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Brewers shoot for sweep of Pirates behind WolfBaseball Betting Lines04/22/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Milwaukee Brewers starter Randy Wolf will try to continue his dominance over the Pittsburgh Pirates Thursday afternoon, when the two clubs wrap up a three-game series at PNC Park. Wolf has faced the Pirates 12 times over his career -- all starts -- and is 7-1 with a 3.39 earned run average. The left-hander is 1-1 with a 4.91 ERA in three starts this season, but is coming off a rough outing at Washington on Saturday. Wolf allowed four runs in five innings of an 8-0 setback to suffer his first loss of the season. After claiming their second series win of the year with an 8-0 triumph last night, the Brewers hope that Wolf can lead them to their first sweep of 2010. Rickie Weeks and Jody Gerut both hit two-run homers and Ryan Braun added a solo blast for a Milwaukee offense that has compiled 27 runs over the past three games. "We've been swinging the bats well as a team. The whole year we've been putting together some really good at-bats," Braun said. Brewers starter Yovani Gallardo tossed five scoreless innings, giving up three hits and fanning a season-high 10 batters, for the win. The right-hander improved to 4-2 in nine appearances (8 starts) against the Pirates. Carlos Villanueva, Todd Coffey and LaTroy Hawkins then combined for four scoreless innings of relief. After Thursday's game, Milwaukee will return to Brew City for a six-game homestand versus the Cubs and Pirates. Pittsburgh has lost two in a row since a season-high three-game winning streak and got a rough start from Zack Duke last night. The lefty absorbed the loss for allowing seven runs -- six earned -- and seven hits in five innings to suffer his first setback of 2010. "I have the mind frame that if I give us six or seven innings and the score is 2-0 in favor of the other team, we're still going to come back and win the game," Duke said on the team's site. "I wasn't able to execute that [Wednesday]. That's what frustrates me." Garrett Jones, Ryan Doumit, Jeff Clement and Duke were the only Pirates to record a hit in Thursday's loss. Pittsburgh will hit the road for 10 games against the Astros, Brewers and Dodgers following today's action. Right-hander Daniel McCutchen will make his third start of the season for the Pirates on Thursday, and he is 0-1 with a 14.73 ERA. McCutchen got the nod on April 11 at Arizona and suffered the loss for giving up nine runs in 3 1/3 innings of a 15-6 blowout. McCutchen pitched a little better his last time out in Pittsburgh's 5-4 win over Cincinnati on Saturday, as he limited the Reds to three runs in four innings for the no-decision. He has never faced Milwaukee in his brief career. The Brewers are 35-12 over their last 47 matchups with Pittsburgh.
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Online Sportsbook Football BettingColts give the ‘D’ its dueThe Indianapolis Colts know that winning the Super Bowl last season put a huge target on their backs, and they expect opponents to go all-out to knock them from the top of the mountain. They’ll get their first test from the New Orleans Saints this Thursday night. The defending champs had nothing but good things to say about the New Orleans defense this past week, praising their opponents’ pass rush and run-stopping abilities. "They play very aggressively," head coach Tony Dungy told the New Orleans Times-Picayune. "They play a lot of man-to-man coverage, and they come after you. They have good pass rushers, and they're going to try to pressure us, I'm sure." Both center Jeff Saturday and quarterback Peyton Manning gave New Orleans’ front four props, admitting keeping guys like Will Smithand Charles Grant contained would be a tall task for the offensive line. New Orleans ranked second in total defense during the preseason at a sportsbook, allowing just under 233 yards per game. Last season, the defense finished 11th in the league after giving up 307.3 yards and 20.1 points per contest. Not so sound on the ground If Indianapolis' efficient offense has a weakness it has to be its running attack. The Colts one-two-punch of Dominic Rhodes and Joseph Addai is no longer, leaving the bulk of the carries to Addai, the second-year back out of LSU. Former Saskatchewan Roughrider Kenton Keith was named Addai’s backup this week after beating out DeDe Dorsey for the second-string position. Indy has only three backs on the roster right now, including fullback Luke Lawton, and coach Dungy is aware of the thinness of his ground game. Sports Betting lines on the game can be found at BettingExpress.com “We’ll continue to look. Luke Lawton’s done a good job for us too. So probably getting a third true tailback is something that we’d like to do,” Dungy told the Indiana Tribune-Star. Last season, Addai rushed for over 1,000 yards in his rookie campaign and scored seven touchdowns on the ground. Brees says bring it on Opening the season on the road against the defending Super Bowl champions is not the way most teams would like to kick off their year – unless you’re the New Orleans Saints or their quarterback Drew Brees. This internet Sportsbooks had the Saints as the favorites. Brees told the New Orleans Times-Picayune that he is excited to get the regular season started and the Colts are a great challenge for him and his teammates. The 28-year-old QB, entering his second season with the Saints, is expecting a wild environment in the RCA Dome this Thursday when the franchise celebrates its 2007-2007 championship. Brees said he sees the opening game scheduling as an honor and a testament to how well New Orleans did last season. The Saints missed facing the Colts in the Super Bowl by one game, losing to the Chicago Bearsin the NFC Championship game. "I mean, people think we can hang with these guys," Brees told reporters. "Even if they didn't, it wouldn't matter what they thought because as a team we're very confident. We know what we can do. We're not satisfied where we finished the season last year. And we've been looking forward to this opportunity for a long time." SportsBooks ready for a shootout Oddsmakers are preparing for some fireworks this Thursday when the NFL season kicks off. online Sportsbooks have Thursday’s total set at a whopping 52 points, accounting for two of the league’s most explosive offenses. “This is like must-see TV,” Saints cornerback and former Colt Jason David told the Baton Rouge Advocate. “It’s two exciting offenses with great players. You’ve got a lot of star power on offense. At any given time a big play can happen. 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