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07/20/2007 - San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chris Young outdueled fellow All-Star Cole Hamels with seven shutout innings as San Diego edged Philadelphia, 1-0, in the opener of a four-game set.
Young (9-3) gave up just two hits while striking out six and walking three. The big right-hander has not given up a run in his last three outings at Petco Park, a span of 21 innings. Young has won five straight decisions, with his last loss coming May 12 at home to St. Louis. He also lowered his ERA to a major league-best 1.85.
Brian Giles knocked in the lone run of the game with a two-out RBI double in the third inning for the Padres, who have won four of five.
"You looked at that matchup tonight, (it) turned out to be everything it was billed as," said Padres manager Bud Black. "Two All-Stars at the top of their games."
Philadelphia threatened in the ninth as Aaron Rowand walked with one out and Pat Burrell followed with a single to extend his hitting streak to 10 games. However, Padres closer Trevor Hoffman struck out both Greg Dobbs and Carlos Ruiz to nail down his 27th save of the season.
Hamels (11-5), a San Diego native, pitched seven solid innings, yielding just the one run on just two hits with three strikeouts and a walk.
Chase Utley went 2-for-4 with a double and Ryan Howard walked three times for the Phillies, who have dropped four of five.
"When Hamels pitches, I look at that as a game we got a real good shot of winning," said Phillies manager Charlie Manuel. "This was a heck of a game. We just came out on the short end of the deal."
The Padres got the only run they would need in the third inning as Geoff Blum singled, went to third on Young's sacrifice and scored on Giles' two-out double down the left field line.
Utley singled with one out in the fourth and stole second before Howard walked. Young, though, got Rowand to fly out to center and Burrell to ground into a force out to end the inning.
Utley then doubled with two outs in the sixth and Howard followed with his third walk of the game, but Rowand flied out to stop the threat.
Shane Victorino reached base in the eighth with a two-out single, but Padres reliever Heath Bell was able to get Utley to fly out to shallow left field.
Game Notes
Young has not given up a home run in 62 straight innings at home...The Phils signed first-round pick Joe Savery and designated him to Williamsport of the New York-Penn League...Padres catcher Josh Bard had his three-game suspension reduced to two games. Bard received the initial suspension after he made contact with umpire Ed Rapauno in the 11th inning of San Diego's 4-2 win over Pittsburgh on May 31. After having a home run reversed to a double, Bard charged the field to argue the call.
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March Madness odds and printable March Madness brackets
With the field of 64/65 set, MySportsbook.com has the Florida Gators as the 4-1 favorite to successfully defend their National Championship. Men’s Division-1 College Basketball has not seen a team repeat as National Champions since Duke won back to back championships in ’91 & ‘92. After losing three out of four late in the season, the Gators are full of momentum as they won their last four games by an average of 18 points. Not surprisingly, right behind the Gators are the other three top seeds: Kansas 5-1, UNC 6-1, and Ohio State 7-1. Many consider Kansas to be the hottest team in the country, having won 11 straight. With Kansas, it is hard to ignore all of the early exits from the “dance” in recent years. With an impressive ACC Tournament, UNC ensured themselves the other top seed. UNC has about as much talent as any other team in the tournament but with a team that’s best players are primarily freshman and sophomores, could youth be a concern. Behind freshman sensation, Greg Oden, OSU will look to do what their football team failed to do just a few months earlier. OSU seems to have peeked at the right time, as they currently have a 17 game winning streak. Since the tournament field was expanded in 1985, there has never been an instance where all four #1 seeds advanced to the Final Four. It is obvious that each of the top seeds have the talent to make it through to Atlanta. But as everyone knows, when makes the NCAA Tournament so special are all of the spoilers and “Cinderella” stories that knock off the favorites on a daily basis.
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MySportsbook.com’s odds to win the Championship and Regions:
| EAST | National Championship | Region |
| Arkansas | 300-1 | 50-1 |
| Belmont | 1000-1 | |
| Boston College | 100-1 | 40-1 |
| Eastern KY | 1000-1 | |
| George Washington | 75-1 | |
| Georgetown | 10-1 | 3-2 |
| Marquette | 100-1 | 40-1 |
| Michigan State | 100-1 | 25-1 |
| New Mexico St. | 500-1 | 200-1 |
| UNC | 6-1 | 6-5 |
| Oral Roberts | 500-1 | |
| Texas | 15-1 | 5-1 |
| Texas Tech | 200-1 | 5-1 |
| USC | 75-1 | 20-1 |
| Vanderbilt | 100-1 | 30-1 |
| Washington State | 40-1 | 15-1 |
| WEST | ||
| Duke | 50-1 | 10-1 |
| Florida A&M | 1000-1 | |
| Gonzaga | 200-1 | 40-1 |
| Holy Cross | 300-1 | |
| Illinois | 300-1 | 60-1 |
| Indiana | 75-1 | 40-1 |
| Kansas | 5-1 | 13-10 |
| Kentucky | 100-1 | 40-1 |
| Niagara | 1000-1 | |
| Pittsburgh | 40-1 | 8-1 |
| Southern Ill. | 50-1 | 12-1 |
| UCLA | 10-1 | 3-2 |
| VCU | 500-1 | 100-1 |
| Villanova | 100-1 | 40-1 |
| VA Tech | 50-1 | 15-1 |
| Weber St | 1000-1 | |
| Wright St | 1000-1 | 300-1 |
| MIDWEST | ||
| Arizona | 50-1 | 30-1 |
| Butler | 40-1 | 30-1 |
| Davidson | 300-1 | |
| Florida | 4-1 | 4-5 |
| Georgia Tech | 75-1 | 25-1 |
| Jackson State | 1000-1 | |
| Maryland | 30-1 | 6-1 |
| Miami-OH | 300-1 | |
| Notre Dame | 100-1 | 20-1 |
| ODU | 500-1 | 100-1 |
| Oregon | 40-1 | 6-1 |
| Purdue | 300-1 | 60-1 |
| Texas A&M CC | 1000-1 | |
| UNLV | 100-1 | 30-1 |
| Winthrop | 500-1 | 100-1 |
| Wisconsin | 15-1 | 7-2 |
| SOUTH | ||
| Albany | 200-1 | |
| BYU | 200-1 | 40-1 |
| Central CT St. | 1000-1 | |
| Creighton | 100-1 | 35-1 |
| Long Beach St. | 500-1 | 200-1 |
| Louisville | 40-1 | 10-1 |
| Memphis | 30-1 | 4-1 |
| Nevada | 75-1 | 35-1 |
| North Texas | 500-1 | |
| Ohio State | 7-1 | 6-5 |
| Penn | 500-1 | |
| Stanford | 200-1 | 50-1 |
| Tennessee | 100-1 | 20-1 |
| Texas A&M | 12-1 | 11-5 |
| Virginia | 75-1 | 18-1 |
| Xavier | 100-1 | 40-1 |
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