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MLB

Astros (Oswalt) -140 at Brewers (Bush): The Houston Astros (9-7) will play the Milwaukee Brewers (10-7) in a rubber-game this afternoon that will also determine which team is in first place in the NL Central. The Astros send their ace Roy Oswalt (3-0, 2.89) to the mound against the Brewers' Dave Bush (1-1, 5.82). The Wizard has looked nasty this year and has done very well against the Brewers throughout his career, posting a 3.39 ERA and an 11-6 lifetime record against them. Bush, on the other hand, is struggling with consistency this season, despite his decent career record against Houston (2-0, 2.17). Prior to last nights loss, the Astros had won 5 in a row behind the bats of Chris Burke and Jason Lane. Look for them to get another winning streak going today behind the ultra-competitive Oswalt, especially since yesterday's loss was largely fueled by a fluke 2 home-run day from Brewers' shortstop J.J. Hardy.

Mariners (Weaver) at Angels (Santana) -1.5 runs (+140): The Los Angeles Angels (8-9) have won 2 in a row against the Seattle Mariners (5-8) and will look to go to .500 on the year with a sweep this afternoon. Today's Angels' starter, Ervin Santana (1-2, 7.63), must be thrilled to be pitching at home again. After getting blasted this past Monday on a cold rainy day in Boston, he will be making his start today in a park where he always seems to take his pitching to another level. In 32 starts in Anaheim, Santana is 20-5 with a 3.07 ERA. The Angels (8-9) have won 2 in a row from the Mariners (5-8). Seattle's starter, Jeff Weaver (0-2, 15.75), has been dismal in 2007, allowing 17 hits and 14 ER through 8 innings of work. It's unlikely that Weaver will have an answer for the Angels' hitting machine, Vladimir Guerrero, who has lit up the Mariners pitching staff for 4 hits in 7 AB's, including 2 home-runs, in the current series. Big Daddy Vladdy has only faced Weaver 9 times in his career, but does have one HR to show for it.

Diamondbacks (Petit) at Giants (Cain) -1.5 runs (+110): The surging San Francisco Giants (8-8) have won four games in a row and will attempt a series sweep agains the Arizona Diamondbacks (10-9) this afternoon. San Francisco will hand the ball to Matt Cain (0-1, 1.80), who has pitched extremely well despite receiving little to no run support. That should definitely change today, as the Giaints hitters have been going off in the past week. Barry Bonds has 7 hits including 2 HR in his last 14 AB's, while Rich Aurilia is 9-25 with 6 RBI. The Diamondbacks will be sending Yusmeiro Petit to the hill today in place of injured starter Micah Owings. Petit came to the D-Backs from the Marlins in a trade for the infamous Jorge Julio. He will be making his first start for the Diamondbacks and was considered a top minor-league pitching prospect for years, but was slaughtered last year as a rookie for Florida, allowing an appalling 46 hits and 28 ER in only 26 innings.