09/07/2008 - Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - David Newhan hit a go-ahead RBI triple in a two-run eighth inning as the Houston Astros came back to edge the Colorado Rockies, 7-5, in the rubber match of a three-game series at Coors Field.
Jose Castillo finished 3-for-3 with two RBI, a walk and a run scored, while Mark Loretta added three hits, including a double and an RBI for Houston, which has won 10 of their last 11. The streaking Astros are six games behind Milwaukee for the National League Wild Card spot.
Wandy Rodriguez started for Houston but was removed from the game after one inning due to a left oblique strain. He allowed one hit and struck out three before being replaced by Jack Cassel, who went four innings. The right-hander gave up two runs on four hits, struck out two and walked a pair. Journeyman Doug Brocail (7-5) earned the win after tossing one shutout inning. Jose Valverde earned his 40th save of the season after pitching a scoreless ninth.
Brad Hawpe had a pair of hits, including a three-run homer and Matt Holliday had a two-run double for the Rockies, who have dropped six of their last 10 games.
"We've still got more games, we're still in there," Hawpe said. "We just have to play our next game and get that one."
Jorge De La Rosa started for Colorado and was tagged with four runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings of work. The lefty struck out three, but struggled with his control, issuing four walks. Taylor Buchholz (6-5) gave up two runs in the eighth to take the loss.
With Colorado clinging to a 5-4 lead in after seven innings, the Astros scored a pair in the top of the eighth to forge back in front. Castillo got things started with a lead-off single and advanced to second on Reggie Abercrombie's sacrifice bunt. Darin Erstad, pinch-hitting for Brad Ausmus, singled to center to plate Castillo and Newhan's pinch-hit triple brought in another to give the visitors a 6-5 lead.
"Once it got to the wall, it was great and I tried to get to third," Newhan said.
The Rockies went quietly in the bottom of the eighth and Castillo's run- scoring base hit in the top of the ninth gave the Astros a two-run cushion.
Valverde came in for the bottom of the ninth and the hard-throwing right- hander surrender a hit, but struck out the side to end the game.
Houston drew first blood, plating three runs in the top of the third. Michael Bourn drew a lead-off walk and after he stole second, came around to score when Loretta lined a base hit to center. After a two-base hit by Miguel Tejada put runners on second and third, a sacrifice fly by Lance Berkman tacked on another run with Tejada advancing to third. Following a Hunter Pence free pass, Castillo's sac fly to right made it a 3-0 game.
Holliday's two-run double to left with one out in the bottom of the third cut Colorado's deficit to one.
With runners on first and third and one down in the top of the sixth, pinch- hitter Geoff Blum lifted a sac fly to left, scoring Abercrombie, who reached on a ground out. However, the Rockies grabbed a 5-4 lead in the bottom half on a three-run homer to right by Hawpe.
Game Notes
Houston begins a seven-game homestand on Monday night against Pittsburgh, while Colorado will head to Atlanta for a three-game series against the Braves starting on Tuesday night.
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2007 Academy Award Betting : Oscars odds
The 79th Annual Academy Awards odds , which will air February 25th, is sparking an interest throughout the nation with the announcement of its nominees. As the public chooses their favorites, sportsbooks are creating odds for one of the biggest entertainment betting nights of the year.
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Odds to win the Achievement in Directing:
Alejandro González Iñárritu "Babel": 8/1
Martin Scorsese "The Departed": 2/17
Clint Eastwood "Letters From Iwo Jima: 4/1
Stephen Frears "The Queen": 12/1
Paul Greengrass "United 93": 15/1
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:
Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond": 11/1
Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson": 20/1
Peter O’Toole in "Venus": 16/5
Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness": 16/1
Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland": 1/11
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:
Penélope Cruz in "Volver": 18/1
Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal": 15/1
Helen Mirren in "The Queen": 1/50
Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada": 10/1
Kate Winslet in "Little Children": 20/1
Best Animated Feature Film:
"Cars": 1/3
"Happy Feet": 2/1
"Monster House": 20/1
Best Foreign-Language Film of the Year:
"Water" – Canada: 22/1
"The Lives of Others" – Germany: 7/2
"After the Wedding" - Denmark: 24/1
"Days of Glory (Indigenes)" – Algeria: 23/1
"Pan's Labyrinth" - Mexico: 1/10
Odds to win the Best Live-Action Short Film:
"Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)": 6/5
"Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)": 7/2
"Helmer & Son": 5/2
"The Saviour": 6/1
"West Bank Story": 7/2
Odds to win the Best Original Screenplay:
"Babel": 7/4
"Letters From Iwo Jima": 3/1
"Little Miss Sunshine": 21/20
"Pan's Labyrinth": 11/4
"The Queen": 5/4
Best Motion Picture of the Year:
"Babel": 11/4
"The Departed": 1/2
"Letters from Iwo Jima": 15/2
"Little Miss Sunshine": 17/10
"The Queen": 20/1
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:
Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 11/10
Jackie Earle Haley in "Little Children": 10/1
Djimon Hounsou in "Blood Diamond": 9/1
Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls": 2/5
Mark Wahlberg in "The Departed": 5/1
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:
Adriana Barraza in "Babel": 14/1
Cate Blanchett in "Notes on a Scandal": 11/1
Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 2/1
Jennifer Hudson in "Dreamgirls": 1/8
Rinko Kikuchi in "Babel": 11/1
Film To Win Most Oscars:
Dreamgirls: 2/3
Pans Labyrinth: 6/5
The Departed: 6/1
The Queen: 11/1
Babel: 15/1
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: 11/1
Little Miss Sunshine: 15/1
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