to within two points in the fourth quarter, it never appeared as if they had enough offense to pull off the upset.
The Steelers dominating defense held Baltimore to a total of 198 yards while allowing them to convert just three third downs in 13 attempts. Pittsburgh also forced quarterback Joe Flacco into three interceptions, one of which safety Troy Polamalu returned fourty yards for a touchdown.
The Cardinals, by far the playoff team with the longest odds to reach Super Bowl XLIII, did so yesterday with a 32-25 upset of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship. Arizona charged out of the gates and built a 24-6 halftime lead that had the Eagles venerable defense reeling. Quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald did most of the damage, connecting on three first half touchdowns.
Arizona, however, could not sustain their momentum and the Eagles took a 25-24 with 10:45 left to play in the fourth. The Cardinals, with the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance hanging in the balance, mounted a fourteen play, 72 yard touchdown drive that consumed 7:52 off the clock. Warner hit running back Tim Hightower on a short screen for the go-ahead, game clinching score that will forever live in Cardinal infamy.
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Pittsburgh Steelers -6.5 (-110), Over 46.5 (-110), -260 (Money line)
Arizona Cardinals +6.5 (-110), Under 46.5 (-110), +220 (Money line)
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MySportsbook.com favors Bears, Bengals, Chargers and Colts to remain perfect
LAS VEGAS , Sept. 28 - Two big match-ups of undefeated teams have fans salivating at the Week Four schedule in the NFL. The Chicago Bears stifling defense looks to provide a less than hospitable welcome to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday night in a battle of two 3-0 teams in the NFC conference. In the AFC, the San Diego Chargers (2-0) head to Maryland to face the surprising Baltimore Ravens (3-0) as both try to keep pace atop the conference standings. Betting Lines makers at MySportsbook.com, online sportsbook and casino, have set the Bears as 3.5 point favorites while the Chargers are a 2.5 point bet.
Of the three remaining undefeated teams, only one, New Orleans, enters this week's game as an underdog. Despite an emotional and resounding win over Atlanta on Monday night, the Saints are a 7.5 point underdog against the struggling Carolina Panthers. Indianapolis looks to stay perfect when they face the New York Jets as a 9 point road favorite while the Cincinnati Bengals are a 6 point favorite at home to the New England Patriots.
Six teams enter the week still looking for their first win, with a seventh, Tampa Bay, on a bye week. The prospect of dropping another game would not bode well for a potential playoff run. Since 1990, just three teams -- the 1992 Chargers, 1995 Detroit Lions and 1998 Buffalo Bills -- have overcome losing their first three games of the season to earn a postseason berth. And only the Chargers managed to accomplish the feat after starting 0-4.
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