Tigers' Rogers returns to comforts of Oakland' Coliseum

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06/02/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kenny Rogers tries to improve upon his amazing success at McAfee Coliseum this evening, when the Detroit Tigers play the first of three games against the Oakland Athletics.

In his last 41 starts at McAfee, Rogers is an incredible 23-1 with a 3.16 earned run average. That mark also includes a perfect 15-0 clip in the park while pitching for the A's from 1998-99. He is 25-4 lifetime in the building with a 3.46 ERA in 56 games, 45 of which have been starts.

Rogers also leads all active pitchers with 21 wins against Oakland and is 7-0 in his last eight starts against the A's.

The 43-year-old left-hander had his best outing of the season in his last trip to the hill, which came last Monday against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Rogers, who is 4-4 with a 5.88 ERA on the season, scattered five hits over seven scoreless innings but did not receive a decision in his team's 1-0 loss.

Rogers has won four of his last five decisions.

Detroit won the rubber match of its three-game series with the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, as Miguel Cabrera's two-run double highlighted a four-run ninth inning to lift the Tigers to a 7-5 win.

Magglio Ordonez went 2-for-4 and also drove in a pair for the Tigers, winners in three of their last four games. Placido Polanco, Carlos Guillen and Ivan Rodriguez also drove in runs.

Zach Miner (2-3) got the win by hurling a scoreless eighth inning in relief of starter Jeremy Bonderman. Bonderman surrendered three runs and a career-high 12 hits over seven innings in the no-decision.

Oakland, meanwhile, avoided a three-game sweep at the hands of the Texas Rangers on Sunday, as Jack Hannahan and Bobby Crosby each drove in three runs and the A's used a nine-run seventh inning to post a 13-8 victory.

Jack Cust belted a two-run homer while Travis Buck and Mark Ellis both clubbed solo home runs for Oakland, which snapped a season high-tying four- game losing streak.

Greg Smith allowed seven runs on seven hits in five-plus innings for the A's, but did not factor in the decision. Chad Gaudin (4-3) completed the sixth inning to earn the win.

Heading to the hill for the A's tonight will be oft-injured right-hander Rich Harden, who is 2-0 over his last three starts and has allowed just four runs during that stretch. Harden, though, received a no-decision on Wednesday against the Toronto Blue Jays, giving up a run and five hits in seven innings of a 2-1 loss.

Harden, who is 3-0 with a 2.60 ERA this season, is 3-1 against the Tigers over his career with a 3.70 ERA in four starts.

Oakland won six of its 10 matchups with the Tigers last season.

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In what should be an outstanding Saturday of March Madness betting action, the top four teams in the South and West Regions square off in what should be extremely close match-ups. Three of the four teams are coming off extremely close games on Thursday evening, only UCLA won semi comfortably over Pitt 64-55.

Ohio State is coming off their second game in a row where in all reality they should have lost. Of course that doesn’t matter now since the name of the game is “survive and advance” but as the tournament continues, they can’t afford to keep getting down to their opponents early. Kansas also avoided a scare by holding off a scrappy Southern Illinois squad. In the third thrilling game of the evening Memphis pulled off the minor upset (+3.5) despite being the higher seed to Texas A&M.

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Memphis vs. Ohio State

Both squads were involved in thrillers on Thursday evening and should come out fired up. OSU can ill afford to get behind early like they did versus their previous two opponents (Xavier, Tennessee). Greg Oden needs to stay out of foul trouble; the Buckeyes are a completely different team when he is on the court. Memphis definitely has the athleticism and length to match-up with OSU. Of Memphis’ five leading minute earners, the shortest of the bunch is 6’5”. Each team has a very effective defense; Memphis surrenders 62.3 PPG whereas the Buckeyes give up only 61 PPG. With those type of numbers, it isn’t surprising that Memphis covered the UNDER almost 69% of the time this season. As a favorite, OSU has covered the UNDER almost 66% of the time over the last three seasons. The major concern for Memphis which is magnifies this time of the year is their brutal foul shooting (62%). This season, OSU is 17-11 ATS versus teams with a winning record and 7-2 ATS in all tournament games. Memphis has been an extremely reliable cover in tournament play in recent years with a 23-8 ATS record over the last three seasons.

UCLA vs. Kansas

In the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader, UCLA will play in a role which they are very unfamiliar with that of the underdog. Only twice this season have they been getting points from the handicappers and both times they covered. Over the last three seasons UCLA is a reliable 23-7 ATS in this unfamiliar role. UCLA has not fared well against Big 12 opponents recently going 1-7 ATS since 1997. Giving up only 59.6 PPG, UCLA will definitely look to do what they do best: keep this game as low scoring as possible. Their defense has been especially tough during the tournament. UCLA opponents have been able to muster up only 48.7 PPG while shooting a combined 34.5% from the field. UCLA definitely has a challenge at hand with a Kansas team that is capable of putting points on the board in bunches. As a team, they average 79 PPG and shoot an impressive 49.6% from the field and 39.4% from beyond the arc. During the tournament Kansas has been “lights out” from the field having shot 56.2%.

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