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Astros try to hang 10th straight loss on BravesBaseball Betting Lines04/30/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Braves turn to a hard-luck youngster tonight in hopes of snapping a nine-game losing streak when they return home to meet the visiting Houston Astros in the opener of a three-game series at Turner Field. The Braves dropped a 10-4 decision to St. Louis in the finale of a four-game set on Thursday at Busch Stadium - marking their first four-game sweep at the hands of the Cardinals since 1989. Atlanta has been outscored, 44-17, in the nine straight losses. Right-hander Tommy Hanson makes his fifth start of the season for the Braves and can continue a streak in which he's allowed two earned runs or less in each outing. The 23-year-old was on the short end of a rain-shortened 1-0 verdict against the New York Mets at Citi Field on April 25, allowing five hits and an unearned run in five innings. He's allowed just 19 hits and five earned runs in his initial 21 innings of 2010, though it's yielded just one win and one no-decision, in addition to a pair of defeats. Hanson made one start against Houston in his rookie season of 2009, allowing five hits in eight scoreless innings while getting a no-decision. He was 11-4 in 21 overall starts with a 2.89 earned run average. The Astros counter with righty Brett Myers, who will be starting in place of the injured Wandy Rodriguez. Rodriguez is dealing with back spasms, so Myers gets the nod instead, as he tries for his second straight win. Myers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday, holding them to a pair of runs and 11 hits in six innings to run his record to 1-1, while lowering his ERA to 3.81. He is 4-9 lifetime versus the Braves with a 4.52 ERA in 28 games (21 starts). However, he hasn't won a start in Atlanta since 2007 and is 0-3 in his last six starts against the Braves. In Houston, Joey Votto's two-run homer in the seventh inning provided the decisive runs as the Reds took a 4-2 win over the Astros to complete the three-game sweep and give Roy Oswalt a very rare loss against Cincinnati. Oswalt (2-3) entered Thursday's contest with a 23-1 lifetime record against the Reds and didn't pitch badly, giving up three runs on eight hits and four walks over seven innings. He also struck out seven, but the Reds dealt him the loss thanks to Votto's homer and a good performance from Bronson Arroyo. Hunter Pence batted 2-for-4 with a solo shot for the Astros, who ended their homestand with a 5-4 record. Houston has split its season series with the Braves in each of the last three seasons.
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Football Betting Sportsbook Accepts Credit CardsMichael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football. As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL. The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago. Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996). But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side. Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show. Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East: Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1 Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2 New York Giants - 9 - 2 Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1). Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship. So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume. And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top. They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy. Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday. But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division. Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS. Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS. Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162. Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense? Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS. In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS. Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division. Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do. The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20. The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550. Visit MySportsbook.com for free sportsbook odds RSS feeds go to MySportsbook.com for all your betting football needs.
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