Linesmaker Sports Handicapping: Sunday Betting

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Sunday Betting

Two big winners will take the mound on Sunday afternoon when the Red Sox and Jays play the finale of their weekend series in Toronto. Here's your Daily Sports Roundup . . .

Political betting odds…

Brian Gould of ScoresOddsPicks.com says that Americans "Vote for Batman, not Robin." However, Grandmaster sports handicapper Joe Duffy believes that Barack Obama's choice of Joe Biden will hurt him indirectly, but greatly.

Will Joe Biden's insistence on putting John McCain on the defensive for the wealth of his wife Cindy McCain come back to haunt them? After all, Obama declared his wife out of bounds when Michele Obama made provocative comments at a prepared speech. The political betting odds have not changed since the running mate announcement.

Event of the day . . .

Daisuke Matsuzaka and A.J. Burnett both have a chance to win 20 games this season, but only one of them will be able to add to their impressive victory total when the Red Sox and Blue Jays meet at 1:07pm ET at Rogers Centre on Sunday afternoon.

Matsuzaka (15-2, 2.77 ERA) has managed to pick up seven wins in his past 10 starts, and the Red Sox are 8-2 over that span. The righthander is coming off a solid but short outing against the Orioles on August 19 in which he surrendered two earned runs on six hits over five innings of work. Dice-K walked five in that game, and fanned six.

Burnett (16-9, 4.51 ERA) is coming off a stellar start against the Yankees on August 19 in which he gave up just one earned run on five hits over eight innings of work and fanned 13 batters (walking just one). The righthander has earned the victory in each of his last six starts, and Toronto is 8-2 in his past 10 trips to the mound as well.

Entertainment betting…

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Non-event of the day . . .

The two biggest storylines surrounding the Bills/Colts NFL preseason game on Sunday night will be the health of Peyton Manning and the debut of Indy's new facility (Lucas Oil Stadium). The actual play on the field won't hold much interest, especially since Bills starting QB Trent Edwards (quadriceps injury) will be on the sidelines as well. The oddsmakers have Indy as a 5.5-point favorite with a total of 38 points on Sunday.

Betting event of the day…

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Also on the schedule . . .

It'll be Kevin Slowey (10-8, 3.78 ERA) vs. Ervin Santana (13-5, 3.39 ERA) when the Twins play in Los Angeles against the Angels on Sunday afternoon. Also on the day's American League schedule: the Yankees at Baltimore, Tampa Bay at the White Sox, Detroit at Kansas City, Oakland at Seattle, and Cleveland at Texas.

Rich Harden (3-1, 1.50 ERA in the NL) will be looking to keep that ERA low when the Cubs play host to Jason Bergmann (2-9, 4.50 ERA) and the Nationals on Sunday afternoon. The rest of the National League slate: Houston at the Mets, Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, Atlanta at St. Louis, Cincinnati at Colorado, San Diego at San Francisco, Florida at Arizona, and the Dodgers at Philadelphia (in the 8:00pm ET game).

Finally, the drivers of Formula One will return to the track on Sunday at Valencia Street Circuit in Spain for the European Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton holds a 62-57 lead on Kimi Raikkonen in the drivers championship heading into this race, while Felipe Massa is eight points behind the leader. Team Ferrari has a 111-100 lead on rival McLaren-Mercedes in the constructors championship, with BMW Sauber third at 90.

News from the wire . . .

The Mets activated outfielder Ryan Church from the disabled list on Friday, but he might only have a part-time role in the weeks ahead . . . Third baseman Hank Blalock is back with the Rangers after he was also activated from the DL on Friday . . . Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson returned to action in the team's preseason loss to the Cowboys over the weekend - he didn't have a catch in the game, but also had no setbacks.

Peek at the future . . .

The Dodgers and Phillies will close out their four-game weekend series on Monday night, with Chad Billingsley (12-9, 3.10 ERA) expected to take on Brett Myers (6-10, 4.71 ERA) . . . the Seahawks and Chargers will play at Qualcomm Stadium at 8:00pm ET in the final preseason Monday nighter . . . the last week of the NFL's exhibition schedule begins on Thursday night, with 13 games on the schedule for that day.