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Brandon Webb will make his fourth attempt to pick up his 20^th win of the season when he takes to the mound for Arizona on Friday night. Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup…

Betting  events of the day…

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Event of the day . . .

Webb won his 19^th game of the year on August 21, tossing seven scoreless innings against the Padres and giving up just three hits. In his past three outings, though, the right-hander has been rocked for 19 earned runs on 22 hits over just 13 2-3 innings.

That stretch was doubly painful for Webb (19-7, 3.41 ERA) – he was beaten twice by the rival Dodgers to hurt the D-Backs’ playoff chances, and his stats took a big hit and knocked him down a peg in the Cy Young race. He’ll attempt to get back on track on Friday when he gets the ball at home for the D-Backs in their game against the Reds.

Cincinnati is expected to send Aaron Harang (4-15, 5.18 ERA) to the mound on Friday, and he’s gone just 1-4 with a no-decision in six starts since returning from the disabled list in early August. The righthander gave up three earned runs on six hits over seven innings in a no-decision against the Cubs on Sunday, walking three and fanning five.

Non-event of the day . . .

The Marlins were in contention for a playoff spot over the first half of the season, but since then they’ve fallen way off the pace in both the NL East and the NL Wild Card standings. Florida will send Scott Olsen (6-10, 4.41 ERA) to the hill on Friday night to take on Shairon Martis (0-1, 3.60) and the basement-dwelling Nationals.

Also on the schedule . . .

Other National League games on tap for Friday include St. Louis at Pittsburgh, Atlanta at the Mets, the Dodgers at Colorado, and San Francisco at San Diego. As well, it’s Manny Parra (10-7, 4.03 ERA) vs. Cole Hamels (12-9, 3.12 ERA) in the key Brewers/Phillies clash.

The Angels have now clinched top spot in the AL West, but they’ll still be gunning for the best record in the American League when they send out Joe Saunders (15-7, 3.64 ERA) to face Seattle’s Ryan Rowland-Smith (4-2, 3.61 ERA) on Friday. Rounding out the AL slate: Minnesota at Baltimore, Toronto at Boston, Kansas City at Cleveland, Tampa Bay at the Yankees, Detroit at the White Sox, and Texas at Oakland.

There are two games on the Canadian Football League’s schedule for Friday – Winnipeg at Toronto (-2.5), and Montreal at Calgary (-2.5). As well, there’s a battle of ranked teams on the college gridiron, with No. 13 Kansas at No. 19 South Florida. The Bulls are pegged as 3.5-point favorites in that game against the visiting Jayhawks.

Finally, there are three WNBA games on tap for Friday, with Phoenix at Minnesota, New York at Chicago, and Atlanta at Seattle. The WNBA’s regular season concludes on Sunday, with the league’s playoffs starting up next week.

News from the wire . . .

Angels OF Torii Hunter and Yankees C Ivan Rodriguez were both suspended two games for their role in that scuffle earlier in the week; Hunter is eligible to return Friday, Rodriguez can return Saturday . . . White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko has been diagnosed with a sprained knee, and is listed as day-to-day . . . Quarterbacks Jeff Garcia, Brodie Croyle, and Vince Young will all be out of action for Week 2.

Peek at the future . . .

The big Ohio State/USC matchup on Saturday has a kickoff of 8:00pm ET; the Trojans are pegged as 10.5-point home favorites. Other big college matchups on Saturday include No. 14 East Carolina (-13) at Tulane, and No. 10 Wisconsin (-2) at No. 21 Fresno State . . . the Red Sox and Blue Jays will play a day/night doubleheader at Fenway Park on Saturday, with Bartolo Colon returning to the rotation for Boston.