Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The drivers of the Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono, Philly battles the Giants, and the Angels close out a set with the Twins.
Pocono Raceway odds…
Jimmie Johson is 13-4 to win the Pennsylvania 500 Sprint Cup Series at Pocono Raceway. Carl Edwards is 13-2 followed by Tony Stewart at 8-1 and Jeff Gordon at 9-1. Get the complete Pocono Raceway odds for the
Colliding in the Junior Circuit . . .
Mark Buehrle (11-4, 3.45 ERA) will be trying to pitch the White Sox to a win over the Yankees on Sunday afternoon when he takes the mound at home against CC Sabathia (10-7, 3.83 ERA). Lefthander Buehrle followed up his perfect game by giving up five earned runs over 6 1-3 innings in a loss to the Twins last time out. Lefthander Sabathia is also coming off a losing effort; he surrendered six runs (five earned) on nine hits over 5 2-3 innings against the Rays on Tuesday night.
Also on the American League schedule for Sunday: Detroit at Cleveland, Boston at Baltimore, Kansas City at Tampa Bay, Toronto at Oakland, Seattle at Texas, and the Angels at Minnesota.
Sunday MLB picks…
As tempting as it is to look forward to football betting, there continues to be so much money being won in MLB. Bo Eason is the No. 4 ranked handicapper all sports combined since 1990 and No. 1 in MLB. His 10*s have turned a profit in every sport (college and pro counted separately) literally every year since 1990. Yesterday he swept 10* with
Clashing in the Senior Circuit . . .
It’ll be Chad Billingsley (10-6, 3.96 ERA) vs. Jair Jurrjens (9-7, 2.69 ERA) as the Dodgers take on the Braves in Atlanta on ESPN’s primetime matchup. Righthander Billingsley was knocked around by the Cardinals in his last start, giving up six earned runs over 5 2-3 innings of work in a loss. Righthander Jurrjens took a no-decision against the Marlins last time out after allowing two earned runs in six innings; Jurrjens had won each of his previous three outings.
Elsewhere on the NL slate for Sunday it’s Colorado at Cincinnati, Arizona at the Mets, Washington at Pittsburgh, Houston at St. Louis, Milwaukee at San Diego, the Cubs at Florida, and Philadelphia at San Francisco. Cole Hamels (7-5, 4.42 ERA) is Philly’s pitcher for Sunday; the lefthander is 3-0 with two no-decisions in his last five outings, with his team winning all those games. Barry Zito (6-10, 4.54 ERA) goes for the Giants; he’s allowed only two runs over his last 12 2-3 innings.
Roaring around the track . . .
Tony Stewart is pegged as the 4/1 Vegas favorite to win Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series event, the Sunoco Red Cross
Rounding out the Roundup . . .
Finally, the WNBA has just two games on the schedule for Sunday, with