Drew, Red Sox use early offense to subdue O's

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06/01/2008 - Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - J.D. Drew hit a solo home run and drove in three as the Boston Red Sox roughed up the Baltimore Orioles, 9-4, in the third of a four-game set at Camden Yards.

One day after hitting his 500th career home run, Manny Ramirez again went deep as he hit a two-run homer and drove in three for the Red Sox, who have won three straight.

Bartolo Colon (3-0) benefited from the run support as he won his third straight start by giving up four runs on seven hits in six-plus innings of work.

Luke Scott hit a two-run home run while Adam Jones added a pair of hits and an RBI for the Orioles, who have dropped their last four games. Brian Burres (4-5) was banged up for seven runs on 12 hits in just four innings of work.

The Red Sox plated three runners in the third inning to take control of the contest. After back-to-back singles to start off the inning, Ramirez brought home Dustin Pedroia with a double to left. Mike Lowell followed with a sacrifice fly that scored Kevin Youkilis and Drew later singled to plate Ramirez for a 4-1 lead.

Boston padded its lead in the fourth. With Youkilis on first, Ramirez drove a pitch over the wall in right field for a two-run homer. Lowell followed with a shot over the left field wall for a 7-1 lead.

Baltimore got a couple of runs back in the fourth as Aubrey Huff led off with a single and Scott ripped a pitch into the right field stands to make it a 7-3 game.

The Red Sox, though, solidified their lead in the seventh with a pair of runs. After Drew punched a one-out, solo homer to right, Jeff Bailey drew a walk, moved to second on a Julio Lugo ground out and came home on a single from Jacoby Ellsbury for a 9-3 advantage.

The O's made it a five-run game in the seventh on Kevin Millar's RBI single that scored Freddie Bynum.

Craig Hansen and Manny Delcarmen finished the Sox victory with one scoreless relief inning apiece.

Boston got on the board in the second inning. Lowell led off with a double off the right field wall, moved to third on a single from Jason Varitek and came home on Drew's sac fly.

The Orioles got the run back in the third as Scott led off with a double, moved up a base on Jay Payton's sac bunt and crossed the plate on a single from Jones.

Game Notes

Red Sox manager Terry Francona missed the game to attend his daughter's high school graduation...Boston had dropped nine of its last 12 road games coming into the contest...The Red Sox have taken eight of the last 11 games against Baltimore...Each team stranded eight men on base...Attendance was 45,031.

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Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.

New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.

His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.

HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.

The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.

RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.

First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.

The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.

These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.

New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.

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