KC shoots for consecutive wins over Detroit

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07/21/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Best meets the worst in the American League Central this evening as the Detroit Tigers play host to the Kansas City Royals in the second of a three-game set from Comerica Park.

On Friday night the Tigers were beaten and battered by Kansas City in what became a 10-2 decision in the series opener, yet Detroit is still in first place in the division by a game and the Royals are dead last, 15 1/2 games out of contention.

Billy Butler ended up 4-for-5 with four RBI for the visitors, while Mark Grudzielanek also added four hits and scored four times for the Royals, who have won 13 of their last 20 games.

Gil Meche picked up his seventh win of the campaign as he tossed seven strong innings, yielding two runs on five hits with five strikeouts and no walks.

On the other side, Detroit starter Kenny Rogers was touched for six runs, five of them earned, in 6 1/3 innings of work. The loss snapped a four-game win streak for the Tigers, who are a game ahead of Cleveland in the standings and have managed to go 20 games over .500 despite having a mediocre record of 25-20 at home.

Gary Sheffield homered for the host club, while the league's leading hitter, Magglio Ordonez (.359) posted one hit and an RBI in four trips to the plate.

All-Star hurler Justin Verlander takes the mound for the hometown Tigers in tonight's contest, aiming for his third straight victory. The right-hander out of Old Dominion allowed four runs on eight hits over seven innings on Sunday versus Seattle, marking his sixth win in the last seven starts.

The 2006 AL Rookie of the Year is already 2-0 this season against Kansas City and an impressive 5-0 versus the club in his two years in the majors, carrying a minuscule 1.58 ERA in six starts.

As for the Royals, they are going to hand the ball to Jorge De La Rosa, who has won only seven of his 17 decisions this season, with one of those triumphs coming at the expense of Detroit.

The left-hander, now in his fourth major league season, faced off against the Cleveland Indians on the road last weekend, giving up a pair of home runs and a total of three runs on just two hits and an unsightly six bases-on-balls in a mere 3 1/3 innings of work. De La Rosa left the game with a bruised left thumb but still figures to be back in action tonight nonetheless.

Ordonez, who is third in the AL in RBI with 80, has plated a total of eight over the last six games for the Tigers, while Curtis Granderson is hitting at a .409 clip with seven runs over that span as well.

Over the last six games Butler has emerged as a real threat for the Royals, knocking in 11 and scoring four times thanks to four doubles. Grudzielanek has just three knocked in over the last six games, but he has crossed the plate himself nine times for Kansas City.

Detroit has dominated this series since the start of last season, winning 22 of the 28 matchups. However, five of Kansas City's wins in that time have come in the Motor City.

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MySportsbook.com Posts Heisman Trophy Odds

With 3,919 passing yards, 32 touchdowns and a mere seven interceptions last season, combined with a powerful South Bend Heisman legacy, odds makers at MySportsbook.com have given Notre Dame senior quarterback Brady Quinn the best Heisman Trophy odds at 5-2.

Quinn isn’t the only big man on campus this season.  Oklahoma junior running back and 2004 Heisman runner-up Adrian Peterson, listed at 7-2, rushed for a combined 3,033 yards in his first two years as a college player and will give Quinn a run for his money. 

This online sportsbook has also listed Troy Smith, Ohio State senior quarterback, as another strong favorite to win the 72nd Heisman Trophy.  A 7-1 bet, Smith threw for 2,282 yards last season and also led the Buckeyes to a convincing 34-20 victory over Quinn and the Fighting Irish in last season’s Fiesta Bowl.

Current betting odds Heisman trophy are:

Brady Quinn (QB, Notre Dame)
Adrian Peterson (RB, Oklahoma)
Troy Smith (QB, Ohio State)
Michael Bush (RB, Louisville)
Steve Slaton (RB, West Virginia)
Brian Brohm (QB, Louisville)
Chris Leak (QB, Florida)
Mike Hart (RB, Michigan)
Ted Ginn (WR, Ohio State)
Darius Walker (RB, Notre Dame)
Drew Tate (QB, Iowa)
Marshawn Lynch (RB, Cal)
Kenny Irons (RB, Auburn)
Chad Henne (QB, Michigan)
Kyle Wright (QB, Miami)
Drew Stanton (QB, Michigan State)
Kenneth Darby (RB, Alabama)
JaMarcus Russell (QB, LSU)
Drew Weatherford (QB, Florida State)
Blake Mitchell (QB, South Carolina)
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