Indians (Sabathia) -1.5 runs (-110) at Devil Rays (Jackson): The Cleveland Indians (6-6) and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (6-9) will open a three game set tonight at Tropicana Field. Following the Indians' devastating 9th inning loss to the yesterday to the Yankees, Cleveland will try to get things going again today as they hand the ball to their ace, C.C. Sabathia (3-0, 2.14). The Devil Rays will counter with the mercurial Edwin Jackson (0-2, 8.31). The Indians should be able to establish an early lead in this one, as the only thing Jackson seems to be specializing in this year is allowing a high number of base-runners to reach. Through 8.2 innings, Jackson has walked 6 while allowing 11 hits. Although he has never faced Jackson, the Indians' Travis Hafner probably can't wait until he does. Pronk feasts off of weak right-handed pitching, as evidenced by his 26 bombs last year against righties. Sabathia, on the other hand, has been un-hittable as of late. In his last appearance, Sabathia mowed down the powerful White Sox lineup, resulting in 10 K's in 8 innings, while allowing only 5 hits.

Padres (Young) -110 at Rockies (Fogg): The San Diego Padres (9-7) will travel to Coors Field today to open a series against their NL West foes, the Colorado Rockies (7-9). Today's Padres' starter, Chris Young (1-1, 4.30), will be looking to rebound from his last appearance, where he allowed 4 runs, 5 walks and 4 hits in an unusual (at least for his standards) 2 inning outing against the Dodgers. Throughout his career, Young has been particularly effective against the Rockies, limiting sluggers Todd Helton and Garrett Atkins to 3 hits a piece in a combined 25 AB's. The Rockies will roll out starter Josh Fogg (0-0, 3.38), who has had major problems facing both Marcus and Brian Giles. The brothers are both career .500 hitters against Fogg, who has also given up 2 HR to the elder Giles. In their last 6 meetings, the Padres have taken 5 from the Rockies and should be able to keep that trend going today behind a motivated Young.

Braves (Hudson) -110 at Mets (Pelfrey): It's a battle for the top-standing in the NL East tonight, as the Atlanta Braves (10-5) will try to push the red-hot New York Mets (10-4) out of first place. The Braves will send the invigorated Tim Hudson (2-0, 0.86) to the mound against the Mets' Mike Pelfrey (0-0, 3.18). Hudson is looking like his uncompromising 2003-era self again, as he easily bagged this week's NL player of the week award. Through 21 innings of work, Hudson has been stingy against base-runners, allowing only 11 hits while striking out 16. Pelfrey is making only his sixth career start tonight and his second of the season. The Mets young-starter looked rather pedestrian against the lowly Washington Nationals in his only other appearance this year, allowing 6 hits and 4 walks through 5.2 innings of work. Although the Mets have won 3 straight games, the Braves are in a great position to win tonight behind the steady arm of Hudson.