Cueto pitches, hits Reds past Nats
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07/19/2010 -
Cincinnati, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Johnny Cueto pitched six innings to win his
third consecutive decision and singled in two runs to lead Cincinnati over
Washington, 7-2, to start a four-game series at Great American Ball Park.
Cueto (9-2) permitted four hits and two runs, walked four and fanned the same
amount. The right-hander has allowed two runs or less in each of his last six
starts and saw his season ERA fall to 3.39.
Jonny Gomes and Miguel Cairo hit solo homers in the sixth inning off J.D.
Martin as the Reds won for the third time in four games. Gomes had three hits
and scored three times, Cairo ended with two RBI, and Drew Stubbs added a two-
run double.
Martin (1-5) was charged with six hits and six runs over 5 1/3 innings.
Martin, who won his previous start, against San Diego on July 7, also walked
three and fanned two hitters.
The Nationals, who have dropped three in a row and five of six, were blanked
in their previous two games by Florida.
Gomes singled before Jay Bruce and Cairo walked to load the bases with nobody
out in the bottom of the second. Stubbs then doubled to right field. Ryan
Hanigan walked to load the bases again before Martin gave up a low-line single
to Cueto. The ball one-hopped past second baseman Cristian Guzman into right-
center field for a 4-0 margin.
Nyjer Morgan's sacrifice fly and Guzman's RBI single cut the deficit in the
third, but the Nationals were turned away despite a threat in the sixth
inning. Walks to Ryan Zimmerman and Josh Willingham set the two-out stage for
Ivan Rodriguez, who lined a ball off the mound. The ball then caromed off
second base umpire Gary Cederstrom and into right field. Zimmerman scored, but
was then sent back to third because it was ruled a dead ball. Willie Harris
flied out to left to end the inning.
Gomes led off the sixth and sent an 0-1 pitch over the wall in left-center.
One out later, Cairo took Martin's first offering to the second deck in left
field for his third homer of the year.
Cairo singled in Gomes in the eighth inning.
Game Notes
Reds third baseman Scott Rolen missed his third straight game Monday due to a
right hamstring injury. Rolen received a cortisone shot in his hamstring and
could go on the disabled list in the next few days...The game was delayed by
rain for 42 minutes at the end of the third inning...Bruce is hitless in
his last 16 at-bats...The Reds were 3-for-35 with runners in scoring position
over their previous five games, but went 3-for-6 in those situations Monday.
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The Kentucky Derby's post-position draw happened on Wednesday. And, as is always the case, shortly afterwards, a buzz raced around Churchill Downs. It was a low rumble at first, nothing that the squares in the mint julep crowd pick up right away. But by the time the sun set over the twin spires, the chatter was impossible to ignore. Everyone -- sharps, trainers, owners -- was talking about one thing: the wise guy horse, the pre-draw long shot us mopes didn't have on our radar until it was too late.
"You think you're hearing the scoop," says handicapper Lane Gold. "Then you get to the window, the odds are short, and you missed it."
Recognizing a wise-guy horse early is as hard as picking a Derby bonnet. That's because handicappers don't like hype (see ya, I Want Revenge). They want Thoroughbreds who look good losing prep races like the Santa Anita Derby. They eye horses who ate up the field after starting wide or made an easy transition from synthetic tracks to dirt. They look for ponies who showed muscle gain race to race and those who ran hard after several weeks' rest.
"A wise guy," says John Avello, a bookmaker at Wynn Las Vegas, "looks for a horse who can improve."
When I first wrote Horse Betting for The Mag, which I turned in a three weeks before Wednesday's draw, I predicted these three horses had wise guy potential:
CHOCOLATE CANDY (15-1 in mid-April, currently 20-1 according to Avello): His second-place finish at Santa Anita, following a seven-week layoff, proved two things: He can run after resting, and -- by losing a high-profile prep race -- he wouldn't be overhyped.
DESERT PARTY (15-1; 15-1): He was upset in the UAE Derby by a horse he had beaten twice. The public remembers his loss, but the wise guys his wins.
PIONEEROF THE NILE (8-1; 4-1): The big favorite at Santa Anita struggled to win, so he initially got less hype than Quality Road and I Want Revenge.
You may have noticed that the odds on Pioneerof the Nile have been cut in half, from 8-1 to 4-1. Which means the wise guys took a shine to him long before the post-position draw. But, to be honest, this is one of those years with four elite horses getting everyone's attention, squares and sharps alike.
"You're not gonna get a lot of chatter about a horse that isn't in that group, which includes Pioneer, I Want Revenge, Dunkirk and Friesan Fire," Avello told me Wednesday. "We don't have a group of horses behind those top four who look like real legit contenders."
Come Derby week, the final two elements in picking a wise guy horse are how he's working out and what gate he's coming out of.
(By the way, picking a Preakness favorite is a whole different bale of hay, partially based on how horses finish in the Derby. You can see my analysis of who has the best shot at Pimlico on Insider Sunday morning.)
Well, early in the week I Want Revenge, Pioneerof the Nile and Friesan Fire were working out better than anyone. Some thought Friesan Fire, currently 6-1, might have run too fast, burning a five-furlong run in :57 4/5. "When you are running that fast you have the sense that it took something out of him," says Gold. "The Derby is longer than any horse has run, and if they need that extra surge you worry they won't have it because they burned it in the workout."
But, Gold points out, Friesan Fire's trainer is Larry Jones, Two years ago his horse Hard Spun did a five-eighths workout in :57 3/5 and then went on to finish second, behind Street Sense, in the Derby. "Every trainer has different methods," says Gold. "And clearly he knows what he's doing."
Now, as for starting position, Gold says to remember this: Churchill Downs traditionally has 14 starting gates. For the Derby, it brings out auxiliary gates and between the original 14th gate and the new 15th gate, there is a little more space than there is between gates 1-14. "That 15 position will give you a precious second or two to sort out what's happening to your inside," says Gold. "Sixteen is also okay because you can follow the horse in front of you."
Dunkirk, one of the race favorites, is coming out of gate 15. In 16 is Baffert's Pioneerof the Nile. I Want Revenge drew 13, where Smarty Jones won from in 2004, and Friesan Fire picked the sixth position. "He doesn't have a lot of speed to the inside of him," says Gold. "So he will get a clear shot to be near the front."
All the jibber-jabber means this: Pioneerof the Nile has leapfrogged from 8-1 to being the second favorite, along with Dunkirk, behind I Want Revenge. Meanwhile, Friesan Fire, with a good trainer, a strong week of training and a decent post position, is still at 6-1. "By Saturday, it's possible he could go from fourth to the favorite," says Gold.
In other words, meet Friesan Fire, your 2009 wise guy horse.
"Now," says Avello, "it's time for action."
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