Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The drivers of the Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono, Philly battles the Giants, and the Angels close out a set with the Twins.
Pocono Raceway odds…
Jimmie Johson is 13-4 to win the Pennsylvania 500 Sprint Cup Series at Pocono Raceway. Carl Edwards is 13-2 followed by Tony Stewart at 8-1 and Jeff Gordon at 9-1. Get the complete Pocono Raceway odds for the
Colliding in the Junior Circuit . . .
Mark Buehrle (11-4, 3.45 ERA) will be trying to pitch the White Sox to a win over the Yankees on Sunday afternoon when he takes the mound at home against CC Sabathia (10-7, 3.83 ERA). Lefthander Buehrle followed up his perfect game by giving up five earned runs over 6 1-3 innings in a loss to the Twins last time out. Lefthander Sabathia is also coming off a losing effort; he surrendered six runs (five earned) on nine hits over 5 2-3 innings against the Rays on Tuesday night.
Also on the American League schedule for Sunday: Detroit at Cleveland, Boston at Baltimore, Kansas City at Tampa Bay, Toronto at Oakland, Seattle at Texas, and the Angels at Minnesota.
Sunday MLB picks…
Clashing in the Senior Circuit . . .
It’ll be Chad Billingsley (10-6, 3.96 ERA) vs. Jair Jurrjens (9-7, 2.69 ERA) as the Dodgers take on the Braves in Atlanta on ESPN’s primetime matchup. Righthander Billingsley was knocked around by the Cardinals in his last start, giving up six earned runs over 5 2-3 innings of work in a loss. Righthander Jurrjens took a no-decision against the Marlins last time out after allowing two earned runs in six innings; Jurrjens had won each of his previous three outings.