07/19/2008 - Baltimore, MD (Baseball Betting) - Luke Scott smacked a game-winning solo home run with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning to cap a remarkable 11-10 comeback win for the Baltimore Orioles over the Detroit Tigers in the third installment of a four-game set.
Scott finished 3-for-5 with two RBI as the Orioles, who gave up six runs in the first inning, recorded their 30th come-from-behind victory of the season and second straight win overall.
Melvin Mora went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI, while Ramon Hernandez also knocked in three and tied the game with a solo home run in the ninth to send the game into extra innings.
Scott's heroics made a winner of George Sherrill (3-4), who tossed a shaky 10th. Baltimore starter Daniel Cabrera withstood a horrific start, surrendering seven runs -- six earned -- on five hits and five walks in five frames.
Miguel Cabrera homered and drove in four runs, while Jeff Larish ripped a two- run shot for Detroit, which has dropped five of its last seven affairs. Placido Polanco went 4-for-6 with two doubles, an RBI and three runs scored in defeat.
Nate Robertson was credited with allowing seven runs on eight hits in 2 1/3 frames, his shortest outing of the season. Joel Zumaya blew his first save, and Freddy Dolsi (1-4) was saddled with the loss due to serving up Scott's blast.
In the top of the 10th, Adam Jones threw out Polanco at the plate. Polanco appeared to slide under the tag, but he was nonetheless called out. Scott wasted little time cranking his 17th home run of the year off Dolsi with one away in the bottom half, a no-doubter over the right field wall to end a thrilling win at Camden Yards.
Cabrera quickly put the Orioles in a hole by loading the bases with no outs in the first. Magglio Ordonez smacked a sac fly to center to bring in a run, and Cabrera took a payoff pitch over the right-center field wall for a three-run homer.
The Tigers weren't done as Matt Joyce worked a walk and Larish took the first pitch he saw to right for his second homer of the year.
The Orioles started chipping away at the 6-0 deficit in the bottom of the first thanks to Mora's two-run homer to left.
Cabrera recorded an RBI groundout in the second to make it a 7-2 game, but the lead would quickly vanish when Baltimore batted around in the third.
A double and single preceded Mora's RBI single up the middle, while Kevin Millar and Scott recorded back-to-back run-scoring base-hits to chase Robertson from the game.
Aquilino Lopez came in and got Jones to fly out, but was roped for two straight RBI singles by Hernandez and Brandon Fahey. Brian Roberts capped the big inning with a double down the right field line to score Hernandez for the go-ahead run.
Baltimore loaded the bases again in the fourth but only registered one run on Hernandez's deep sacrifice fly to center.
The Tigers brought home three in the sixth after blowing their six-run lead. Dennis Sarfate could not hang on to the 9-7 Orioles edge after relieving Cabrera, who retired eight of the final nine batters he faced.
After a single and passed ball put Curtis Granderson on second, Sarfate wheeled and threw a pickoff attempt into center field, moving Granderson to third. Polanco blooped a single to knock him in and scored the tying run later in the inning on another Ordonez sacrifice fly to center.
Joyce brought in the go-ahead run with a double to right, and the Tigers' bullpen silenced the Orioles until the ninth.
Zumaya remained in the game after a perfect eighth, but Hernandez smashed the first pitch he saw into the left field seats to tie the game at 10.
Game Notes
In his previous six matchups against the Orioles, Robertson was 4-0 with a 1.98 ERA...Before the game, Baltimore traded infielder Mike McCoy to Colorado for infielder Juan Castro. They also outrighted shortstop Freddie Bynum Triple-A to Norfolk, placed pitcher Greg Aquino on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 13, and activated pitcher Randor Bierd from the 15-day DL...The O's are tied with the Tigers for most comeback wins this year...The Orioles had lost their previous 10 one-run games...The Tigers are now 41-2 when leading after eight innings.
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Many fans thought it was the best side in the nation by the end of last season. This year, the polls have built on Georgia's momentum and granted it the No. 1 preseason ranking, followed by Ohio State and USC. (The Associated Press has the Buckeyes at No. 2; USA Today took the Trojans.)
"To have people believing we have one of the best teams in the nation going into this thing, it's exciting for us," Bulldogs coach Mark Richt told the AP. "I don't think anything is guaranteed, but we certainly have put ourselves in position where at least the college football world thinks we're pretty good."
Georgia Bulldogs - 9.5 wins
There's no question they're good, but the Bulldogs have one of the toughest 12-game schedules in the nation, mostly because they play in the powerhouse Southeastern Conference. Away games at No. 15 Arizona State, No. 7 LSU and No. 10 Auburn loom large, with contests between the hedges versus No. 24 Alabama and No. 18 Tennessee as well as the World's Largest Cocktail Party in Jacksonville versus No.5 Florida.
Ohio State Buckeyes - 10 wins
Like the Bulldogs, the Buckeyes also have a number of tough road contests in 2008. After two scrimmages dressed up as real games versus Youngstown State and Ohio, it's off to face USC. Other tough away games include No.13 Wisconsin in October and No. 20 Illinois in November. Granted, it should be pretty easy sledding at the Horseshoe. In fact, the only ranked team that travels to Columbus is No. 22 Penn State, in October.
USC Trojans - 10.5 wins
A similarly light schedule awaits the Trojans of Southern California, which is why the oddsmakers' total is one win more and the over is currently commanding -150 odds. Pete Carroll's troops only play three ranked teams in 2008, and all of those games are at home. After what should be an easy trip to Virginia to start things off on Aug. 30, the Trojans get two weeks to prepare for Ohio State in Los Angeles. Their two other ranked opponents, No. 21 Oregon and No. 15 Arizona State, visit in consecutive weeks to start the month of October. After that, the competition eases up. Of course, this is the same highly-touted school that lost to Stanford in 2007 and Oregon State in 2006. And don't discount the fact that USC plays its biggest rivals, Notre Dame and UCLA, back-to-back to close out the regular season. On paper, the Trojans are far superior, but motivation will be high for the Irish and Bruins, especially if their historic foes are in national-title contention.
Odds to Win the Heisman Trophy
Tim Tebow, Florida - 7/2
He won it last year, so it's no surprise he's the favorite to do it again, making him just the second player to go back-to-back. Ohio State's Archie Griffin turned the trick in 1974 and 1975, and Tebow's coach, Urban Meyer, is pretty sure his star quarterback can match the Buckeyes legend.
"There has never been anyone quite like him," Meyer told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "I am very lucky to be his coach."
Chris Wells, Ohio State - 5/1
The man they call "Beanie" was a star recruit out of high school, so it's not like nobody knew who the star tailback was before he rushed for 576 yards as a freshman in 2006 and 1,609 as a sophomore. But perhaps his finest moment came last year versus Michigan when he rumbled for 222 yards and two touchdowns in the Buckeyes' 14-3 victory over the hated Wolverines.
Knowshon Moreno, Georgia - 8/1
If the Bulldogs are to live up to expectations, they'll need a huge effort from their sophomore running back. This might be the last year of college ball for Moreno, who rushed for 1,334 yards and for 14 touchdowns as a freshman, while adding 253 receiving yards on 20 receptions, so expect big things for the man from Belford, N.J.
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