Cards, Nats to play double dip in rain-soaked D.C.

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06/05/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rookie right-hander Mike Parisi makes the second start of his major-league career tonight, when the St. Louis Cardinals close out a weather-impacted three-game series against the host Washington Nationals with a day-night doubleheader .

Wednesday's game was postponed after rain started just before the scheduled 7:10 p.m. first pitch, though the official decision came after a more than 2 1/2-hour delay.

It was the second straight night the teams had to wait because of the weather. Tuesday's 6-1 Cardinals victory over Washington was delayed 2 hours, 40 minutes due to rain.

Both of Wednesday's scheduled starting pitchers - Todd Wellemeyer for St. Louis and John Lannan for Washington - will start today's opening game.

Wellemeyer, a 29-year-old native of Louisville, was 2-1 through six starts this season before downing the Chicago Cubs, 5-3, on May 4.

Overall, in his last six starts, he's 4-0 with two no-decisions and has allowed 28 hits and nine earned runs in 37 innings, earning recognition as the National League's pitcher of the month for May.

He's making his first career start against Washington after seven straight relief appearances, in which he's 0-1 with a save and a 5.40 earned run average in 10 innings of work.

Lannan looks to reverse the result of his initial meeting of the season with the Cardinals on April 6. Lannan took a 3-0 loss in that game, allowing seven hits and two runs in 6 2/3 innings of his season debut. He's 4-4 with a pair of no-decisions in 10 starts since.

His last win came May 18 at Baltimore, when he gave up four hits and a run over 7 1/3 innings of the Nationals' 2-1 victory.

The scheduled starter for the Cardinals in the nightcap, Parisi came out of the bullpen for his first eight appearances of 2008 before getting a start on Saturday against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

He struggled in the new role, however, getting touched for eight hits, three walks and eight runs in 2 2/3 innings of a 14-4 Pirates' triumph.

Parisi is getting a second chance thanks to an injury to starter Joel Pineiro, who remained in St. Louis to nurse a strained right groin.

A 6-foot-3, 215-pounder, Parisi was the opening day starter for the Cardinals' farm team at Triple-A Memphis.

Veteran right-hander Tim Redding tries to regain his successful form for the Nationals when he opposes Parisi in game two.

Redding, a 30-year-old now toiling for his fourth major-league team, had won three of four starts between May 4 and May 19 before consecutive no-decisions against Milwaukee and Arizona.

In those two games, both eventually won by the Nationals, Redding allowed 14 hits and eight runs in 11 innings, walking six and striking out eight.

He is 3-5 in 12 lifetime appearances against the Cardinals, while posting a 5.28 earned run average in 58 innings.

St. Louis swept a three-game series from the Nats earlier in the season.

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NEW YORK, NY, Sept. 21 - My Sportsbook NCAA football fans: things are beginning to get really interesting on college football's national stage. Following last weekend's "Separation Saturday", which included five teams ranked in the top 15 dropping games, the BCS Championship picture is beginning to take shape - with Ohio State leading the charge. And, according to odds makers at MySportsbook.com, the number-one-ranked Buckeyes will continue their winning ways this weekend.

Revenge will be the name of the game in Columbus this Saturday, as Ohio State looks to even the score following last season's loss to Joe Paterno's Nittany Lions. Although Penn State are listed as 16.5 point underdogs, they are 11-10 all-time versus the Buckeyes. Paterno and the Lions, however, will have to shut down Heisman Trophy favorite Troy Smith who has thrown for 769 yards and seven touchdowns this season.

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Out west, 22nd-ranked Arizona State will be battling for their first victory over 21st-ranked California since 2000. Although the Golden Bears are listed as 7.5-point favorites, the Sun Devils are 3-0, lead the nation in sacks with 18 and possess the Pac-10's leading passer in sophomore quarterback Rudy Carpenter.

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NCAA Football betting lines (home team in CAPS)
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Date Favorite Opponent Point Spread
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Sept 21 GEORGIA TECH Virginia 17
Sept 22 NEVADA Northwestern 6.5
Sept 23 MICHIGAN Wisconsin 14
Sept 23 Minnesota PURDUE 3
Sept 23 SYRACUSE Miami (Ohio) 6.5
Sept 23 MISSOURI Ohio 21.5
Sept 23 Louisville KANSAS STATE 14
Sept 23 TENNESSEE Marshall 22
Sept 23 CLEMSON North Carolina 16.5
Sept 23 FLORIDA Kentucky 24
Sept 23 Iowa ILLINOIS 20.5
Sept 23 FLORIDA STATE Rice 30.5
Sept 23 AUBURN Buffalo 41.5
Sept 23 BOWLING GREEN Kent 7
Sept 23 NAVY Tulsa 4.5
Sept 23 VIRGINIA TECH Cincinnati 27
Sept 23 BYU Utah State 29
Sept 23 OHIO STATE Penn State 16.5
Sept 23 TEXAS Iowa State 25
Sept 23 Washington State STANFORD 10
Sept 23 CALIFORNIA Arizona State 7.5
Sept 23 UCLA WASHINGTON 3
Sept 23 INDIANA Connecticut 1.5
Sept 23 Central Michigan EASTERN MICHIGAN 4
Sept 23 WYOMING Air Force 1
Sept 23 UTEP NEW MEXICO 9.5
Sept 23 West Virginia EAST CAROLINA 21
Sept 23 Boston College NORTH CAROLINA STATE 7
Sept 23 GEORGIA Colorado 27
Sept 23 ARKANSAS Alabama 1.5
Sept 23 BAYLOR Army 11
Sept 23 WESTERN MICHIGAN Temple 28
Sept 23 MISSISSIPPI Wake Forest 2.5
Sept 23 KANSAS South Florida 5.5
Sept 23 TEXAS A&amp;M Louisiana Tech 23.5
Sept 23 UAB Mississippi State 9.5
Sept 23 LSU Tulane 36
Sept 23 Utah SAN DIEGO STATE 6.5
Sept 23 BOISE STATE Hawaii 15
Sept 23 Notre Dame MICHIGAN STATE 3
Sept 23 USC ARIZONA U 22
Sept 23 Oklahoma State HOUSTON 1
Sept 23 OREGON STATE Idaho 23
Sept 23 OKLAHOMA Middle Tennessee State 29
Sept 23 MARYLAND Florida International 18.5
Sept 23 AKRON North Texas 17.5
Sept 23 SOUTH CAROLINA Florida Atlantic 29.5
Sept 23 NEBRASKA Troy 23
Sept 23 SMU Arkansas State 6

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