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Euro Championships TODAY 17:00

Ireland

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Scotland

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RECENT FORM	LAST HEAD-TO-HEADSIN IRELAND	RECENT FORM
HWADALNWHDHD​ Most recent​	1 - 0 1 - 2 0 - 0 1 - 1	ADHWHLHWHWHW​ Most recent​

KEY STAT: Only one goal has been scored in four of the last six meetings between the pair

EXPERT VERDICT: Ireland warmed up for this crucial Group D clash with a dismally dull 0-0 friendly against England and will have to show more of a goal threat if they’re to worry Scotland. Defeat for the hosts would all but end their chances of qualifying for Euro 2016, but the Scots are in cracking form and the draw looks the value.

RECOMMENDATION: Draw
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Euro Championships TODAY 19:45

N Ireland

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Romania

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KEY STAT: Romania have conceded only one goal in five qualifiers

EXPERT VERDICT: Despite claiming four wins from five Group F outings, Northern Ireland still have a long way to go if they’re to achieve their goals of reaching the Euro finals. Northern Ireland's sole defeat came against Romania last November and Anghel Iordanescu’s visitors have yet to lose during their qualifying campaign.

RECOMMENDATION: Draw
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Copa America TODAY 20:00

Uruguay

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Jamaica

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KEY STAT: Jamaica are 65th in the Fifa world rankings

EXPERT VERDICT: This could be a mismatch and Uruguay can boost their goal difference before the more difficult matches to come in Group B. The emphasis will be on Edinson Cavani with Luis Suarez suspended and he finished the season for Paris Saint-Germain with ten goals in his last seven league games.

RECOMMENDATION: E Cavani first goalscorer
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Copa America TODAY 22:30

Argentina

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Paraguay

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NWNLNWNWNWHW​ Most recent​	5 - 2 3 - 1 4 - 2 0 - 1	ALHWALADNLHD​ Most recent​

KEY STAT: Argentina have scored 12 goals in their last three matches against Paraguay

EXPERT VERDICT: Paraguay finished World Cup qualifying rock bottom and this is a daunting task against the tournament favourites, who won 5-2 in Asuncion during the Conmebol campaign. No country can match Argentina’s array of attacking stars and in the unlikely event Lionel Messi fails to fire there is always Aguero, Higuain, Tevez or Lavezzi.

RECOMMENDATION: Argentina-Argentina double result
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Euro Championships Su 14Jun 17:00

Slovenia

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England

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KEY STAT: England are unbeaten in their last 24 qualifiers

EXPERT VERDICT: England’s serene progress to Euro 2016 is unlikely to be halted by Slovenia in Ljubljana. It was widely assumed Roy Hodgson’s men would make light work of their Group E rivals and that’s how it has panned out, with the Three Lions top of the pile with five wins out of five and this should be a comprehensive success.

RECOMMENDATION: England
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Copa America Su 14Jun 20:00

Colombia

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Venezuela

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NWNDAWAWNWNW Most recent	0 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 0 1 - 2	NLALAWHWALNW Most recent

KEY STAT: Venezuela conceded only 20 goals in 16 World Cup qualifiers

EXPERT VERDICT: Venezuela can be resilient opponents but eventually Colombia’s outstanding forwards such as James Rodriguez, Radamel Falcao, Martinez and Carlos Bacca should cut loose and the best bet could be for the favourites to get the job done in the second period.

RECOMMENDATION: Draw-Colombia double result

 

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NHL MONEYLINE

NHL > (9) CHICAGO@ (10) TAMPA BAY | 06/13/2015 - 08:05 PM
Play AGAINST CHICAGO using the money line in All games after a non-conference game
The record is 30 Wins and 37 Losses for the last two seasons (-28.6 units)

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NHL > (9) CHICAGO@ (10) TAMPA BAY | 06/13/2015 - 08:05 PM
Play AGAINST CHICAGO using the in All games after a non-conference game
The record is 30 Wins and 37 Losses for the last two seasons (-28.6 units)

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NHL > (9) CHICAGO@ (10) TAMPA BAY | 06/13/2015 - 08:05 PM
Play OVER TAMPA BAY on the total in Home games after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game
The record is 13 Overs and 2 Unders for the last two seasons (+11.05 units)

 

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Blackhawks edge Lightning, even series

June 10, 2015

CHICAGO (AP) - Andrei Vasilevskiy's surprise start in the Stanley Cup Final went quite well for Tampa Bay.

Unfortunately for the Lightning, Corey Crawford was even better.

Tampa Bay got another big goal from Alex Killorn and Steven Stamkos secured his first point of the final, but Crawford had 24 saves while leading the Chicago Blackhawks to a series-tying 2-1 victory in Game 4 on Wednesday night.

The 20-year-old Vasilevskiy became the sixth goaltender in NHL history to make his first career playoff start in the final, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. He had made just 19 appearances this season, counting the playoffs.

Vasilevskiy was barely tested early on, but he looked right at home while recording 17 saves, including 11 in the second period.

It was 1-1 before Brandon Saad backhanded a bouncing puck through Vasilevskiy's legs at 6:22 of the third period. Patrick Kane got an assist on the play for his first point of the series.

The Lightning then made a big push for the tying goal, but Crawford helped Chicago withstand the heavy pressure in the frantic final moments.

Tampa Bay said starting goaltender Ben Bishop is day to day with an undisclosed injury. He appeared to be dealing with some sort of groin or leg problem while making 36 saves in a gutsy performance in Tampa Bay's 3-2 victory on Monday night. He participated in the morning skate on Wednesday, but coach Jon Cooper said they were in a ''holding pattern'' in terms of Bishop's availability.

Vasilevskiy then led the team out of the tunnel for warmups before the game, signaling he was the starter.

Game 5 is Saturday in Florida.

Tampa Bay helped Vasilevskiy settle into the game by holding Chicago to just two shots on goal in the first period. Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville tried several different line combinations, but they struggled to put any sustained pressure on the speedy Lightning.

The pace of the game began to pick up in the second. Marcus Kruger and Patrick Sharp of the Blackhawks each hit the right post before captain Jonathan Toews swept in a loose puck from the left side for his career-best 10th goal of the playoffs.

It was the first time in the series Chicago scored first. Toews had just one assist in the final coming into the night.

The Lightning then got a power-play opportunity when Brent Seabrook was whistled for cross-checking, but the Blackhawks killed it off. Crawford had a glove save on Nikita Nesterov.

Tampa Bay kept pressuring Chicago, and it paid off when Valtteri Filppula made a slick pass from behind the net to Killorn for his ninth goal of the playoffs. Crawford lost track of the puck and Killorn was all alone in front for the easy score at 11:47 of the second period.

Stamkos also got an assist on the play. It was the captain's first point since Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals against the New York Rangers.

NOTES: Toews has 39 career postseason goals. ... Actor Vince Vaughn, Chicago Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg, and Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte attended the game.

 

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Quenneville finds right formula for 'Hawks

June 11, 2015

CHICAGO (AP) - Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville's postgame news conferences are generally dry affairs. He usually displays about as much emotion as a puck.

Even he couldn't stifle a smile at the end of this one.

Chicago goalkeeper Corey Crawford had just turned back a handful shots in the final, furious two minutes - triggered when Tampa Bay pulled goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, a surprise starter in goal in place of front-liner Ben Bishop - to preserve a 2-1 victory and even the Stanley Cup series at 2-2. Quenneville didn't need reminding that for all his mad-scientist maneuvering behind the bench, he'd just gotten away with one.

He's known for switching up lines at a moment's notice, a strategy designed to get favorable match-ups for his two biggest stars, Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane. But Wednesday night, Quenneville almost outsmarted his own team in search of the right combinations.

''We know who's left and right wing. We know what's kind of going on,'' Hawks center Andrew Desjardins said, then paused before revealing any state secrets.

''At this point,'' he added, ''we better know.''

Yet after both Toews and Kane finally got untracked - after combining for a single point in three game, Toews had the first goal in this one and Kane assisted on Brandon Saad's game-winner - Quenneville was asked whether all those moves had succeeded in securing ''the element of surprise.''

''Whether it's an element of surprise,'' he began with a straight face. ''I mean, we expected their other goalie in the net, too.

''So I guess it's 50/50 tonight,'' he added a moment later, cracking up the room.

As befits a man who spends plenty of his free time at racetracks, and who worked as stockbroker near the end of his playing career, Quenneville isn't shy about seeking out better odds.

In the first period of Game 7 of the Western Conference finals, playing on the road, where visiting teams have to send their players on the ice first, Quenneville countered Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau's 25 line changes with more than five times as many. He hasn't gone to those extremes against Tampa Bay - yet. But in a series where all four games have been decided by a goal, and neither team has led by more than one, Quenneville suggested he might not be done mixing and matching.

''At the end of the day, I think that getting the other team more concerned about different guys makes us a deeper team,'' he said.

Guys who played with or against Quenneville for parts of almost 14 NHL seasons remember a rock-solid defenseman who held his cards close and his emotions in check. The same was true during his first two stints as a head coach, in St. Louis and Colorado, where he relied mostly on good goalkeeping and solid defense. It wasn't until he arrived in Chicago, inheriting a roster with Toews, Kane and attacking defender Duncan Keith just four games into the 2008-09 season, that Quenneville, 56, unveiled his wild side.

In retrospect, some of his closest friends were surprised it didn't surface sooner.

''There's this thing about Joel that is totally amazing,'' Marc Crawford, a close friend who won the Stanley Cup in Colorado with Quenneville as an assistant, told the Toronto Sun recently.

''Something would happen on the ice and, when you're on the bench, you don't always see it. I'd turn to him and say, `What happened?' and he'd give you a total breakdown of what just happened. He's got an instant-replay brain and a photographic memory.

''Great players have great vision,'' Crawford added. ''He has great vision from the bench. He's got a video in his head.''

Quenneville has also amassed a library of coaching knowledge after internships with some of the best in the business. He worked for Toe Blake, Scotty Bowman and Al Arbour, and figures to have a bust alongside theirs in the Hall of Fame when he's done. He's the winningest active coach in the game, with two Stanley Cups in the bank and a third still within reach.

But it's Quenneville's rock-solid personality, as much all that success, that continues to earn his players trust. Someone asked Toews, Chicago's captain and the player his coach mixes and matches the most, to sum up Quenneville's ''evolution.''

Toews talked about the comfort that comes with experience, trying to buy himself some time, but said it was tough to remember whether Quenneville's approach was nearly as chaotic from the get-go.

''There's a level of understanding there between the guys that have been around him, played for him for a number of years,'' Toews said. ''We just kind of go with the flow.

''We all know how things are going to be handled from a player and coach standpoint,'' he said finally, ''win or lose.''

 

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Lightning have silght edge in pivotal Game 5

With the Stanley Cup Final tied at two games apiece, the Tampa Bay Lightning have opened as -120 home favorites for Saturday night's pivotal Game 5.

The Chicago Blackhawks are on the board at +109, while the total has opened at 5.5 goals.

The big factor for Game 5 will be whether or not Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop will be available to play in the game. Coach Jon Cooper said Bishop would return to the series, but would not give a specific date.

 

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Blackhawks are almost unbeatable late in series

According to a tweet from ESPN Stats & Info, the Chicago Blackhawks are 17-4 in games 5 through 7 of a series dating back to the 2012 postseason.

The Blackhawks clawed back from a 2-1 series deficit to the Tampa Bay Lightning with a 2-1 victory in Game 4 Wednesday evening.

The series now shifts to Florida for Game 5 Saturday with the Lightning as -120 home favorites. Once again, oddsmakers have a total of 5.5 on the board.

 

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Ben Bishop, Tampa Bay - Ques Sat

Bishop missed the last game due to a lingering lower-body injury. He is questionable for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Blackhawks.

 

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If bettors liked the Blackhawks heading into the Stanley Cup final, they must love them now

There was a big trend kicking around before and after Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals that was creating a bit of a stir in the hockey world, especially among those who like to lay a bet.

The trend said that the Cup finals series had been tied 1-1 a total 26 times in history and of those 26 times, the away team won Game 3 13 times and the home team won Game 3 13 times. When the away team won Game 3, it went on to win the Stanley Cup all 13 times. (Wowza.) The home team, meanwhile, went on to win the Cup just eight times after winning Game 3.

So if you’re a believer in trends, logic says to take Tampa Bay after the Lightning stormed into Chicago and claimed the third game of the series , 4-3.

Ten-star lock of the millennium to take the Bolts to hoist the silver, right?

The trouble is, every time you look at the Chicago Blackhawks bench, they are throwing another line full of multi-Cup winning snipers over the boards. Plus, the Lightning were looking at -165 odds to win the series before Game 4. Put those two factors together and it made it tough for anyone to pull the trigger.

It got even tougher to make that bet after the Hawks won Game 4, 2-1.

So now the two teams head back to Florida tied two games apiece and the Stanley Cup odds are like this: Blackhawks -130, Lightning +110.

It’s a considerable drop in odds since before the series began where the Blackhawks were in the -160 range or so and Tampa Bay was somewhere around +130 to +140. When you think about it, the series is basically in the same spot it was before it began: it’s tied and the Lightning have a one-game home ice advantage.

So if you liked the Hawks then, you should really love them now and if you took Tampa Bay, you may want to sit tight and be happy you probably got the best line.

Line changes help Chicago

If you’re Tampa Bay, you had to be both a little a happy and a little terrified that you held Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane to a combined one assist through the first three games.

That lack of production typically doesn’t last long in the playoffs with those two guys and they were big factors in Game 4 to even up the series. Head coach Joel Quenneville moved his top two lines around so that Patrick Sharp, Jonathan Toews and Marian Hossa made up one unit while Brad Richards, Patrick Kane and Brandon Saad made up the other.

Toews scored the first goal and Kane assisted the winner and we’re seeing the difference that coaching experience can make over a long series in the finals.

One goal games

Last week, I wrote that you might want to look at one-goal outcomes for this series because I expect to be so tightly contested. Not the puckline, which will throw big juice at you in the -200’s or even -300’s, but the one-goal finish prop.

If you’d taken each side to win by exactly one goal at +250 odds for each of the last three games, you’d be up $450 if you’d been risking $100 a bet.

I expect this series to continue to play tight as the series goes on and I like that prop to continue to hold value. You may also want to take a look at the ‘will there be overtime?’ prop, which always gives you plus money.

 

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IndyCar announces Firestone 600 infractions
By THE SPORTS XCHANGE

IndyCar announced post-event infractions and points deductions from Saturday's Firestone 600 race at Texas Motor Speedway.

Driver Stefano Coletti of KV Racing Technology was fined $5,000 on Wednesday and placed on a two-race probation for violating Rules 7.10.1.1 (pit safety violation, improper lane usage) and 7.9.12 (pit procedures, pit speed violation at pit in) of the IndyCar Series rulebook. The two-race probation is in addition to the three-race probation Coletti was assessed following the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit on May 30-31.

Driver Tristan Vautier of Dale Coyne Racing was fined $1,000 for violating Rule 7.10.1.8 (pit safety violation, contact with equipment causing contact with personnel).

The No. 5 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports entry was fined $5,000 for violating Rule 14.8.5 (rear wing main plane angle).

Chevrolet received a deduction of 40 manufacturer championship points and Honda received a deduction of 20 manufacturer points for engines that did not attain their life cycle. According to Rule 10.6.4.3, 20 manufacturer points will be deducted for an engine that fails to reach its 2,500-mile life cycle.

The Chevrolet engines in the Nos. 20 and 67 CFH Racing entries and the Honda engine in the No. 14 A.J. Foyt Enterprises entry did not reach their life cycle minimum before being changed out. Following the deductions, Chevrolet has 865 manufacturer championship points for the season and Honda has 820.

IndyCar also announced one new infraction and two rescinded infractions from the Dual in Detroit.

Driver James Jakes of Schmidt Peterson Motorsports was fined $500 for violating Rule 1.2.7.1.2 (personal safety equipment, visor up during pit stop fueling) in Race 1 on May 30.

A Schmidt Peterson Motorsports crew member had a $500 fine rescinded for violating Rule 1.2.7.2 (personal safety equipment, fueler visor up), as did a Chip Ganassi Racing Teams crew member.

 

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UFC 188 heads to Mexico City

Event: UFC 188
Date: Sat. June 13, 2015
TV/Time: (FS1, 8:00 p.m. ET; PPV 10:00 p.m. ET)
Venue: Arena Ciudad de México
City: Mexico City, Mexico

Heavyweight Championship: Cain Velasquez vs. Fabrício Werdum
Line: Velasquez -450, Werdum +360

Cain Velasquez will make his return to the octagon and attempt to hold onto his heavyweight title when he faces interim title holder, Fabricio Werdum, at UFC 188 in Mexico City.

Velasquez is a knockout machine and has twice been the title holder for the heavyweight belt with a mere one loss in his career. That came against Junior dos Santos by knockout in just over a minute in late 2011 when he lost the title, but quickly regained it from dos Santos a little over a year later when he went the full five rounds and won via unanimous decision. After that he was able to defend twice, coming away victorious by knockout (punches) each time. That last win, another defeat of Junior dos Santos, was in October of 2013 and he has been out of the circuit after surgery on a torn meniscus since then. Velasquez was a Division I wrestler at Arizona State University and has used his skills learned there to get 11 knockouts in his 13 career wins.

His return will be a tough one as he faces the interim heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum who has been the victor in each of his last five fights. In that time he has two unanimous decisions, one submission (armbar) and he won the interim heavyweight belt in his last match after a TKO (flying knee and punches) in the second round. Each of the five most recent wins have come since his return to the UFC as he was once in the circuit between 2007 and 2008 when he went 2-2 with both of his wins coming by knockout punches.

The 37-year-old Brazilian native has a ton of experience in multiple arenas, winning gold medals at the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championships, IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championships and the Pan-American Jiu-Jitsu Championships. This will be a battle of two veterans of the sport and it will be interesting to see if Velasquez is able to continue his dominance that he showed before suffering his injury.

Velasquez has been nearly unbeatable in his career as evidenced both by his knockouts and average fight time of just 7:06. His utter disregard for opponents has led to an astounding 6.1 significant strikes per minute as 58% of his attempts are landing. In two of his three most recent matches, Velasquez has actually been taken the full five rounds by his opponent, but has landed a total of 234 significant strikes compared to a meager 103 by his opposition.

Overall, his defense has been great, with others getting in a miniscule 1.66 significant strikes per minute in the fights despite doing so at a high percentage (61%). This shows just how often he is in control with his barrage of attacks, not even allowing his opponent to get in opportunities. It certainly doesn’t stop there when talking about how solid of a fighter Velasquez is as he averages an incredible 5.28 takedowns per 15 minutes in the octagon and when he faced dos Santos at UFC 155, he landed 111 significant strikes and added 11 takedowns.

He does not always get his opposition on the mat, though, with a mere 44% takedown percentage, but barely ever goes down with a mark of 88% with his defense and has not been taken down since facing Brock Lesnar at UFC 121 in late 2010. Nine of his 14 career fights have ended with a win in the first round and it will be a surprise if some of that does not come out despite the recent surgery.

Werdum has been nowhere as aggressive as his counterpart in this fight, landing 3.05 significant strikes per minute in the ring with half of his attempts hitting their mark. In his last three fights, he was able to out-strike his opposition 174-84 and defeated them with a different tactic each time.

Despite being taken down once against Mark Hunt in his last match, Werdum was able to have 11 of his 21 significant strikes to land on Hunt’s head and earned “Performance of the Night” honors with his knockout via flying knee. He doesn’t typically take too much of a beating in the ring, allowing 1.90 significant strikes against him per minute on 58% accuracy. Werdum has used his past experiences to be one of the best in the circuit in submissions and takedowns, averaging 1.4 submission attempts and 1.83 takedowns each 15 minutes in the octagon.

The 6’4”, 231-pound beast of a man is a better tactical fighter when it comes to technical ability compared to Velasquez, but may not be able to match him in strength and speed over the five rounds.

Other UFC 188 Bouts

Welterweight Matchup:
Albert Tumenov (-425)
Andrew Todhunter (+320)

Featherweight Matchup:
Gabriel Benitez (+180)
Clay Collard (-240)

Welterweight Matchup:
Augusto Montaño (-150)
Cathal Pendred (+120)

Lightweight Matchup:
Francisco Trevino (+260)
Johnny Case (-350)

Bantamweight Matchup:
Alejandro Pérez (-165)
Patrick Williams (+135)

Lightweight Matchup:
Efrain Escudero (+125)
Drew Dober (-155)

Flyweight Matchup:
Chico Camus (+575)
Henry Cejudo (-985)

Women's Strawweight Matchup:
Tecia Torres (-325)
Angela Hill (+250)

Featherweight Matchup:
Yair Rodríguez (+190)
Charles Rosa (-250)

Middleweight Matchup:
Kelvin Gastelum (-450)
Nate Marquardt (+330)

Lightweight Matchup:
Gilbert Melendez (-170)
Eddie Alvarez (+140)

Heavyweight Matchup:
Cain Velasquez (-450)
Fabrício Werdum (+360)

 

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UFC: Could Velasquez's striking be the difference?
Justin Hartling

UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez will make his return to the octagon Saturday after a 602-day layoff. Despite the longest break between fights in his career, Velasquez may have an advantage if his striking is not rusty.

Velasquez has landed 1,257 strikes in his UFC career, which is the most of any heavyweight in divisional history. The champ is just as good at not getting hit as his +4.52 striking differential rate is the best in UFC history in any weight class.

Currently Velasquez is a -500 favorite when he takes on interim heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum at UFC 188.

 

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MLB roundup: Red Sox wilt, Blue Jays win ninth straight

BOSTON -- Catcher Russell Martin hit a go-ahead three-run triple as the Toronto Blue Jays scored nine runs in the top of the seventh inning and rallied from a seven-run deficit and extended their winning streak to nine games with a 13-10 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
Martin's triple to deep center field highlighted an inning when the Blue Jays scored all their runs before an out was recorded. Toronto sent 12 batters to the plate and had nine hits in the inning against three Boston relievers, including two who did not get an out.
The meltdown sent the Red Sox to their fourth straight loss and they fell a season-high eight games under .500.

Cardinals 4, Royals 0
ST. LOUIS -- This round of the I-70 Series went to St. Louis. More accurately, it went to Jaime Garcia.
The Cardinals' starter tossed eight shutout innings in his longest outing since 2013 and even chipped in an RBI hit while giving up only four hits, all infield singles.
Lowering his earned-run average to 2.06, Garcia also stretched his streak of not allowing a walk to 30 innings, dating back to a 5-0 loss on May 21 at the New York Mets.

Astros 10, Mariners 0
HOUSTON -- Brett Oberholtzer worked eight scoreless innings and was the beneficiary of an eight-run first inning as Houston snapped a seven-game losing streak.
The Astros jumped on Mariners ace Felix Hernandez en route to bashing four home runs.
Oberholtzer didn't waste the run support, limiting the Mariners to three hits and two walks while striking out five.

Rangers 6, Twins 2
ARLINGTON, Texas -- A two-base error by center fielder Aaron Hicks allowed two Texas to sail past the Twins.
Mitch Moreland lined the first pitch he saw from Brian Duensing to center field and off Hicks' glove, snapping a 2-2 tie with two outs. Duensing intentionally walked Texas designated hitter Prince Fielder to get to Moreland with the bases loaded.
Texas Elvis Andrus, who hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh, added some insurance with a two-run single off Duensing.

Tigers 4, Indians 0
DETROIT -- Miguel Cabrera hit a monster three-run home run and added an RBI double while David Price powered through Cleveland's lineup for a seven-hit shutout.
Price threw nothing but strikes to the first five batters he faced and got help from four double plays in his walk-free, eight-strikeout complete game. He threw just 93 pitches, getting 67 strikes as Detroit won for the fourth time in five games following an eight-game losing streak.
Danny Salazar nearly matched Price, allowing seven hits while walking one and fanning six in seven innings.

Orioles 11, Yankees 3
BALTIMORE -- Chris Davis slammed a three-run homer and drove in four runs as Baltimore extended its season-best winning streak to five games.
Davis' home run was his 12th of the season.
Davis, Jimmy Paredes and Caleb Joseph each had three hits and Joseph swatted his fifth homer of the year.

Marlins 5, Rockies 1
MIAMI -- Rookie Jose Urena earned his first big-league win, leading Miami past Colorado.
The Marlins hit two homers, including a three-run blast by rookie J.T. Realmuto in the eighth inning.
Urena pitched 6 2/3 innings, allowing six hits, no walks and one run. The only blemish was a seventh-inning home run by Carlos Gonzalez.

Mets 5, Braves 3
NEW YORK -- Wilmer Flores and John Mayberry homered and Bartolo Colon threw six solid innings as New York beat Atlanta.
The Mets won their second in a row to ensure they'd remain at least a half-game ahead of the Washington Nationals in the NL East. The Braves fell to 4-7 this month.
Colon allowed two runs on six hits and two walks (both intentional) while striking out three. He earned a decision in his 25th straight start, tying a team record set by right-hander Dwight Gooden from June 2, 1993 through June 24, 1994.

Rays 7, White Sox 5
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Tampa Bay got a surprisingly strong start from call-up Matt Andriese and patched together 14 hits to beat Chicago.
Andriese, called up from Triple-A Durham Thursday night, gave up just two unearned runs in 5 2/3 innings, his longest outing of the season. The Rays got another three hits from rookie outfielder Joey Butler, with nothing more than a single factoring in all seven of their runs.
Chicago got three runs in the seventh -- two on a home run by Jose Abreu -- to cut a 6-2 Rays lead to a single run, but the Rays padded that in the bottom of the inning and the bullpen held on to end the White Sox's three-game win streak.

Brewers 8, Nationals 4
MILWAUKEE -- Aramis Ramirez doubled three times and drove in five runs and Mike Fiers struck out eight as Milwaukee beat Washington at Miller Park.
Fiers (3-6) scattered five hits and three walks in seven innings, including solo home runs by Bryce Harper and Tyler Moore.
But they proved to be non-factors as the Milwaukee offense sprang to life behind Ramirez and pounded out 16 hits. Gerardo Parra and Adam Lind also finished with three hits and Ryan Braun and Scooter Gennett each added two.
The Brewers won for the sixth time in the last eight games.

Reds 5, Cubs 4
CHICAGO -- Todd Frazier went 2-for-5 with three runs scored, including the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, as Cincinnati topped Chicago.
Eugenio Suarez lined a one-out single to shallow left off Cubs reliever Hector Rondon to score Frazier from third and give the Reds the lead.
Suarez, called up Thursday from Triple-A Louisville for his Cincinnati debut, went 1-for-4. Frazier had a double, solo homer, scored three runs and had two RBIs.

Angels 5, Athletics 4
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Home runs by Mike Trout and Kole Calhoun in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted Los Angeles to a win over Oakland at Angel Stadium.
Josh Reddick had given the A's a 4-3 lead with a two-run homer in the seventh, but the Angels bounced back in the eighth against A's reliever Evan Scribner. Scribner (1-1) had replaced starter Jesse Chavez, who allowed three runs in seven innings and was in line for the victory before Trout and Calhoun turned the game upside down.
Angels reliever Jose Alvarez (1-1) got the victory for the Angels, who won the game with manager Mike Scioscia watching the final three innings from his clubhouse office after being ejected for the first time this season.

Pirates 1, Phillies 0 (13 innings)
PITTSBURGH -- Starling Marte singled in Chris Stewart for the game's only run as Pittsburgh beat Philadelphia in 13 innings.
Stewart singled with one out and moved to second on a groundout. He scored as Marte singled over the mound and past diving infielders for the walk-off winner.
The walk-off was the Pirates' first of the season, as well as their first extra-innings win of the campaign. Antonio Bastardo earned the victory after pitching a scoreless 13th.

Diamondbacks 1, Giants 0
SAN FRANCISCO -- Right-hander Chase Anderson took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and combined with two relievers on a two-hit shutout, lifting Arizona to a shutout victory over San Francisco in the opener of a three-game series.
Facing the Giants for the first time in his two-year career, the 27-year-old lost a no-hitter on Buster Posey's infield hit with one out in the seventh.
It was the only hit Anderson allowed in seven innings en route to his first win since May 20. He hasn't lost since April 27, an eight-game stretch during which he's gotten a no-decision six times.

Dodgers 4, Padres 3
SAN DIEGO -- Pinch-hitter Alex Guerrero singled home Andre Ethier with the tie-breaking run with two-out in the eighth-inning to give Los Angeles a come-from-behind win over San Diego at Petco Park.
Guerrero�s soft liner to center capped a two-run Dodgers eighth after the Padres had scored three in the bottom of the seventh against Clayton Kershaw and reliever Yimi Garcia on homers by Clint Barmes and Derek Norris.
For 6 1/3 innings, Dodgers ace Kershaw blanked the Padres on three hits and a walk while striking out 11. But the Padres rallied from a 2-0 deficit with homers by Barmes and Norris sandwiching an error