10/02/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - CC Sabathia goes on short rest for the fourth straight time this evening, when the Milwaukee Brewers try to even up their best-of- five National League Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.
Sabathia started three of the Brewers' final eight games, going 2-1 over that span while pitching to a brilliant 0.83 earned run average. He pitched the Brewers into the playoffs with a complete-game win over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday to clinch the wild card.
He was 11-2 with a 1.65 ERA and an NL-best seven complete games, three of which were shutouts, in 17 starts for the Brewers.
The big left-hander, who can become a free agent at season's end, is 2-2 with a 7.17 ERA all-time in the postseason. However, he was 0-2 in the playoffs with the Cleveland Indians a year a go and was tattooed for 12 runs in 10 1/3 innings.
Sabathia is 1-1 lifetime against the Phillies with a 4.97 ERA in two starts.
Philadelphia won its first playoff game in 15 years on Wednesday, as Cole Hamels hurled eight shutout innings and the Phillies survived a shaky ninth from closer Brad Lidge in a 3-1 win.
Hamels (1-0) used great location and a dominating changeup to keep an undisciplined Brewers lineup off-balance throughout. He allowed just two hits and one walk while striking out nine batters. The left-hander retired the first 14 batters he faced before Corey Hart lined a clean single to right with two outs in the fifth inning.
Lidge struggled mightily in the ninth, however, and surrendered a run before allowing the tying runs to reach second and third with two outs. The flame- thrower then fanned Hart to end the contest.
Chase Utley had a two-run double for the Phillies, who managed just four hits but won their first postseason game since 1993.
Philadelphia was swept in the Division Series last year by the eventual NL champion Colorado Rockies and are making consecutive playoff appearances for the first time since 1980 and '81.
The Brewers were playing postseason baseball for the first time since winning the American League pennant in 1982.
Milwaukee pitcher Yovani Gallardo (0-1) became the first pitcher in major league history to start Game 1 of the postseason for his team after appearing in less then 10 games during the regular season.
The 22-year-old right-hander was making just his second appearance since ACL surgery in May and was let down by his defense. Gallardo, who was on a strict pitch count, lasted just four innings and allowed three unearned runs on three hits, while walking five and striking out three.
Hoping to give the Phils a two-game advantage tonight will be righty Brett Myers, who was 10-13 with a 4.55 ERA and lost three of his four starts down the stretch. Myers' only win over that span, though, was a complete-game effort against Milwaukee, which managed just a run and two hits off of him, on September 14.
Myers' two starts after that have been horrendous, though, as he allowed 14 runs and 19 hits in 8 1/3 innings.
He is 4-1 lifetime versus the Brewers with a save and a 1.77 ERA in eight games (4 starts) against them.
The Phillies won five of their six regular-season matchups with the Brewers this year.
The series will shift to Miller Park for Game 3 on Saturday.
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According to MySportsbook.com, the favorites for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky are: Curlin (+250); Street Sense (+500); Scat Daddy (+700); Circular Quay (+750); and Nobiz Like Shobiz (+800).
Derby organizers announced this week that there will be a $1-million bonus at the 2007 Kentucky Derby odds if the first-place horse wins by more than 6 1/2 lengths – the margin of Barbaro's victory last year. The bonus would be divided Saturday among the winning trainer, jockey, owner and a charity, with each receiving 25 percent. The designated charity is the Barbaro Memorial Fund.
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Arkansas Derby winner Curlin – unbeaten in three career races – tries to overcome both those obstacles in Saturday's 133rd Derby.
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