05/09/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Baltimore Orioles will attempt to maintain their recent dominance of the Kansas City Royals when the two teams continue a four- game series tonight at Kauffman Stadium.
Baltimore has now won 10 straight encounters with the Royals following Thursday's 4-1 victory. Nick Markakis homered and drove in three runs to lead the Orioles' offense, while Daniel Cabrera fired a complete-game three-hitter to help his club stop a season-high five-game losing streak.
Cabrera (3-1) struck out seven and walked just one to record his fifth career complete game for Baltimore, who are an astounding 16-3 against the Royals since the start of the 2005 campaign. The Orioles have gone 8-2 at Kauffman Stadium over that time frame.
Kansas City starter Luke Hochevar (2-2) gave up four runs on five hits with five strikeouts and two walks to take the loss. Tony Pena, Jr. drove in the only run for the Royals, who have dropped three of their last four games.
Kansas City's struggling offense may get a boost from tonight's matchup against struggling Orioles starter Steve Trachsel. The veteran right-hander has failed to make it out of the fourth inning in three of his last four outings and hasn't recorded a victory since he defeated Seattle in his season debut back on April 4.
In his most recent trip to the hill, Trachsel served up three home runs in three innings and surrendered six runs total to take the loss in Baltimores 6-5 setback to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Sunday. He wasn't any better in a no decision at Chicago on April 26, when the 37-year-old allowed five runs (4 earned) and walked five in just three-plus innings of work.
Trachsel has faced the Royals nine times previously and gone 1-3 with a 4.81 earned run average in those encounters. He did pitch two strong games against Kansas City last season, including a complete-game five-hitter to lead Baltimore to a 9-1 victory on May 28, 2007.
Gil Meche gets the call for Kansas City this evening and comes off his best start of the season. The highly-regarded hurler spun seven shutout innings to defeat Cleveland on Sunday, yielding just four hits and not walking a batter to halt a personal two-start losing streak.
Prior to turning in that gem, Meche had gone 1-4 with an uncharacteristic 7.22 ERA over his first six starts of the year. The 29-year-old has lost in all three of his Kauffman Stadium appearances this season, having given up 16 runs and 23 hits over 16 innings during that stretch.
Meche does own a 4-4 record and a 2.95 ERA in 15 career starts against Baltimore, but he failed to beat the Orioles (0-2) in three tries last season
<< A pair of aces to highlight Padres-Rockies opener
(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
<< Reeling Brewers return home to face Central-leading Cards
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Milwaukee Brewers are back at home after a lengthy road
trip, and they will try to stop a six-game slide tonight in the first of four
straight games versus the St. Louis Cardinals at Miller Park.
Milwaukee went 2-7 o
<< 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
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
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Kurt Warner to start, Matt Leinart to watch
Despite the debate that's swirling , Kurt Warner will remain the starting quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals, coach Dennis Green said today. The Arizona Cardinals are the +7 point underdog at online sportsbook MySportsbook.com for this Sunday's game.
Green's comment came in a statement released by the team following an ESPN report that Green decided that rookie Matt Leinart would replace Warner as starter for Sunday's game at Atlanta.
"Generally talking about the starting lineup is not something we do," Green told the AP. "However, given the speculation that was out there we want to make it clear. We're disappointed after last week, but we still expect to be a playoff football team and we fully expect Kurt Warner to be the quarterback that leads us. That has not changed."
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