Wakefield, BoSox top D-Backs
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06/25/2008 -
Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tim Wakefield allowed two hits and no runs over
seven innings, and Kevin Cash hit a key three-run homer as Boston topped
Arizona, 5-0, in the finale of a three-game interleague set from Fenway Park.
Wakefield (5-5) fanned six with only one walk, tying his season low for hits
allowed which was first set in an eight-inning 5-0 victory at Detroit on May
6.
Cash slugged his first homer of the season for the Red Sox, who took two of
three in the series and have won three of four overall. Brandon Moss knocked
in a pair of runs while Mike Lowell added two hits and scored three times.
Kevin Youkilis returned to the lineup at first base after missing Tuesday's
game with an eye injury suffered during Monday's game. He collected a single
in four at-bats.
Orlando Hudson finished 2-for-4 for the Diamondbacks, who have dropped five of
six. Randy Johnson (4-6) was charged with eight hits and two runs over six
innings en route to losing his fifth consecutive start.
Facing Juan Cruz in the eighth and nursing a two-run lead, the Red Sox picked
up valuable insurance. Lowell walked and Coco Crisp doubled to center, setting
the stage for Cash who crushed a fastball over the Green Monster and out of
the park for a 5-0 lead.
"A great at-bat off Cruz," said Sox manager Terry Francona of Cash. "He was
getting to his fastball, pulled a couple foul but was on them. Then he gets a
slider and hits it out of the ball park. It's a lot better to play 5-0 than
2-0, especially the way the ninth inning unfolded."
Craig Hansen did not survive a bases-loaded jam in the ninth. Jonathan
Papelbon was called on to strike out Chad Tracy to end the contest and earn
his 23rd save.
The Sox put up a run in the second. Lowell singled to start the frame
followed by Crisp's double off the wall in center. Cash's fly to center could
not advance runners but Moss' grounder to first plated Lowell.
Wakefield confounded Diamondbacks batters early, yielding just one hit and
recording six strikeouts through the first five innings. He did not allow a
runner past first base in that stretch, and Chris Young -- who walked with two
outs in the fifth -- was thrown out trying to steal second to end the frame.
In the home half, Julio Lugo doubled and Dustin Pedroia added a one-out
infield single to put runners at the corners, but Youkilis grounded into an
inning-ending double play.
Boston loaded the bases with one out in the sixth and only managed a sacrifice
fly run from Moss which put them ahead by two.
In the seventh, Hudson's one-out double off the Monster nearly cleared the
wall for a homer, but Wakefield completed his outing by setting down the next
two batters.
"You try to battle. You try to see enough of it," said D-Backs manager Bob
Melvin of the troubles his club faced against a knuckelballer. "We had Tom
Candiotti, one of our announcers, throw a little early BP to us today to try
to simulate a little bit of what we had to deal with tonight. It seemed like
he had a good knuckler tonight and kept us off balance."
Game Notes
For Cash, it was his first home run since June 21, 2005, when he victimized
Randy Johnson at Yankee Stadium as a member of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays...It
was the first matchup of starting pitchers both over the age of 40 for Boston,
since Curt Schilling (40) faced the Roger Clemens (45) on Sept. 16, 2007 at
Fenway Park, a 4-3 Yankees win...Johnson and Wakefield have a combined age of
86 years, 252 days on Wednesday, the "oldest" matchup since July 21, 2007,
when Philadelphia's Jamie Moyer and San Diego's David Wells were a combined 88
years, 308 days...Crisp notched his second career three-double game.
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September 19, 2007 – 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 betting odds on the 2007 Ryder Cup 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.
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2007 Ryder Cup Odds
Europe
Tie
USA |
4-5
10-1
6-5 |
2007 Ryder Cup Top US point scorer
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 |
2007 Ryder Cup Top European scorer
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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