Sabathia dominates as Yanks sweep A's

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09/02/2010 - Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - CC Sabathia became baseball's first 19-game winner with a one-hitter over eight innings as the Yankees completed a four- game sweep of Oakland with a 5-0 win.

Sabathia (19-5) now has a streak of 21 unbeaten starts at home, during which time he's gone 16-0. The streak dates back to July 18, 2009 and is the longest in franchise history since Ron Guidry posted 16 straight winning decisions at home in 1985-86.

The 19 wins matches a career high for Sabathia, who has done it three times and for consecutive years.

The stout lefty yielded only a Mark Ellis single in the second inning, issued three walks and struck out five to win his sixth straight start dating back to an August 1 loss to Tampa Bay.

New York ran its win streak to six games -- the longest streak since a seven-game run from July 3-9 -- while increasing its lead over the idle Rays atop the American League East standings to 1 1/2 games.

Curtis Granderson hit two home runs and drove in three after entering the game in the second inning for Nick Swisher, who developed stiffness in his left knee. Jorge Posada opened the scoring with a solo blast in the second.

It was the Yankees' first four-game sweep of Oakland since September 5-8, 1985.

Dallas Braden (9-10) pitched well through five-plus innings before leaving with cramping on a hot day at Yankee Stadium that saw temperatures on the field in excess of 100 degrees. The southpaw was charged with only two hits and one run with two walks and four strikeouts.

The Athletics wrapped up a 10-game road trip at 4-6.

Posada and Granderson each hit solo home runs over the first six innings to back Sabathia's efforts on the mound. Granderson's two-run shot to right off Michael Wuertz in the seventh made it a 4-0 game.

Oakland advanced a runner as far as second only once in the first seven innings when Cliff Pennington reached second on a throwing error by Posada in the third inning.

Sabathia retired 15 of the next 16 batters following the miscue before putting the first two runners on in the eighth. He hit Jeff Larish with a pitch and walked Landon Powell, but set the next three batters down in order to complete his outing.

Austin Kearns produced an insurance run with an RBI single in the home half off right-hander Justin James, who was making his major league debut.

Jonathan Albaladejo allowed the A's leadoff man to reach in the ninth but quickly recovered to get the next three in order.

Game Notes

Sabathia eclipsed the 200-inning mark for the fourth consecutive season... Both Granderson and Posada have 17 home runs this year. Posada ended 2-for-3 with a walk...It was also the Yankees' second sweep of the A's this season and sixth overall of 2010...Braden got the best of the Yankees at home on April 22 with six innings of two-run ball, Oakland's lone victory in 10 meetings with New York this year. He was coming off his second career shutout and fifth complete game of the season on Friday in Texas, a four-hitter in which he did not walk a batter.

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Super Bowl XLIII, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Super Bowl XLIII is now set, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet each other on February 1st in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium to battle it out for the coveted Lombardi Trophy. The game kicks off at 6:00pm ET on NBC with announcers Al Michaels and John Madden covering the on-field action. Super Bowl XLIII betting odds at online bookmaker MySportsbook.com have the Steelers listed as an early -6.5 against the spread favorite.Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds

Pittsburgh earned their passage to the big game by beating their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14 in yesterday's AFC Championship Game. The Steelers jumped on Baltimore early, building a 13-0 first half lead, and never let up on their way to a fairly easy win. Although the Ravens did close to within two points in the fourth quarter, it never appeared as if they had enough offense to pull off the upset.

The Steelers dominating defense held Baltimore to a total of 198 yards while allowing them to convert just three third downs in 13 attempts. Pittsburgh also forced quarterback Joe Flacco into three interceptions, one of which safety Troy Polamalu returned fourty yards for a touchdown.

The Cardinals, by far the playoff team with the longest odds to reach Super Bowl XLIII, did so yesterday with a 32-25 upset of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship. Arizona charged out of the gates and built a 24-6 halftime lead that had the Eagles venerable defense reeling. Quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald did most of the damage, connecting on three first half touchdowns.

Arizona, however, could not sustain their momentum and the Eagles took a 25-24 with 10:45 left to play in the fourth. The Cardinals, with the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance hanging in the balance, mounted a fourteen play, 72 yard touchdown drive that consumed 7:52 off the clock. Warner hit running back Tim Hightower on a short screen for the go-ahead, game clinching score that will forever live in Cardinal infamy.

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