Blumenherst continues to roll at U.S. Women's Amateur
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08/07/2008 - Eugene, OR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Amanda Blumenherst rolled to a pair of wins Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the 108th U.S. Women's Amateur at Eugene Country Club.
Blumenherst, the NCAA Player of the Year and last year's runner-up at this event, won her second round match 4 & 3 over Nikki Koller. In the third round, Blumenherst trounced Ellen Mueller, 7 & 6. Blumenherst moves on to face Carlota Ciganda.
The last two Ladies British Amateur champions moved into the quarterfinals.
Ciganda, the 2007 Ladies' British Open Amateur winner, fended off Jennifer Johnson, 1-up, in the second round. She held on for a 2 & 1 win over Jennifer Hirano in the third round.
Balen Mozo, the 2006 Ladies British Open Amateur champ, handled Lindy Duncan, 3 & 2, in the second round before rolling to a 6 & 5 win over Stephanie Sherlock in round three. Mozo will battle Whitney Neuhauser in the quarters.
Neuhauser rolled to a 5 & 4 win over Lucy Nunn in the second round before dispatching Stephanie Kono, 1-up in her afternoon match.
Stephanie Na, who shared medalist honors with Blumenherst, won two close matches as she beat Sydney Burlison 2 & 1 in round two prior to besting Kristina Wong, 1-up. Na will take on Azahara Munoz on Friday.
Munoz has similar winning margins downing Ha-Na Jang in the second round and Tracy Nichols in round three.
Erynne Lee won a pair of 1-up matches, the first over Cindy Lacrosse and the second in 19 holes over Kira Meixner. Lee will take on Chelsea Stelzmiller in the quarters.
Stelzmiller needed 19 holes to beat Alison Walshe in the second round, then fended off Megan McChrystal, 2 & 1, in the third round.
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<< Nats sweep doubleheader with Rockies
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Odalis Perez (5-8) won
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The 32-year-old Williams joins his fourth
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Wichita, KS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tommy Tolles fired a nine-under-par 62 Thursday
to grab a one-stroke lead with the first round of the Wichita Open suspended
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Cincinnati, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Roy Oswalt dominated the Cincinnati hitters
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Blue Jays send Athletics to 10th consecutive defeat >>
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Scott Rolen and John McDonald drove in two
runs apiece to lead the Blue Jays over the Oakland Athletics, 6-4, to
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Williams helps Hamilton down Toronto >>
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NFL Football Sports BettingTwo 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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Marlins could start season without No. 2 starter Johnson
JUPITER, Fla. -- The Foorida Marlins are preparing for the likelihood that right-hander
Josh Johnson won't be ready when the season starts April 2.
Grapefruit League action starts Wednesday, but Johnson, penciled in as the No. 2 starter, hasn't even thrown off a mound at full speed since September. He's experienced some soreness in his right forearm.
MySportsbook.com have the Marlins listed with baseball betting lines at +800 to win the NL East this season .
''You guys know the math. If he's not on the hill then he becomes an opening day roster issue,'' manager Fredi Gonzalez said Saturday. ''We're borderline now.''
Johnson, who finished 12-7 with a 3.10 ERA in 2007, was supposed to throw on flat ground Saturday. That was canceled when he woke up with pain.
He played catch on Wednesday with no pain but felt discomfort in a throwing session on Thursday. He's expected to try again Sunday.
''Like we always said from the very beginning, we're going to take it easy on him,'' Gonzalez said. ''He didn't feel right, so we shut him down. We're going to take it back to step one and see where we're at.''
Among the candidates to take Johnson's spot in the rotation are left-hander Chris George and right-handers Yusmeiro Petit and Jose Garcia.
Right-hander Sergio Mitre, who missed most of last season with arm and shoulder problems, also is behind.
With Johnson's status doubtful, Gonzalez said right-hander Ricky Nolasco will stay in the rotation and no longer will be considered a candidate for closer.
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