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Courtesy of OddsShark.com: Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Rangers and Giants hit the field in San Francisco to start the World Series, while the Bulls take the hardwood in Oklahoma City.
Meeting up on the diamond . . .
The Giants play host to the Rangers in Game 1 of the World Series on Wednesday night, with both clubs sending their aces out to the mound. San Francisco’s Tim Lincecum (2-1, 1.93 ERA in the playoffs) had two starts and one relief appearance against the Phillies during the NLCS, giving up a combined six runs (five earned) on 12 hits over those 14 1-3 innings of work. Texas’ Cliff Lee (3-0, 0.75 ERA in the playoffs) only had to start once against the Yankees during the ALCS, giving up two hits and striking out 13 batters over his eight scoreless innings. Oddsmakers have Lee and the Rangers listed as -126 road favorites for Wednesday, with the contest’s total at 5.5 runs.
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Tipping off on the hardwood . . .
The NBA season starts to roll on Wednesday with 13 games on tap: Boston at Cleveland, New York at Toronto, Miami at Philadelphia, Detroit at New Jersey, Milwaukee at New Orleans, Sacramento at Minnesota, Atlanta at Memphis, Indiana at San Antonio, Charlotte at Dallas, Utah at Denver, Portland at the Clippers, Houston at Golden State, and Chicago at Oklahoma City. The Bulls will be without newly-signed forward Carlos Boozer to start the season; Boozer had surgery on his hand and will miss up to eight weeks. Chicago opens the year with 18/1 odds to win the NBA Championship, while Kevin Durant and the Thunder are up at 15/1 odds to grab the title.
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Taking a trip around the rink . . .
Finally, there are six games on the NHL’s schedule for Wednesday, with Washington at Carolina, Atlanta at the Rangers, the Islanders at Montreal, Los Angeles at Chicago, New Jersey at San Jose, and Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay. The 5-3-1 Penguins fell 1-0 in overtime in St. Louis last time out, with Brent Johnson stopping 23 of 24 Blues shots in the contest. The 5-2-1 Lightning fell 4-3 at home to Nashville in their last game, as Dan Ellis gave up four goals on 26 shots. Martin St. Louis potted his third goal of the season.