The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals wrap up their three game series on Sunday night with Jason Marquis facing Todd Wellemeyer.  Marquis is 1-1 on the season with a 4.45 ERA.  He gave up five runs on 10 hits in five innings in his last start against Milwaukee.  He was 3-1 with a 3.60 ERA against the Cardinals last season.  Wellemeyer is 2-1 on the season with a 4.14 ERA.  Wellemeyer is pitching better recently and will be facing his former team.

The Cardinals have lost the season series to the Cubs in each of the past three years, going 19-31 against them. St. Louis was 8-10 against the Cubs at the new Busch Stadium before the start of this series.  Jason Isringhausen has a lifetime 5.03 ERA against the Cubs, including 6.43 last year. Albert Pujols has a career .288 average against the Cubs, his second-lowest mark against any National League team.

Last year the Cubs were 10-14 in April but this year they were 17-10 during the month.  They hit .286, and had an on-base percentage of .375 during the month of April. The Cubs’ 171 runs, 279 hits, 62 doubles, 130 walks, batting average and on-base percentage for the month were all club records. They had two five-game winning streaks during the month of April. Carlos Zambrano and Ryan Dempster each won four games in April. The only MLB betting National League teams to win more games in April were the Cardinals and Diamondbacks. The Cubs were averaging 6.3 runs per game during the month of April, which is the highest runs-per-game average at the end of April for them since the 1954 team averaged 7.6 runs per game.

The Cardinals were even better in April going 18-11.  It is the most wins ever for a Cardinals team in April.  They have been led recently by Rick Ankiel who went 8-13 with five RBI’s against the Reds in their last series.  Hitting in front of Albert Pujols, Ankiel had an excellent month of April and has given the Cardinals a powerful one-two punch in the lineup.

At the end of April, the top three teams in the Central Division – the Cubs, the Cardinals and the Brewers combined to go 50-33 which is better than the top three teams of any other division.

MLB Betting - Toronto Blue Jays vs. New York Yankees
The Blue Jays and Yankees play the second game of their series on Wednesday as A.J. Burnett faces Mike Mussina. The Yankees will be looking to Mussina to rebound from a poor 2007 season in which opponents batted .311 against him. Toronto will be looking to get Matt Stairs into the lineup on Wednesday.

NBA Betting - Golden State Warriors vs. Dallas Mavericks
Two teams battling for the last playoff spot in the Western Conference meet on Wednesday as Dallas hosts Golden State. The Warriors face a tough situation on Wednesday as they played in San Antonio last night. The standings change every day and each of the remaining games for both teams is critical. “Right now, you can’t play the scoreboard.

Soccer Betting - UEFA Cup Quarterfinals Begin Thursday
Bayern Munich is the favorite to win the Soccer Betting UEFA Cup and they will try and stay on track as they host Getafe in the first leg of the quarterfinals on Thursday. If they are able to win their series against Getafe they could end up playing their German rival Bayer Leverkusen. Both teams have won the UEFA Cup before as Leverkusen.

Soccer Betting - Manchester United and FC Barcelona Win
Manchester United and FC Barcelona won first leg road games in the quarterfinals of the Champions League putting them in excellent position to advance next week when they play the second legs at home. Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney scored as United defeated AS Roma 2-0 while Bojan Krkic scored for Barcelona in a 1-0 win over Schalke.

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