Daily Market Watch: Intriguing Pitching Match Ups Kick Off Weekend

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Two strong pitching match ups are drawing the early betting action to start off the weekend. Cleveland’s season hasn’t lived up to expectations, but tonight’s starter Cliff Lee has far exceeded expectations. Lee is among league leaders with an 11-2 record and 2.43 ERA; including 4-0 with a 1.84 ERA in six home starts. He faces the team with baseball’s best record, Tampa Bay and starter James Shields (7-5, 3.64 ERA). Perhaps the most intriguing pair of starters comes from the AL East game between the Yankees and Blue Jays. New Yorksends phenom Joba Chamberlain (2-2, 2.45) to mound to square off against Jays ace Roy Halladay (10-6, 2.88). The bets are split pretty evenly, but the money is pushing the line towards the Blue Jays, who opened at -157 and are currently at -115 (Cris). Another game drawing strong interest sees White Sox hurler Gavin Floyd (10-4, 3.22) travel to Texas to face the Rangers’ potent offense. The bets are riding Floyd’s hot streak, 6-1 with a 3.55 ERA in his past eight starts, but the money is pushing the line towards Texas.

Key Injury Updates

Player	Team	Injury	Status	Comments
Kosuke Fukudome	CHC (OF)	Knee	Out Fri	Fukudome sat out Friday’s game and is day-to-day with a bruised knee.
Aaron Harang	CIN (SP)	Forearm	15-day DL	Harangwas placed on the DL with a strained right forearm.
JD Drew	BOS (OF)	Back	Probable	Drew should be able to return Friday after consecutive days off.
Vernon Wells	TOR (OF)	Hamstring	15-day DL	Wells was placed on the DL and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks with a hamstring injury

Key Market Moves

Game 917 – Baltimore (B. Burres) @ Boston(C. Buchholz)

Baltimore has received two Smart Money Alerts from books with positive units won. After opening as -184 favorites the Red Sox are now at -215, which has pushed the Orioles to +197 (Pinnacle). Baltimorefaces Clay Buchholz (2-3, 5.53 ERA), who threw a no-hitter against them last fall. Buchholz had a rough start to the season for the Sox and was sent to the minors; this is his first appearance since being recalled. Lefty Brian Burres (6-5, 5.07) takes the mound for the Orioles.

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Two games in the AFL playoffs, one CFL game, a handful of WNBA games, and a full MLB schedule are on tap for Saturday.