Sports Betting

July/02/2009
By Sports Betting Stats

Meeting up in the Junior Circuit . . .

The Yankees will send CC Sabathia (7-4, 3.55 ERA) to the mound on Thursday night at home against the Mariners and Jason Vargas (3-3, 3.79 ERA). Lefthander Sabathia wasn’t hindered by his sore biceps last time out, holding the Mets to just one earned run on three hits over seven innings in a victory. Lefthander Vargas wasn’t nearly as effective in his last trip to the mound, as the Dodgers pounded him for five earned runs on nine hits over only 4 2-3 innings.

There are just two other games on the American League schedule for Thursday, with the White Sox at Kansas City and Baltimore at the Angels. The Orioles will send Jeremy Guthrie (6-7, 5.11 ERA) to the hill in that last matchup, while the Angels will turn to John Lackey (2-3, 5.06 ERA) in their quest for a win at home.

Taking the field in the Senior Circuit . . .

The Diamondbacks and Reds will get the day started for the National League on Thursday, with early-afternoon action in Cincinnati. The D-Backs will send Doug Davis (3-8, 3.28 ERA) to the mound in the day game; the lefthander hasn’t picked up a win since June 5, but over his last two starts he’s given up just one earned run over 14 innings of work. Righthander Aaron Harang (5-8, 3.95 ERA) gets the ball for the Reds; Harang last made it into the victory column on May 25.

There are five other games on the NL slate for Thursday, with the Mets at Pittsburgh, Houston at San Diego, Philadelphia at Atlanta, San Francisco at St. Louis, and Milwaukee at the Cubs. Brewers righthanded starter Seth McClung (3-1, 3.55 ERA) will be looking to pitch his team to a win over their division rival. Righthander Ryan Dempster (4-5, 4.09 ERA) will try to get on track for the Cubs.

Rounding out the Roundup . . .

Tiger Woods is the Vegas favorite on the links this week as the PGA Tour tees it up at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland for the AT&T National. Woods is listed at 7/5 on the odds list for the event (which he hosts). Jim Furyk is next at 12/1 odds to grab the trophy this week, with both Hunter Mahan and Paul Casey pegged at 15/1 odds. Anthony Kim, the defending champion at this tournament, is back in the second tier of golfers at 20/1 odds to repeat the victory.

There is one game on the gridiron on Thursday night, with the Blue Bombers and Eskimos kicking off their 2009 Canadian Football League campaign in Edmonton. The oddsmakers like the Eskimos at home in this contest, as they’ve been pegged as 9.5-point favorites. The total for the matchup is set at 53 points.

Finally, there are three games on the WNBA’s schedule for Thursday, with Connecticut at Indiana, Sacramento at Minnesota, and Detroit at New York. The Shock rolled to an 86-72 win over Sacramento last time out, getting 18 points off the bench from Shavonte Zellous and 14 points from Deanna Nolan. The Liberty fell 63- 54 to Indiana last time out despite the team-high 14 points from Essence Carson. Detroit and New York have a combined four wins in 15 games this year.