Padres send Peavy against D'backs

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09/05/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Padres are pulling out their big gun on just three days rest, as Jake Peavy will start for San Diego in the club's finale of a three- game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight at Chase Field.

Peavy picked up his National League-leading 16th win of the season on Saturday against the Dodgers. He will try to become just the third 17-game winner in the majors so far this season and leads all pitchers with a 2.10 earned run average.

The right-hander has won three straight starts and seven consecutive decisions. Peavy hasn't lost since July 22 against Philadelphia.

The Cy Young Award candidate hasn't allowed more than two runs in any of his last eight starts, good for a 1.17 ERA. He hurled seven shutout innings versus the Dodgers on Saturday, yielding only two hits and a walk while striking out nine. Peavy also leads the NL with 206 strikeouts and has fanned 43 batters over his last four starts.

Peavy is 10-8 with a 4.69 ERA in 21 career starts versus the Diamondbacks, but 3-0 in four starts this year against them with a 1.71 ERA.

He will be opposed by Livan Hernandez, who is 9-9 with a 4.67 ERA for Arizona this year. The right-hander lost two straight starts -- including one against the Padres on August 27 -- before getting a tough-luck no-decision on Friday versus the Rockies. He threw seven shutout innings against Colorado, working around nine hits and a walk, but didn't factor into the decision of the 7-3 loss.

Hernandez has been very good in his career against the Padres, going 10-4 with a 3.80 ERA and three complete games in 21 starts.

San Diego and Arizona have split the first two games of this series and are separated by a percentage point in the standings, with the 76-62 Padres on top of the 77-63 Diamondbacks.

Arizona picked up a 9-1 victory on Tuesday behind seven strong innings from Doug Davis. Davis (13-11) allowed just one run on six hits, striking out five and walking five in the victory.

Eric Byrnes and Tony Clark both homered for the Diamondbacks, who won for just the third time in nine games.

Mike Cameron drove in the lone run for the Padres, who lost for just the fourth time in 14 outings. Chris Young (9-6) suffered the loss after allowing five runs on four hits and two walks.

The Padres won three of four over the Diamondbacks last week to close the gap in the standings, and Arizona has a slim 9-8 edge in the season series, which concludes with tonight's game.

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2007 NFL Football Betting Preview


“You play to win the game!”

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.

Identifying win-a-holics like Edwards is a good start if you plan betting the preseason – even though most say you shouldn’t ... but what the hell do they know anyway?

Here’s a brief rundown of two teams that have a habit of winning during the second-stringers’ season, and another club that has a good chance of exceeding this year.

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.

Coughlin has shown he’s not afraid to give his starters more time in the second preseason game than most of his colleagues, no doubt one of the reasons his team has been so dominant.

Dallas Cowboys betting lines

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.

The Big Tuna won’t be strolling the sidelines with looks of disgust, but new coach Wade Phillips will be anxious to make a good first impression for owner Jerry Jones.

Dallas plays the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos before things get serious. They then face the Houston Texans in their third contest (the game starters see most game time) and finish off with the Minnesota Vikings.

Expect a Dallas team able to walk away with another 3-1 preseason record.

Oakland Raiders betting lines

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.

First-time head coach Lane Kiffin will be eager to impress an owner who employs the philosophy, “Just win, baby!”

The 32-year-old Kiffin has to command respect from a locker room full of players older than him. All of these factors should lead to purpose in preseason. 

Don’t forget: before playing like a team that belonged in NFL Europe, Oakland went 4-1 (both SU and ATS) in exhibition games.

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