Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Cardinals close out their series with the Astros, the Giants battle the Braves in Atlanta, and the Rays take on the ChiSox.

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Colliding in the Junior Circuit . . .

James Shields (6-6, 3.75 ERA) will try to pitch the Rays to a win on Wednesday night when they continue their series in Chicago against the White Sox. Righthander Shields was blasted by the Royals last time out, surrendering seven earned runs on 11 hits over 5 1-3 innings of work; Shields’ last win came on June 20. The White Sox originally had John Danks slated to pitch on Wednesday, but he was scratched with a finger injury. Call-up Carlos Torres will start in his place.

Elsewhere around the American League on Wednesday: Baltimore at the Yankees, Minnesota at Oakland, Seattle at Detroit, Cleveland at Toronto, the Angels at Kansas City, and Boston at Texas. The Red Sox will go with Tim Wakefield (11-3, 4.31 ERA) in their series finale; the knuckleballer has picked up a victory in seven of his last 10 trips to the mound. Vicente Padilla (7-5, 4.67 ERA), who lost to the Twins in his last outing, will take to the hill for the Rangers.

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Clashing in the Senior Circuit . . .

The top pitching matchup in the National League on Wednesday will take place in Houston, where the Astros’ Roy Oswalt (6-4, 3.65 ERA) will battle the Cardinals’ Chris Carpenter (8-3, 2.26 ERA). Righthander Oswalt shut down the Dodgers last time out, holding them to one earned run on four hits in a complete-game victory. Righthander Carpenter was dominant last time out as well, blanking the Diamondbacks on seven hits over eight innings while fanning seven.

Also on the NL slate for Wednesday: Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, Arizona at Colorado, Florida at San Diego, the Mets at Washington, the Cubs at Philadelphia, Cincinnati at the Dodgers, and San Francisco at Atlanta. Tim Lincecum (10-2, 2.27 ERA) goes for the Giants in that matchup; the righthander has given up three or fewer earned runs in each of his last 11 outings. Jair Jurrjens (8-7, 2.77 ERA) will be gunning for his third straight win for the Braves.

Rounding out the Roundup . . .

Finally, the WNBA offers up five games on Wednesday, with Atlanta at Detroit, New York at Chicago, Sacramento at Connecticut, Los Angeles at Seattle, and Minnesota at Phoenix. The Mercury head into Wednesday’s matchup with a West-best 12-4 straight-up (and 12-4 against-the-spread) record, and they beat Detroit 97-90 in their last contest. The Lynx fell 72-69 to Seattle last time out to sit at 9-7 both SU and ATS this season. Minnesota is also at 5-2 ATS on the road.