Perez stellar on mound as Nats snap nine-game skid
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08/01/2008 -
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Odalis Perez took it upon himself to snap
the Nationals' nine-game losing streak, as the veteran allowed just three hits
while pitching into the eighth inning in Washington's 5-2 victory over the Ken
Griffey Jr.-less Cincinnati Reds.
Perez (4-8) went 7 1/3 innings, his longest outing of the season, while giving
up just one run with three walks and five strikeouts in the opener of a three-
game weekend series.
Elijah Dukes and Jesus Flores each drove in a pair of runs for the victors.
A day after sending one of the most productive players in baseball history to
the Chicago White Sox, the Reds mustered just four hits in the club's sixth
loss in seven games. Jay Bruce hit a solo home run in defeat.
Homer Bailey (0-5) continued his struggles on the mound with his shortest
outing of the season. The highly touted prospect lasted just two innings after
being pounded for five runs on seven hits and a walk.
The Reds bullpen, which featured three innings of one-hit, no-run ball from
newly-acquired Nick Masset, was solid in six scoreless innings
Washington ripped into Cincinnati's young starter early. Willie Harris and
Dukes singled to open the home first, with each moving up a base on a wild
pitch and scoring on Flores' single through the left side of the infield.
Three more runs in the second ended Bailey's lackluster performance thanks to
some new blood in the Washington lineup. Alberto Gonzalez, acquired from the
New York Yankees on Thursday for minor-league pitcher Jhonny Nunez, doubled
and came home when Emilio Bonifacio singled up the middle.
Bonifacio, who was called up from Triple-A Columbus to play in his first game
with the Nats, scored later in the inning on Dukes' two-run double into the
left field corner.
The Reds plated a run in the fourth, as Jeff Keppinger doubled, moved up 90
feet on a ground out from Bruce, and crossed home on Brandon Phillips'
grounder to short.
The only other time the Reds threatened against Perez was when pinch-hitter
Jolbert Cabrera tripled with one away in the eighth. Saul Rivera came on in
relief to induce a ground out from Jerry Hairston Jr. and a strikeout from
Keppinger to end the threat.
Bruce smacked an 0-2 slider off Joel Hanrahan over the right field wall to
open the ninth, but it was too little, too late for Cincy.
Game Notes
Bonifacio, formerly of the Arizona Diamondbacks, joined the Nationals in a
trade for reliever Jon Rauch in mid-July. To make room for Bonifacio on the
roster, the Nats optioned infielder Pete Orr to Columbus before Friday's game.
Washington also activated pitcher Ryan Wagner from 15-day disabled list and
optioned him to Columbus...Masset and second baseman Danny Richar were
acquired from the White Sox for Griffey... Hairston was activated from the 15-
day disabled list prior to the game. To make room on the roster, Cincy
optioned pitcher Todd Coffey to Triple-A Louisville...Cincinnati still leads
the season series, 4-1.
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Those are the words of notoriously intense head coach Herman Edwards. Unfortunately, from a bettors’ perspective, most coaches don’t feel that way about the NFL preseason. August is a time to evaluate young players, finalize the depth chart and pray your star players stay healthy.
The trick to making money during the exhibition schedule is identifying coaches – like Edwards – who can’t stand losing even when there's nothing on the line.
The New York Jets betting won 15 of 21 preseason games and went 14-7 against the spread (ATS) during Edwards’s five-year tenure with the club. In his first season as the Kansas City Chiefs field boss, the team improved from 0-4 to 2-2.
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New York Giants betting lines
Playing in the media hub of North America can be stressful but the press can’t write anything negative about the way Tom Coughlin’s boys play in the preseason. The Giants won and covered all four games last summer, improving their record to 7-1 both straight up (SU) and against the spread over the last two years.
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Bettors can count on America’s team early on. The Cowboys are 14-6 both SU and ATS since 2002 in warm-up contests. Former coach Bill Parcells, the coach of the team the last four years, has an intimidating, in-your-face presence – surely a reason Dallas has had so much early success.
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This team scored a league-worst 12 offensive touchdowns last season, so the rookies and veterans each have something to prove. There’s a bounty of first-unit jobs up for grabs and plenty of bodies competing for those slots.
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