08/09/2008 - Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chicago White Sox pitcher Jose Contreras left Saturday's game in the top of the second inning due to an apparent ankle injury.
Contreras was running toward first base to cover on a ground ball hit by Boston's Jacoby Ellsbury. On the exchange with first baseman Nick Swisher, Contreras dropped the ball, then appeared to lose balance and step on the bag awkwardly.
After being attended to by trainers for several minutes, he was helped from the field. Right-hander D.J. Carrasco was called on to pitch for Contreras.
It was a bit of tough luck for the Pale Hose starter, who was activated from the 15-day disabled prior to the contest.
Contreras had not pitched since July 13, and was on the DL with right elbow tendinitis. In 19 starts this season, Contreras has gone 7-6 with one complete game and a 4.60 earned run average. The right-hander went 6-3 with a 2.76 ERA in his first 12 starts of the year.
<< Marseille, Rennes battle to dramatic draw in Ligue 1 opener
Rennes, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Olympique Marseille and Rennes got the
French Ligue 1 schedule off to an exciting start with a 4-4 thriller at Stade
Rennes on the opening day of the new campaign on Saturday.
After Marseille battle
<< Inclement weather ends Saturday at PGA
Bloomfield Hills Township, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Inclement weather at Oakland
Hills forced the suspension of play for the day Saturday during the third
round of the PGA Championship.
J.B. Holmes stayed atop the leaderboard, but has not teed
<< French horse captures Arlington Million XXVI
Arlington Heights, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - European invader Spirit One went
wire-to-wire to win Saturday's 26th running of the Arlington Million at
Arlington Park. The victory in the 1 1/4 mile grass race, part of the "Win
and Yo
<< Barrett goal leads TFC to improbable win at Colorado
Commerce City, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Colorado Rapids had all the
advantages heading into their Major League Soccer fixture vs. Toronto FC on
Saturday at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
The Rapids were playing at home, had a w
Brewers' Braun leaves game >>
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun
left in the third inning of the club's game against Washington on Saturday
with lower back tightness.
Braun struck out in the bottom of the first, and during the at-b
Glaus powers Cardinals past Zambrano, Cubs >>
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Troy Glaus belted two home runs en route to a
three-hit and five-RBI day to lead the St. Louis Cardinals over the Chicago
Cubs, 12-3, in the second contest of a three-game set at Wrigley Field.
Skip Schum
PGA Championship Third Round News & Notes >>
Bloomfield Hills Township, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - When the horn sounded on
Thursday evening to end play for darkness, three players shared the lead.
Robert Karlsson, with three top-10s in this year's majors, and Jeev Milkha
Singh of
Dixon picks up record-tying sixth win this season >>
Sparta, KY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Scott Dixon passed Helio Castroneves on the last
turn of the final lap to win Saturday's Meijer Indy 300 at the Kentucky
Speedway. The No.9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing driver crossed the finish line
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According to MySportsbook.com, the favorites for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky are: Curlin (+250); Street Sense (+500); Scat Daddy (+700); Circular Quay (+750); and Nobiz Like Shobiz (+800).
Derby organizers announced this week that there will be a $1-million bonus at the 2007 Kentucky Derby odds if the first-place horse wins by more than 6 1/2 lengths – the margin of Barbaro's victory last year. The bonus would be divided Saturday among the winning trainer, jockey, owner and a charity, with each receiving 25 percent. The designated charity is the Barbaro Memorial Fund.
''It's certainly creative, it's certainly fun and it has something for the horsemen, which we always want to embrace,'' Churchill Downs president and chief executive Robert Evans said at a news conference. ''What's really cool is it will force us to remember Barbaro.''
Meanwhile, the Derby favorite – Curlin – is going against the odds this year. It's been 125 years since Apollo won after skipping his 2-year-old season, and not since Regret in 1915 has such a lightly seasoned horse worn the blanket of red roses.
Arkansas Derby winner Curlin – unbeaten in three career races – tries to overcome both those obstacles in Saturday's 133rd Derby.
''We're not running against history,'' trainer Steve Asmussen said Monday. ''We're running against who they load up.''
Six other horses have run in the Derby without benefit of 2-year-old races and with three or fewer starts. The best any of them managed was a sixth-place finish by Showing Up last year.
Asmussen dismissed suggestions that Curlin's lack of racing experience could keep him from the winner's circle.
”He exudes confidence and he's got a great presence about him,'' the trainer said. ''I feel great about the position we're in. He's not worried about anything, why should you be?''
The Kentucky Derby is at 4:04 p.m., ET Saturday.
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