{"id":5946,"date":"2013-10-02T17:43:57","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T17:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/?p=5946"},"modified":"2016-02-18T13:18:37","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T18:18:37","slug":"sports-betting-preview-october-2-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/sports-betting-preview-october-2-2013.html","title":{"rendered":"Sports Betting Preview \u2014 October 2, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the American League\u2019s turn to determine their wild-card game winner while the NHL season starts to heat up in its second day of action.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Sports Betting Preview for October 2<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><b>Top Stories in Sports Today<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Baseball: Pirates Moves to the NLDS after Beating Reds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Behind Francisco Liriano\u2019s strong pitching performance and Russell Martin\u2019s hot bat, Pittsburgh won its first postseason game in 21 years <a href=\"http:\/\/scores.espn.go.com\/mlb\/recap?gameId=331001123\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow\">after ousting the Reds in the NL wild-card game, 6-2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hockey: Blackhawks Beat Capitals to Start Cup Defense<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Defending champions Blackhawks scored three goals in the third period to outmuscle Alex Ovechkin and the rest of the Caps and win their <a href=\"http:\/\/scores.espn.go.com\/nhl\/recap?gameId=400484245\">first game of the season, 6-4.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Basketball: Thunder Russell Westbrook to Miss First 4-6 Weeks of NBA Season<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bad news for Oklahoma City Thunder basketball fans: The All-Star point guard went under the knife for the second time; <a href=\"http:\/\/nba.si.com\/2013\/10\/01\/russell-westbrook-knee-surgery-injury-update-oklahoma-city-thunder\/?sct=hp_t2_a4&amp;eref=sihp\">he&#8217;s expected to miss at least a month of the NBA regular season<\/a>.<\/p>\n[sc:Other490banner ]\n<h3>Top Bet Games to Bet On<\/h3>\n<h3><b>MLB<\/b><\/h3>\n<h4>Tampa Bay Rays vs. Cleveland Indians (8:07 PM ET)<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Pitching Match-up: Rays RH Alex Cobb (11-3, 2.76 ERA) vs. Indians RH Danny Salazar (2-3, 3.12 ERA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Rays leaned on the exceptional pitching performance of David Price to turn away the Rangers in its last game, 5-2, and earned the right to join Cleveland in the AL wild-card game. Alex Cobb gets the ball tonight for the Rays, who are 3-0 in the right-hander\u2019s last three starts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/nfl\/\">Odds: Tampa Bay Rays (-117) vs. Cleveland Indians (+107), O\/U: 7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Terry Francona must have been thrilled to return to the postseason. The Indians will try to make his October return a long one with a win tonight against the visiting Tampa Bay squad. Cleveland finished the regular season on fire, winning all 10 of its last 10 games. It is also 6-0 in its last 6 home games.<\/p>\n<h3>NHL<\/h3>\n<h3>Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Philadelphia Flyers (7:30 PM ET)<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Vincent-Lecavalier-Philadelphia-Flyers-NHL.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5957\" alt=\"Philadelphia Flyers news conference\" src=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Vincent-Lecavalier-Philadelphia-Flyers-NHL.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Vincent-Lecavalier-Philadelphia-Flyers-NHL.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Vincent-Lecavalier-Philadelphia-Flyers-NHL-300x196.jpg 300w, http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Vincent-Lecavalier-Philadelphia-Flyers-NHL-138x90.jpg 138w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Maple Leafs ended their campaign last season with an absolute heartbreaker in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Showing that the team is already past it, Toronto beat fellow Original Six team Canadiens, 4-3, to win their season opener. In that game, James Reimer stopped 34 shots while Mason Raymond netted the game-winner for the Leafs. The Maple Leafs head to Philadelphia next where they and the Flyers have gone 3-0 OVER in their last 3 games.\u00a0[sc:NHL240 ]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/nhl\">Odds: Toronto Maple Leafs (+105) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (-125), O\/U: 5.5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia was 0-3 through the first three games of last season and missed the playoffs after finishing 10<sup>th<\/sup> in the Eastern Conference. Philadelphia is now hoping for a bounce back season, signing Vincent Lecavalier (Lightning) and Mark Streit (Islanders) in the offseason. 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