Bet Jamaica Daily Sports Roundup: August 29

August 29, 2008

National League West rivals Los Angeles and Arizona will go head-to-head on Friday night in the first game of a three-game series.  Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup . . .

Event of the day . . .

The Dodgers and Diamondbacks have both played so poorly lately that they’ve actually given the lowly Rockies some hope in the NL West division race. Still, at least one of those clubs will be able to pick up some wins on the weekend in their division clash.

Hiroki Kuroda (7-9, 3.87 ERA) will get the road start for Los Angeles on Friday night. The Dodgers are 4-6 in Kuroda’s last 10 trips to the mound, but the righthander has been effective in August (giving up just one earned run in four of five starts). Last time out, against the Phillies, Kuroda gave up just one run on two hits over his six innings.

Countering for the Diamondbacks will be Doug Davis (5-8, 4.63 ERA). Arizona is only 2-8 in Davis’ last 10 starts, with the lefthander going 2-5 with three no-decisions over that span. Davis was beaten by the Marlins in his last outing, surrendering three earned runs on seven hits over seven innings (while walking none and striking out eight hitters).

Non-event of the day . . .

If the Nats are going to avoid having the worst record in the NL this season they’re going to have to beat teams like the Braves, who are just above them in the NL East standings. Washington will send Odalis Perez (5-10, 4.21 ERA) to the mound at home against Atlanta on Friday, with the Braves going with Jorge Campillo (7-6, 3.37 ERA).

Also on the schedule . . .

Other National League games on Friday: Philadelphia at the Cubs, Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, the Mets at Florida, San Francisco at Cincinnati, St. Louis at Houston, and Colorado at San Diego. Over in the American League it’ll be the White Sox at Boston, Seattle at Cleveland, Kansas City at Detroit, Toronto at the Yankees, Baltimore at Tampa Bay, Minnesota at Oakland, and Texas at the Angels.

The PGA Tour’s second playoff tournament, the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston, gets underway on Friday morning and continues through Monday. Phil Mickelson remains the 6/1 Vegas favorite to win the tournament, with Sergio Garcia at 8/1. Padraig Harrington (10/1) and Vijay Singh (12/1) are the other top contenders.

There are six pigskin matchups spread over three leagues on Friday night. The NFL concludes its preseason schedule with three games: San Diego at San Francisco (-2), Oakland at Seattle (-3), and Denver at Arizona (-3). Meanwhile, the college football season continues with Temple (-7) at Army, and SMU at Rice (-3.5). And finally, it’s Montreal (-5) playing host to British Columbia in Canadian Football League action.

Friday’s sports schedule then concludes with three WNBA contests in the early evening: Washington hosts Chicago, Connecticut visits Atlanta, and New York is at Detroit.

News from the wire . . .

Cardinals starting pitcher Chris Carpenter has been throwing bullpen sessions, but it’s unknown when he’ll be able to return to the team . . . Colts center Jeff Saturday is expected to miss at least the next six weeks with ligament damage in his knee . . . Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman has decided to play football this season.

Peek at the future . . .

Chad Billingsley (12-10, 3.15 ERA) and Dan Haren (14-6, 3.10 ERA) are scheduled to take the mound in the Dodgers/Diamondbacks matchup on Saturday . . . Carl Edwards is the 5/1 favorite to win the Pepsi 500 on Sunday night, with Kyle Busch just behind him on the Vegas odds list at 6/1 . . . the first game of the National Football League’s regular season is next Thursday night, with the Giants playing host to the Redskins.

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Written by Dirty · Filed Under Baseball 

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