Berkman, Paulino pace Astros over Cubs

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06/04/2010 - Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lance Berkman paced the offense with three hits and two runs batted in, while Felipe Paulino tossed eight solid innings, as the Houston Astros took down the Chicago Cubs, 3-1, in the opener of a three- game series at Minute Maid Park.

Paulino (1-7) allowed one run on five hits to pick up his first win in 11 starts this season for the Astros, who have won four in a row. Matt Lindstrom recorded his 12th save of the year.

Michael Bourn went 3-for-4 with two runs scored for Houston, which got an RBI and run scored from Jeff Keppinger.

Marlon Byrd drove in the lone run for the Cubs, who have dropped four straight.

Carlos Zambrano (1-4) gave up three runs on six hits in a 4 1/3-inning start to take the loss. It was his first start since being shifted to the bullpen in late April.

The Astros drew first blood with a run in the first. Bourn singled, moved to second on Keppinger's groundout, and scored on Berkman's base hit to left. Houston went on to strand the bases loaded.

Chicago loaded the bases in the third, but Aramis Ramirez fouled out to end the threat.

The Cubs finally got on the board in the top of the fifth. Starlin Castro led off with a single and crossed the plate on Byrd's double to make it 1-1.

The Astros responded with two runs in the home half to take back the lead. Bourn hit a one-out single, stole second, and scored on Keppinger's base hit up the middle. Tom Gorzelanny then relieved Zambrano and gave up a run-scoring double to Berkman. Houston failed to score more runs after loading the bases, but held a 3-1 margin.

Game Notes

Houston took two of three from the Cubs when these teams squared off in Chicago from April 16-18, but dropped five of eight tilts between the clubs held at Minute Maid Park last season...The Cubs fell to 3-23 this season when scoring three runs or fewer...The Astros improved to 4-28 this year when scoring three runs or fewer...Zambrano dropped to 13-8 lifetime versus Houston...Wednesday's postponed game between the Pirates and Cubs will be made up this Monday, June 7 in Pittsburgh.

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Super Bowl XLIII Betting - Super Bowl 2009

Super Bowl 2009, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Let’s take a look at the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds and the betting line and figure out where they’ve been and where they are going to go.

MySportsbook.com put up the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds late on Sunday night with the Pittsburgh Steelers favored by 6.5 points and a total betting line at 47.5 points.

Since then, however, the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds have seen a good deal of movement and you’ll want to be on top of where they are likely to move to make sure you get the best line value for the big game.

Since opening, the Super Bowl 2009 betting lines went to Steelers -7 in the span of roughly 3 hours but were quickly bought back down just minutes later to 6.5 again.

After that is took about 5-6 more hours before the betting line went back to -7 where it has sat for a while now and is likely to remain. The opening betting total of 47.5 was bet down right after the line became available and went to 47 within minutes.

Roughly a day later it has been bet even further down to the 46.5 tally it currently is set at.

Roughly 60% of gamblers seem to be on the Cardinals here so the point spread will be bet down and a 7.5 would not last very long at all with many taking the early 6.5 in hopes of finding a potential middle in the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds.

If you like Arizona and see a 7.5, I’d take it as soon as possible because it’s unlikely to last. For Pittsburgh backers, the -7 might be the best you’ll be able to find but a 6.5 is definitely possible close to game time.

Regarding the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds for the total, most tracked gamblers are already on the over and with those who took the under 47.5 already securing a middle on the over 46.5, the only way I see it moving is back up to 47 so if you like the over, I’d recommend betting now.

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