Hits Helps Detroit On Victory

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Beavan allowed three hits, walked two and struck out four...Latos gave up four hits, walked three and fanned five...Mariners pitchers recorded 56 strikeouts in 54 innings vs. the Padres this season...League is a first-time All-Star. Seattle ace Felix Hernandez was also named an AL All-Star when the rosters were announced Sunday...Closer Heath Bell is the Padres' representative on the NL team...San Diego's loss is just the third in its last 11 games...Seattle finished its nine-game homestand with a 4-5 mark.

 

Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Kansas City Royals put on an impressive offensive display Sunday at Coors Field, pounding out 21 hits and beating the Rockies 16-8 in the finale of a three-game interleague series. Melky Cabrera led the attack, going 4-for-5 with two home runs and five RBI while Eric Hosmer went 4-for-6 with a three-run homer and four RBI.

 

Blake Wood (4-0) worked 1 2/3 innings in relief of Luke Hochevar to earn the win

 

Carlos Gonzalez went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer and a career-high six RBI while Mark Ellis added a two-run home run for the Rockies, who have lost three of their past five and six of their past nine.

 

Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Tigers parted ways with pitching coach Rick Knapp on Sunday. Knapp had held the position since October 17, 2008. The Tigers currently rank 26th in the major leagues with a 4.39 team ERA.

 

Mike Rojas will fill Jones' vacated position. He has served as Detroit's director of player development since August 6, 2010.

 

Flushing, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Mets announced that shortstop Jose Reyes is day-to-day with a mild hamstring strain. Reyes left Saturday's 5-2 setback to the New York Yankees with tightness in his left hamstring. An MRI taken earlier Sunday in Manhattan revealed a Grade 1 strain, which is the mildest kind.

 

Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Dodgers reinstated shortstop Rafael Furcal from the disabled list Sunday, while third baseman Casey Blake landed on the DL with a cervical strain. Furcal has missed the last month because of a strained left oblique, but started Sunday's game against the Angels, batting second. He was hitting .212 prior to the injury.

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Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).

Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.

A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.

Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.

"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.

De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.

The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.

The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.

De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.

Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.

But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.

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