Cardinals option P Salas, promote P MacDougal
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07/28/2010 - Flushing, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The St. Louis Cardinals have optioned pitcher Fernando Salas to Triple-A Memphis and recalled pitcher Mike MacDougal from the same club.
Salas has bounced back and forth between the major and minor leagues in 2010. The right-hander has posted a 2.31 earned run average in 10 relief outings over five different stints with the Cardinals so far this season.
MacDougal started the year with Washington and pitched at the Double-A and Triple-A levels before joining St. Louis. In a combined three stops in the minors, he was 6-1 with a 4.45 ERA in 26 appearances.
During the course of a nine-year big league career, the 33-year-old right- hander is 14-21 with a 4.09 ERA and 70 saves in 314 appearances with the Royals, White Sox and Nationals.
Colorado Springs, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - USA Basketball announced Wednesday the 15 finalists for its 2010 USA World Championship Team. USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo selected the finalists from a group that assembled in Las Vega
<< Ferrero lands in Umag QFs
Umag, Croatia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Last year's runner-up Juan Carlos Ferrero
was a hard-fought second-round winner Wednesday at the clay-court Croatia
Open.
The fourth-seeded former world No. 1 Ferrero clawed his way past Uruguay's
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that the NCAA would walk a
<< Angels scratch Pineiro, Shields starts against Boston
Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Joel Pineiro was a late scratch for Wednesday's
series finale against the Red Sox.
Pineiro, who was set to make his 21st appearance of the season, was scratched
because of a left oblique strain.
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<< Montanes, Gasquet reach Gstaad quarters
Gstaad, Switzerland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Recent Stuttgart champion Albert
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Cincinnati, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cincinnati Bengals have reportedly signed rookie defensive end Carlos Dunlap. The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that Cincinnati's second round pick has signed for four years. Last season w
Ducks sign first-round choice Fowler >>
Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Anaheim Ducks have signed defenseman Cam
Fowler, their first-round draft choice, to a three-year entry-level contract.
Per team policy, no financial details of the deal were released.
The 18-year-old
Young powers offense as Twins complete sweep of Royals >>
Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Delmon Young hit a three-run homer and
Jason Repko added a solo shot, as the Twins completed a three-game sweep of
the Royals with a 6-4 win.
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McCourty signs with Patriots >>
Foxborough, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New England Patriots have signed
first-round draft pick Devin McCourty.
Terms of the deal for the former Rutgers cornerback were not disclosed, but
the Boston Globe reported it to be a five-ye
Lee, Norris help Astros take series against Cubs >>
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carlos Lee slugged a pair of two-run home runs
to back the solid pitching of Bud Norris in Houston's 8-1 win over Chicago to
close a three-game set.
Lee had his 19th career multi-homer game for the Astros,
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Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State
Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.
Work left to do:
Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.
Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.
Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.