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Paulino still in search of first win as Astros host RockiesBaseball Betting Lines05/19/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Houston's patience with starter Felipe Paulino has to be running thin, as the Dominican right-hander sports an 0-6 mark and 5.72 earned run average in seven starts this season. The Astros hope that Paulino can help both himself and the team tonight in the opener of a brief two-game series versus the Colorado Rockies at Minute Maid Park. Paulino tried to build off a strong seven-inning stint against San Diego on May 8, but dropped his sixth straight start last Friday in an 8-2 loss at San Francisco. He held the Padres to a pair of runs -- one earned -- and struck out a season-high 11 batters in a 2-1 setback, then battled through his worst outing of 2010 against the Giants. He allowed seven runs and eight hits with seven K's over a season-low 4 2/3 frames. Paulino is 0-1 with an 8.10 ERA in two career starts against the Rockies and hasn't faced them since a 3-2 triumph on June 2 of last season. He did not factor in the win and held Colorado to two runs in six innings with seven strikeouts. Houston starters have lost five in a row and Bud Norris was the latest one to go down Tuesday in a 7-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Norris was roughed up for six runs, including three in the first inning, and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings to fall to 2-5 this season. "I pitched as long as I could," said Norris. "They swung the bats well. They hit some good pitches. It is frustrating. We have to keep pushing and fight hard every day." Carlos Lee homered and drove in three runs for the Astros, who had won four straight before their recent slide and went 3-5 on an eight-game road trip that began with a three-game sweep of rival St. Louis. Houston will host Tampa Bay for three games following this set with the Rockies. Colorado dropped both tests of a two-game series against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field and suffered a 6-2 loss in Tuesday's finale. Jhoulys Chacin saw his record drop to 2-2 after he allowed three runs on five hits and five walks with six K's through 5 2/3 innings of work. Rafael Betancourt fared no better by permitting three runs in 1 1/3 innings of relief. Todd Helton provided the offense with a two-run homer in the seventh inning and finished with two hits. Carlos Gonzalez also had two hits for a Rockies club still in search of its first win on a seven-game road swing. "Obviously the most important thing is that we didn't win," Helton said of his first home run of 2010. "It did feel good to finally hit a home run. It's been a long, long time." The Rockies will also pay a visit to Kansas City for a three-game weekend set at Kauffman Stadium. After winning his first game as a Rockie on April 13 against the New York Mets, Colorado starter Greg Smith was 1-1 with a 5.25 earned run average. He is 0-1 with a 6.95 ERA in five starts since and will take the mound tonight. Smith has recorded three straight no-decisions, most recently in a 9-5 loss to Philadelphia on May 10 at Coors Field. He gave up five runs -- four earned -- and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings of work. Opposing hitters are batting .305 against the left-handed LSU product, who has never faced Houston in his career. The Astros took five of seven meetings with Colorado a year ago and have won eight of the previous 11 matchups between the teams.
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Football Betting Sportsbook Accepts Credit CardsMichael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football. As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL. The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago. Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996). But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side. Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show. Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East: Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1 Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2 New York Giants - 9 - 2 Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1). Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship. So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume. And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top. They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy. Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday. But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division. Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS. Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS. Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162. Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense? Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS. In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS. Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division. Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do. The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20. The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550. Visit MySportsbook.com for free sportsbook odds RSS feeds go to MySportsbook.com for all your betting football needs. |
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