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04/21/2009 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Facing the top team in baseball didn't scare Pittsburgh's pitching staff. Coming off their third shutout win in four games, the Pirates resume a three-game series with the Florida Marlins this evening at PNC Park.
Though just 7-6 on the season, the Pirates own the best team earned run average in the National League at 3.08. They shut out Atlanta in back-to-back games on Friday and Saturday, suffered an 11-1 loss in that series finale on Sunday but then came right back with an 8-0 win on Monday that halted Florida's seven-game winning streak.
Ross Ohlendorf threw seven shutout innings, allowing a mere two hits and one walk while striking out five. He combined with Tyler Yates and Jesse Chavez to post Pittsburgh's MLB-best fourth shutout of the season.
Jeff Karstens will try to keep the Pirates' hot pitching going. However, the right-hander lasted only four innings in his lone start of the season on Thursday versus Houston, getting a no-decision after giving up three runs on four hits and five walks.
The 26-year-old Karstens has never before faced the Marlins.
Plenty of run support would likely ease Karstens on the mound. Nate McLouth keyed Pittsburgh's eight-run attack on Monday, connecting on a three-run homer as part of a four-RBI day.
Adam LaRoche had a pair of hits, including a double, two RBI and a run scored for Pittsburgh, which has won three of four and played without catcher Ryan Doumit. He sat out the contest due to a right wrist injury suffered on Sunday.
Emilio Bonifacio and Hanley Ramirez had the only hits for the Marlins, who fell to 11-2 overall and suffered their first road loss of the season (6-1).
Andrew Miller (0-1) took the loss after going a shaky 4 2/3 innings. The big left-hander allowed four runs on five hits and four walks and landed on the 15-day disabled list following the contest with a right oblique strain.
Right-hander Anibal Sanchez will try to get the Marlins back on track tonight and help them avoid back-to-back losses for the first time this year. Sanchez is just one of a handful of Florida pitchers off to a hot start, as the club boasts a team ERA of 3.63 that is third in the NL.
Sanchez earned a no-decision in his first start of the year on April 10 versus the Mets despite five shutout innings in which he allowed four hits and three walks with five strikeouts. He then cracked the win column Thursday in Atlanta, allowing two runs on eight hits and three walks over six innings.
The 25-year-old has never faced Pittsburgh.
The Pirates lost three of five to the Marlins last year and the clubs split a two-game set in the Steel City.
<< Streaking BoSox open quick set vs. Twins
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - After a slow start the Boston Red Sox seem to have found
their way. Tonight, they try to win their sixth straight game when they open a
brief two-game series with the Minnesota Twins at Fenway Park.
Boston completed a
<< Reds, Cubs begin series at Wrigley
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Newcomer meets ace tonight at Wrigley Field when the
Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs open a three-game series.
The Reds will go with No. 5 starter Micah Owings, who'll make his second start
since coming over as the player
<< Halladay goes for fourth win in as many starts in opener with Rangers
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay takes aim at a
major-league best fourth victory tonight when the Toronto Blue Jays host the
Texas Rangers in game one of a three-game series at Rogers Centre.
A 31-year-old native
<< Dodgers hope to push win streak to nine in Houston
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Young right-hander Clayton Kershaw can make it nine
straight wins for the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight when they head to Minute
Maid Park to begin a three-game series with the Houston Astros.
The Dodgers haven't won nine st
Flyers try to even series in Game 4 against Pens >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Philadelphia Flyers will get a chance to even their
best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series tonight, when they host
the rival Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 4 at the Wachovia Center.
The fifth-seeded Flyers w
Blue Jackets host Wings in club's first home playoff game >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The first home playoff game in Columbus Blue Jackets
history will take place tonight, as the seventh-seeded club hosts the mighty
Detroit Red Wings in Game 3 of their best-of-seven Western Conference
quarterfinal series.
'Canes try to bounce back in Game 4 against Devils >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The sixth-seeded Carolina Hurricanes will try to rebound
tonight when they host the New Jersey Devils at RBC Center for a crucial Game
4 in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinals.
Carolina split a pair of meeti
Canucks aim for sweep of Blues in Game 4 >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Vancouver Canucks can become the first team to advance
to the second round of the playoffs tonight when they try to complete a sweep
of the St. Louis Blues in Game 4 of the Western Conference quarterfinals at
Scottrade Ce
March Madness odds and printable March Madness brackets
With the field of 64/65 set, MySportsbook.com has the Florida Gators as the 4-1 favorite to successfully defend their National Championship. Men’s Division-1 College Basketball has not seen a team repeat as National Champions since Duke won back to back championships in ’91 & ‘92. After losing three out of four late in the season, the Gators are full of momentum as they won their last four games by an average of 18 points. Not surprisingly, right behind the Gators are the other three top seeds: Kansas 5-1, UNC 6-1, and Ohio State 7-1. Many consider Kansas to be the hottest team in the country, having won 11 straight. With Kansas, it is hard to ignore all of the early exits from the “dance” in recent years. With an impressive ACC Tournament, UNC ensured themselves the other top seed. UNC has about as much talent as any other team in the tournament but with a team that’s best players are primarily freshman and sophomores, could youth be a concern. Behind freshman sensation, Greg Oden, OSU will look to do what their football team failed to do just a few months earlier. OSU seems to have peeked at the right time, as they currently have a 17 game winning streak. Since the tournament field was expanded in 1985, there has never been an instance where all four #1 seeds advanced to the Final Four. It is obvious that each of the top seeds have the talent to make it through to Atlanta. But as everyone knows, when makes the NCAA Tournament so special are all of the spoilers and “Cinderella” stories that knock off the favorites on a daily basis.
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MySportsbook.com’s odds to win the Championship and Regions:
| EAST | National Championship | Region |
| Arkansas | 300-1 | 50-1 |
| Belmont | 1000-1 | |
| Boston College | 100-1 | 40-1 |
| Eastern KY | 1000-1 | |
| George Washington | 75-1 | |
| Georgetown | 10-1 | 3-2 |
| Marquette | 100-1 | 40-1 |
| Michigan State | 100-1 | 25-1 |
| New Mexico St. | 500-1 | 200-1 |
| UNC | 6-1 | 6-5 |
| Oral Roberts | 500-1 | |
| Texas | 15-1 | 5-1 |
| Texas Tech | 200-1 | 5-1 |
| USC | 75-1 | 20-1 |
| Vanderbilt | 100-1 | 30-1 |
| Washington State | 40-1 | 15-1 |
| WEST | ||
| Duke | 50-1 | 10-1 |
| Florida A&M | 1000-1 | |
| Gonzaga | 200-1 | 40-1 |
| Holy Cross | 300-1 | |
| Illinois | 300-1 | 60-1 |
| Indiana | 75-1 | 40-1 |
| Kansas | 5-1 | 13-10 |
| Kentucky | 100-1 | 40-1 |
| Niagara | 1000-1 | |
| Pittsburgh | 40-1 | 8-1 |
| Southern Ill. | 50-1 | 12-1 |
| UCLA | 10-1 | 3-2 |
| VCU | 500-1 | 100-1 |
| Villanova | 100-1 | 40-1 |
| VA Tech | 50-1 | 15-1 |
| Weber St | 1000-1 | |
| Wright St | 1000-1 | 300-1 |
| MIDWEST | ||
| Arizona | 50-1 | 30-1 |
| Butler | 40-1 | 30-1 |
| Davidson | 300-1 | |
| Florida | 4-1 | 4-5 |
| Georgia Tech | 75-1 | 25-1 |
| Jackson State | 1000-1 | |
| Maryland | 30-1 | 6-1 |
| Miami-OH | 300-1 | |
| Notre Dame | 100-1 | 20-1 |
| ODU | 500-1 | 100-1 |
| Oregon | 40-1 | 6-1 |
| Purdue | 300-1 | 60-1 |
| Texas A&M CC | 1000-1 | |
| UNLV | 100-1 | 30-1 |
| Winthrop | 500-1 | 100-1 |
| Wisconsin | 15-1 | 7-2 |
| SOUTH | ||
| Albany | 200-1 | |
| BYU | 200-1 | 40-1 |
| Central CT St. | 1000-1 | |
| Creighton | 100-1 | 35-1 |
| Long Beach St. | 500-1 | 200-1 |
| Louisville | 40-1 | 10-1 |
| Memphis | 30-1 | 4-1 |
| Nevada | 75-1 | 35-1 |
| North Texas | 500-1 | |
| Ohio State | 7-1 | 6-5 |
| Penn | 500-1 | |
| Stanford | 200-1 | 50-1 |
| Tennessee | 100-1 | 20-1 |
| Texas A&M | 12-1 | 11-5 |
| Virginia | 75-1 | 18-1 |
| Xavier | 100-1 | 40-1 |
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New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox early favorites to win 2008 World Series
The Major League Baseball season starts this weekend and MySportsbook.com, a leading online sportsbook for over 8 years, is the first to offer baseball sports betting lines on who will win the 2007 World Series.
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Going in to this weekend, MySportsbook.com's favorites to win the World Series are the New York Yankees at 7-2 and last year’s winners the Chicago White Sox at 9-2.
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