Daily Sports Roundup
Friday, July 10
Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Astros continue their home series against the Nationals, the Tribe meet the Tigers, and the BoSox host the Royals.
Colliding in the Junior Circuit . . .
The Indians and Tigers will begin their weekend series in Detroit on Friday with Cliff Lee (4-8, 3.45 ERA) taking on Edwin Jackson (6-4, 2.59 ERA). Lefthander Lee has been tagged with a loss in each of his last two starts, and Cleveland is 3-7 over his last 10 trips to the mound. Righthander Jackson is on a string of three straight no-decisions, but he's given up three or fewer earned runs in 15 of his 17 starts so far this year. Jackson beat the Indians in his start back on May 9.
Elsewhere around the American League on Friday it'll be Toronto at Baltimore, Oakland at Tampa Bay, the White Sox at Minnesota, the Yankees at the Angels, Texas at Seattle, and Kansas City at Boston. The Royals will go with Brian Bannister (6-6, 3.87 ERA) at Fenway Park on Friday; the righthander beat the White Sox last time out. The Red Sox will counter with Jon Lester (7-6, 4.16 ERA); Boston has six wins in righthander Lester's last seven trips to the mound.
Clashing in the Senior Circuit . . .
Astros ace Roy Oswalt (5-4, 3.81 ERA) will get the call on Friday as Houston plays host to the Nationals and Scott Olsen (2-4, 6.04 ERA). Righthander Oswalt has given up just a single earned run in each of his last three starts, going 2-0 with a no-decision in those outings. Lefthander Olsen managed to beat the Braves in his outing on July 5, surrendering three earned runs over 8 2-3 innings.
Also on the National League schedule for Friday: Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, Cincinnati at the Mets, the Dodgers at Milwaukee, Atlanta at Colorado, Florida at Arizona, and San Diego at San Francisco. As well, the Cubs will host the Cardinals in a matinee matchup. Chicago has Rich Harden (5-5, 5.35 ERA) scheduled to start that contest, while St. Louis will turn to Brad Thompson (2-5, 4.92 ERA). Righthander Thompson has picked up a defeat in his last three starts.
Rounding out the Roundup . . .
There are two games on the Canadian Football League schedule for Friday, with Calgary at Winnipeg and Hamilton at British Columbia. Oddsmakers like the Stampeders on the road in that first contest, setting them as 5.5-point favorites (with a total of 52 points). The Lions are then heavily favored to beat the Tiger-Cats in the late matchup; B.C. is a 13-point favorite, with the total set at 50 points.
Finally, the WNBA offers up a pair of contests on Friday, with San Antonio at Minnesota and Indiana at Chicago. The Fever have been the best wager in the league so far this season, as they've put up a 7-3 against-the-spread record to go along with their 8-2 straight-up mark. Indiana is coming off a 78-74 win over Atlanta last time out, with Tammy Sutton-Brown pouring in a team-high 22 points.
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