Blue Jays homer four times in rout of Twins

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05/18/2010 - Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Aaron Hill smacked a three-run home run as the Toronto Blue Jays dominated the Minnesota Twins, 11-2, to split a two-game set.

Lyle Overbay went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and three RBI, Vernon Wells hit a solo home run and drove in two and Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run home run for the Blue Jays, who have won five of six. Shaun Marcum (3-1) went seven innings in the start and was charged with just one run on five hits with two walks and three strikeouts.

Alexei Casilla and Jason Kubel each drove in a run for the Twins, who had a two-game win streak stopped. Carl Pavano (4-4) was tagged for six runs on 10 hits over four innings.

Toronto grabbed the lead in the first as a sacrifice fly from Wells was followed by an RBI double by Overbay for a 2-0 lead.

In the second, Jose Bautista was hit by a pitch to start the inning and Encarnacion followed by hitting a pitch off the top of the wall in left-center and over for a 4-0 lead.

In the third, Wells started the frame by drilling the first pitch he saw into the left field stands for a 5-0 lead.

Minnesota finally got on the board in the fourth when Michael Cuddyer led off with a triple and Kubel followed with a single to make it a 5-1 game.

Toronto, though, got the run back in the bottom of the fourth. Jose Molina reached first on an infield single to start the inning and Fred Lewis followed with a double. After Hill struck out, Adam Lind singled to right to easily score Molina, but Lewis was gunned down at home by Kubel.

Toronto blew the game wide open in the sixth. With one out, Molina and Lewis singled and Hill followed with a blast over the left field wall. After Jesse Crain entered the game, Wells reached base on an infield single, making it to third on an error from Crain, and Overbay made it an 11-1 game with his fourth home run of the season.

Casilla's pinch-hit, one-run triple in the eighth accounted for the final score.

Game Notes

Toronto has another two-game set with the Mariners in Seattle starting on Wednesday...Minnesota also has a two-game set in Boston beginning on Wednesday...Toronto has won 15 of the last 19 against Minnesota...Pavano is 3-5 in 10 appearances against Toronto...Marcum improved to 2-1 in four starts against Toronto...Encarnacion was activated from the 15-day disabled list prior to the game.

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Michael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football.

As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL.

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The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago.

Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996).

But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side.

Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show.

Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East:

Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1

Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2

New York Giants - 9 - 2

Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1).

Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship.

So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume.

And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top.

They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy.

Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday.

But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division.

Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS.

Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS.

Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162.

Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense?

Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS.

In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS.

Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division.

Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do.

The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20.

The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550.

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