08/28/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Florida Marlins hope to end a nine-game road trip on a winning note in tonight's rubber match with the Atlanta Braves from Turner Field.
Florida has gone 4-4 thus far on the swing, which also featured stops in San Francisco and Arizona, but has lost ground in the National League East race during the course of the trip. The Marlins are currently 5 1/2 games behind the division-leading New York Mets, with second-place Philadelphia a half-game off the lead.
The Marlins will host the Mets for three important games beginning Friday.
Florida evened their record on the trek, as well as this three-game series with the Braves, behind a masterful performance from starting pitcher Josh Johnson on Wednesday. The right-hander threw his first complete game in leading the Marlins to a 4-1 victory.
Johnson (4-0) took a no-hitter into the fifth inning and yielded just four hits along with the one Atlanta run. He struck out eight in an impressive 113- pitch effort.
Hanley Ramirez delivered a two-run single and Dan Uggla finished 2-for-3 with a solo homer and scored three times for the Marlins. Ramirez also collected two hits on the night.
Mike Hampton (2-2) pitched well for the Braves in defeat, with the oft-injured southpaw working eight innings and allowing three runs while fanning five.
Atlanta has now lost eight of its last 10 games and is just 3-13 since August 10.
Anibal Sanchez will be attempting to duplicate Johnson's outstanding showing when he takes the mound for the Marlins this evening. Like Johnson, Sanchez missed the entire first half of the season due to injury but has been provided a boost to the Florida rotation with his return. The 24-year-old, who did not pitch until July 31 due to shoulder surgery, has gone 2-2 with a 3.99 earned run average in his five season starts.
Sanchez is coming off a rather shaky outing on Friday, when he gave up four runs and eight hits through 6 1/3 innings in a no-decision at Arizona. The right-hander did struck out seven Diamondbacks while issuing just one walk, however.
The native Venezuelan has made two career starts against Atlanta, both of which came at Turner Field during the 2006 season, and is 1-1 with a 1.80 ERA versus the Braves.
Atlanta counters with the badly struggling Charlie Morton, who enters tonight's tilt having lost six of his last seven starts and lasted a mere 1 1/3 innings his most recent time out. That came at St. Louis on Friday, with the rookie surrendering four runs and walking five batters in an 18-3 Braves' setback.
Over his last three starts, all of which have been losses, Morton has allowed 11 runs and issued 11 walks in just 9 2/3 innings.
The 24-year-old's rough seven-start stretch began with a defeat by the Marlins in Miami on July 22. He gave up just two hits over 5 2/3 innings in that contest, but four walks by the right-hander led to four Florida runs.
Atlanta leads the 2008 season series with Florida by an 8-6 margin and has won four of the last six matchups between the teams. The Braves are 5-3 at Turner Field versus the Marlins this season.
<< Harang targets back-to-back wins in finale with Astros
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Right-hander Aaron Harang will try to win consecutive
starts for the first time this season tonight when the Cincinnati Reds close
out a three-game midweek series with the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park.
Harang, a 16
<< Around FCS: CAA Heavyweights Take Aim For Title
Philadelphia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Every week in the Colonial Athletic
Association is something akin to a series of heavyweight elimination bouts.
The contestants get battered and bruised and a team or two is eventually is
left standing with
<< Red Sox hoping to pay last respects to Yankee Stadium with sweep
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jon Lester attempts to bounce back from one of his worst
starts of the season this afternoon, when the Boston Red Sox try to complete a
three-game sweep of the New York Yankees in what will likely be the final game
played
<< Angels activate Willits from disabled list
Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim activated
outfielder Reggie Willits from the 15-day disabled list prior to Wednesday's
6-5 loss to the Oakland Athletics.
Willits pinch-hit for Mike Napoli in the ninth t
Angels continue homestand with visit from Rangers >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Angels continue to tune up for the
postseason as they open a four-game series with the Texas Rangers tonight at
Angel Stadium.
Los Angeles enters tonight's tilt having dropped nine of its last 14
Twins visit A's in next stop on grueling trip >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Minnesota Twins continue their push towards the
postseason this evening, when they continue their 14-game road trip with the
first of four clashes against the Oakland Athletics at McAfee Coliseum.
Minnesota,
Around FCS: Rest Of Conference Chases McNeese State >>
Philadelphia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - McNeese State regained its swagger in 2007,
going undefeated in the regular season on the way to another Southland
Conference title.
It was the second straight championship for the Cowboys after they had slipp
Keeping the Good Times Rolling >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - College football fans across the country
have waited patiently (tongue planted firmly in cheek) for the 2008 season to
arrive. The anticipation is that much greater for programs that surprised the
country in
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Out west, 22nd-ranked Arizona State will be battling for their first victory over 21st-ranked California since 2000. Although the Golden Bears are listed as 7.5-point favorites, the Sun Devils are 3-0, lead the nation in sacks with 18 and possess the Pac-10's leading passer in sophomore quarterback Rudy Carpenter.
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NCAA Football betting lines (home team in CAPS)
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Date Favorite Opponent Point Spread
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Sept 21 GEORGIA TECH Virginia 17
Sept 22 NEVADA Northwestern 6.5
Sept 23 MICHIGAN Wisconsin 14
Sept 23 Minnesota PURDUE 3
Sept 23 SYRACUSE Miami (Ohio) 6.5
Sept 23 MISSOURI Ohio 21.5
Sept 23 Louisville KANSAS STATE 14
Sept 23 TENNESSEE Marshall 22
Sept 23 CLEMSON North Carolina 16.5
Sept 23 FLORIDA Kentucky 24
Sept 23 Iowa ILLINOIS 20.5
Sept 23 FLORIDA STATE Rice 30.5
Sept 23 AUBURN Buffalo 41.5
Sept 23 BOWLING GREEN Kent 7
Sept 23 NAVY Tulsa 4.5
Sept 23 VIRGINIA TECH Cincinnati 27
Sept 23 BYU Utah State 29
Sept 23 OHIO STATE Penn State 16.5
Sept 23 TEXAS Iowa State 25
Sept 23 Washington State STANFORD 10
Sept 23 CALIFORNIA Arizona State 7.5
Sept 23 UCLA WASHINGTON 3
Sept 23 INDIANA Connecticut 1.5
Sept 23 Central Michigan EASTERN MICHIGAN 4
Sept 23 WYOMING Air Force 1
Sept 23 UTEP NEW MEXICO 9.5
Sept 23 West Virginia EAST CAROLINA 21
Sept 23 Boston College NORTH CAROLINA STATE 7
Sept 23 GEORGIA Colorado 27
Sept 23 ARKANSAS Alabama 1.5
Sept 23 BAYLOR Army 11
Sept 23 WESTERN MICHIGAN Temple 28
Sept 23 MISSISSIPPI Wake Forest 2.5
Sept 23 KANSAS South Florida 5.5
Sept 23 TEXAS A&M Louisiana Tech 23.5
Sept 23 UAB Mississippi State 9.5
Sept 23 LSU Tulane 36
Sept 23 Utah SAN DIEGO STATE 6.5
Sept 23 BOISE STATE Hawaii 15
Sept 23 Notre Dame MICHIGAN STATE 3
Sept 23 USC ARIZONA U 22
Sept 23 Oklahoma State HOUSTON 1
Sept 23 OREGON STATE Idaho 23
Sept 23 OKLAHOMA Middle Tennessee State 29
Sept 23 MARYLAND Florida International 18.5
Sept 23 AKRON North Texas 17.5
Sept 23 SOUTH CAROLINA Florida Atlantic 29.5
Sept 23 NEBRASKA Troy 23
Sept 23 SMU Arkansas State 6
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