Sunshine State foes resume set at the Trop

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06/12/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Sunshine State warms up with the second of a three-game interleague set between the Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field tonight.

Despite being just three games over .500 at home so far this season, the Rays continue to sport the best record in all of baseball and are currently a game ahead of the New York Yankees for first place in the American League East. However, the Rays have gone from enjoying a three-game win streak to losing back-to-back outings after falling to Florida on Friday night, 14-9.

While Tampa managed to post nine runs, the final score was not a clear indication of how much the Marlins dominated the meeting. Florida, now 4 1/2 games out of first place in the National League East thanks to a two-game win streak, registered a total of nine runs between the third and fourth innings alone, leaving the Rays to play catch-up the rest of the way.

Gaby Sanchez cracked a pair of home runs and knocked in a total of six for the Marlins, a monster effort on his part given that he has but nine home runs and 32 RBI for his entire major league career thus far. Also having a strong game for the visitors was Chris Coghlan who logged four hits and a pair of walks, resulting in four runs scored. Cody Ross and Mike Stanton accounted for two hits apiece and a combined five RBI.

"Everything just seemed to bounce right for us," Coghlan said of his team's offensive explosion. "Everything went well, and also when we hit the ball hard, we got hits that way, too. I thought we did a great job scoring early and often."

Anibal Sanchez worked his way through seven innings for the Marlins, the starter giving up four earned runs on seven hits and three walks, while striking out four in his sixth win of the campaign.

Tampa starter James Shields didn't stand a chance against the Florida bats, permitting an unsightly 10 runs on nine hits and three walks over 3 1/3 innings of work. Carlos Pena, owner of the only home run of the game for the hosts, had three hits altogether and scored four of his team's nine runs. Hank Blalock chipped in another three hits, scored twice and knocked in a pair as well.

Having shown he can dominate Florida batters in previous meetings, Matt Garza stands as the starter for the Rays tonight. Garza, who has a record of 2-0 and a slim 1.13 ERA in 16 previous innings versus Florida, snapped a personal three-game slide on Sunday when he and the Rays logged a 9-5 win over Texas on the road in Arlington.

In that contest the right-hander allowed four runs on six hits and a pair of walks, fanning four over the course of 5 2/3 innings and yet his season ERA still jumped up to 3.31.

Heading to the hill for the visiting Marlins is Ricky Nolasco. The right- hander, who already has a career 2-1 mark against Tampa Bay, has won just one of his previous four starts. On Sunday the hurler gave up three runs on eight hits and three walks, while striking out just two over 5 1/3 innings against the New York Mets in a decision that failed to earn him a decision.

While he had a bit of a control problem versus the Mets, Nolasco has delivered almost four times as many K's (54) than walks (15) so far in 2010.

Even though he was taken out of Friday's contest, Tampa Bay's Evan Longoria remains one of the hottest players in the majors, thanks to an eight-game hit streak and having reached base in 29 straight games, the longest active streak in the major leagues. In his last 22 at-bats alone, Longoria has 10 hits and is batting a staggering .455. As a unit, the Rays are hitting a robust .290 over the last six contests.

Over on the Marlins side, Sanchez is hitting .381 in the last five games, accounting for seven RBI and three of his team's seven home runs during the span.

Despite last night's setback, the Rays have still won 12 of the 15 meetings between the in-state rivals since June of 2007.

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Super Bowl XLIII Betting - Super Bowl 2009

Super Bowl 2009, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Let’s take a look at the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds and the betting line and figure out where they’ve been and where they are going to go.

MySportsbook.com put up the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds late on Sunday night with the Pittsburgh Steelers favored by 6.5 points and a total betting line at 47.5 points.

Since then, however, the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds have seen a good deal of movement and you’ll want to be on top of where they are likely to move to make sure you get the best line value for the big game.

Since opening, the Super Bowl 2009 betting lines went to Steelers -7 in the span of roughly 3 hours but were quickly bought back down just minutes later to 6.5 again.

After that is took about 5-6 more hours before the betting line went back to -7 where it has sat for a while now and is likely to remain. The opening betting total of 47.5 was bet down right after the line became available and went to 47 within minutes.

Roughly a day later it has been bet even further down to the 46.5 tally it currently is set at.

Roughly 60% of gamblers seem to be on the Cardinals here so the point spread will be bet down and a 7.5 would not last very long at all with many taking the early 6.5 in hopes of finding a potential middle in the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds.

If you like Arizona and see a 7.5, I’d take it as soon as possible because it’s unlikely to last. For Pittsburgh backers, the -7 might be the best you’ll be able to find but a 6.5 is definitely possible close to game time.

Regarding the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds for the total, most tracked gamblers are already on the over and with those who took the under 47.5 already securing a middle on the over 46.5, the only way I see it moving is back up to 47 so if you like the over, I’d recommend betting now.

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