05/09/2008 - (Baseball Betting) - A solid pitching matchup is on tap tonight at Petco Park, where Jake Peavy will lead the San Diego Padres against Aaron Cook and the NL West-rival Colorado Rockies.
Peavy is 4-1 with a 2.22 earned run average in seven starts this season, and won his last outing on Saturday at Florida. He held the Marlins to a pair of runs and five hits over a season-low 5 2/3 innings in a 7-2 victory.
The reigning NL Cy Young winner faced the Rockies on April 17 and did not factor in the outcome of a 2-1 loss, despite yielding four hits through eight scoreless innings.
The right-hander is 4-4 with a 4.05 ERA in 14 career starts against Colorado.
San Diego will try to stop a four-game slide on Friday. It was just swept in three games by the Atlanta Braves and suffered a 5-4 loss on Thursday. Adrian Gonzalez went 3-for-5 with a run scored and Kevin Kouzmanoff drove in a pair of runs for the Padres, who have dropped six of seven overall.
Padres starter Wilfredo Ledezma surrendered one unearned run on two hits in four innings of work. Joe Thatcher absorbed the loss after giving up Matt Diaz's RBI single in the ninth inning.
Colorado will hand the ball to Cook on Friday, and he is 5-1 with a 2.40 ERA in seven starts this season. Cook has won five straight starts and is unbeaten over his past six trips to the hill, last recording a victory on Sunday versus the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Cook limited the Dodgers to two runs on nine hits in 7 2/3 innings. He will face the Padres for the first time in 2008, and has toted an 8-3 mark with a 2.69 earned run average in 16 career appearances (14 starts) against them.
The Rockies just won the last two tests of a four-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals, and notched a 9-3 win on Thursday at Coors Field. Garrett Atkins and Chris Iannetta each drove in a pair of runs to lead the way.
Matt Holliday added four hits and scored three times for the Rockies, while Omar Quintanilla collected three hits and scored two runs.
Colorado starter Jorge De La Rosa allowed five hits and two runs over 5 2/3 innings to notch the win.
Colorado won two of three games against the Padres from April 15-17 at Petco Park. The Rockies have won seven of the eight most recent matchups in the series.
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O's try to continue dominance of KC >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Baltimore Orioles will attempt to maintain their
recent dominance of the Kansas City Royals when the two teams continue a four-
game series tonight at Kauffman Stadium.
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Red Sox make trip to Metrodome >>
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White Sox start trip at Safeco >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago White Sox start up a 10-game road trip with
tonight's visit to Seattle's Safeco Field, where the club will begin a three-
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Matt Kenseth And Kevin Harvick Favorites To Take NASCAR Nextel Cup Championship
(September 15)—The NASCAR season has hit the homestretch with the opening event on this year’s Chase for the Cup taking place this weekend at the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway. With 10 races remaining to determine the Cup Series champion, leading online sportsbook MySportsbook.com today announced odds on all 10 Chase qualifying drivers capturing the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship.
One of the largest sportsbook sites on the Internet, MySportsbook.com currently lists the top two drivers in the point standings as the early favorites to win the Nextel Cup. Entering the Chase for the Cup with a slim five-point lead in the point standings, 2003 NASCAR champ Matt Kenseth has been made a slight favorite to win his second Cup at 7/2 betting odds. 2001 Cup Rookie of the Year Kevin Harvick has betting odds listed at 5/2 and four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon is listed at 6/1 to capture the Nextel Cup this year.
Hoping to follow in the footsteps of his legendary father who won six NASCAR titles, Dale Earnhardt Jr. stands at 8/1 to breakthrough with his first Cup victory. Staying with the family theme, MySportsbook.com lists 2005 Rookie of the Year Kyle Busch at 14/1 to succeed big brother Kurt’s 2004 NASCAR title. While Kasey Kahne was the final driver to qualify for the Chase with a third place finish last week, the oddsmakers give him a fighting chance at 10/1 mainly due to several mile-and-a-half tracks remaining on the schedule. Despite going winless on the NASCAR circuit this season, Jeff Burton enters the Chase at 5/1 to capture the Cup title. Meanwhile, rookie Denny Hamlin is 4/1 to win the championship, while veteran driver Mark Martin enters the Chase for the Cup as a 15/1 long shot to win his first NASCAR title in his 24th and final season.
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Sportsbook betting odds favor Europe in Ryder Cup
September 19, – Despite holding a decided edge in the all-time series, with 24 wins, 2 ties and 10 losses, Team USA is the underdog again heading into the Ryder Cup in Kidare, Ireland this weekend, according to MySportsbook.com. The Europeans have captured four of the past five editions, including their largest victory ever, an 18 ½ to 9 ½ thumping in Michigan in 2004. Current Ryder Cup betting odds favor the Europeans to continue their winning ways; they are a 4-5 bet to take the title, compared to 6-5 for the Americans.
Despite being knocked out in the first round of World Match play by Shaun Micheel, Tiger Woods is predicted to lead the US charge and be their highest point scorer for the week, with odds listed at 9-4 that he outpoints all other American players, including Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson and Chris DiMarco to name a few. Team USA has four relatively unknown players on the roster but all four are 2007 tournament winners and have posted some of season’s best performances, each earning over $1.5 million on the PGA TOUR. They include Zach Johnson, Vaughan Taylor, JJ Henry and Brett Wetterich.
The experienced European squad includes the likes of Luke Donald, Sergio Garcia, Padraig Harrington, Jose Maria Olazabal and Darren Clarke, who’s emotions will be tested after the passing of his wife to a battle with cancer. Donald and Garcia are in particularly good form and each is a 5-1 bet to lead the European squad in the points race. Donald has proven he can go head to head with Woods at a major event after a run for the $1.2 million purse at the PGA Championship. Garcia’s Ryder Cup credentials prove he’s ready for battle too.
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Ryder Cup Odds| Europe Tie USA |
4-5 10-1 6-5 |
| Tiger Woods Jim Furyk Phil Mickelson Chris DiMarco David Toms Stewart Cink Chad Campbell Scott Verplank Zach Johnson Vaughan Taylor JJ Henry Brett Wetterich |
9-4 4-1 5-1 7-1 8-1 12-1 15-1 15-1 25-1 30-1 30-1 50-1 |
| Sergio Garcia Luke Donald Padraig Harrington Colin Montgomerie Darren Clarke David Howell Lee Westwood Paul Casey Henrik Stenson Jose Maria Olazabal Paul McGinley Robert Karlsson |
5-1 5-1 6-1 13-2 8-1 9-1 9-1 11-1 12-1 12-1 20-1 25-1 |
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