Cahill goes after seventh win in finale with ChiSox

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05/15/2011 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A pair of aces will take the mound this afternoon at the Coliseum in the rubber match of a three-game series between the Chicago White Sox and the Oakland Athletics.

Unbeaten Trevor Cahill takes the ball for Oakland, while Mark Buehrle will hit the bump for Chicago in what is expected to be a fantastic pitchers' duel.

Cahill has been the best hurler in the game so far this season. In addition to a perfect 6-0 record, Cahill owns a miniscule 1.72 ERA and is coming off a stellar performance against the Rangers on Monday when he gave up a run and five hits in seven innings.

A win today would make him the majors' first seven-game winner. However, Detroit's Max Scherzer, who is also 6-0, will be on the hill this afternoon as well.

Cahill has allowed one run or less in seven of his eight starts this season. The one exception was against the White Sox, who reached him for four runs and six hits in just 4 2/3 innings. He is 1-1 lifetime against them with a 3.93 ERA.

Buehrle, meanwhile, is just 2-3 with a 4.05 ERA, and while he didn't figure in the decision of an extra inning win over the Mariners his last time out, he pitched well enough to get the win, as he allowed just two runs in eight innings.

The left-hander owns a 2.08 ERA in his last three outings and seems to have hit his stride.

On Saturday, David DeJesus had a two-run triple -- his 1,000th career hit -- to help lead Oakland over Chicago, 6-2.

Tyson Ross (3-2) earned the win in 7 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on six hits and a walk while fanning eight. The effort helped the A's snap a two-game slide.

Gavin Floyd (4-3) took the loss after allowing five runs on nine hits and two walks in 4 1/3 innings. He also struck out four in Chicago's second loss in seven games.

"It's a long season, you know. There are going times when you're going to be at your high and sometimes when you're not going to be at your best," said Floyd. "It just happened to be the day that I didn't pitch very well."

The White Sox went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position.

"I've had some success against Gavin [Floyd]. I've seen him a lot, and in that situation when you have a 2-0 lead and you needed a couple more to get a little security...It's a great situation to get number 1,000 on," said DeJesus.

Oakland took two of three from the White Sox earlier in the year.

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Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).

Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.

A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.

Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.

"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.

De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.

The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.

The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.

De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.

Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.

But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.

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