Showalter's Orioles shoot for sweep of Tribe

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08/12/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Baltimore Orioles hope to continue their resurgence under new manager Buck Showalter this evening, when they shoot for a season- high fifth straight win in the finale of a three-game set with the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field.

The Orioles won for the eighth time in nine chances with Showalter at the helm on Wednesday, as Brad Bergesen gave up just one run on two hits en route to the second complete game of his young career, helping Baltimore to a 3-1 win.

Should Baltimore win again tonight Showalter would match the best 10-game start for a Baltimore manager. Davey Johnson won nine of his first 10 with the team in 1996. Another victory would also give the O's their first three-game sweep in Cleveland since turning the trick from April 10-12, 1987.

Bergesen (4-9) struck out four and walked two to record his first complete game since June 14, 2009 versus Atlanta. The 24-year-old snapped a career-long seven-game losing streak with Wednesday's performance. It was his first win since beating Seattle on May 12.

"I did work behind in counts, I was a little sporadic early on," Bergesen said. "But I really wanted to keep grinding it out and find that groove."

Brian Roberts went 3-for-4 with a solo homer for the Orioles, while Luke Scott and Cesar Izturis each drove in a run.

Josh Tomlin (1-2), making his fourth career start in the big leagues, lasted just five frames, allowing three runs -- two earned -- on 10 hits for the Indians, who have lost four in a row and nine of their last 11 at home.

Luis Valbuena knocked in the lone run for Cleveland, which failed to record an extra-base hit for the first time since June 2 at Detroit, a span of 62 games. It was the longest streak in the majors this year.

Getting the call for the O's tonight will be veteran right-hander Kevin Millwood, who is just 2-11 with a 5.84 earned run average. Millwood is winless in his last six starts and did not get a decision on Saturday against Chicago, despite giving up just a run and four hits in six innings of a 4-2 loss.

Millwood, who pitched the 2005 campaign in Cleveland, is 4-1 in five starts against the Indians with a 3.86 ERA.

Cleveland, meanwhile, will counter with righty Jeanmar Gomez, who will be making his fourth big league appearance. After winning his first two starts Gomez went without a decision on Friday against Minnesota, but surrendered only a run and four hits in 5 1/3 innings of his team's 7-6 win.

"He didn't have his best slider or changeup," Cleveland manager Manny Acta said. "But the movement on his fastball continues to help him, even when he doesn't have his best stuff."

Cleveland took two of three from Baltimore earlier in the 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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