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09/09/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - First place in the National League West will be on the line as the top two teams in the division, San Francisco and San Diego, kick off an important four-game series tonight at Petco Park.
The Padres currently lead the division by two games over the Giants, and just swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in three games following a season-high 10-game losing streak. San Diego handed the Dodgers a 4-0 loss in Wednesday's series finale behind six shutout innings and seven strikeouts from Cory Luebke, who was making his second major league start.
Luis Durango had two hits, a stolen base and two RBI, while Adrian Gonzalez and Miguel Tejada each drove in a run to help the Padres improve to 3-3 on a 10-game homestand. San Diego is 41-29 at Petco Park this season.
"The baseball season is long. There are ebbs and flows. We hit a bump in the road, but our guys showed resolve and came back and have played sound baseball the last three games," said San Diego manager Bud Black.
Black hopes that Jon Garland can show some resolve when he takes the mound Thursday night. Garland has lost back-to-back starts since a personal three- game winning streak and lasted just 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's 6-2 loss versus Colorado. He allowed three runs -- two earned -- and struck out seven batters, falling to 13-10 in 28 starts this season.
Garland defeated the Giants back on April 21 with seven innings of one-run ball and is 3-0 with a 2.15 ERA in four career starts in this series.
San Francisco will try to get back in the win column tonight after having its four-game winning streak cut short with Wednesday's 3-1 loss at Arizona in the finale of a three-game set in the desert.
Barry Zito suffered the hard-luck loss for permitting two runs in six innings with seven strikeouts. Freddy Sanchez homered in the first inning to provide the scoring, and both Aubrey Huff and Jose Guillen ended with two hits apiece for the Giants, who can take over first place in the NL West with a solid showing against their division rivals. San Francisco is also two games behind Atlanta for the wild card lead.
"You have two teams trying to get there. They're playing well right now. They've had a good year," said Giants manager Bruce Bochy. "So it should be an exciting series. It's what you play for in September. Work hard in the spring, and you get to this point, this is what it's about."
The Giants are 4-2 on a 10-game road trip and will send Matt Cain to the hill tonight. Cain is 10-10 with a 3.18 earned run average in 28 starts this season and 1-0 over the past three trips to the mound. He has recorded consecutive no-decisions against the D'Backs and Dodgers, and previously toed the rubber in Saturday's 5-4 win in Los Angeles.
Cain was touched for four runs and seven hits in seven innings with six strikeouts and one walk. The righty has fanned at least six batters in three straight contests. Cain is 0-2 in three starts against San Diego in 2010 and 4-8 with a 3.12 ERA in 21 lifetime starts in this series.
San Diego has dominated the season series with the Giants by a 9-2 count, including a 4-1 ledger at Petco Park.
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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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