Cardinals continue set with Nationals
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06/04/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Right-hander Todd Wellemeyer goes for a fifth consecutive win tonight when the St. Louis Cardinals visit the Washington Nationals in the middle game of a three-game series at Nationals Park.
Wellemeyer, a 29-year-old native of Louisville, was 2-1 through six starts this season before downing the Chicago Cubs, 5-3, on May 4.
Overall, in his last six starts, he's 4-0 with two no-decisions and has allowed 28 hits and nine earned runs in 37 innings, earning recognition as the National League's pitcher of the month for May.
He's making his first career start against Washington after seven straight relief appearances, in which he's 0-1 with a save and a 5.40 earned run average in 10 innings of work.
Washington southpaw John Lannan looks to reverse the result of his initial meeting of the season with the Cardinals on April 6. Lannan took a 3-0 loss in that game, allowing seven hits and two runs in 6 2/3 innings of his season debut. He's 4-4 with a pair of no-decisions in 10 starts since.
His last win came May 18 at Baltimore, when he gave up four hits and a run over 7 1/3 innings of the Nationals' 2-1 victory.
On Tuesday, right-hander Kyle Lohse allowed four hits and a run over five innings to lead the Cardinals to a 6-1 win in the series opener.
Lohse struck out two and walked none in improving his 2008 record to 6-2. Yadier Molina hit his third home run of the year and drove in three runs for St. Louis, which also got RBIs from Ryan Ludwick and Lohse.
Odalis Perez took the loss for Washington after allowing five hits and four runs - though just one earned - in three innings. Reliever Jesus Colome was tagged for three hits and two runs in just one inning.
Six players had one hit apiece for the Nationals, who got their lone RBI from Ryan Langerhans.
St. Louis swept a three-game series from the Nats earlier in the season.
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago White Sox answered manager Ozzie Guillen's call for better offensive production in Tuesday's victory over the Kansas City Royals. We'll see if the current American League Central leaders can continue the heavy hit
<< Oswalt, Astros resume set with Pirates in Steel City
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Houston right-hander Roy Oswalt shoots for his 12th career
win against Pittsburgh tonight, when the Astros head to PNC Park for the
second of three games with the Pirates.
Oswalt is 11-5 in 22 career games agains
<< Rockies try to stay on right path in LA
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Don't look now, but the Rockies are showing signs of life.
Having snapped a pair of painful losing streaks, Colorado takes on the Los
Angeles Dodgers in the rubber match of a three-game set at Dodger Stadium.
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<< Struggling Yanks hope to solve Toronto's Litsch
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mired in a three-game losing streak, the New York Yankees
will now have to face one of baseball's hottest pitchers in tonight's middle
test of a three-game home series with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Toronto's Jesse Litsch ent
<< Mets, Giants close out series by the bay
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The front office's confidence in Mets manager Willie
Randolph has carried onto the field. New York tries to win its third straight
series this afternoon when it concludes a three-game series with the San
Francis
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Cubs are one game away from producing their first double-digit win streak in nearly a decade. The red-hot club will attempt to maintain its awesome recent form when it goes up against an old friend in tonight's fi
Smoltz headed for season-ending surgery >>
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Braves have scheduled a press
conference for Wednesday, at which time the club will reportedly announce that
pitcher John Smoltz will need season-ending surgery on his right shoulder -- a
procedu
First place on line in latest Red Sox-Rays skirmish >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Right-handed ace Josh Beckett will try to pitch Boston back
into first place tonight, when the second-place Red Sox meet the American
League East Division-leading Tampa Bay Rays in the middle test of a three-game
series
Spotlight again on Griffey as Phils, Reds resume series >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Still in search of his 600th career home run, Cincinnati
Reds star Ken Griffey Jr. will take another swing at history this evening in
the third test of a four-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies at
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Rangers to take swings at Indians' Lee >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Cleveland Indians starter Cliff Lee will try to pitch his
team back into the win column tonight, when the Tribe resumes a four-game
series against the Texas Rangers in Arlington.
Lee has won back-to-back starts t
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The NFL preseason is approaching. Time for players, coaches and teams to turn over a new leaf. General managers have hired some new coaches, while coaches have added some offensive and defensive assistants to try and improve things. Here’s a look at some changes to look for in the preseason.
New York Jets: The Jets were one of the surprise teams in the NFL last season, making the playoffs under hard-driving first-year coach Eric Mangini. Mangini rebuilt the offensive line with rookies D'Brickashaw Ferguson (the No. 4 pick in the 2007 Draft) and Ohio State center (the 29th pick in the first round). This season he upgraded the defense with rookie linebacker David Harris (Michigan) while the secondary picked up a much needed top-notch corner in Pitt CB Darrelle Revis (No. 14 overall).
The Jets have added balance to the offense for QB Chad Pennington with RB Thomas Jones, essentially stolen from the Bears. He will upgrade a New York ground game that was 20th in rushing with a weak 3.5 yards per carry. They have their first true feature back since Curtis Martin. Offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer prefers ball control, like his father Marty. In preseason, behind Pennington you’ll see second-year QB Kellen Clemens and mobile newcomer QB Marques Tuiasosopo.
Jacksonville Jaguars: The heat is on Jack Del Rio in Jacksonville as the Jaguars flopped last season despite a ton of talent. Keep in mind that under Del Rio the Jaguars have been outstanding in preseason with a 12-4 SU, 11-5 ATS August mark. online football betting Their defense is loaded, it’s the offense that has been stuck in first gear the last few years.
Enter a new offensive coordinator in Dirk Koetter, the former Boise State and Arizona State pass-happy coach. He will try and upgrade a passing game that ranked 24th last season. Del Rio has criticized wide receivers and Matt Jones this summer, both of whom have battled injuries. It will be interesting to watch the “new” Jaguars passing game in preseason.
Arizona Cardinals: Word out of Arizona is that the players like new coach Ken Whisenhunt, who was the Steelers offensive coordinator last year. We think of Arizona as all-passing because their running game has been awful of late because of a poor offensive line. However, keep an eye on the running game in preseason as they’ve made a lot of changes.
The new coach brings in Russ Grimm to coach the offensive line (Grimm did a marvelous job building the Steelers line). They took Penn State OT Levi Jones in the first round and signed two offensive linemen, Mike Gandy and Al Johnson, to provide depth. Reggie Wells was moved from right tackle to left guard and they want more speed out of the offensive line for pulling and traps, a Pittsburgh staple under Bill Cowher.
Atlanta Falcons: While all the attention has been focused on QB Mike Vick’s off-field problems, new coach Bobby Petrino is revamping the Falcons from an all-running team to a more balanced one. Petrino likes the experience of backup QB Joey Harrington and he has veteran backup Chris Redman, who used to play for Petrino at Louisville and knows his offenses better than anyone. Petrino wants Vick to be more of a pocket passer.
The addition of FB Ovie Mughelli is a sign Petrino wants a power rushing attack behind a physical fullback and newcomer WR Joe Horn should upgrade what was a below average wideout corps. Petrino is changing their old zone-blocking scheme to a more traditional in-line blocking scheme and the offensive line is bigger. Rookie DE Jamaal Anderson was grabbed in the first round and the secondary got younger with former Auburn cornerback David Irons, who the Falcons think was a steal as a sixth-round pick.
Cleveland Browns: The 2007 Browns look like a double-edged sword. There was the excitement of the offseason, trading for RB Jamel Lewis, upgrading the offensive line with Wisconsin’s Joe Thomas (the No. 2 pick in the draft) and free agent LG Eric Steinbach, then trading for Notre Dame QB Brady Quinn when he fell to No. 22. GM Phil Savage and head coach Romeo Crennel feel they have a talented, balanced offense with these new pieces, plus TE >Kellen Winslow and WR Braylon Edwards.
However, were these moves made in desperation? And were they foolish ones? The Browns gave up their 2008 first-round pick for Quinn and we all know QBs take time to develop. And even first-round QBs can be busts (Joey Harrington, Akili Smith). We also don’t know if the offensive line is that much improved (31st in rushing in 2007) and they did nothing to improve a defense that was awful against the run (142 yds pg allowed).
The Browns have a new offensive coordinator in Rob Chudzinski. This is a young offense and Quinn looked tentative, indecisive and inaccurate early in camp. Crennel will play Charlie Frye, Quinn and Derek Anderson in preseason. And there is a mixed bag for rookie QBs receiving significant starts: Tim Couch (14), Kerry Collins (13), Ben Roethlisberger (13), Vince Young (13), Joey Harrington (12), Matt Leinart (11) and Kyle Boller (nine). While all the focus will be on the Browns new-look offense, I’m more concerned with the defense.
Carolina Panthers: Coach Jon Fox loves the ground game, but Carolina has made some interesting changes for 2007. Fox fired offensive coordinator Dan Henning and brings in Jeff Davidson to run the offense. Davidson has brought in zone-blocking schemes to the Panther offense, a dramatic change for a system that's been built around a power-running style.
In zone-blocking, offensive linemen are responsible for blocking any defender who appears in their zone, instead of focusing on one defender. The Broncos and Falcons have had success with the system, which features smaller, more athletic offensive linemen and can create running lanes on the inside and outside. Keep an eye in preseason on how Carolina adjusts as it will take time to learn the system. Fox has been one of the top coaches in preseason, with a 15-5 SU, 12-7-1 ATS August record.
Dallas Cowboys: WR Terrell Owens is still here, but QB Drew Bledsoe and Bill Parcells are gone. New head coach Wade Phillips takes over, replacing Parcells. He ran the Chargers defense last season. Phillips was chosen by teary-eyed owner Jerry Jones partly because he is one of the best 3-4 coaches in football and the Cowboys have loaded up on players for that scheme.
Remember that Phillips was blitz-happy with the Chargers last season and early reports out of the Dallas camp have mentioned how the Cowboys have been blitzing a lot, a departure from Parcells. The theme of the 2007 Dallas defense appears to be one of attack.
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