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Blue Jays try for fifth victory in a row in opener with Twins

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05/17/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Toronto Blue Jays shoot for their fifth straight win this evening when they open a two-game set with the Minnesota Twins at Rogers Centre.

On Sunday, Toronto completed a three-game sweep of the Texas Rangers, as John Buck's three-run double capped a four-run fourth inning rally that lifted the Blue Jays to a 5-2 win.

Jose Bautista homered and scored a pair of runs. Brandon Morrow (3-3) worked six-plus innings to earn the victory for Toronto, which has won six of seven at home and 11 of 14 overall.

"The biggest thing was I was throwing strikes," Morrow said when asked to comment on his successful outing. "Even if I started off with a ball, I was able to come back and throw strike one to even the count."

The Blue Jays hit eight homers in the series, with 14 of their 28 hits this weekend going for extra bases. They lead the majors with 60 home runs and 169 extra-base hits.

Hoping to keep the Jays rolling tonight will be left-hander Dana Eveland, who is 3-2 with a 4.81 ERA. Eveland lost for the second time in three starts on Tuesday in Boston, as he allowed six runs and six hits in only four innings.

Eveland has faced the Twins three times (one start) but has yet to receive a decision against them, despite pitching to a 1.80 ERA.

Minnesota, meanwhile, avoided a sweep at the hands of the New York Yankees on Sunday, as Jason Kubel belted a grand slam off of Mariano Rivera and the Twins scored five times in the eighth inning to pull out a 6-3 win at Yankee Stadium.

"I realized it was off the plate and this time I kept my hands inside of one and made some contact," said Kubel, who came into the series hitting just .213. "It was a good pitch. It was in enough where I usually don't even make contact with that pitch. I just tried to relax as much as possible. I felt like I was on the first one (pitch) pretty good and was looking for pretty much that pitch."

Justin Morneau added a solo home run, while Nick Blackburn (4-1) pitched a steady seven innings to earn the win, allowing three runs on nine hits.

Getting the call for the Twins tonight will be righty Kevin Slowey, who is 4-3 with a 4.62 ERA. Slowey was charged with the loss on Tuesday against Chicago, as the White Sox reached him for five runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings.

Slowey is 0-2 lifetime versus the Jays with a 6.23 ERA in four starts.

Toronto took five of its eight matchups with the Twins last season.

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The 2008 Kentucky Derby has announced a $1-million bonus for this weekend’s 134th ‘Run for the Roses’ and MySportsbook.com is doing the same.

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According to MySportsbook.com, the favorites for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky are: Curlin (+250); Street Sense (+500); Scat Daddy (+700); Circular Quay (+750); and Nobiz Like Shobiz (+800).

Derby organizers announced this week that there will be a $1-million bonus at the 2007 Kentucky Derby odds if the first-place horse wins by more than 6 1/2 lengths – the margin of Barbaro's victory last year. The bonus would be divided Saturday among the winning trainer, jockey, owner and a charity, with each receiving 25 percent. The designated charity is the Barbaro Memorial Fund.

''It's certainly creative, it's certainly fun and it has something for the horsemen, which we always want to embrace,'' Churchill Downs president and chief executive Robert Evans said at a news conference. ''What's really cool is it will force us to remember Barbaro.''
    
Meanwhile, the Derby favorite – Curlin – is going against the odds this year. It's been 125 years since Apollo won after skipping his 2-year-old season, and not since Regret in 1915 has such a lightly seasoned horse worn the blanket of red roses.

Arkansas Derby winner Curlin – unbeaten in three career races – tries to overcome both those obstacles in Saturday's 133rd Derby.

''We're not running against history,'' trainer Steve Asmussen said Monday. ''We're running against who they load up.''

Six other horses have run in the Derby without benefit of 2-year-old races and with three or fewer starts. The best any of them managed was a sixth-place finish by Showing Up last year.
   
Asmussen dismissed suggestions that Curlin's lack of racing experience could keep him from the winner's circle.

”He exudes confidence and he's got a great presence about him,'' the trainer said. ''I feel great about the position we're in. He's not worried about anything, why should you be?''
   
The Kentucky Derby is at 4:04 p.m., ET Saturday.

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Super Bowl XLIII, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Super Bowl XLIII is now set, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet each other on February 1st in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium to battle it out for the coveted Lombardi Trophy. The game kicks off at 6:00pm ET on NBC with announcers Al Michaels and John Madden covering the on-field action. Super Bowl XLIII betting odds at online bookmaker MySportsbook.com have the Steelers listed as an early -6.5 against the spread favorite.Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds

Pittsburgh earned their passage to the big game by beating their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14 in yesterday's AFC Championship Game. The Steelers jumped on Baltimore early, building a 13-0 first half lead, and never let up on their way to a fairly easy win. Although the Ravens did close to within two points in the fourth quarter, it never appeared as if they had enough offense to pull off the upset.

The Steelers dominating defense held Baltimore to a total of 198 yards while allowing them to convert just three third downs in 13 attempts. Pittsburgh also forced quarterback Joe Flacco into three interceptions, one of which safety Troy Polamalu returned fourty yards for a touchdown.

The Cardinals, by far the playoff team with the longest odds to reach Super Bowl XLIII, did so yesterday with a 32-25 upset of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship. Arizona charged out of the gates and built a 24-6 halftime lead that had the Eagles venerable defense reeling. Quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald did most of the damage, connecting on three first half touchdowns.

Arizona, however, could not sustain their momentum and the Eagles took a 25-24 with 10:45 left to play in the fourth. The Cardinals, with the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance hanging in the balance, mounted a fourteen play, 72 yard touchdown drive that consumed 7:52 off the clock. Warner hit running back Tim Hightower on a short screen for the go-ahead, game clinching score that will forever live in Cardinal infamy.

MySportsbook.com's Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds:

Pittsburgh Steelers -6.5 (-110), Over 46.5 (-110), -260 (Money line)

Arizona Cardinals +6.5 (-110), Under 46.5 (-110), +220 (Money line)

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