Cabrera, Tribe rout D-Rays

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08/19/2007 - St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Asdrubal Cabrera hit his first-career home run, a three-run shot in the second inning, to lead the Cleveland Indians past the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 8-1, at Tropicana Field.

Cleveland starter Jake Westbrook (4-7) dazzled for seven innings, giving up just two hits and only one run to go along with four strikeouts and two walks.

Grady Sizemore went 2-for-5 with a home run for the Indians, who have won three straight and hold a 1 1/2 game lead over Detroit in the AL Central. The Tigers lost to the New York Yankees earlier Saturday.

Ryan Garko added three hits, scored and knocked in a run while Casey Blake had two RBI in the victory for Cleveland, which finished with 15 hits.

Jason Hammel (1-3) started on the mound for Tampa Bay and pitched five innings, allowing four runs on eight hits with four strikeouts.

Carlos Pena knocked in the lone run of the contest for the Devil Rays, who managed just three hits and have lost five of their last six games.

Cabrera's three-run shot in the second inning gave the Indians an early lead. Travis Hafner started things with a single and with one out Jhonny Peralta poked a base hit to left. Trot Nixon followed with a strikeout before Cabrera launched his first-career homer to deep right.

Sizemore's homer with one out in the fifth gave the visitors a four-run lead while Kenny Lofton's two-out single in the sixth plated Garko, who was hit by a pitch to start the inning, to make it 5-0.

Garko's RBI double with two outs in the seventh gave the Indians a six-run advantage while the D-Rays finally got on the board with two outs in the home half of the inning after Pena doubled in B.J. Upton, who drew a walk.

In the eighth, Blake singled home a pair of runs to make it a seven-run contest.

Game Notes

Westbrook has three wins over his last four starts...Cleveland improved to 8-1 against the Devil Rays this season and have won 15 of the last 17 meetings...Devil Rays shortstop Ben Zobrist left the game in the third inning with a right oblique strain.

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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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