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Courtesy of OddsShark.com: Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Giants look for a win over the Rockies in Colorado, while the Rangers do battle with the Athletics, and ranked TCU takes on SMU.
Colliding on the gridiron . . .
The lone college football game on the schedule for Friday has No. 4 TCU playing on the road against SMU. The ranked Horned Frogs (3-0 SU, 1-1 ATS) rolled past Baylor 45-10 at home last week, with Andy Dalton good on 21 of 23 pass attempts for 267 yards and two touchdowns. Ed Wesley ran for 165 yards and two scores for TCU in that win. The Mustangs (2-1 SU, 2-1 ATS) beat Washington State 35-21 at home last time out, as Kyle Padron went 19-of-34 for 280 yards and four touchdowns. The Horned Frogs are listed as 18.5-point road favorites against SMU on Friday, with the total set at 55.5.
As well, there’s one Canadian Football League game on tap for Friday, with Montreal at Winnipeg. The Alouettes (8-3 SU, 6-5 ATS) ride a two-game winning streak into this Friday matchup; Montreal got past Edmonton 31-14 at home last week, with Anthony Calvillo going 24-of-42 for 327 yards and an interception. The Blue Bombers (3-8 SU, 5-6 ATS) are coming off a 17-13 road loss against Toronto, and they’re pegged as 5.5-point home underdogs by the oddsmakers for Friday. The total for the contest is at 54.5.
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Meeting up on the diamond . . .
On the American League schedule for Friday it’s Kansas City at Cleveland, Minnesota at Detroit, Boston at the Yankees, Baltimore at Toronto, Seattle at Tampa Bay, the White Sox at the Angels, and Texas at Oakland. The Rangers are expected to send Tommy Hunter (12-4, 3.92 ERA) to the mound in that last contest, with the Athletics going with Bobby Cramer (2-0, 2.45 ERA). Righthander Hunter lost to the Mariners in his most recent trip to the mound, allowing two runs on six hits over his six innings of work. Lefthander Cramer is perfect so far in his Major League career, beating the Twins and the Royals in his two starts. Cramer has given up just three runs over his 11 innings.
Meanwhile, the National League on Friday offers up St. Louis at the Cubs, Houston at Pittsburgh, the Mets at Philadelphia, Atlanta at Washington, Florida at Milwaukee, the Dodgers at Arizona, Cincinnati at San Diego, and San Francisco at Colorado. Tim Lincecum (14-10, 3.60 ERA) takes the hill for the Giants on Friday, while the Rockies respond with Jhoulys Chacin (9-9, 3.30 ERA). Righthander Lincecum was beaten by the Brewers last time out, surrendering two runs on six hits over his five innings of work. Righthander Chacin blanked the Dodgers in eight innings of work in his last mound trip.
Matt Rivers free pick Friday is on the Houston Astros.
Somehow, someway Brett Myers has found himself and quite possibly is finishing up his best season ever. After the issues he had the last few seasons in Philadelphia it’s hard to imagine that Myers would have gotten back to this point but he has. The guy has been flat out nasty all season long and goes six plus innings every single game. It’s uncanny how Myers continues to be great start after start after start. I never thought this was possible, I really didn’t, but hurling like this the entire season just cannot be a fluke and thinking that all of a sudden tonight the lowly Pirates are going to jump on him is fairly unrealistic.
I’m not even saying that Pittsburgh won’t plate a few runs because at PNC they are alright and have played much better in the past week but at around a pick with Myers and a semi surging Astros club I am just fine with this small road chalk.
James McDonald has shown some flashes of what the Dodgers thought they had a few years back and certainly can put up some zeroes but all in all he is no Myers right now and the Buccos are not as solid overall as the ‘Stros. Lee, Pence, Bourne, Johnson and the visitors have stepped it up a ton after trading away both Lance Berkman and Roy Oswalt and right now are a pretty formidable team. To even be anywhere near .500 is pretty amazing with this club and in this spot I think they take another step towards the break-even mark.
The pick: Houston +102
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