05/21/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jon Garland tries to continue his dominance in Toronto this evening when the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim continue their three-game set with the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.
Garland is a perfect 5-0 in Toronto with a 4.47 earned run average in nine games, seven of which have been starts. He is an impressive 9-2 lifetime against the Blue Jays with a 4.15 ERA in 15 games (13 starts).
The 28-year-old righty is 4-3 this season with a 4.32 ERA, but is unbeaten in his last three starts. Garland received a no-decision on Thursday against the Chicago White Sox, as he gave up three runs and seven hits in six innings of a 4-3 loss.
Over his last three starts Garland is 1-0 with a 1.64 ERA and has gone eight innings in two of those three outings.
Los Angles hopes Garland can give it the same kind of effort that John Lackey did in the opener of this set on Tuesday. Lackey worked seven effective innings for his first win of the season, lifting the Angels to a 3-1 victory.
Lackey (1-0) allowed only one run on seven hits and three walks. He struck out six in his second start since being activated off the disabled list to give Los Angeles its second straight win and third in four tries.
Casey Kotchman was 2-for-4 with an RBI and Vladimir Guerrero knocked in LA's other run.
Toronto starter Dustin McGowan (2-4) went 6 1/3 innings, allowing three runs -- two earned -- on five hits and four walks to take the loss. It was only Toronto's second loss in its last eight games.
Brad Wilkerson hit his first home run of the season and walked twice, and Marco Scutaro was 2-for-2 with two walks for the Blue Jays, who have scored six runs or less in each of their last 33 games.
The Blue Jays will pin their hopes tonight on right-hander Shaun Marcum, who is 4-2 with a 2.50 ERA. Marcum gave up two runs on Sunday in Philadelphia, but only pitched one inning of that one due to a two-hour, five-minute rain delay. His last start before that one came on May 12 against Cleveland, which managed just two hits over eight scoreless innings.
Marcum has beat the Angels both times he has faced them and has pitched to a 2.08 ERA in those contests.
Toronto won four of its seven meetings with the Angels last season and is 15-9 in the series since the start of the 2006 campaign. The Halos have also won just three times in their last 11 visits north of the border in that time.
<< Dodgers go for sweep of Reds
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Dodgers will try for a series sweep this
evening, when they play the finale of a three-game set versus the Cincinnati
Reds at Chavez Ravine.
The Dodgers posted a 6-5 win in Monday's opener, then handed the
<< Padres try to win series against Cardinals
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Diego Padres shoot for just their fourth series win
of the season when they wrap up a three-game set this evening versus the St.
Louis Cardinals at Petco Park.
San Diego won three of four games versus Houston to st
<< Rays aim for milestone sweep of A's
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The soaring Tampa Bay Rays take aim at their first-ever
road sweep of the Oakland Athletics when the two clubs wrap up a three-game
series with today's matinee from McAfee Coliseum.
The Rays recorded their 10th
<< Colon makes Boston debut vs. Royals
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bartolo Colon makes his return to the major-league mound
this evening and his first start as a member of the Boston Red Sox, who will
try to extend an impressive home win streak in tonight's clash with the Kansas
City Ro
Rafa hunts for French Open four-peat >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - While Rafael Nadal looks almost like a
slam dunk to corral yet another French Open title, the women's side at the
clay-court major is wide open with the recent retirement of the great Justine
Henin.
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Reeling Yanks aim for rebound against Orioles >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Yankees try and put the brakes on their
longest losing streak of the season this evening, when they play the second
test of their three-game series with the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium.
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Phillies to conclude low-scoring series with Nationals >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Despite scoring just one run in their current set with
the Washington Nationals, the Philadelphia Phillies go for a series victory
over their NL East rival in tonight's finale of a three-game series at
Nationa
Hitters again figure to take center stage in Astros-Cubs finale >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Due to the play of Lance Berkman, few paid attention to
Hunter Pence's recent 16-game hitting streak. However, the spotlight was all
on Pence last night, and the Houston Astros outfielder will try to lift his
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