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Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Rays meet the Blue Jays, the Phillies battle the Mets, and the Jets and Ravens take the field on Monday Night Football.
Colliding on the gridiron . . .
It's the Jets vs. the Ravens on (preseason) Monday Night Football this week as the NFL closes out its second week of exhibition action. The Jets lost their preseason opener 23-20 to St. Louis, with Mark Sanchez going 3-of-4 for 88 yards passing. Baltimore is 1-0 in the preseason after blanking Washington 23-0 last time out. The Ravens are pegged as 3-point home favorites for Monday night at BetUs Sportsbook with the the total at 32.5 at Sports Betting Sportsbook. New Jets head coach Rex Ryan should be familiar with the opposition; he was the defensive coordinator for the Ravens last season.
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Meeting up on the diamond . . .
Jeff Niemann (11-5, 3.71 ERA) will take on Roy Halladay (13-6, 2.78 ERA) as the Rays meet the Blue Jays in Toronto on Monday night. Righthander Niemann lost to Toronto back on July 26, but he's coming off a strong outing against the Orioles (one run over his 7 1-3 innings). Righthander Halladay was beaten by Boston in his last trip to the mound, surrendering four earned runs in five innings of work. Halladay picked up a victory over Tampa Bay in his outing of August 14.
Also on the American League schedule for Monday: the White Sox at Boston, Cleveland at Kansas City, Baltimore at Minnesota, Oakland at Seattle, and Detroit at the Angels. The Tigers will go with Justin Verlander (13-7, 3.29 ERA) in that matchup; righthander Verlander has been tagged with the loss in two of his past three starts. The Angels counter with Jered Weaver (13-4, 3.89 ERA), who is coming off a stellar outing against the Tribe - nine shutout innings in a victory. There are more sports picks for tonight at OffshoreInsiders.com
Meanwhile, there are just three games on the NL schedule for Monday, with Milwaukee at Washington, San Francisco at Colorado, and Philadelphia at the Mets. The Phillies will go with Cliff Lee (4-0, 0.82 ERA in the NL) on Monday; the lefthander has allowed just three earned runs over 33 innings since being traded to Philadelphia. The Mets will hand the ball to Bobby Parnell (3-5, 4.74 ERA), who was knocked around for nine runs over three innings by Atlanta last week.
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