Phillies lose Victorino, Bourn in same game

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07/31/2007 - Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Philadelphia Phillies won the game on Monday, 4-1 over the Chicago Cubs, but may have suffered serious losses to their lineup in the process, as outfielders Shane Victorino and Michael Bourn both left the game with leg injuries.

Victorino left after the fourth inning, when he suffered a right calf strain running out a ground ball. He was replaced by Bourn, who fell awkwardly on the bullpen mound while chasing down a foul ball with two outs in the fifth inning. After taking a few minutes to recover, Bourn remained in the game, but then left in the seventh inning with a sprained left ankle.

Victorino will have an MRI done on his right calf, and Bourn will get an X-Ray performed on his left ankle, both on Tuesday.

The Phillies are one of the hottest teams in baseball, having won nine of their last ten games, but they've sustained a stack of injuries in the process. This comes on the heels of second baseman Chase Utley's broken hand last week, which will keep the two-time All-Star out for at least the next month, a back injury All-Star center fielder Aaron Rowand suffered playing with his children that kept him out of two games last week, and reliever Ryan Madson's right shoulder strain, which caused him to leave in the middle of Sunday's 5-1 win over the Pirates. Madson may be done for the season, pending the results of an MRI administered on Monday.

The Phillies are already dealing with a starting rotation depleted by Jon Lieber's season-ending injury, a ruptured tendon in his right foot, and Freddy Garcia's shoulder problems, which may have ended his season.

Victorino, the Phillies everyday rightfielder, is hitting .286 with 11 home runs, 42 RBI, 72 runs scored and 32 stolen bases this season. Bourn, the team's fourth outfielder, is batting .284 with one home run, six RBI, 25 runs and 18 stolen bases this season.

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Is there such a thing as a trap game in the NFL?

I once asked that question to Pete Korner, who at the time was office manager and a senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants.

Korner almost ripped my head off. There is no such thing as a trap game, he loudly berated me. It’s a myth. The numbers are made using power ratings, he said.

There are trap games, though. They just might not be what you think. The perception is of a good team, say Philadelphia, laying a small number against New Orleans.

Using the highly-respected power ranking from The Gold Sheet, you’d find the Eagles with a power rating of 4 and the Saints at 8. When you factor the game being played in New Orleans, you could see why the line opened so short at less than a field goal.

For some, this makes it enticing to take the Eagles. That’s not a real trap game, though.

A real trap game, says professional gambler Dave Malinsky, is thinking you’re getting value betting a bad team, which brings us to the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos matchup.

The Raiders are +15 in this long-standing division rivalry. Denver is on a short week having dispatched Baltimore Monday. However, the Raiders haven’t covered the spread their last 10 games.

Many bettors don’t trust the Raiders to give a full effort. Few think much of Art Shell and his Oakland’s coaching staff.

So oddsmakers have to do something to make Oakland attractive if they hope to get equal action.

Now Malinsky is a value shopper. But he won’t touch the Raiders even getting more than two touchdowns.

“I try to eliminate the undisciplined, unfocused teams because they’re the ones most likely to suffer the bad beats,” he said.

Near the top of Malinsky’s list of stay-away teams is the Miami Dolphins, who have yet to cover a spread this season.

“Whatever you think of Nick Saban, you have to look at the penalties and turnovers,” Malinsky said.

It’s easy to point out the Dolphins failed to get the money this past week against New England because Olindo Mare missed a field goal and had another field goal blocked. But even though the Dolphins outgained the Patriots, 283-213, they committed eight penalties.

Bad teams not only cost themselves victories, but pointspread covers as well. The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers are two more examples.

The Cardinals couldn’t have been in a better position this past Sunday, up 14-0 at home against a mediocre Kansas City Chiefs squad. But they couldn’t hold it. The Packers got a push against St. Louis, but also could have won losing by three when Brett Favre fumbled at the St. Louis 11-yard line with 44 seconds left.

“The Packers were in a position to beat Philadelphia, too,” Malinsky said. “But they couldn’t even cover double digits.

“These teams just make mistakes and it costs you … they always will look good from a value standpoint. They really will. But that’s the trap.”

Houston and Tennessee rank among the six-worst teams. Malinsky wouldn’t be afraid to take either of these teams, however, if the price were high enough.

The Texans are bad, Malinsky said, but they have some discipline. The Titans showed they could not only come up with an outstanding game plan, but execute it as well, losing by one to the Colts on the road as an 18 ?-point underdog this past Sunday.

“Jeff Fisher is a worker,” Malinsky said of the Titans coach. “I’m not sure how hard Art Shell wants to work when he gets out of bed.”

Fisher, though, could be out as Tennessee coach after this season. Is he still worth backing in the right spot, with the right price, as a lame duck coach?

“It’s in his nature to keep working hard and not worry about any possible lame duck status,” Malinsky said. “He’s coaching for his resume.”

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