Yankees send Rasner to hill against Tigers

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05/10/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York Yankees pitcher Darrell Rasner will make his second start of the season this afternoon, when he takes the hill in the second contest of a three-game set with the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park.

Rasner was called up to the big league club on May 4th and has taken the place of Ian Kennedy in the Yanks' rotation. In his lone outing this campaign, the right-hander grabbed an 8-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Rasner tossed six strong innings, surrendering only two runs, while striking out four batters.

The 27-year-old was a dominating force for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre before being called up, posting a 4-0 ledger with an outstanding 0.87 ERA. Last year, Rasner made just six starts for the Yankees, finishing with a mere 1-3 record to go along with a 4.01 ERA.

Opposing Rasner will be Jeremy Bonderman. It has been a tough start to the season for Bonderman, who has struggled with control issues. In 41 innings of duty, the right-hander has walked 25 batters, while striking out only 22 opponents.

In seven games this year, Bonderman has a 2-3 ledger with a 4.17 ERA. The 25- year-old's problems continued this past Monday, as he surrendered four runs on seven hits in six innings en route to a 6-3 setback to Boston.

However, one of the right-hander's two victories came against the Yankees back on April 30th, as he tossed 7 2/3 innings to lead Detroit to a 6-2 victory at Yankee Stadium. Unfortunately Bonderman has not enjoyed that type of success against the Bronx Bombers in his career, posting a meager 3-6 record and a 5.21 ERA in 10 starts.

Last night, Ivan Rodriguez was 3-for-4 and drove in a pair of runs as Detroit held off New York, 6-5.

Placido Polanco and Magglio Ordonez each finished 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Tigers, who won for just the second time in eight games but beat New York for the fourth consecutive time this season.

Kenny Rogers (3-3) allowed just two runs on nine hits in six-plus innings to earn the win.

Jason Giambi was 2-for-4 with a home run for the Yankees, who have dropped three of four games. Chad Moeller, Robinson Cano, Derek Jeter and Bobby Abreu added an RBI apiece for New York, while Hideki Matsui finished 0-for-4, snapping a career-best 17-game hitting streak.

Kei Igawa (0-1), who was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre before the game, made his season debut and was rocked for six runs on 11 hits in just three-plus innings of work.

The Tigers have won the last six meetings and seven of their last eight matchups with the Yankees. New York dropped three of four in the Motor City a year ago.


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Mens NCAA Basketball Tournament odds  
As of February 9, MySportsbook.com has released its coveted 2007 Mens NCAA Basketball Tournament betting odds. “March Madness betting ” only a month away, the top ranked Florida Gators are favorite at 7-2 to win it all. The defending champs have not disappointed at all this season and currently have a 22-2 record and are undefeated (9-0) in SEC play. The Gators’ thrive off of their extremely balanced, experienced and versatile attack. All five starters started in last seasons National Championship game. What is most impressive with this group is their balance; the five starters all average between 10.7 and 13.6 PPG. The Gators have been on an absolute roll having won 15 straight by an average of 16.4 PPG.

Right behind the Gators are the 5th ranked UNC Tar Heels at 9-2. The Heels (21-3, 7-2) are absolutely loaded with top notch talent and are as deep as any team in the country. A concern for the Tar Heels might be inexperience. Of their top four scorers/ minute earners, three are freshmen and the other is a sophomore. The rest of the regular season, the Tar Heels play only one team that is currently ranked (Duke). Their remaining opponents do combine for an impressive 107-58 record though.

Other teams that the MySportsbook.com members seem to believe will win it all include the west coasts’ top team #2 UCLA (6-1), #3 OSU behind man-child Greg Oden (8-1), and #4 Wisconsin (10-1) behind their defense which has given up 70+ points only three times all season.

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Arizona 20-1

Butler 20-1

Duke 30-1

Florida 7-2

Georgetown 30-1

Indiana 35-1

Kansas 15-1

Marquette 25-1

Maryland 40-1

Memphis 50-1

Nevada 50-1

UNC 9-2

OSU 8-1

Oregon 30-1

Pittsburgh 15-1

Texas 30-1

Texas A&M 18-1

UCLA 6-1

Wisconsin 10-1

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Huskers' Lucky hospitalized for undisclosed reason

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska running back Marlon Lucky was hospitalized Monday for undisclosed reasons after Lincoln police responded to a call at his residence.

The Nebraska athletic department said in a release Monday that Lucky was admitted Sunday night.

MySportsbook.com has the Cornhuskers listed at +2500 to win the BCS National Championship odds.

A nursing supervisor at the hospital said all questions about Lucky were being referred to the athletic department. The athletic department said there would be no further comment from the department or Lucky's family.

A Lincoln Police spokesman said officers responded to a call at Lucky's residence 11:30 p.m. Sunday. The spokesman said he didn't know Lucky's condition at the time he was taken to the hospital.

Lucky, from North Hollywood, Calif., started six games last season as a sophomore and was the team's second-leading rusher, with 728 yards and six touchdowns. He also caught 32 passes for 383 yards. He averaged 19.1 yards on eight kickoff returns.

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