To put it simply, the Astros are snake-bit when they visit Arizona. Houston has lost 11 of its past 14 trips to the desert and is a horrendous 1-7 in its past eight overall against the D-backs.
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Look, Josh Johnson isn’t really pitching terribly. It’s just that the Marlins never seem to be able to win whenever the big righthander is on the mound. Florida is 2-5 in Johnson’s last seven appearances and the over is 6-1 over the same stretch.
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The Sox didn’t win the last time Buchholz toed the rubber but you can’t blame the young righty for that. He gave up just one earned run in 7 1/3 innings against the Tampa Bay Rays.
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The Blue Jays are shutting down Brandon Morrow after tonight's start. It's a shame because the 26-year-old left-hander was just beginning to show how good he can be.
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September is the time we separate the pretender from the contender. The Phillies are making a magical tranformation from the former to the latter.
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After preheating through the first half of the season, Baker has been red hot since the All-Star break. Baker has won his last five starts, the longest streak of his career, and hasn't suffered a loss since July 19.
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The Phillies have won five of Roy Oswalt’s six starts since he came over from the Houston Astros. The veteran right-hander has allowed just one run over his last 15 innings pitched.
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A.J. Burnett has always been a hard guy to figure out. Some days he takes the mound and is untouchable and others he looks like he should be playing Double-A ball – at best. Right now it’s more the latter than the former.
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Listed below are hurlers that have enjoyed a two-to-one or better success ratio in team starts the last three seasons during the month of September. On the flip side, we’ve also listed pitchers that struggle in September team starts, winning 33 perce...
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Gotye’s smash hit Somebody That I Used To Know is a dominant $1.11 favourite to take the number one spot in Triple J’s annual Hottest 100 countdown on Australia Day.
Lleyton Hewitt is given little hope of victory in his first round Sydney International clash with Viktor Troicki on Tuesday, with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au installing the Australian as the $2.82 outsider and his Serbian opponent the $1.40 favourite.
Speculation surrounding Serena Williams’ ankle injury has cost her favouritism at next week’s Australian Open, with punters getting on board Petra Kvitova to win the Grand Slam with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au.
Three of the four away teams will start favourites in their respective Round 14 NBL matches this weekend with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au tipping Townsville, Gold Coast and the New Zealand Breakers to each earn valuable road wins.
