Giants hold on in ninth to edge Dodgers
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07/31/2010 - San Francisco, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Aubrey Huff went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double and three RBI, and Tim Lincecum lasted seven innings after a slow start to pace San Francisco to a tight 6-5 triumph over the Dodgers in the opener of a three-game series between the National League West rivals.
Lincecum (11-4) battled through the first three frames and held on through seven, scattering seven hits, two walks and two runs while striking out nine for the Giants, who won for the seventh time in nine games despite giving up three runs in the ninth inning.
Rafael Furcal carried Los Angeles' offense by going 3-for-3 with a home run, two walks and a double. Scott Podsednik and Russell Martin each had two hits and a RBI in the club's third straight setback.
Carlos Monasterios (3-3) took the loss after allowing four runs on seven hits in five-plus innings.
Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Juan Rivera had two hits, including a three-run homer, and the Los Angeles Angels overcame an early five-run deficit to beat the rival Texas Rangers, 9-7, in the start of a crucial intradivisional weekend
<< Marlins beat Padres to begin weekend series
San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Gaby Sanchez and Cody Ross homered to lead
the Florida Marlins past the San Diego Padres, 4-2, in the opener of a three-
game series.
Hanley Ramirez and Logan Morrison each drove in a run for the Marl
<< Murray into semis in LA
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Andy Murray took a first-set tiebreaker
against Alejandro Falla of Colombia and took control from there for a straight
victory in the quarterfinals at the $700,000 Farmers Classic tennis event.
The top
<< Langer up two at Senior Open
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bernhard Langer continued his hot play Friday
as he carded a two-under 68 to grab a two-stroke lead after the second round
of the U.S. Senior Open.
Langer, who is coming off a win last week at the S
<< Edmonton gets by BC for first win of season
Edmonton, AB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ricky Ray threw for 360 yards and a pair of
touchdowns, and the Edmonton Eskimos outlasted the British Columbia Lions,
28-25, at Commonwealth Stadium in Alberta.
Ray completed 25-of-34 pass attempts
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brendan Ryan's infield single scored the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning, as the St. Louis Cardinals snuck past the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1-0, in the opener of a three-game series at Busch S
Stosur, Sharapova reach semis in Stanford >>
Stanford, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur and
fifth-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova won their respective quarterfinal matches
Friday at the $700,000 Bank of the West Classic tennis event.
Stosur outlasted se
Cuba edges U.S. in thrilling quarterfinal >>
Thunder Bay, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - After a dramatic quarterfinal matchup, one
can only imagine what else is in store for the final weekend of the World
Junior Baseball Championship.
Omar Luis threw nine solid innings in a gutsy 144-pitch eff
Wick's two home runs power Canada over Italy >>
Thunder Bay, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - With upsets aplenty and coming off a scare
of their own, Team Canada wasn't taking any chances against an overmatched
Italian squad in the quarterfinals of the World Junior Baseball Championships.
A day aft
Blue Jays hope to stay hot versus Indians >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Toronto Blue Jays are riding a four-game winning streak
and will attempt to continue the string of strong play against the Cleveland
Indians in the second of three weekend games at Rogers Centre.
Righty Jake Westbrook
Huskers' Lucky hospitalized for undisclosed reason
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska running back Marlon Lucky was hospitalized Monday for undisclosed reasons after Lincoln police responded to a call at his residence.
The Nebraska athletic department said in a release Monday that Lucky was admitted Sunday night.
MySportsbook.com has the Cornhuskers listed at +2500 to win the BCS National Championship odds.
A nursing supervisor at the hospital said all questions about Lucky were being referred to the athletic department. The athletic department said there would be no further comment from the department or Lucky's family.
A Lincoln Police spokesman said officers responded to a call at Lucky's residence 11:30 p.m. Sunday. The spokesman said he didn't know Lucky's condition at the time he was taken to the hospital.
Lucky, from North Hollywood, Calif., started six games last season as a sophomore and was the team's second-leading rusher, with 728 yards and six touchdowns. He also caught 32 passes for 383 yards. He averaged 19.1 yards on eight kickoff returns.
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