Yankees avoid sweep as Abreu, Rodriguez go deep
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07/30/2008 -
Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bobby Abreu homered twice, doubled, drove in
three and scored four times as the New York Yankees pounded the Baltimore Orioles, 13-3, to salvage the finale of a three-game set.
Joba Chamberlain (4-3) held the Orioles to two runs -- one earned -- on five
hits in six innings with six strikeouts and no walks to pick up the win. Alex
Rodriguez also homered for the Yankees, who ended a three-game skid.
"He knows how to pitch," said Yankees manager Joe Girardi of Chamberlain. "The
young man is very mature for his age. He's been a big addition to our rotation
... He's doing what he's supposed to do."
In his first major league start, Dennis Sarfate (4-2) gave up five runs --
three earned -- on only two hits, with five strikeouts and three walks.
Sarfate took Brian Burres's place in the rotation as Burres was demoted to the
bullpen. Juan Castro had a pinch-hit solo homer for the O's, who had won three
straight.
After the game the Yankees announced that they dealt righthanded reliever Kyle
Farnsworth to the Tigers in exchange for veteran catcher Ivan Rodriguez, who
will replace the injured Jorge Posada behind the plate for the Bronx Bombers.
Posada underwent season-ending shoulder surgery Wednesday.
Also, later Wednesday night the Yankees dealt right-handed reliever LaTroy
Hawkins and cash to the Houston Astros in exchange for minor league infielder
Matt Cusick.
The Yankees exploded for four runs in the sixth and another four in the
seventh to blow open a 5-2 game. Abreu doubled in the gap in right-center to
start the sixth, and scored on a check-swing single by Jason Giambi into
left. After a single by Robinson Cano, Xavier Nady got in on the action with
an RBI ground-rule double to left to score Giambi.
Fernando Cabrera was the second Oriole out of the bullpen, but couldn't stop
the bleeding. He intentionally walked Melky Cabrera and fanned Jose Molina for
the second out, but then walked Johnny Damon to force in a run, and a wild
pitch plated Nady for a 9-2 Yankees lead before Derek Jeter struck out to end
the frame.
Yankees reliever Edwar Ramirez came out for the seventh, and lasted one pitch.
His first offering went right over Kevin Millar's head, and Ramirez was
promptly ejected by home plate umpire Mark Wegner. The intimidation pitch may
have been retribution for Tuesday night, when O's pitcher Daniel Cabrera was
ejected in the eighth inning after beaning Alex Rodriguez.
"I was upset that they threw him out of the game, because he's really good
hitting," said Millar of Ramirez. "He's a cute little fella. He doesn't throw
very hard, and he doesn't have very good stuff."
Abreu and Rodriguez went back-to-back to start the eighth, their 13th and
23rd, respectively, and the solo shots boosted the New York lead to 11-2. Nady
added an RBI double in the frame, and pinch-hitter Justin Christian's RBI
single capped the scoring for the Yankees.
"It was good. I enjoyed it, and I had a good game," said Abreu, who made a
rare appearance as designated hitter for the Yankees. Nady played in right
field for New York.
Castro's pinch-hit homer to left, his first this season, with two outs in the
eighth provided the lone late highlight for Baltimore.
The O's got on top early on Aubrey Huff's RBI single to left with two outs in
the first. The lead was short-lived, though, as the Bronx Bombers plated three
in the home half.
Jeter and Abreu both walked, and Rodriguez's single to center plated both.
Jeter scored on the hit, and Abreu came around when Nick Markakis' throw
skipped past home plate. A passed ball by Guillermo Quiroz later in the inning
allowed Rodriguez to score from third for a 3-1 Yankees lead.
An RBI single by Markakis cut the Yankees lead to 3-2 in the third, but
Abreu's first homer, a two-run shot down the line in right that bounced off
the pole in the home half, pushed New York ahead 5-2.
Game Notes
Abreu's multi-homer game was the 12th of his career, but his first as a
Yankee...Posada is expected to need four-to-six months to recover from the
arthroscopic surgery. He will begin an exercise program in four-to-six
weeks...The Orioles fell to 10-24 in series finales.
<< Astros acquire Hawkins from Yankees
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Houston Astros acquired pitcher LaTroy
Hawkins and cash considerations from the New York Yankees for minor league
infielder Matt Cusick on Wednesday.
In 33 games for the Yankees this season, the 35
<< Posada undergoes season-ending surgery
Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada underwent
season-ending arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder on Wednesday.
The procedure was performed by Dr. David Altchek in New York. A five-time All-
Star, Posada
<< Johnson, Dodgers shrug off quake to shut down Giants
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jason Johnson recorded his first win in
more than two years with six shutout innings, as the Los Angeles Dodgers edged
the San Francisco Giants, 2-0, in the middle contest of a three-game set
played
<< Davis shines as D-Backs blank Padres
San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Doug Davis was perfect through six innings
and wound up giving up just two hits to help the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 3-0
win over the San Diego Padres in the second of three games at Petco Park.
Davis (4
<< Royals' Buck, Meche keep A's in the loss column
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - John Buck belted a three-run home run and Gil
Meche tossed seven solid innings as the Kansas City Royals topped the reeling
Oakland Athletics, 5-2, in the second of a three-game series at McAfee
Coliseu
FAU extends Schnellenberger through 2010 >>
Boca Raton, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Florida Atlantic extended the contract of
head football coach Howard Schnellenberger through the 2010 season on
Wednesday.
Schnellenberger, 74, has been the head coach at Florida Atlantic sin
A's send Bankston, Patterson to minors; Thomas ready to return >>
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Oakland Athletics optioned first baseman
Wes Bankston and outfielder Eric Patterson to Triple-A Sacramento on
Wednesday, after the club's 4-3, 10-inning loss to Kansas City.
Bankston got the
Guillen's sac fly in 10th helps Royals complete sweep of A's >>
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jose Guillen's sacrifice fly in the top of the
10th inning provided the winning run, as Kansas City edged Oakland, 4-3, to
sweep the three-game series with the Athletics.
Guillen finished with one hit and t
Colts place DT Pitcock on reserve/did not report list >>
Terre Haute, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Indianapolis Colts placed defensive
tackle Quinn Pitcock on the team's reserve/did not report list, president Bill
Polian announced Wednesday.
Pitcock, 24, had failed to report to training camp and
Nadal eases, Djokovic fights into third round in Cincinnati >>
Mason, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - World No. 2 Rafael Nadal and world No. 3 Novak
Djokovic won second round matches Wednesday at the $2.615 million Western &
Southern Financial Group Masters tennis event.
The Spaniard Nadal dropped jus
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My fellow Americans, as tempting as it may be to don the coat and HD-ready tie in order to deliver this State of the Game address before the cameras, I know better. As Brad Paisley sings on his latest album, "I'm so much cooler online."
The ideas for this annual essay to kick off the MySportsbook.com college football betting preview flowed like frat-house beer, which is to say they were cheap and spilled all over the floor. The 2007 season will be better than 2007, if only because there will be more of it. A year ago, the NCAA Football Rules Committee made two rule changes in the interest of speeding up the game. These changes went over like Kobe burgers at a vegan banquet.
To its credit, the rules committee rectified its mistakes. This season the clock once again will start when a kickoff is received, rather than when it is kicked, and the clock will not start so quickly on a change of possession.
However, kickoffs have been moved back five yards, to the 30, which will force more returns. (Thus forcing the clock to run. Clever, huh?) Special teams might decide a lot of games, because coaching strategy will come straight out of another new Paisley lyric (almost), I'd like to check you for kicks.
Paisley sings with a twang, which is why he's appropriate for this college football season. The sun coming up over the 2007 college football betting lines season rises from the south. It's a Southern football world. As the Southeastern Conference begins its 75th year, the power shift is noticeable.
Eight-figure budgets, glamorous settings -- and that's just for the head coaches. The SEC has four coaches who have won national championships -- the greatest aggregation of coaching know-how since Eddie Robinson dined alone.
Steve Spurrier, Phil Fulmer, Nick Saban and Urban Meyer have given lie to the idea that a conference championship game is too daunting a hurdle on the road to No. 1. In six of the past 10 seasons, the national champions played and won a conference championship game -- three of the six (Tennessee, 1998; LSU, 2003; Florida, 2007) from the SEC.
There will be more of the same this season, if the preseason prognostications are correct. Six SEC teams are in the preseason coaches' poll, more than from any other conference. Only one conference has talent so deep that a team with 15 returning starters, including the best quarterback in the league, from an eight-win season is considered an afterthought. That may speak more to Kentucky's losing legacy than to the wisdom of the predictions, but there you have it. And seriously, keep an eye on Wildcats QB Andre' Woodson.
The reach of the South extends all the way to No. 1. Take a look at the team that is a consensus pick to win the national championship. The quarterback is from Shreveport. The best wide receiver is from Nashville. The top recruit is from New Orleans.
So what's the campus doing in Los Angeles? Hey, it is the University of Southern California.
USC lost two Pacific-10 Conference games a year ago, the first time that had happened in five seasons, and university officials withstood the urge to form blue-ribbon panels to unearth the cause of such a disaster. Instead, the Trojans gathered themselves and routed Michigan, 32-18, in the Rose Bowl.
USC's losses at Oregon State and at UCLA last year should have given pause to those who question the Pac-10's football prowess (such as, without naming names, L.M. from Baton Rouge). The league only got deeper this season; Dennis Erickson is taking over an Arizona State team that never quite got out of its own way under his predecessor, Dirk Koetter.
Erickson will resume his quest to become the first coach to win a national championship at two schools. Both he and Spurrier, now in his third season at South Carolina, returned to college football at schools with lower profiles than where they won their titles.
That isn't the case for the third coach looking for the national championship double. You may have missed this, but NASA reported the astronauts on the space shuttle last spring made contact with what can only be described as beings from another galaxy.
The leader of the aliens said, "We come in peace," followed by, "So how do you think Nick Saban will do at Alabama?"
The public is reacting to the new Crimson Tide coach as if he is the Barry Bonds of college football -- beloved at home for what his fans believe he is going to do, hated on the road for his intimidating attitude and for what his detractors believe he did (bend NCAA recruiting rules). I made this comparison from the dais at a charity dinner in Mobile, Ala., last month, and the chill that washed over me didn't come from the air conditioning.
Saban will attempt to prove that he can remake in Tuscaloosa what he built in Baton Rouge, much like another member of the national championship fraternity. Bobby Bowden is attempting to remake at Florida State what he built at, um, Florida State. Bowden rebuilt his offensive staff, bringing in four new coaches led by Saban's former offensive coordinator, Jimbo Fisher, to jump-start an offense that has been dead for a couple of years.
The Atlantic Coast Conference is expected to show new signs of life, too. That is said with no disrespect toward last season's champion, Wake Forest, which provided one of the best story lines of 2007. The Demon Deacons begin this season in their customary position, overshadowed by the Virginia Techs, Miamis and Florida States.
It's not that Wake will find it difficult to duplicate its success in 2007 as much as the feeling that success engendered. Surprising success is the narcotic of sport. It never feels quite so euphoric the next time. Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese has figured this out. He refers to 2007, when a league looked down upon by fans and foes alike took three undefeated teams into November, as "Cinderella."
The fairy tale may be over, but the Big East has four genuine Heisman Trophy candidates in Louisville quarterback Brian Brohm, West Virginia tailback Steve Slaton and quarterback Pat White, and Rutgers tailback Ray Rice. Rutgers, as did Wake Forest and, of course, Boise State, proved last season that the have-nots in college football occasionally have quite a lot.
The Broncos' rousing 43-42 overtime victory over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl has raised the profile of all schools in conferences that don't get automatic BCS bids. This season, TCU and Hawaii are the preseason favorites to burst through the BCS doors and earn an at-large bid. The Warriors return 14 starters from an 11-3 team, including quarterback Colt Brennan.
Brennan not only broke the single-season record with 58 touchdown passes in 2007, but he also led Division I-A in passing efficiency (186.0). The senior is expected to contend for the Heisman Trophy, and neither his success nor the rise of his team should come as any surprise in the 2007 season.
After all, Hawaii is the southernmost team in the country.
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