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08/22/2010 - Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jason Heyward and Omar Infante both finished with four hits, including two homers, scored four times and each drove in four runs as Atlanta dominated Chicago, 16-5, in the finale of a three-game set from Wrigley Field which was also the terminal contest in the storied managerial career of Lou Piniella.
Although the 66-year-old had announced last month that he would retire effective the end of the season, he abruptly moved up the date to Sunday. Mike Quade will take the reins for remainder of the season, beginning Monday in Washington.
Derrek Lee had three RBI and Alex Gonzalez knocked in a pair for the Braves, who took two of three in the series and have won six of eight overall.
Mike Minor (2-0) allowed seven hits and three runs over six innings for the win. The 22-year-old left-hander fanned a career-best 12 batters, after fanning 10 in his first two career starts.
Aramis Ramirez finished 3-for-4 with a two-run home run for the Cubs, losers in six of their last seven. Marlon Byrd added three hits and an RBI while Blake DeWitt and Xavier Nady also drove in a run each.
Randy Wells (5-12) was charged in defeat for seven hits and seven runs -- five earned -- with five strikeouts and four walks in six-plus frames.
Already ahead by two, the Braves broke the game wide open with a four-run seventh. Infante and Heyward singled, leaving Wells to exit and Diamond Thomas to enter the game before a fielding error on a Martin Prado grounder loaded the bases.
Lee flew out and James Russell got the nod, only to allow a run-scoring fielder's choice by Brian McCann. Melky Cabrera walked and Justin Berg was called on but surrendered a three-run hit from Gonzalez which made it 9-3.
Atlanta piled on in the eighth with five runs as Heyward scored one with a single, Lee slugged a bases-clearing double and Cabrera grounded into a fielder's choice for a 14-3 game.
Chicago cut its deficit to nine in the home half on a DeWitt pinch-hit RBI single and a fielder's choice grounder from Nady.
Heyward rocketed a two-run homer to right in the ninth for a 16-5 contest, then Cristhian Martinez turned in a scoreless bottom of the frame.
Each side picked up a run in the first as Infante launched his first homer of the game, then Byrd countered with an RBI single.
Heyward's one-out solo shot put the Braves ahead in the third, but Ramirez hit a two-run shot in the home half to give the Cubs a one-run edge.
Infante reached the bleachers again in the fourth with a three-run blast for a 5-3 Atlanta edge.
Game Notes
Infante's last multi-homer game came on September 17, 2003 with Detroit against the White Sox...Heyward recorded his first career multi-homer contest...Piniella exits the game with a record of 1835-1713 with the Yankees (1986-88), Reds (1990-92), Mariners (1993-2002), Rays (2003-05) and Cubs (2007-10)...He won a World Series with Cincinnati in 1990, and was a three- time manager of the year (1995 AL, 2001, 2008 NL)...Cubs leftfielder Alfonso Soriano's eighth-inning double was his 700th career extra-base hit...The Braves won four of six in the season series.
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.263
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in the bottom of the 10th inning, and Kansas City beat the Chicago White Sox,
3-2, in the rubber match of a three-game series at Kauffman Stadium.
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Paris, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Michael Ciani scored in injury time to help
Bordeaux edge PSG, 2-1, on Sunday at Parc des Princes for its first win of the
French Ligue 1 season.
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<< Garcia silences Giants in Cardinals victory
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - St. Louis' Jaime Garcia had the best game of
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between
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evening on Sunday forced the postponement of the semifinals of the $2 million
Rogers Cup event.
Second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark was ahead 2-0 in her
Oswalt solid, Polanco and Ibanez fuel offense as Phils blank Nats >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Placido Polanco went 2-for-3 and drove in
a pair of runs and Raul Ibanez hit a two-run homer to back seven shutout
innings from Roy Oswalt in Philadelphia's 6-0 win over Washington to close out
a three
Chacin splendid in pitching Rox past DBacks >>
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only run of the game in the eighth inning, as Colorado edged Arizona, 1-0, to
avoid a three-game sweep at Chase Field.
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Longoria, Garza help Rays edge A's >>
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Sportsbook betting odds favor Europe in Ryder Cup
September 19, – Despite holding a decided edge in the all-time series, with 24 wins, 2 ties and 10 losses, Team USA is the underdog again heading into the Ryder Cup in Kidare, Ireland this weekend, according to MySportsbook.com. The Europeans have captured four of the past five editions, including their largest victory ever, an 18 ½ to 9 ½ thumping in Michigan in 2004. Current Ryder Cup betting odds favor the Europeans to continue their winning ways; they are a 4-5 bet to take the title, compared to 6-5 for the Americans.
Despite being knocked out in the first round of World Match play by Shaun Micheel, Tiger Woods is predicted to lead the US charge and be their highest point scorer for the week, with odds listed at 9-4 that he outpoints all other American players, including Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson and Chris DiMarco to name a few. Team USA has four relatively unknown players on the roster but all four are 2007 tournament winners and have posted some of season’s best performances, each earning over $1.5 million on the PGA TOUR. They include Zach Johnson, Vaughan Taylor, JJ Henry and Brett Wetterich.
The experienced European squad includes the likes of Luke Donald, Sergio Garcia, Padraig Harrington, Jose Maria Olazabal and Darren Clarke, who’s emotions will be tested after the passing of his wife to a battle with cancer. Donald and Garcia are in particularly good form and each is a 5-1 bet to lead the European squad in the points race. Donald has proven he can go head to head with Woods at a major event after a run for the $1.2 million purse at the PGA Championship. Garcia’s Ryder Cup credentials prove he’s ready for battle too.
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Ryder Cup Odds| Europe Tie USA |
4-5 10-1 6-5 |
| Tiger Woods Jim Furyk Phil Mickelson Chris DiMarco David Toms Stewart Cink Chad Campbell Scott Verplank Zach Johnson Vaughan Taylor JJ Henry Brett Wetterich |
9-4 4-1 5-1 7-1 8-1 12-1 15-1 15-1 25-1 30-1 30-1 50-1 |
| Sergio Garcia Luke Donald Padraig Harrington Colin Montgomerie Darren Clarke David Howell Lee Westwood Paul Casey Henrik Stenson Jose Maria Olazabal Paul McGinley Robert Karlsson |
5-1 5-1 6-1 13-2 8-1 9-1 9-1 11-1 12-1 12-1 20-1 25-1 |
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