Angels aim to get on track versus Blue Jays

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09/19/2011 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim didn't help themselves any this past weekend in Baltimore. Tonight, they try to keep themselves in the postseason mix when they open their final road series of the year, playing the first of a four-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.

The Angels dropped the first two of their three-game series with the Baltimore Orioles before exploding in Sunday's finale, as Erick Aybar went 4-for-4 with two home runs, two doubles and four RBI, powering Los Angeles to an 11-2 thumping.

Los Angeles banged out 15 hits and received solid start from Jered Weaver on three days' rest. Weaver (18-7) lasted six innings and gave up two runs on six hits for the Angels, who are 4 1/2 games behind AL West-leading Texas and four games back of the Boston Red Sox in the wild card.

"He's one of the best pitchers in the game right now," Orioles catcher Craig Tatum said of Weaver. "He showed he can come back off three days' rest and still do it."

The Angels will play their final six games of the season at home, including the last three against the Rangers.

Tonight the Angels will rely on resurgent right-hander Jerome Williams, who is 3-0 with a 3.90 ERA. Williams did not get a decision on Tuesday in Oakland, as he allowed three runs and seven hits, but walked five in just 4 1/3 innings.

"Walk guys, you get killed," Williams said afterward. "Fortunately, I got those two double plays. Every time I throw that sinker, I have confidence they'll make the play."

He has never faced the Blue Jays, who will pin their hopes on left-hander Ricky Romero.

Romero won his second straight start and improved to 8-1 over his last nine decisions on Wednesday in Boston, as he held the Red Sox to four runs (three earned) and six hits in eight innings to run his record to 15-10 to go along with a 3.02 ERA.

"I'm never satisfied, no matter what it is," Romero said. "No matter how many wins, how many strikeouts I have -- to me, the individual stats don't mean anything to me. My job is to continue to get better and get this ballclub better."

He is 3-2 in five starts versus the Angels with a 3.24 ERA.

The Blue Jays played the role of spoiler over the weekend, as they took two of three from the AL East-leading New York Yankees. In Sunday's rubber match, Adam Lind homered twice and Brandon Morrow tossed eight shutout innings in Toronto's 3-0 win.

Morrow (10-11) entered the contest 0-4 in his previous five starts, but limited New York to four hits with a walk and eight strikeouts to win for the first time since August 17 at Seattle.

"I spotted my fastball pretty good and I had a good curveball today," Morrow said.

Frank Francisco worked around a one-out double in the ninth to notch his 16th save.

The Blue Jays have split their six matchups with the Angels this 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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