Beat the Sportsbooks Sunday

Cole Hamels and the Philadelphia Phillies will be looking to knock Tim Lincecum and the San Francisco Giants for a loss on Sunday afternoon. Here's your MLB Gameday for sports handicappers:

Chicago White Sox at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07pm ET
Jose Contreras (2-2, 3.98 ERA) vs. Roy Halladay (2-4, 3.26 ERA)

Contreras hasn't been striking out a lot of batters so far this season (just 16 over his first five starts), but he's been a pretty solid pitcher for the White Sox. The righthander gave up four earned runs in each of his first two outings versus the Tigers, another four earned runs versus the Yankees on April 22, and he's held the Orioles to one run twice.

Halladay has been tagged with a loss in each of his past three starts, although he did manage to go the distance in each of those contests. In fact, the righthander has tossed four straight complete games with only a 1-3 record to show for those outings. Halladay has walked just seven batters while striking out 31 over his six starts so far this season.

San Francisco Giants at Philadelphia Phillies, 1:35pm ET
Tim Lincecum (4-1, 1.73 ERA) vs. Cole Hamels (3-3, 2.70 ERA)

Lincecum is helping Giants fans forget about the struggles of Barry Zito. The young righthander has gone 4-1 with a no-decision in his six starts this season, and he's managed to keep his ERA under 2.00. Lincecum's worst outing of the year came on Tuesday versus the Rockies, but he gave up just three earned runs over seven innings.

Hamels bounced back from a couple of rough outings to pitch a strong game against the Padres last time out (7 1-3 innings, two earned runs on five hits, six strikeouts). The lefthander gave up just two earned runs over his first three starts of the year, but he then surrendered nine earned runs over consecutive losses to the Mets and Brewers.

Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado Rockies, 3:05pm ET
Derek Lowe (2-1, 2.88 ERA) vs. Aaron Cook (4-1, 2.41 ERA)

Lowe gave up six runs in a no-decision versus the Marlins last time out, but only three of those runs were earned. That kept the righthander's ERA under 3.00 for the season. Lowe has allowed three or fewer earned runs in each of his six starts so far in 2008, but he's only managed to pick up two wins for his troubles, with one defeat and three NDs.

Cook has been on fire for the Rockies, as he's earned the victory in each of his last four outings. The righthander surrendered just six earned runs over 28 innings in those starts to drop his ERA below 2.50 in 2008. Cook held the Giants to just two unearned runs on Tuesday, giving up 10 hits and two walks and fanning three over seven innings. Handicapper Stevie Vincent has this game among six pro baseball winners. Click now to purchase

New York Mets at Arizona Diamondbacks, 4:10pm ET
Johan Santana (3-2, 3.12 ERA) vs. Dan Haren (4-1, 3.13 ERA)

Santana could only manage a no-decision in his start versus the Pirates on Tuesday, but he allowed just two earned runs on two hits over 5 2-3 innings of work and struck out seven batters. The lefthander has allowed more than three earned runs in only one start so far this season (on April 12 versus the Brewers), and he's struck out 39 batters.

Haren has also allowed more than three earned runs in only one start this year - that came on April 23 when the Dodgers got to him for five earned runs over 4 2-3 innings. The righthander has picked up either a win or a no-decision in each of his other five outings, and he only walked seven batters (while striking out 29) in his six starts in April.