The Mets and Cardinals got their four-game set started up on Monday night with St. Louis rolling to a lopsided 7-1 victory. Both the Mets and Cardinals need all the wins they can get right now while battling for the lead in their division.
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The AL East is a two-team race right now between Boston and Tampa Bay. Despite everyone waiting for them to stumble the young Rays actually enter the week with a half-game lead on the Sox in the division.
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Baseball bettors will get dealt another handful of aces this weekend. Brandon Webb, Johan Santana, Justin Verlander, and Tim Lincecum all take to the mound on Saturday, while on Sunday the ball goes to Ben Sheets, Jake Peavy, and John Lackey.
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The final weekend of interleague play this season means it's time for the MLB schedule-makers to once again turn out their geographical rivalries.
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For the second time this month the Tampa Bay Rays and Florida Marlins square off with both squads still fighting for the lead in their division. The Rays entered the week only 1.5 games back of the Red Sox in the AL East, while the Marlins sat only one game behind the Phillies in the NL East.
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Baseball bettors often look at teams with new managers as a handicapping angle. But what happens when two teams that recently sacked their coaches clash?
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If you're like some baseball bettors and look for big-name pitchers to bet on this weekend, you may want to skip over the Saturday schedule and go right to Sunday.
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There is another weekend of interleague play on tap around Major League Baseball starting on Friday. After a round of mostly mediocre matchups last weekend, the schedule-makers finally got it right with three matchups between playoff contenders that could end up being a World Series preview if the cards fall the right way.
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Interleague play continues throughout this week in baseball, and on the marquee is an interesting matchup between the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs and the upstart Tampa Bay Rays, who are battling Boston for first place in the AL East.
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The Detroit Tigers might finally be realizing some of the massive potential baseball fans saw in them before the season began. Detroit finished off a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday (their second series sweep in a row).
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