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The St. Louis Cardinals (65-54) take on the Chicago Cubs (70-47) tonight in a nationally televised game. The series is split, and both teams are looking to win this important game. The Cubs hold a 4 game lead over the Brewers in the NL Central, who hold a 2 game lead over St. Louis in the wild card. Game time is scheduled for 8:05 PM Eastern at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

Consider these criteria when determining a pick between the Cardinals and the Cubs:

- Former Cy Young winner Chris Carpenter (0-0, 1.00) will make his third start of the season for St. Louis

- NL All Star Ryan Dempster (12-5, 2.93) will start for Chicago

- Carpenter is 7-2 with a 3.07 ERA in 13 starts versus Chicago and 5-1 at Wrigley Field

- The Cubs have won 16 of their last 21 games vs. the Cardinals

- St. Louis is 32-26 on the road

- Chicago is 44-17 at home

- St. Louis is 5-5 in its last ten games

- Chicago is 7-3 in its last ten games

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The San Francisco Giants (49-66) beat the Los Angeles Dodgers (49-66) 3-2 Saturday in a game that featured many Giants legends of past years. This was not a big offensive game, as the score was 1-1 entering the 10th inning. That was when Dodgers second baseman Jeff Kent hit a leadoff homerun to give the Dodgers the 2-1 lead. The Dodgers failed to get another run in the inning, which proved to be costly.

Going into the bottom of the 10th, Giants outfielder Dave Roberts hit a leadoff double then took third on Randy Winn’s bloop single to left. Emmanuel Burris followed up with a bouncer to the pitcher, Dodgers reliever Jonathan Broxton, who fielded the ball and threw home. The ball skipped past Dodgers catcher Russell Martin to allow Roberts to score the tying run. With the bases eventually loaded, Giants outfielder Aaron Rowand stepped up to the plate and hit a RBI single through a drawn-in infield to give the Giants the walkoff win. “Any time you get an opportunity to have a walkoff, game-winning hit, those are some of the most exciting moments in your career, stuff that you don’t forget,” said Rowand.

This exciting game followed a pregame ceremony celebrating the Giants’ 50th anniversary in San Francisco. Many Giants outfield legends, like Willie Mays, Felipe Alou, and even Barry Bonds were honored.

Giants reliever Tyler Walker (4-6) was given the win, with Dodgers reliever Jonathan Broxton (2-3) taking the loss.

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The St. Louis Cardinals (64-54) take on the Chicago Cubs (70-46) this afternoon after last night’s exciting extra innings game. The Cubs lead the Cardinals by 7 games in the NL Central, but the Cardinals are only 2 games behind the Brewers for the NL Wild Card spot. Game time is scheduled for 3:55 PM Eastern at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

Consider these criteria when determining a pick between the Cardinals and the Cubs:

- Carlos Zambrano (12-4, 2.76) will start for Chicago

- Todd Wellemeyer (8-4, 4.01) will start for St. Louis

- Zambrano has won 4 straight starts vs. St. Louis

- Zamrbano is 6-0 with a 2.25 ERA in 12 starts this season

- Wellemeyer is 1-1 with a 4.09 ERA in two starts and one relief appearance lifetime against Chicago

- Chicago is 44-16 at home

- St. Louis is 31-26 on the road

- St. Louis is 5-5 in its last 10

- Chicago is 8-2 in its last 10

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The Chicago Cubs (70-46) beat their rivals, the St. Louis Cardinals (64-54) 3-2 Friday night at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Someone who has played on both sides of the rivalry ended up being the main reason the Cubs won. Jim Edmonds, who spent 8 seasons in St. Louis, had two homeruns to give the Cubs 2 runs they otherwise would not have had. The game went into extra innings tied 2-2 until the bottom of the 11th inning, when Cubs catcher Henry Blanco’s bases-loaded single in the 11th drove in the winning run. The Cubs improved to 44-16 at home with the win.

Bob Howry (5-4) was given the win for Chicago, while Cardinals reliever Ryan Franklin (4-5) was charged with the loss.

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The Boston Red Sox (66-49) face the Chicago White Sox (63-50) in what will be an important opening game of the series for both teams. The Red Sox are current AL Wild Card holders, and the White Sox are a half game up on the Minnesota Twins in the AL Central.

Consider these criteria when determining a pick between the Red Sox and the White Sox:

- Jon Lester (10-3, 3.14) will start for Boston

- Mark Buehrle (8-10, 4.07) will start for Chicago

- Boston has won seven straight games against Chicago, most recently a 4 game sweep last August

- Chicago has won 25 of its last 32 home games

- Buehrle struggles against the Red Sox, going 0-4 with a 7.18 ERA in his last five starts

- Boston has won 5 of its last 6 games

- Boston is 26-33 on the road

- Chicago is 37-17 at home, 4th best in the league

- Boston is 6-4 in its last 10

- Chicago is 4-6 in its last 10

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The New York Mets (60-54) defeated the San Diego Padres (44-71) 5-3 Thursday night in what proved to be a memorable night for Mets third basemen David Wright. Wright hit his first walk off homerun off his career, a two out, two run homer in front of the home crowd at Shea Stadium. “I don’t know if it was a release of emotion or it just was everybody’s chance to get some free shots in on me. I think guys were taking advantage of giving me some rib shots and some jabs,” Wright said. “I’m always celebrating everybody’s else’s at home plate, and to get to be the one that jumps into the pile is pretty fun.” 

In other, apparently not so surprising news, the Mets bullpen blew yet another lead that Johan Santana gave them. It’s almost expected at this point. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the sixth time in 24 starts this season that the bullpen cost Santana a potential win. Five of those six blown leads happened in the ninth inning alone. Santana currently has a 9-7 record, something that is not reflective of his performance at all. 

Aaron Heilman (2-6) was given the win, with Heath Bell (4-5) taking the loss.

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The New York Yankees (62-52) and the Texas Rangers (60-55) will face off against each other tonight in Texas. With both teams acting as potential AL Wild Card contenders, this final game in the series could be pivotal. The Rangers lead the 4 game series 2-1 at this point, but New York won 5-3 last night and could split the series with a win tonight. Game time is scheduled for 8:05 PM Eastern at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

Consider these criteria when determining a pick between the Yankees and the Rangers:

- Mike Mussina (14-7, 3.44) will start for New York

- Scott Feldman (4-4, 4.97) will start for Texas

- Mussina 5-1 with a 2.47 ERA in his last nine starts against the Rangers

- In his first career start against the Yankees, Feldman gave up one run and four hits in 5 innings of a 2-1 road victory on June 30

- Texas has won 4 of its last 6 games

- Mussina has given up just 12 earned runs in 44 innings (2.45 ERA) over his last seven starts.

- In his last four starts, Feldman has let in 17 earned runs in 21 innings (7.29 ERA).

- New York is 26-26 on the road

- Texas is 31-25 at home

- New York is 4-6 in its last 10 games

- Texas is 6-4 in its last 10 games

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If you were not taking Tampa Bay seriously this season, you may want to reconsider.  They are certainly a well built team that’s been years in the makings. The Tampa Bay Rays (68-45) beat the Cleveland Indians (49-64) 10-7 Wednesday night to remain 3 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox in the AL East race. The Rays were down 7-4 entering the bottom half of the ninth inning when there massive rally began. Carlos Pena topped off the 6 run inning with his own 3 run walk off homerun off of Cleveland reliever Masa Kobayashi. Another homerun by Gabe Gross was hit in the inning, which tied the game at 7. The win pulls the Rays closer to the 70 win mark, something that they remarkably haven’t done in any of the last 10 seasons. Rays manager Joe Madden had this to say about the game: “Probably the most exciting win I’ve been involved with here.”  Masa Kobayashi (4-5) was charged with the loss, and Troy Percival (2-0) was given the win.

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With the Phillies holding a slim 1.5 game lead on the Marlins in the NL East, the two meet tonight, the second game of the series. The Florida Marlins (60-53) defeated the Philadelphia Phillies (61-51) 8-2 last night to take the first game. Both teams will send out young pitchers (Sanchez is 24, Kendrick is 23) to the mound. Game time is scheduled for 7:05 PM Eastern at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, PA.

Consider these criteria when determining a pick between the Marlins and the Phillies:

- Florida will send out Anibal Sanchez (1-0, 3.18) to the mound

- Philadelphia will start Kyle Kendrick (9-5, 4.59)

- Sanchez’s first start of the season on Thursday was his first start in 15 months

- Phillies won seven of their last nine games

- Florida is 9-4 in its last thirteen road games

- The Marlins also hold a 6-4 edge in the season series against the Phillies

- Philadelphia has won four of the last six home contests against Florida.

- The Phillies are 29-24 at home

- The Marlins are 27-27 on the road

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It took someone who wasn’t even expecting to play to finally end the extra innings game between the Chicago White Sox (62-49) and the Detroit Tigers (55-57). The game lasted 4 hours and 58 minutes, but Chicago’s Nick Swisher hit a three run homer in the bottom of the 14th to give the White Sox the 10-8 win. The game went into extra innings at 6-6, and neither team scored until the 14th inning. In the top of the inning, Detroit’s Placido Polanco hit his second homer of the game, which brought in 2 runs to make it 8-6 in the Tigers favor heading into the bottom of the inning. Chicago’s Orlando Cabrera scored after an error, to make the score 8-7. With two outs and a 2-1 count, Swisher stepped to the plate and hit his three run bomb to right-center field. The win gave Chicago a one game lead on Minnesota, who lost to Seattle, in the AL Central. Adam Russell was given the win, his fourth of the season. Joel Zumaya was given the loss.

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