Cards hoping for repeat mound effort in game two with Bucs

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07/12/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Todd Wellemeyer tries to follow up Kyle Lohse's brilliant performance of the previous night when the St. Louis Cardinals play the middle test of their three-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates this evening at PNC Park.

Lohse (11-2) gave up six hits over seven scoreless innings to run his unbeaten streak to 12 games in St. Louis' 6-0 victory over the Pirates on Friday. Rick Ankiel was 3-for-3 with a two-run homer and Ryan Ludwick chipped in a solo home run for the Cardinals, who halted their two-game slide.

All six of St. Louis' runs came with two outs.

Pittsburgh's Zach Duke (4-6) took the loss after he was touched for five runs on 10 hits in six frames. Nate McLouth had a double which was the only extra- base hit for the Pirates, who have dropped two of three.

Wellemeyer, meanwhile, has dropped his last three decisions and is 7-4 with a 3.94 earned run average on the year. His latest loss came on Sunday against the Chicago Cubs, as he surrendered three runs and nine hits in five innings.

The 29-year-old righty has defeated the Pirates twice already this season and is 3-1 with a 3.03 ERA lifetime against them.

Pittsburgh will counter with Cuban right-hander Yoslan Herrera, who will be making his major-league debut in place of the injured Phil Dumatrait. Dumatrait had been scheduled to start tonight's tilt, but was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Friday with bursitis in his left shoulder.

Herrera, who signed a $1.92 million, three-year contract with the Pirates before the 2007 season, had been 5-8 with a 3.11 ERA in 17 starts at Double-A Altoona. He also won a spot start with Triple-A Indianapolis back in late June.

St. Louis has split its 10 matchups with the Pirates this season and has won nine of its last 12 in the Steel City dating back to last season.

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Two 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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