Angels rout O's

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09/13/2007 - Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Garret Anderson and Vladimir Guerrero combined to drive in nine runs as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pounded the Baltimore Orioles in the second of a three-game set at Camden Yards, 18-6.

Anderson finished 3-for-6 with a home run and two runs scored, while Guerrero was 2-for-6 on the night. Chone Figgins also went 2-for-4 with three runs scored, reaching base four times.

Kelvim Escobar (17-7) got the win despite allowing six earned runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings of work, striking out three and walking two.

The Angels have won two in a row, and six of nine overall.

Orioles starter Daniel Cabrera (9-16) managed to last 4 1/3 innings after a disastrous five-run first, and finished the night having surrendered 10 runs - eight earned - on nine hits, striking out five and walking four.

Tike Redman was 2-for-4 with a home run, and Ramon Hernandez and Aubrey Huff also had two hits apiece for Baltimore, which has dropped three straight and nine of 11.

Figgins led off the first with a single to left, then stole second. After Orlando Cabrera walked, Guerrero reached on an error by Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts to load the bases with no one out. Anderson then doubled home Figgins and Cabrera, and Maicer Izturis followed with an RBI single to center. Casey Kotchman plated Anderson with a sacrifice fly, and Howie Kendrick scored Izturis with a ground ball that was misplayed by Miguel Tejada. Cabrera regrouped to strike out Jeff Mathis and Reggie Willits, but not before the O's were in a 5-0 hole.

The Angels began the second the same as the first, with Figgins singling and subsequently stealing second. Cabrera then moved him to third with an infield hit, and Guerrero beat out a swinging bunt down the third base line to score Figgins.

In the fourth, Cabrera worked a leadoff walk, then came home on Anderson's two-run homer to make it 8-0.

Baltimore got five back in the bottom half, beginning with Redman's homer to right to lead off the inning. Two batters later, Tejada tripled to right, and after Kevin Millar walked, Huff singled home Tejada. Hernandez then singled to left to load the bases for Scott Moore. Millar scored when Escobar uncorked a wild pitch, and Moore then brought Huff home with a single through the middle. Jay Payton followed and grounded into a fielder's choice, scoring Hernandez.

Guerrero scored a pair in the fifth with a two-out bloop single off reliever Rocky Cherry, bringing home Mathis and Willits. Anderson then notched his fifth RBI of the night with a single through the right side to score Figgins for an 11-5 lead.

Nick Markakis slammed his 19th home run of the season, a solo shot to right- center, with one out in the bottom of the fifth.

LA padded its lead with six more in the eighth on just one hit. Izturis and Kotchman each worked one-out walks, prompting Baltimore to bring Fernando Cabrera out of the bullpen to replace Cherry. Kendrick greeted Cabrera with an RBI single scoring Izturis, and Mathis then reached on a fielder's choice, scoring Kotchman. On the play, third baseman Brandon Fahey's throwing error allowed Kendrick to move to third, and Cabrera then walked Willits to load the bases. Another walk to Figgins forced in another run.

Danys Baez came on and immediately issued another walk - to Cabrera - bringing home Mathis. Baez then got the second out by inducing a fielder's choice from Guerrero, which scored Willits, and finally ended the inning when he got Anderson to ground to first.

Brandon Wood smashed a two-run home run in the ninth for the 18-6 count.

Game Notes

It was the sixth straight road win for the Angels, who extended their lead over Seattle in the AL West to 10 games...Guerrero had missed the previous four games with an inflamed right triceps...Angels centerfielder Gary Matthews, Jr. did not play after spraining his right ankle Tuesday...Escobar is now 13-5 lifetime against the O's, and the Angels have gone 7-2 vs. Baltimore this season, including 4-1 at Camden Yards.

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NFL owners, already life's biggest winners, want to try their luck with the lottery.


That was the news out of their meetings last week, where team bosses voted unanimously to allow stamping state and local lottery tickets with franchise logos, if, ahem, any governments wanted to do a deal.

A shocker: Within days the Pats announced they'd be sponsoring the Massachusetts state lottery, the Skins said they'd slap their sticker on Virginia scratch-offs and the Ravens admitted they were talking to Maryland lottery bosses. In all likelihood, it won't be long before every team is a presenting sponsor of scratch-offs or just plain old pick fives. "The change in policy was approved 32-0," said NFL spokesman Greg Aiello. "So you can expect to see more deals soon."

It's a branding opportunity too big for the owners to ignore, and one a couple of dozen baseball franchises have enjoyed for years. The fact the NFL has been slower to act than those slack-brained Seligites is indicative of its complicated relationship with all forms of gambling. Consider this: Last Thursday, as the Pats and the Redskins finalized their new lottery deals, a lawyer representing the NFL argued before Delaware's Supreme Court that the state's newly signed sports betting law should be repealed.

The NFL betting is the face of opposition to sports gambling . And as much as it would like to share that responsibility with other leagues, that's not going to happen as long as more than 40% of all money legally wagered on games is bet on football. That's why the Brewers can do a multi-million dollar deal with a local casino, or the Celtics can make their own pact with the Mass lottery, and the response is, "Sweet, let's play." But when the NFL does it the stakes are higher, and everyone from NPR's Frank Deford to the Associated Press to the guys blogging at Deadspin will line up to play gotcha.

So I asked Aiello, who surely knew there'd be piling on, how the league can rail against being bait for sports bettors, then allow its franchises to be just that for lotteries, the most insidious and addictive form of gambling around. He emailed me this response: "We are not moral crusaders. NFL personnel are permitted to engage in legal forms of gambling, except for betting on NFL games. We are making a distinction here between the spread of gambling on the outcome of our games and supporting state lottery scratch-off games, that have nothing to do with the outcome of our games."

Here's where I should rip him. But, the thing is, he's right. Not to get Obama on you, but this is a complicated, nuanced issue. As much as lotteries are considered a tax on the poor, the NFL isn't a socially obligated government program -- it's just a business. Scratch-off's help the bottom line, sports betting doesn't. Now, it's okay to call the league hypocritical when it releases injury reports, which players have told me only helps bettors … But when it supports other forms of gaming? Big Deal.

Now, it's okay to call the league hypocritical when it releases injury reports, which players have told me only helps bettors. And it's okay to mutter something obscene when the league pretends gambling doesn't help drive TV ratings and fan interest and put money in owners' pockets. But when it supports other forms of gaming? Big Deal. The Bears should put an orange "C" on every deck of cards dealt at Harrah's in Joliet; the Eagles should slap their logo on roulette wheels at the Borgata in Atlantic City; the Dolphins should hold training camp at the El San Juan in Puerto Rico.

Seriously.

The NFL's problem, when it comes to the gambling world, isn't hypocrisy, it's worse: The bosses lack vision. That's why the league is picking unwinnable fights in Delaware and taking pot shots from critics after making smart sponsorship deals. Roger Goodell and his gang are acting and thinking locally rather than globally, which is rare for them, especially compared to their professional (and amateur) counterparts.

The NBA held its All Star game in Las Vegas and David Stern's kingdom didn't crumble (although the town did bring plenty of players to their knees.) I'd say it's 6 to 5 and pick 'em that Lebron will make a road swing through Sin City before his career is over.

Even the NCAA College Football Betting is more progressive on this issue than the NFL. Several years ago Rachel Newman Baker, college sports' gambling czar, opened a dialogue with Vegas bookmakers to learn about how they do business. She's visited Nevada sports books, studied their operations and listened to how they regulate action. Now she knows she can expect a call from bookmakers, who lose money when sports are fixed, if they think something sketchy is going on in NCAA games. She's not in favor of sports betting, but, as she once told me, "I know it's not going away, either."

The NFL can't seem to accept that. And until it can find peace with the idea, it'll get flack, even when it's right.

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