UFC 115 Liddell vs. Franklin goes tonight. The MMA betting lines in Las Vegas has Franklin a modest favorite.
Chasing World Cup glory . . .
Courtesy of OddsShark.com: There are three more games on the World Cup schedule for Saturday, with South Korea vs. Greece (7:30am ET), Argentina vs. Nigeria (10am ET), and England vs. the United States (2:30pm ET). Argentina is the biggest favorite for Saturday, as they're set at -250 to win, with Nigeria the +650 underdog, and the draw odds at +330. Greece is listed at +150 against South Korea (+180), with those draw odds at +200, while England is a -200 favorite against the United States (+450). That match's draw odds are +330. England is the -275 fave to win Group C, while the United States is at +400. South Africa World Cup betting information has helped punters win their flutters thus far.
Meeting up on the diamond . . .
Mark Buehrle (3-6, 5.40 ERA) is scheduled take on Carlos Silva (8-0, 2.93 ERA) when the White Sox and Cubs continue their interleague series at Wrigley Field on Saturday afternoon. Lefthander Buehrle will be looking to turn things around after he was blasted in each of his last two starts for the White Sox - surrendering 12 earned runs on 20 hits over 8 1-3 innings against the Indians and Rangers. Righthander Silva, on the other hand, continues to be on a roll. Silva won his sixth straight start last time out, holding the Pirates to just one earned run on four hits over seven innings, fanning five.
Elsewhere around baseball on Saturday it'll be St. Louis at Arizona, Houston at the Yankees, Philadelphia at Boston, Washington at Cleveland, the Mets at Baltimore, Pittsburgh at Detroit, Atlanta at Minnesota, Kansas City at Cincinnati, Texas at Milwaukee, Toronto at Colorado, Seattle at San Diego, Oakland at San Francisco, the Angels at the Dodgers, and Florida at Tampa Bay. Ricky Nolasco (5-4, 4.60 ERA) is expected to take on Matt Garza (6-4, 3.31 ERA) in that Marlins/Rays matchup. Righthander Nolasco took a no-decision against the Mets in his last start (three runs over 5 1-3 innings), while Garza defeated the Rangers last time out (four runs over 5 2-3 innings).
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Rounding out the Roundup . . .
Finally, there are just two games on the WNBA's schedule for Saturday, with New York at Washington and Tulsa at Phoenix. The Shock and Mercury already met once this season, with Phoenix picking up a 110-96 road win back on May 25. Diana Taurasi was good for 35 points for the Mercury in that contest, while Penny Taylor chipped in with 29 points. Amber Holt poured in 20 points off the bench for the Shock in that loss.
