Yankees send Rasner to hill against Tigers

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05/10/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York Yankees pitcher Darrell Rasner will make his second start of the season this afternoon, when he takes the hill in the second contest of a three-game set with the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park.

Rasner was called up to the big league club on May 4th and has taken the place of Ian Kennedy in the Yanks' rotation. In his lone outing this campaign, the right-hander grabbed an 8-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Rasner tossed six strong innings, surrendering only two runs, while striking out four batters.

The 27-year-old was a dominating force for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre before being called up, posting a 4-0 ledger with an outstanding 0.87 ERA. Last year, Rasner made just six starts for the Yankees, finishing with a mere 1-3 record to go along with a 4.01 ERA.

Opposing Rasner will be Jeremy Bonderman. It has been a tough start to the season for Bonderman, who has struggled with control issues. In 41 innings of duty, the right-hander has walked 25 batters, while striking out only 22 opponents.

In seven games this year, Bonderman has a 2-3 ledger with a 4.17 ERA. The 25- year-old's problems continued this past Monday, as he surrendered four runs on seven hits in six innings en route to a 6-3 setback to Boston.

However, one of the right-hander's two victories came against the Yankees back on April 30th, as he tossed 7 2/3 innings to lead Detroit to a 6-2 victory at Yankee Stadium. Unfortunately Bonderman has not enjoyed that type of success against the Bronx Bombers in his career, posting a meager 3-6 record and a 5.21 ERA in 10 starts.

Last night, Ivan Rodriguez was 3-for-4 and drove in a pair of runs as Detroit held off New York, 6-5.

Placido Polanco and Magglio Ordonez each finished 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Tigers, who won for just the second time in eight games but beat New York for the fourth consecutive time this season.

Kenny Rogers (3-3) allowed just two runs on nine hits in six-plus innings to earn the win.

Jason Giambi was 2-for-4 with a home run for the Yankees, who have dropped three of four games. Chad Moeller, Robinson Cano, Derek Jeter and Bobby Abreu added an RBI apiece for New York, while Hideki Matsui finished 0-for-4, snapping a career-best 17-game hitting streak.

Kei Igawa (0-1), who was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre before the game, made his season debut and was rocked for six runs on 11 hits in just three-plus innings of work.

The Tigers have won the last six meetings and seven of their last eight matchups with the Yankees. New York dropped three of four in the Motor City a year ago.

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Pacific-10 Conference odds

Teams that should be in: Stanford

Oregon and USC get their tickets punched after taking care of business this weekend. Yes, the Trojans' computer numbers aren't great, but there's no way the third-place team in this league is getting nixed. Grudgingly, I added Arizona after consultation with our Bracketologist. I don't know that Arizona will lose its last three (including a Pac-10 quarterfinal game), and even if the Cats do, I still can't see how they'd be left out, given the overall profile. That said, it bears watching, as three more L's would leave them at 18-12 (9-9) and on a 6-11 skid entering the Dance. It would be nice to see the Wildcats get at least one W in the Bay Area next week, as Cincinnati (albeit without Armein Kirkland and with a worse profile) was axed after a similar slide last season. I just couldn't rationalize having some of the other teams as locks and not having Arizona in that category -- there just aren't enough good teams behind the Cats to threaten their spot, it seems. Stanford has its fate in its own hands with the Arizona schools coming to the Farm to close out the regular season next weekend.

Should be in:

Stanford [17-10 (9-7), RPI: 40, SOS: 21] No shame in not getting a win in L.A., but that makes the home game against Arizona State a must-win ahead of what could be an intriguing meeting with Arizona should the Cats lose at Cal. Getting to 11 Pac-10 wins would make Selection Sunday much more comfortable, but 10's probably more than enough this season. The Cardinal have nonconference wins over Texas Tech and at Virginia to lean on, although they also lost badly to Air Force and Santa Clara at home.

Southeastern Conference odds
Work left to do: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Mississippi State

It looks more and more possible that no one from the SEC West will make the NCAAs. How weird is that? Tennessee and Vandy move into the locks category after more good work this weekend. Kentucky stays there, although it would be smart for the Cats to handle Georgia at home Wednesday ahead of a trip to the Swamp. Could a disaster scenario (two more L's and a first-round SEC tourney exit) somehow dislodge the Cats despite their incredible computer numbers? Still unlikely, but not worth chancing it.

Work left to do:

Alabama [19-9 (6-8), RPI: 43, SOS: 47] The tough L at Tennessee was understandable, and even created some hope. Unfortunately, that hope was dashed by a home loss to Auburn, which leaves the Tide in some real trouble. There's still no signature win on the profile (no, Kentucky doesn't count), and the computer profile is weakening rapidly. The Tide conceivably could beat Ole Miss and win at Miss. State to get to 8-8 and clinch at least a share of the West crown, but that's probably not enough right now. The Tide will need to do some work in the SEC tourney.

Georgia [16-10 (8-6), RPI: 52, SOS: 23] This is the team with the best chance to make it from this section right now. The Bulldogs rebounded from a terrible performance at Ole Miss to beat down Miss. State. Now they are at Kentucky (king of the RPI 51-100 win) and home to Tennessee. That would be worth a lot of computer points to get both (which is doable), as both teams are in the top 11 in RPI. Finishing at least 9-7 is an absolute must, and I would feel much better about the Dawgs' chances if they got both to get to 10 SEC wins. They also beat Gonzaga, but lost to ACC bubblers Georgia Tech and Clemson.

Mississippi [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 63, SOS: 79] Like everyone else in this division, Ole Miss gacked up a chance to stake a claim, losing by double figures at South Carolina. Even 9-7 likely is not nearly enough with a nonconference profile devoid of anything notable.

Mississippi State [16-11 (7-7), RPI: 66, SOS: 37] With a chance to get in the mix, these Bulldogs were leashed by their Georgia counterparts. Could they get to 9-7? I guess -- although winning at Arkansas, then beating Alabama is no lock -- but would that mean all that much for a team with this overall profile? Probably not. There's nothing of note (on the good side) in the nonconference profile.

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