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Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Cards and Mets finish off their series, the Yankees take on the Braves, and the PGA Tour goes to TPC River Highlands. Shaquille O’Neal has been traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Meeting up on the diamond . . .

The Cardinals and Mets will both send their aces to the mound on Thursday afternoon when the teams close out their four-game series in New York. St. Louis will go with Chris Carpenter (5-1, 1.53 ERA), who has given up three or fewer earned runs in each of his nine starts so far this season; the righthander beat the Royals last time out. New York’s Johan Santana (8-5, 3.22 ERA) has been tagged with the loss in his last two starts, surrendering 11 runs in 10 1-3 innings.

Meanwhile, the Red Sox will send John Smoltz (0-0, 0.00 ERA) to the mound on Sunday to take on the Nationals and Jordan Zimmerman (2-3, 5.03 ERA). Righthander Smoltz will be brought back from the disabled list to make his Boston debut in that contest, having spent the last few months recovering from shoulder surgery. Righthander Zimmerman has given up just two earned runs over 10 2-3 innings in his last two starts, but settled for a no-decision both times.

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And the Orioles will be trying to get a second straight win from Rich Hill (3-1, 5.18 ERA) on Thursday night when they conclude their series in Florida. Lefthander Hill knocked off the Phillies in his last trip to the mound, holding them to two earned runs on five hits over 6 2-3 innings of work. The Marlins will counter with Sean West (2-2, 3.97 ERA); the lefthander was knocked around for five earned runs on 10 hits over four innings pitched in a loss to the Yankees last Friday night.

Also on the MLB slate for Thursday: the Dodgers at the White Sox, the Cubs at Detroit, Kansas City at Houston, Minnesota at Milwaukee, San Diego at Seattle, Cleveland at Pittsburgh, Cincinnati at Toronto, Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, Texas at Arizona, and the Yankees at Atlanta. That last matchup will see New York’s Andy Pettitte (7-3, 4.26 ERA) battle with the Braves’ Derek Lowe (7-5, 4.09 ERA).

Rounding out the Roundup . . .

U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover is pegged as 20/1 odds to claim back-to-back victories this week at the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands. Sergio Garcia is listed as the 8/1 Vegas favorite for the tournament, with David Toms at 10/1, and Kenny Perry at 12/1. Stewart Cink, who won the Travelers Championship last year, is tied with Zach Johnson, Justin Leonard, and Anthony Kim at 15/1 odds. Hunter Mahan and Vijay Singh are with Glover at 20/1 to win.

Finally, the lone WNBA game on the Thursday schedule has Phoenix at Washington. The Mercury are coming off a 91-87 loss in San Antonio on Tuesday night, with Cappie Pondexter pouring in a game-high 26 points for Phoenix in that win. The Mystics pulled out an 81-72 win over Chicago in their last game; Washington received 31 points from Alana Beard in that home victory.