05/09/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A solid pitching matchup is on tap tonight at Petco Park, where Jake Peavy will lead the San Diego Padres against Aaron Cook and the NL West-rival Colorado Rockies.
Peavy is 4-1 with a 2.22 earned run average in seven starts this season, and won his last outing on Saturday at Florida. He held the Marlins to a pair of runs and five hits over a season-low 5 2/3 innings in a 7-2 victory.
The reigning NL Cy Young winner faced the Rockies on April 17 and did not factor in the outcome of a 2-1 loss, despite yielding four hits through eight scoreless innings.
The right-hander is 4-4 with a 4.05 ERA in 14 career starts against Colorado.
San Diego will try to stop a four-game slide on Friday. It was just swept in three games by the Atlanta Braves and suffered a 5-4 loss on Thursday. Adrian Gonzalez went 3-for-5 with a run scored and Kevin Kouzmanoff drove in a pair of runs for the Padres, who have dropped six of seven overall.
Padres starter Wilfredo Ledezma surrendered one unearned run on two hits in four innings of work. Joe Thatcher absorbed the loss after giving up Matt Diaz's RBI single in the ninth inning.
Colorado will hand the ball to Cook on Friday, and he is 5-1 with a 2.40 ERA in seven starts this season. Cook has won five straight starts and is unbeaten over his past six trips to the hill, last recording a victory on Sunday versus the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Cook limited the Dodgers to two runs on nine hits in 7 2/3 innings. He will face the Padres for the first time in 2008, and has toted an 8-3 mark with a 2.69 earned run average in 16 career appearances (14 starts) against them.
The Rockies just won the last two tests of a four-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals, and notched a 9-3 win on Thursday at Coors Field. Garrett Atkins and Chris Iannetta each drove in a pair of runs to lead the way.
Matt Holliday added four hits and scored three times for the Rockies, while Omar Quintanilla collected three hits and scored two runs.
Colorado starter Jorge De La Rosa allowed five hits and two runs over 5 2/3 innings to notch the win.
Colorado won two of three games against the Padres from April 15-17 at Petco Park. The Rockies have won seven of the eight most recent matchups in the series.
<< Marlins try to keep up season success against Nats
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The NL East-leading Florida Marlins will try to extend
their current winning streak to a season-high five games tonight, when they
begin a seven-game road trip with the first of three straight meetings with
Washing
<< Braves take hot streak into Pittsburgh
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Braves will try to stay unbeaten this month as
they open a seven-game road trip with tonight's first of four straight games
against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park.
Atlanta is coming off a perfect six
<< Dodgers open series with Astros in LA
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Dodgers try to get back on the winning
track this evening when they begin a three-game series with the Houston Astros
at Dodger Stadium.
Los Angeles enters this series on the heels of getting routed b
<< Reds, Mets open series at Shea
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Matt Belisle tries to help the Cincinnati Reds string back-
to-back wins together this evening when they open a three-game series with the
New York Mets at Shea Stadium.
Belisle lost for the second time in his three star
Maggert's brother killed in CO plane crash >>
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Professional golfer Jeff Maggert's
brother was killed Thursday when a single-engine plane he was piloting crashed
in a mountainous area in Colorado.
The plane went down in a rugged, wooded area a
Golf Tidbits: Inkster's major streak to end >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - There have been significant winning
streaks in golf over the years, and there have also been plenty of players who
have stressed family over golf. Occasionally the two intersect.
Consider the case of Juli
Wolfsburg, Stuttgart highlight key Bundesliga games >>
Wolfsburg, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Wolfsburg coach Felix Magath described
Saturday's Bundesliga match against Stuttgart as a "final."
Wolfsburg has climbed from 11th at the halfway point of the season to seventh
- only Bayern Munich an
Cubs activate Eyre >>
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Cubs activated pitcher Scott Eyre
from the 15-day disabled list and optioned left-handed pitcher Sean Marshall
to Triple-A Iowa on Friday.
Eyre, 35, has missed the first 34 games this seas
LaDainian Tomlinson Favorite to be 2007 NFL MVP
With the first NFL preseason game less than two weeks away, it is time to start thinking about football once again at MySportsbook.com. Reigning NFL MVP LaDainian Tomlinson is currently the 5-1 co-favorite to win the award again alongside Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning.
This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone after his all out assault on the record books last season. For those suffering from amnesia or were under a rock last football season, all L.T. did last season was set the NFL record for rushing touchdowns (28), total touchdowns (31) and total points scored (186) to go along with his 1815 rushing yards and 508 receiving yards. At 6-1, Tom Brady is next in line which isn’t surprising considering all of the firepower the Pats added over the off-season. With the addition of Randy Moss, Donte Stallworth and Wes Welker; it would be quite difficult for Brady’s numbers not to improve from last years 3529 yards and 24 touchdowns. There appears to be some decent value in Drew Bees at 10-1 considering he probably would have won the award last year if it wasn’t for L.T.’s record breaking season.
There is no reason to think the Saints will come back to earth this season and playing in a weak NFC, they should have as good a shot as any to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. At 15-1, Donovan McNabb could also be worth a look. Remember, many felt he was the MVP of the first half of the season before going down with a season ending injury. Reportedly, he is in great shape and well ahead of schedule to return to form. Also, he could have some added motivation to put up big numbers this season with the Eagles using their first pick in the draft on McNabb’s future successor Kevin Kolb.
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