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Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Red Sox take on the Rangers, the NFL stages more preseason games, and the PGA Championship heads into Round 3 and the Philadelphia Eagles Michael Vick stays out of trouble for another day.

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Tiger Woods enters the third round of the PGA Championship golf odds as the overwhelming 1/6 favorite to win his major. Padraig Harrington is 12/1. More betting options such as will there be a hole in one and more at BetUs.   

Colliding on the gridiron . . .

The National Football League has six preseason contests on the slate for Saturday, with Atlanta at Detroit (-3), Chicago at Buffalo (-3), Houston at Kansas City (-2), Cleveland at Green Bay (-2.5), Seattle at San Diego (-3), and Tampa Bay at Tennessee (-4). The Titans are coming off a 21-18 win over the Bills in the preseason-opening Hall of Fame Game last weekend. Vince Young, though, struggled on the night, going just 5-of-10 for 39 yards passing (with a single TD).

As well, the Canadian Football League offers up Montreal at Winnipeg on Saturday night. The Alouettes, who are 5-1 straight-up and 4-2 against-the-spread, are pegged as 8-point road favorites, with the total for the game at 48 points. The Blue Bombers sit at 2-4 SU and 4-2 ATS through their first six games.

 

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Meeting up on the diamond . . .

The Giants' Matt Cain (12-4, 2.44 ERA) will take on the Mets' Johan Santana (13-8, 3.00 ERA) on Saturday afternoon in the marquee pitching matchup of the day. Righthander Cain will be looking to get back into the win column in that outing, as he's given up nine earned runs over 15 innings in back-to-back losses to the Reds and Astros. Lefthander Santana is coming off a dominating win over the Padres, allowing just one earned run on five hits over eight innings of work.

Also on the National League schedule for Saturday: Pittsburgh at the Cubs, Colorado at Florida, Houston at Milwaukee, Washington at Cincinnati, San Diego at St. Louis, the Dodgers at Arizona, and Philadelphia at Atlanta. Cole Hamels (7-7, 4.77 ERA) will get the ball for the Phillies, while the Braves will counter with Kenshin Kawakami (5-9, 4.12 ERA). Righthander Kawakami tossed seven shutout innings against the Dodgers in his last trip to the hill, giving up four hits.

The American League matchups on Saturday are the White Sox at Oakland, Cleveland at Minnesota, the Angels at Baltimore, Kansas City at Detroit, Toronto at Tampa Bay, the Yankees at Seattle, and Boston at Texas. The Red Sox will go with Brad Penny (7-6, 5.16 ERA) in that contest, while the Rangers will send Derek Holland (5-7, 5.04 ERA) to the mound. Lefthander Holland completely shut down the Angels last time out, throwing nine shutout innings and fanning eight.

Tipping off on the hardwood  . . .

The WNBA has five games on its Saturday schedule, with Seattle at Atlanta, Phoenix at San Antonio, Minnesota at Chicago, Los Angeles at Sacramento, and Detroit at Indiana. The Fever improved their record to 18-5 SU (and 15-8 ATS) last time out by knocking off Minnesota 91-81, while the Shock fell 80-75 to Atlanta in their most recent contest. Those two teams last met back on June 19 and June 21, with the Fever pulling out the victory in each of those two matchups.

Rounding out the Roundup . . .

Finally, the third round of the PGA Championship gets underway on Saturday morning, with Tiger Woods holding a big four-shot lead. Woods shot a 2-under 70 in the second round on Friday to move to 7-under for the tournament. Vijay Singh, Brendan Jones, Lucas Glover, Ross Fisher, and Padraig Harrington are all tied for second at 3-under. Phil Mickelson is at 4-over heading into Saturday.