Daily Sports Roundup: May 15 (compl MSI)
Today
in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Preakness Stakes races at Pimlico, the
Astros and Giants have their aces clash, and the WNBA gets their season
going.
Meeting up on the diamond . . .
The
American League schedule for Saturday has Minnesota at the Yankees,
Texas at Toronto, Seattle at Tampa Bay, Cleveland at Baltimore, Boston
at Detroit, Oakland at the Angels, and the White Sox at Kansas City.
Jake Peavy (2-2, 5.56 ERA) will get the ball for Chicago in that last
matchup against the Royals' Luke Hochevar (3-1, 5.65 ERA). Righthander
Peavy picked up the win in each of his last two starts for the ChiSox,
and he held the Royals scoreless on four hits over seven innings on May
3. Righthander Hochevar beat the White Sox in his May 4 outing,
surrendering just one unearned run in his six innings pitched.
Over
in the National League on Saturday it'll be Pittsburgh at the Cubs,
Philadelphia at Milwaukee, St. Louis at Cincinnati, the Mets at Florida,
Arizona at Atlanta, Washington at Colorado, the Dodgers at San Diego,
and Houston at San Francisco. The Astros will send ace Roy Oswalt (2-4,
2.63 ERA) to the mound on Saturday to take on Giants ace Tim Lincecum
(4-0, 1.86 ERA). Righthander Oswalt had to settle for a no-decision in
his last trip to the mound despite holding the Padres to three earned
runs in eight innings of work. Righthander Lincecum has given up three
or fewer earned runs in each of his seven outings this season.
Rounding
out the Roundup . . .
The second jewel of the Triple Crown
takes place at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday afternoon with a 12-horse
field in the 2010 Preakness Stakes. Super Saver, the Kentucky Derby
champion, is pegged as the 13/5 sportsbook favorite to win on Saturday,
with Looking at Lucky (3/1), and Paddy O'Prado (6/1) following him on
the odds list. Dublin is next at 10/1 odds, followed by Jackson Bend at
11/1, and both Caracortado and Schoolyard Dreams at 12/1. Both First
Dude and Pleasant Prince sit at 20/1 odds to claim the Preakness Stakes,
with Aikenite and Yawanna Twist at 25/1, and Northern Giant the big
longshot at 28/1.
Finally, there are five games on the WNBA
hardwood on Saturday as the league gets its regular season started: Los
Angeles at Phoenix, Chicago at Connecticut, Washington at Indiana,
Atlanta at San Antonio, and Minnesota at Tulsa. The Tulsa Shock will be
playing the first game in franchise history on Saturday; they relocated
from Detroit in the offseason. Former Olympic sprinter Marion Jones is
part of Tulsa's roster this year; the guard played NCAA hoops for North
Carolina.