Atlanta Braves vs Washington Nationals MLB Betting Odds and Picks

Atlanta Braves vs Washington Nationals Baseball Betting Odds: Atlanta Braves will play against Washington Nationals in the Opening game of Best of Three series on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at Turner Field, Atlanta and match starts at 10:05 ET.

The Atlanta Braves were beating Washington Nationals star rookie pitcher Stephen Strasburg 5-0 on Monday night and at the same time, they placed their own star rookie on the 15-day disabled list (DL).

The Braves’ Jason Heyward had been held out of the team’s last three games with a left thumb injury, which has been slow to heal; he’s been hampered by the injury for over a month.

According to numerous reports, Heyward underwent an MRI on Monday, which revealed “a deep bone bruise.”

“We’re doing the best thing, I believe,” Heyward told the AP after the victory over the Nats.

“Right now is a good opportunity to get it done, get the rest done, get the strength back so I’ll be able to come back the second half.”

The USA Today suggests that based on the timing of his trip to the DL, Heyward could miss the All Star game — he is one of the top NL outfielders in All Star voting.

The Braves’ OF is having a strong rookie campaign, currently batting .251 with 11 homers and 45 RBIs.

The Atlanta Braves will continue their current home series against the Washington Nationals, playing their second of three games on Tuesday — the Braves will send Derek Lowe to the mound and are favored at -200.

The Nationals are +170 underdogs and the Over/Under is set at 9.

The Braves haven’t fared well recently against the Nationals however, going 2-6 straight up in their last eight overall against Washington and in their last five home games vs. the Nats, Atlanta is 1-4 SU.

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MLB Baseball Betting: Los Angeles Angels vs Texas Rangers Preview

Los Angeles Angels vs Texas Rangers Baseball Betting Odds: Los Angeles Angels will play against Texas Rangers in the Opening game of Best of Three series on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim and match starts at 10:05 ET.

The Los Angeles Angels have worked tremendously hard to climb back from the deep hole they dug themselves early in the season. The perennial MLB betting contenders looked like they were going to take a step back this season with the departures of John Lackey and Vladimir Guerrero. However, as always, they managed to find the right parts to remain competitive. Riding a hot June, they host the A.L. West-leading Texas Rangers tonight in Sports Betting baseball odds action.

The only obstacle to the Angels’ comeback success story following a slow start are their opponents tonight. While the Angels are 17-8 so far in June, the Rangers are even more impressive at 20-5. It’s been a tremendous ascent for a team that’s been playing catchup to the Angels for years.

Tonight, the Rangers send Scott Feldman to the mound in Anaheim. He’s 5-6 on the year, but Texas has an 8-7 record in his 2010 starts, including three wins in a row. Feldman’s E.R.A. is quite high, sitting at over five runs a game allowed.

The Angels will counter with veteran Joel Pineiro. The much traveled hurler is 7-6 on the season and L.A. has a 9-6 record in his starts. Pineiro’s E.R.A. is more than a full run lower per game than Feldman’s.

The Sports Betting baseball betting moneyline has the Angels at -125 favorites and the Rangers at +105 underdogs. Clearly, the Rangers’ status as division leaders, coupled with a stellar June and a plus .500 road record, have all contributed to the MLB betting experts not laying all that much on the Angels. Usually, L.A. is a heavy favorite playing in the friendly confines of their stadium.

However, there is one key stat that sticks out when evaluating the baseball odds of this matchup tonight in the MLB circuit. The Rangers are only 6-13 against teams with a winning record this season. This means they haven’t had the toughest schedule thus far and when they actually do face a good team, they don’t perform all that well. For this strong reasoning, the MLB picks for tonight is the Angels at home laying a little on the moneyline.

Paraguay vs Japan World Cup 2010 Pre Quarter Finals Preview

Paraguay vs Japan World Cup Pre Quarter-finals @ Online Sportsbook: Paraguay faces Japan in the Knock out round at Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria . The winner will play against the winner of Spain vs Portugal in the Quarter Finals.

Paraguay is looking to enter the Quarter finals by winning today’s match against Japan. Paraguay won only one match in the group stage against Slovakia but managed to draw the rest of two games with New Zealand and last time World Champion Italy. Paraguay is the Group winner with the five points and they scored only three goals but they given only one goal to opponents.

Japan played well in the tournament so far with two wins and one loss at group stage. Japan won the matches against Denmark and Cameroon but lost to Netherlands. With six points Japan stood at second in the Group E and they managed to score four goals and given only two goals to opponents.

The two teams played four times in the international level but among them Paraguay won two matches to lead with 2-0. But in the recent matches Japan holds the Paraguay and managed to made draw.

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Brazil vs Chile World Cup Betting: Kaka, Robinho Back, Brazil Favored

Brazil vs Chile World Cup Pre Quarter-finals @ Sportsbook: With the opening round of the World Cup over, the real fun begins and Brazil will take on Chile on Monday in its Round of 16 matchup at Ellis Park Stadium.

Brazil is listed as a heavy fave at -256 while Chile is a big +519 underdog and the Total is set at 2.5.

Brazil is listed at +330 to win by a pair of goals and +225 to win by a single goal and as if Brazil’s chances weren’t good before, Midfielder Kaka and Forward Robinho will be back in the lineup.

Kaka or Robinho took part in the team’s last game vs. Portugal with Kaka out for receiving two yellow cards and Robinho didn’t play due to a minor thigh injury, though he would’ve seen action if it were a do-or-die game.

“I would have played against Portugal if it was a decisive match and Brazil hadn’t advanced yet,” Robinho told reporters.

While the Brazilians and Portuguese were expected to set off some offensive fireworks in their game, they failed to deliver and the game ended on a 0-0 draw.

If the Brazil-Chile tilt ends in a tie, it will pay out at +257.

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Andy Roddick vs Yen-Hsun Lu Wimbledon 2010 Round 16

Andy Roddick vs Yen-Hsun Lu Live Tennis Betting: Andy Roddick vs Yen-Hsun Lu Live from Court 2, Wimbledon 2010. Andy Roddick will play against Yen-Hsun Lu in the round 16 at Wimbledon.

World Number Seven, Fifth Seed in Wimbledon Andy Roddick playing his tenth Wimbledon to win his second Grand slam Title. He was runner up in last year Wimbledon and Reached three times Finals but he never finished as Winner. He won only one Grand slam title in the 2003 at US Open.

World number Eighty two player Yen-Hsun Lu playing his seventh Wimbledon. His previous best performance in the tournament so far is Second Round in the 2004 and 2005. In this tournament he playing consistently and won against Philipp Kohlschreiber in the Second round.

Roddick will win this game but need to see how many sets Yen-Hsun Lu will holds him.

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