Angels to hold Big A rubber match with Blue Jays

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06/01/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - After having a three-game winning streak halted on Saturday, the Toronto Blue Jays will attempt to get back on track when they close out a three-game weekend set against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim this afternoon.

Last night, Juan Rivera's pinch-hit single in the bottom of the 10th inning plated Casey Kotchman for the winning run as the Angels edged Toronto, 3-2.

Scot Shields (3-1) got the win after he threw a scoreless top of the 10th for Los Angeles, which snapped a two-game slide. Brian Tallet (0-1) took the loss for the Blue Jays.

The game featured two strong performances from the starting pitchers. John Lackey threw eight innings for the Angels and allowed two runs -- one earned -- on six hits and a walk, while striking out seven. Shaun Marcum gave up just two runs in seven innings despite giving up 11 hits for the Blue Jays.

The Angels improved to 2-0 in extra-inning games, while Toronto fell to 3-4.

A.J. Burnett will take the mound for Toronto this afternoon, and he has a mediocre 5-5 record with a modest 4.57 ERA. Burnett does have 65 strikeouts in 69 innings of work, but he has also permitted 71 hits to go along with 31 walks.

The righty is 1-1 with a 4.15 ERA in two career outings against the Angels.

Jon Garland is slated to oppose Burnett, and he is 5-3 with a 3.89 ERA this season. The right-hander pitched extremely well against Detroit on Monday, as he threw 7 1/3 shutout innings of four-hit ball. Unfortunately, he didn't figure in the decision.

Garland has already beaten the Blue Jays once this season and is 10-2 with a 4.17 ERA lifetime against Toronto.

The Angels took two of three from the Jays at the Rogers Centre from May 20-22. Toronto, though, holds a slight 8-7 edge in its last 15 visits to Anaheim.

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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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