Yankees rough up Royals

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07/23/2010 - Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Robinson Cano went 2-for-4 with a three-run double in the first inning, as the New York Yankees roughed up the Kansas City Royals, 7-1, in the second installment of a four-game series.

Alex Rodriguez, who hit his 599th career home run in Thursday's series opener, finished 2-for-4 with a walk Friday. While Rodriguez did not homer, Jorge Posada recorded the 1,000th RBI of his career.

Brett Gardner added two hits and two RBI for the Yankees, who have won three in a row.

A.J. Burnett (8-8) pitched five shutout innings before a lengthy rain delay forced both teams to change pitchers. Chad Gaudin allowed a run in three relief innings after the game resumed.

Royals starter Brian Bannister (7-9) gave up four runs on six hits and two walks in 4 2/3 innings and took the loss, Kansas City's ninth in its last 11 games.

Bannister entered the game with a 15.07 ERA in four career starts against the Yankees, and continued to struggle in the first inning.

Gardner doubled and moved to third on an error by right fielder Alex Gordon, who was recalled from Triple-A Omaha on Friday and made his first major league start in the outfield. Gordon began the season in the majors as a third baseman, but was sent down to the minors to convert to an outfielder.

With Gardner on third, Derek Jeter grounded out before Mark Teixeira was hit by a pitch. Rodriguez came up next for his first chance at No. 600, but walked to load the bases for Cano, who stroked a double to left-center to make it 3-0.

Posada, who entered the game with 999 career runs batted in, doubled to plate Cano and reach the milestone.

Bannister settled down from there, but in the bottom of the fifth the game was interrupted by rain. Nearly an hour and a half later, the teams resumed play, and Victor Marte took over for Bannister.

Marte got the final out of the fifth, but gave up two runs in the sixth. With runners on second and third with two away, Gardner singled to left to make it a 6-0 game.

Posada's RBI single in the seventh extended the Yankees' lead, but in the eighth, consecutive doubles by Rick Ankiel and Yuniesky Betancourt provided Kansas City's only run.

Rodriguez had five plate appearances Friday. Following his first-inning walk, the third baseman singled in the third, struck out in the fifth, singled in the seventh and grounded out in the eighth.

Game Notes

Despite his start being curtailed by rain, Burnett rebounded from his last outing. The right-hander had given up four runs in two innings against Tampa Bay...Bannister has lost four consecutive decisions, and has given up at least four runs in each of his last five starts.

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The San Francisco 49ers (5-11 SU, 5-10-1 ATS in 2007; 1-1 SU & ATS in pre-season) found some offensive life last week, and they will try to build some momentum on Thursday night as they travel to the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bears (7-9 SU & ATS in 2007; 0-2 SU, 0-1-1 ATS in pre-season) in an NFL matchup that is set to get underway at 8 PM ET at Soldier Field (natural turf) in Chicago.

Thursday, August 21

NFL betting odds: CHICAGO -3 (-120), Total 37

NOTABLE STAT: San Francisco was last in points, last in total offense in 2007
KEY NFL BETTING TREND: SF has lost its last seven SU on pre-season road

In the BetUS NFL pre-season football betting odds, the Bears are listed as a three-point favorite (laying -120), with the total posted at 37 points.

Here are some NFL football betting trends as they relate to this matchup (reflecting numbers going into the 2008 season):

* SF has lost 11 of its last 14 games SU
* SF has covered three of its last 11 games
* SF has lost six of its last seven road games SU
* SF has covered one of its last seven road games
* CHI has covered five of its last eight games
* CHI has played five of its last seven games OVER the total
* CHI has covered four of its last 13 home games
* SF has lost its last seven pre-season road games SU
* CHI has covered two of its last seven home pre-season games

Well, I guess we should congratulate the Bears on making their quarterback choice for the season's opening game, as they have designated Kyle Orton the starter against Indianapolis. The Bears obviously have lost patience with Rex Grossman, and what they do with him at this point is anybody's guess. But suffice it to say that there isn't a quarterback competition anymore, at least in training camp.

Meanwhile, the quarterback competition may also be settled in San Francisco, where the Niners bounced back from a lackluster 18-6 loss to the Raiders, in which they turned the ball over four times, to execute a 34-6 rout of the Packers last Saturday. However, coach Mike Nolan has stopped short of saying that, insisting that the job is still open. But J.T. O'Sullivan, the longshot of the trio of Niner signal-callers who opened camp, will start his third straight pre-season game here. Against Green Bay, O'Sullivan was only 8-for-17, and was intercepted, but he also threw for 9.1 yards an attempt, which included a 59-yard TD pass to Josh Morgan. The others struggled.

Some offensive cohesion is badly needed, in light of the Niners' dismal 2007 campaign, in which they were dead last in the NFL in scoring, with just 13.7 points a game. And O'Sullivan is the guy who is most familiar with offensive coordinator Mike Martz's exacting system, because he learned it last year in Detroit. O'Sullivan will go at least the entire first half and may even last longer. He'll be relieved by Alex Smith, with Shawn Hill doing the mop-up work. Three receivers who were out last week - Bryant Johnson, Ashley Lelie and Arnaz Battle - will miss this game too.

That may hurt a little here, especially since the Bears will be using a lot of their defensive starters. And it's the defense that has been keeping the Bears in games thus far. In fact, the defense and special teams were responsible for the first 19 points Chicago scored against Seattle last time out, as the offense really struggled with Grossman at the controls. But maybe the first-team offense has a chance to settle a little bit as it works more with Orton at the helm.

Certainly we have concerns about the Bears' offensive line, but we like the scenario for them here, especially if O'Sullivan doesn't make some bis plays. The Niners may have nowhere else to turn right now, and they have lost seven straight road games in the pre-season. Let's take Chicago, the three-point favorite in the NFL football betting odds.

CHICAGO -3 (-120) **
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