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Greinke tries to pitch Royals to another series win in SeattleBaseball Betting Lines07/06/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Kansas City Royals can win their fourth straight series tonight with a victory over the Seattle Mariners in the second portion of a three-game series from Safeco Field. The Royals have been on a roll as of late, winning four of five and eight of their last 11 games, and are coming off Monday's 6-4 win in 10 innings over the homestanding Mariners. Yuniesky Betancourt and Scott Podsednik each had RBI singles in the top of the 10th inning, while Billy Butler and Alberto Callaspo had two RBI apiece. Brian Bannister started for KC and lasted seven innings, allowing four runs on six hits and two walks for the no-decision. Kyle Farnsworth was credited with the win for throwing a scoreless ninth inning and All-Star closer Joakim Soria shut the door in the bottom of the 10th for his 23rd save. "This team has been a lot of fun lately," Bannister told KC's website. David DeJesus finished 2-for-4 with three runs scored for the Royals, who are 3-1 on a nine-game road trip and will also visit the Chicago White Sox for three games. Kansas City will send staff ace Zack Greinke to the mound Tuesday and he's 3-0 over his last four starts since a personal four-start skid. Greinke, the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner, has gone eight innings in consecutive starts and is coming off last Wednesday's 7-6 win over the White Sox in which he was reached for six runs and 10 hits in eight frames. He improved to 4-8 in 17 starts to go along with a 3.94 earned run average and will try for just his second road win of the season. Greinke is 1-5 in nine away starts this season. The right-hander faced Seattle in a 3-2 loss back on April 27 this season and did not factor in the outcome with seven shutout innings. Greinke is 3-0 with a 1.86 ERA in nine career games (7 starts) against the Mariners. Seattle has dropped four of its last five games and got its seven-game homestand off to a poor start last night. Reliever Chad Cordero suffered the loss for allowing the RBI singles in the 10th inning and starter Felix Hernandez hurled seven innings of two-run ball for the no-decision. "The bullpen's been good," said Seattle manager Don Wakamatsu. "Felix (Hernandez) with the last couple of starts getting his pitch count up, we felt comfortable going in and getting him out at 112 rather than stretching him out too much. But our bullpen ended up giving up eight hits and four runs." Russell Branyan belted a two-run homer and Jose Lopez doubled twice and drove in a run for the Mariners, who are last in the American League West standings and will also host the New York Yankees for four games. Wakamatsu can only hope Ryan Rowland-Smith will be good when he takes the mound tonight in the second installment of this series. Rowland-Smith is just 1-7 with a 5.92 ERA in 17 games (14 starts) this season and is coming off a no-decision against the New York Yankees in a 4-2 loss last Thursday. Rowland-Smith held the Bronx Bombers to a pair of runs and five hits in six innings of work. The left-hander, who is 1-2 at home this season, faced the Royals in a 6-5 victory on April 28 this season, but did not record a decision after giving up five runs over 5 2/3 innings. He is 0-1 with a 5.08 ERA in eight career games (4 starts) against Kansas City. Mariners lefty Erik Bedard was slated to make his 2010 debut tonight, but experienced shoulder soreness in his latest bullpen session. Bedard underwent offseason shoulder surgery and has been on the 60-day disabled list since undergoing the procedure in August. Seattle won two of three meetings with KC from April 26-28 this season and has won six of the previous 11 games between the clubs.
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Big 12 Conference betting odds Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State Work left to do: Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on. Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough. Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.
Numerous College Basketball teams take final big step to March Madness betting So, what turned on the lock spigot? Well, after what felt like weeks of teams treading water and slipping back into the bubble muck, a bunch of them finally decided to say "to heck with parity" and won games that should put them into the Big Dance. Disagree with some of these? Then here's the challenge. Take all of the "should be ins" and make a legit case that each should be ahead of the team that's a lock. Then find 10 more teams that also should be placed in the bracket ahead of that lock team. Not so easy, is it? If you want more evidence that these locks should be good to go, check out what our research department dug up. Since the NCAA Tournament went to 64 teams in 1985, only six teams from a "big six" conference have had a record of 10-6 or better in conference play and not been selected: Colorado (2004) and Nebraska (1999) from the Big 12, Boston College and Seton Hall (both 2003) from the Big East, Indiana (2005) from the Big Ten and UCLA, which somehow went 12-6 in the Pac-10 in 1988 and still missed out. (Note: Five teams went 11-7 and didn't get in, the latest being last season's Stanford team, which had a brutal nonconference run.) Yes, 10 conference wins doesn't always mean what it used to because of unbalanced schedules, but this season, it should be plenty good in all but the extreme cases (see: Iowa). In a way, this is a welcome development, because this is a bubble watch, not a lock watch. We can finally be done with teams like Maryland and Virginia Tech and start really bearing down on at-large battles such as Syracuse-West Virginia and Appalachian State-Georgia Tech. Interestingly, all the shifting of teams into lock status appears to be more administrative than impactful. The number of remaining available at-larges didn't change one iota. The only difference is that teams on the bubble now have a clearer idea of which team(s) they are competing with for those precious bids.
As always, I've tried to be as inclusive as possible while only including teams that would have a reasonable chance of at least being discussed if this were Selection Sunday. If your team's not on here, there's probably a good reason (or three) -- start with the RPI and SOS numbers and work your way down. (Please remember, per selection committee criteria, that records displayed are Division I only. Next update: Feb. 28) If you have a legitimate grievance, or just like talking bubble, send an e-mail. Polite ones with fact-based arguments have a much better chance of receiving a response. I apologize in advance if I can't get back to all of you. Atlantic Coast Conference Work left to do: Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech
Work left to do: Clemson [19-9 (5-9), RPI: 41, SOS: 42] The Tigers are closer to locking up the collapse of the year award (in a good battle with OK State) than they are to grabbing an at-large. Clemson's been very competitive, but there's no really positive way you can spin nine losses in 11 games. They now cannot get to .500 in ACC play and still must head to Virginia Tech in the season finale (after hosting Miami). Unless the Tigers win both and/or do some serious work in the ACC tourney, they very well could be left out. There are no great nonconference wins, but ODU, App State, Miss. State, South Carolina and Georgia are all respectable W's. Florida State [18-11 (6-9), RPI: 48, SOS: 14] The Noles got thrashed at Maryland to run their losing streak to five, but then pounded NC State at home to set the table for what likely is an elimination game at Miami. You can at least make a case for the Seminoles at 7-9 in ACC play (and some work in the ACC tourney), but 6-10 is not going to cut it. Wins at Duke and over Florida will resonate, but the computer numbers remain questionable. Beyond Florida, FSU thrashed bubble buddy Providence, but there's not a ton beyond those two games that will help. They didn't show well in big-time opportunities against Pitt and Wisconsin (before the Florida win). Georgia Tech [18-10 (6-8), RPI: 51, SOS: 46] The Jackets beat Wake on Wednesday but couldn't get it done at UVa on Saturday, which could be a crucial loss with UNC and BC (both at home) remaining and 8-8 almost a certain need for at-large consideration. A nonconference win over Memphis helps, but the RPI and SOS are not at-large quality right now; if you combine those with a sub-.500 ACC mark, that could spell NIT for GT. For more College Basketball betting lines go to MySportsbook.com Additional basketball lines can be found at: www.MySportsbook.com To visit this online sportsbook got to MySportsbook.com - this sportsbook accepts credit cards.
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