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Angels play the first of three in Seattle

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06/02/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A pair of American League West rivals get together tonight at Seattle's Safeco Field, where the division-leading LA Angels of Anaheim begin a six-game road trip with the first of three straight meetings with the last-place Mariners.

The Angels come in with a comfortable 3 1/2-game advantage on second-place Oakland in the West standings and have won 10 of their last 15 games following Sunday's 4-3 comeback victory over Toronto.

Anaheim trailed 3-2 heading into the bottom of the ninth inning, but drew even when Blue Jays closer hit Howie Kendrick with a pitch as the bases were loaded. Maicer Izturis followed with a single to right field to plate Casey Kotchman with the winning run.

Izturis finished 2-for-4 for the Angels, who took the final two tests of a three-game series with Toronto, while Sean Rodriguez socked a two-run homer in the win.

Jose Arrendondo (2-0) received the win after tossing 2 1/3 scoreless innings of relief. Angels starter Jon Garland worked the first five frames and gave up three runs while issuing four walks.

The disappointing Mariners own the AL's worst record at 21-36 and are already 12 1/2 games behind Anaheim in the standings. Seattle has gone 3-3 thus far on a nine-game homestand and just lost two of three matchups with Detroit over the weekend.

In Sunday's rubber match of a three-game series with the Tigers, Detroit erupted for four runs in the top of the ninth inning en route to a 7-5 victory.

J.J. Putz (2-3) entered for the Mariners with the contest tied at 3-3 in the ninth and was rocked for four runs on four hits while recording just two outs to suffer the loss.

Raul Ibanez cut Seattle's deficit in half with a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning and finished 3-for-5 with three RBI. Adrian Beltre finished with two hits, including a solo home run, for the Mariners, who pounded out 15 hits as a team but stranded 12 baserunners.

Former Angel Jarrod Washburn will attempt to get the Mariners back on track in this evening's opener. The veteran lefty is coming off a solid six-inning effort at Yankee Stadium on May 25 in which he held New York to two runs and four hits despite not factoring in the decision.

Washburn rebounded from a horrid start at Detroit four days earlier, when he was rocked for nine runs and 12 hits over just 2 1/3 frames of a 9-4 loss.

The 33-year-old was drafted by the Angels organization in 1995 and spent his first eight major league seasons with Anaheim. Since joining the Mariners in 2006, Washburn is 4-3 with a 4.47 earned run average.

The Angels counter with Ervin Santana, who seeks to improve on an already- strong 7-2 record and 3.09 ERA in his 11 starts this season.

Santana tossed a complete-game gem in Tuesday's 3-2 triumph over Detroit, with the right-hander holding the Tigers to three hits and striking out seven without a walk.

The 25-year-old is 4-2 with a 4.93 ERA over eight previous starts against Seattle and beat the Mariners in Anaheim on April 19. Santana delivered eight outstanding innings in that game and yielded just one run on three hits while fanning eight.

However, Santana has allowed 15 runs and three homers in 13 2/3 innings during his three lifetime starts at Safeco Field.

These clubs have split six prior meetings this season, with Seattle winning two of three encounters with the Angels at home from April 11-13. The Angels took 13 of 19 contests from the Mariners last season and posted a 6-3 mark at Safeco in 2007.

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American Idol odds : Blake Lewis the Early Standout

An important American Idol betting lines recap from February 20 Guys episode. The 12 men came out flat overall with Blake Lewis appearing to have the early edge after the first hour and a half.

Rudy - was quite good singing "Free Ride" to start off.  Randy was not impressed though.  Paula thought he started off fantastic.  "Never had anyone stop off so lively" said Paula but Simon (who does not like Rudy) does not feel he has a distinct voice and was not impressed either. 

Brandon was a little pitchy according to Randy and Paula agreed.  Simon said he was a good singer but the song was "too safe" and he needs to make an impact.  He was listed at +1200 odds or $1200 paid out on a $100 bet should he win the competition. 

Big favorite Sundance came in with a flat version of "Knights in White Satin" and the judges let him have it, including Paula.  Randy claimed the song was out of pitch throughout.

Korean American - and a Jenny Woo favorite - Paul Kim was up next.  Another pitchy flat one but Randy said he still liked his potential.  Kim at +3000 odds was said to have sung a "third rate version of that (George Michael) song" according to Simon Cowell.  He sang "Careless Whisper".

22 year old Chris Richardson was up next.  He was listed with +1100 odds coming in.  He got the best response from the judges though Simon did not believe the vocal was that great. 

Nick was boring and pitchy.  Simon didn't think he was that bad though and predicted he would be back next week.  Nick Pedro was a big +3000 dog coming into this competition. 

Beat boxer Blake Lewis was listed with early +1000 odds or $1000 payout on a $100 bet if he were to become the next American Idol winner odds .  These of course were the early odds.  He was considered original for picking an "odd song".  He did not beat box and the judges felt it was the best vocal of the night. 

Sanjaya came in as the second biggest favorite after Chris Sligh but his performance Tuesday night was not very good. 

Chris Sleigh was the early favorite at +450 odds.  Great voice and a great sense of humor.  He's a real standout.  Randy felt it was on point but maybe ahead of the chorus a little bit.  Simon Cowell said he felt like he was in some "sort of weird student gig". 

Jared Cotter followed.  He was listed with +2000 odds early on to win the competition.  The judges felt he needs to take more risks but looked good. 

22-year old AJ Talbado, who has tried out for American Idol five times, was up next.  "Kind of a theme park performance" said Simon.  Though the judges felt he performed okay.  Simon did feel AJ might be better than he originally thought.

Phil - this season's military favorite - came into this competition with +1200 odds to win the competition.  He was the last to perform.  He was certainly strong enough to get through this stage of the competition and perhaps the best one after a shaky start. 

Tomorrow night, the ladies perform and I sure hope they do a better job than the boys.  Check out all the American Idol betting odds here.

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