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06/04/2010 - Flushing, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - R.A. Dickey threw into the seventh and added two hits, a run scored and an RBI at the plate, guiding the Mets to a slim 4-3 victory over the Marlins in the opener of a three-game series.
Francisco Rodriguez nearly blew it in the ninth, putting two on with two outs before getting Hanley Ramirez to bounce out to third baseman David Wright, whose one-hop toss from foul territory beat Ramirez to first to end the game.
Dickey (3-0) threw a solid 6 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on seven hits and a pair of walks to earn the win.
Jason Bay and Jeff Francoeur each went 2-for-4 and drove in a run for New York, which was coming off a 2-4 road trip.
Anibal Sanchez (5-3) had his four-start win streak snapped, as the right- hander yielded four runs on nine hits and four walks in 5 2/3 frames.
Ramirez and Cameron Maybin and each had an RBI for a Florida club fresh off a 5-5 homestand.
Down 3-2, New York took the lead in the sixth when Francoeur singled to left to plate Wright and Ruben Tejada grounded into a run-scoring fielder's choice.
Mets reliever Elmer Dessens entered with runners on the corners in the seventh and got Ramirez on a foul out to first to end the threat.
Dessens stayed in for a scoreless eighth, and Rodriguez survived his shaky ninth to notch his 11th save of the season.
In the second inning, Cody Ross tripled with two outs and came in on a Maybin base hit for the early lead.
Three straight singles loaded the bases to start the third, and Ramirez hit a grounder to Wright, who got the force out at second while Sanchez scored. Tejada tried to turn the double play, but Ike Davis dropped the ball, allowing Chris Coghlan to come in as well.
Ramirez was thrown out at the plate by center fielder Angel Pagan following a base hit by Jorge Cantu, and the Mets got two back in the bottom half, as Dickey singled home Tejada and scored on Bay's two-out one-hopper to the wall in left-center.
Game Notes
Tejada was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo before the game. The Mets also brought up catcher Omir Santos from Double-A Binghamton, placed second baseman Luis Castillo on the 15-day disabled list with a bruised right heel and designated outfielder Gary Matthews, Jr. for assignment...Dickey has pitched at least six innings in each of his four starts this season...The Marlins had won six of their first seven meetings with the Mets this season...Coghlan had three hits.
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In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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