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06/10/2007 - Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Paul Konerko homered and Mark Buehrle finally earned his 100th career victory, as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Houston Astros, 6-3, to salvage the finale of a three-game set at U.S. Cellular Field.
Konerko finished with three hits, drove in two runs and also scored twice. Luis Terrero and Juan Uribe added solo homers for the White Sox, who snapped a five-game losing streak and won for only the second time in nine games.
Buehrle (3-3) had a solid outing, allowing one run on six hits while striking out four and walking one over eight innings. The left-hander had been 0-3 in seven outings since his 99th win on April 23.
Mark Lamb hit a solo homer for Houston, which had its brief two-game winning streak snapped. The Astros are 5-5 on the heels of a 10-game losing streak.
Wandy Rodriguez (3-6) was ineffective in the loss, giving up five runs -- four earned -- on seven hits. He struck out three and walked one.
The White Sox got the scoring started in the second inning when Konerko led off with a double and came around to score two batters later when Terrero singled to left to make it 1-0.
Konerko's one-out solo homer to left in the fourth increased the lead to 2-0.
Chicago continued on the home run attack in the fifth when Terrero hammered a solo home run to left and two batters later Uribe added a solo shot to put the home team ahead 4-0. The White Sox added another in the frame when Konerko singled in a run.
Lamb's two-out solo homer to right in the seventh inning got the Astros on the board.
The White Sox tacked on another run in the bottom of the seventh inning when Andy Gonzalez doubled in Tadahito Iguchi, who got things started with a one- out single.
Houston loaded the bases with one out in the ninth and scored a run on a Bobby Jenks wild pitch and another on an RBI ground out by Brad Ausmus to account for the final margin. Jenks recorded his 17th save of the season when he struck out Luke Scott to end the game.
Game Notes
The White Sox were without starting catcher A.J. Pierzynski, who served his one-game suspension for throwing his helmet toward home plate umpire Bob Davidson during the team's loss to the New York Yankees on Thursday...Iguchi now has a 12-game hitting streak, which equals a career high...The Astros will head uptown to Wrigley Field to play the Chicago Cubs in a makeup game on Monday before going home to start a three-game interleague set with Oakland, while the White Sox will head to Philadelphia to begin a three-game set with the Phillies on Monday night...Prior to Sunday's game, the Astros recalled left-handed pitcher Mark McLemore from Triple A Round Rock and sent catcher Humberto Quintero to Round Rock...Attendance was 33,433.
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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.
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