Daily Sports Roundup: July 28
The White Sox send their ace to take on the Twins, the Yankees meet up with the Rays, and the Dodgers battle the Cardinals.
Colliding in the Junior Circuit . . .
Mark Buehrle (11-3, 3.28 ERA) will try to follow up his perfect game with another strong outing on Tuesday night when his White Sox play on the road against the Twins and Scott Baker (8-7, 5.04 ERA). Lefthander Buehrle has picked up the win in five of his last seven trips to the mound, and has only lost once in his past nine outings. Righthander Baker had to settle for a no-decision in his start against the Angels last week despite allowing just two runs over his five innings.
Also on the American League schedule for Tuesday: Kansas City at Baltimore, Oakland at Boston, Detroit at Texas, Cleveland at the Angels, Toronto at Seattle, and the Yankees at Tampa Bay. CC Sabathia (10-6, 3.67 ERA) will get the ball for New York in that contest; the lefthander beat the Athletics in his last outing, surrendering three earned runs over seven innings. Scott Kazmir (4-6, 6.69 ERA) will be trying to win for the first time since May 9 when he pitches for Tampa Bay.
Clashing in the Senior Circuit . . .
It’ll be Chad Billingsley (10-5, 3.72 ERA) vs. Adam Wainwright (11-6, 2.95 ERA) on Tuesday night when the Dodgers continue their series in St. Louis. Righthander Billingsley finally got back into the win column last time out, holding the Reds to two earned runs on seven hits over six innings of work; that was his first win since June 14. Righthander Wainwright is coming off an easy win over the Nationals in which he surrendered only one earned run over his six innings.
Making up the rest of the National League slate for Tuesday: San Diego at Cincinnati, Atlanta at Florida, Colorado at the Mets, Houston at the Cubs, Washington at Milwaukee, Pittsburgh at San Francisco, and Philadelphia at Arizona. The Phillies will send Cole Hamels (6-5, 4.66 ERA) to the mound in that contest; Philadelphia has won each of the lefthander’s last four outings. Dan Haren (10-5, 2.14 ERA) will counter for the D-Backs; Haren last lost on June 24.
Rounding out the Roundup . . .
The WNBA returns to action on Tuesday with four games on the schedule: Washington at Indiana, Seattle at San Antonio, Phoenix at Connecticut, and Los Angeles at Minnesota. The Sparks will be looking to end a three-game losing skid in that contest; Los Angeles fell 98-87 to Seattle last time out and sit at 4-9 straight-up and 5-8 against-the-spread on the season. The Lynx, who are coming off a 99-86 win over Phoenix, are 10-7 SU and 10-7 ATS through their 17 games.
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