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Dodgers ready for big series with RockiesBaseball Betting Lines08/27/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A pair of NL West foes trying to keep their postseason hopes intact collide tonight in the Rocky Mountains, where the Colorado Rockies begin a three-game series versus the Los Angeles Dodgers at Coors Field. Colorado has won four straight and completed a three-game sweep of the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves with a 12-10 victory Wednesday in Denver. Seth Smith homered and finished with two RBI, while Dexter Fowler and Carlos Gonzalez each provided two RBI for the Rockies, who erased a nine-run deficit in the win and are now four games off the lead in the NL Wild Card race. Todd Helton recorded three hits and knocked in a run during Colorado's four- run eighth inning. Matt Belisle threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief for the win and starter Esmil Rogers lasted only 1 2/3 frames, giving up seven runs and eight hits with three strikeouts in the no-decision. "We're definitely going to keep our heads up and battle all the way," Helton said. "We know we're still in it, and we know we're never out of it." The Rockies have a good chance at staying within striking distance of a playoff spot with Ubaldo Jimenez set to take the hill Friday. Jimenez is tied with CC Sabathia (Yankees) and Adam Wainwright (Cardinals) for the major league lead in wins with 17, but was denied his 18th victory of the season last Saturday in a 3-1 loss to the lowly Diamondbacks. Jimenez allowed three runs in six innings at Arizona. He has lost two of his last three starts and is only 2-3 with a 4.04 earned run average in his last seven outings. The hard-throwing righty is 17-4 with a 2.66 ERA in 25 starts this season and is 5-4 in 13 career games (12 starts) against the Dodgers. Los Angeles is right behind Colorado in the Wild Card standings at five games off the pace and just swept the Brewers in three games at Miller Park. In Thursday's 7-1 victory over Milwaukee in the series finale, Casey Blake homered and Scott Podsednik finished 3-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored for the Dodgers, who got three hits from Brad Ausmus in the win. Carlos Monasterios started for Los Angeles and yielded one run in 4 1/3 innings for the no-decision. Ronald Belisario got the final out in the fifth for the win. "I wish Carlos (Monasterios) could have gotten through the fifth inning and pitched to get the win," said Ausmus. "He deserved it. But the others picked him up and we won the game, which is most important." Slugger Manny Ramirez was reportedly placed on waivers this week and the Dodgers are still waiting to see what will happen with the left fielder. He did not play in Thursday's series finale in Brew City. Clayton Kershaw will take the mound Friday amid all the distractions with Ramirez and is 11-8 with a 3.07 ERA in 26 starts this season. Kershaw, though, has dropped three of his last five starts and allowed three runs through seven innings of a 5-2 loss versus Cincinnati on Sunday. Kershaw, a lefty, was coming off seven shutout innings in a win over Colorado and is 5-3 in 11 career starts against the Rockies. Los Angeles has won six of nine meetings with Colorado this season and 20 of the last 27 contests in this series.
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Elite 8 NCAA Tournament Betting at online sportsbook MySportsbook.com In what should be an outstanding Saturday of March Madness betting action, the top four teams in the South and West Regions square off in what should be extremely close match-ups. Three of the four teams are coming off extremely close games on Thursday evening, only UCLA won semi comfortably over Pitt 64-55. Ohio State is coming off their second game in a row where in all reality they should have lost. Of course that doesn’t matter now since the name of the game is “survive and advance” but as the tournament continues, they can’t afford to keep getting down to their opponents early. Kansas also avoided a scare by holding off a scrappy Southern Illinois squad. In the third thrilling game of the evening Memphis pulled off the minor upset (+3.5) despite being the higher seed to Texas A&M. Although the spreads are fairly small for Saturday’s games, MySportsbook.com continue to bet against the underdogs. Despite OSU’s two scares, 86% of the “betting public” feels the Buckeyes (-1.5) have what it takes to make the Final Four. In fact, so much of the early money is on OSU that the line has already moved from -1 to -1.5. In the second game of the doubleheader, Kansas and their high-powered offense are 2 point favorites as they take on UCLA and their effective defense. About 63% of the early money thus far is once again backing the favorites. If those percentages stay that high, don’t be surprised if this line moves as well. If you like Kansas (-2) you might want to jump on it early. Memphis vs. Ohio State To bet on March Madness games this online sportsbook accepts credit cards MySportsbook.com Posts Heisman Trophy Odds With 3,919 passing yards, 32 touchdowns and a mere seven interceptions last season, combined with a powerful South Bend Heisman legacy, odds makers at MySportsbook.com have given Notre Dame senior quarterback Brady Quinn the best Heisman Trophy odds at 5-2. Quinn isn’t the only big man on campus this season. Oklahoma junior running back and 2004 Heisman runner-up Adrian Peterson, listed at 7-2, rushed for a combined 3,033 yards in his first two years as a college player and will give Quinn a run for his money.
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