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06/14/2007 - St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Justin Germano tossed six scoreless innings to lead the San Diego Padres past the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 7-1, in the rubber match of a three-game interleague series at Tropicana Field.
Germano (5-0), who entered the season with one major-league win in nine career appearances, won for the fifth time in his last six starts. The right- hander scattered just three hits, walked one and fanned four to lower his ERA to 2.36 since being promoted from Triple-A Portland.
Rob Bowen had three hits, including a pair of doubles for San Diego, which has won two straight following a four-game slide. Adrian Gonzalez also contributed two doubles, knocked in a run and scored once.
J.P. Howell (1-1) allowed two runs - one earned - on four hits in seven-plus innings of work. He walked three and fanned two as Tampa Bay dropped its second straight game but lost for just the fourth time in its last 11. Jonny Gomes hit a solo homer to account for the team's only run.
The Padres wasted little time in getting to Howell, who needed 26 pitches to get through the first inning. The young lefty yielded a one-out walk to Jose Cruz Jr. before Gonzalez followed with a double and Mike Cameron reached on Akinori Iwamura's fielding error, scoring Cruz for the 1-0 lead. Josh Bard grounded into a force out, but Kevin Kouzmanoff drew a four-pitch walk to load the bases before Khalil Greene grounded out to end the threat.
Tampa Bay had a chance to even things up in the fourth, but stranded Brendan Harris after his one-out double to left.
Heath Bell replaced Germano to start the seventh, and after striking out the first two batters, issued back-to-back walks to Carlos Pena and Ty Wigginton. Then, with Delmon Young batting, Bell uncorked a wild pitch that advanced both runners before fanning Young to retire the side.
San Diego added four more runs in the eighth to put the game out of reach. Bowen doubled to open the inning, prompting Milwaukee to bring in right-hander Gary Glover. Marcus Giles' sacrifice bunt moved Bowen to third, Cruz singled to plate Bowen, and Gonzalez followed by slapping his second double of the game, chasing home Cruz for the 3-0 edge.
Cameron went down swinging for the second out, but Geoff Blum hit a soft fly ball that dropped in left field to score Gonzalez, and Greene followed with a base hit to score Bard. Jay Witasick retired Hiram Bocachica on a pop up to retire the side.
Gomes broke up the shutout with a one-out, solo homer to left in the home half of the inning.
The Padres, however, scored two more in the ninth. Bowen doubled, Giles singled, and Witasick issued consecutive walks to Cruz and Gonzalez to force in a run. Cameron's sacrifice fly accounted for the final margin.
Game Notes
Following Wednesday's game, the Devil Rays placed outfielder B.J. Upton on the 15-day disabled list with a left quad strain and recalled Gomes from Triple-A Durham...Germano is 3-0 in four starts away from home this season...Kouzmanoff left the game in the bottom of the fourth with a lower back strain and was replaced by Blum. He is listed as day-to-day...Tampa Bay is just 8-24 in games decided by three or more runs...With the victory, San Diego claimed its fourth straight road series. They have now won nine of their last 10 series overall and 15 of 22 this season...Gomes' homer broke a season-high 16-inning scoreless stretch for Tampa Bay.
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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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