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08/27/2010 - Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chris Gimenez and Jayson Nix both clubbed a three-run homer and knocked in four runs total, as the Cleveland Indians pounded Kansas City, 15-4, in the opener of a three-game series at Progressive Field.
Matt LaPorta belted a three-run homer to fuel a six-run second inning for the Indians, while rookie Josh Tomlin (2-3) gave up three runs on eight hits and four walks in five innings to pick up the win.
Wilson Betemit hit a solo home run as part of a three-run fourth by Kansas City. Bryan Bullington (1-3) allowed seven runs on nine hits and three walks over four full frames to take the loss.
The Indians had scored seven runs over their previous six games and nearly matched that output in the second.
Travis Hafner led off the inning with a single and Nix followed with a double. Both runners then scored on LaPorta's one-out blast to left field. Jason Donald singled and scored on a double by Gimenez, who came home on a single by Michael Brantley. Shin-Soo Choo capped the offensive surge with a two-out single that plated Brantley.
The Royals halved their deficit in the fourth. Alex Gordon walked after Betemit went deep to begin the inning and took third on a double by Willie Bloomquist before scoring on a one-out single by Yuniesky Betancourt. Kansas City trailed 6-3 after Gregor Blanco's two-out single drove in Bloomquist.
Cleveland got a run back in the bottom of the fourth as Nix doubled home Choo.
Kanekoa Texeira replaced Bullington to start the fifth and yielded Gimenez's home run, which followed a leadoff walk to LaPorta and a single by Donald.
Nix's round-tripper came off Greg Holland in the eighth. Brantley lifted a sacrifice fly and Asdrubal Cabrera stroked an RBI double later in the inning.
The Royals pushed across a run in the ninth on a single by Chris Getz.
Game Notes
The Indians set a season high in runs...Donald and Blanco both had four hits for their respective clubs...Kansas City finished 4-for-15 with runners in scoring position and stranded a season-high 16 men on a base.
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Michael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football.
As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL.
The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago.
Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996).
But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side.
Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show.
Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East:
Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1
Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2
New York Giants - 9 - 2
Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1).
Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship.
So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume.
And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top.
They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy.
Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday.
But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division.
Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS.
Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS.
Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162.
Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense?
Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS.
In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS.
Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division.
Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do.
The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20.
The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550.
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