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Weekend Wagering Preview - Sept 30Fenway Park will be the focus of the sporting world this weekend as the New York Yankees take on the Boston Red Sox in a season-ending series. The BoSox enter this set one game back of the AL East-leading Yankees after pulling out a 5-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday night. Projected pitching matchups for the three-game set are Chien-Ming Wang (8-4) versus David Wells (14-7), Randy Johnson (16-8) versus Tim Wakefield (16-11), and Mike Mussina (13-8) versus Curt Schilling (7-8). The other key American League series on the final weekend of the regular season sees the Cleveland Indians playing host to the Chicago White Sox. Although the ChiSox officially clinched the AL Central on Thursday afternoon, the Tribe can still get into the playoffs as the Wild Card team if they can pick up some wins and the Yankees/Red Sox series breaks their way. Cleveland and Boston are currently tied in the Wild Card race. Pitching matchups in the Chicago/Cleveland set are scheduled to be Kevin Millwood (9-11) versus Mark Buehrle (16-8), Jake Westbrook (15-14) versus Jon Garland (17-10), and Scott Elarton (11-8) versus Brandon McCarthy (2-2). Watch for changes in these probables, however, as the White Sox get their pitching staff lined up for the ALDS. Over in the National League the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, and San Diego Padres have all clinched their respective divisions, leaving the NL Wild Card as the only undecided race. The Houston Astros host the Chicago Cubs this weekend, while the Philadelphia Phillies go into Washington for three games with the Nationals. The Astros have a two-game lead on the Phillies in the NL Wild Card race. In the NFL, four teams will be trying to stay unbeaten this week. The 3-0 Indianapolis Colts visit Tennessee to take on the 1-2 Titans. The 3-0 Cincinnati Bengals play host to the 0-2 Houston Texans. The 3-0 Buccaneers welcome the 1-1 Detroit Lions to Tampa Bay. And the 2-1 Seattle Seahawks travel to Washington to play the 2-0 Redskins. The Colts sit as 7-point favorites in their contest, the Bengals are 9.5-point favorites, the Bucs are favored by 6.5 points, and the Redskins are slim 1.5-point favorites. Such talent won't be on display Sunday night in Mexico City, when the 1-2 San Francisco 49ers play the 0-3 Arizona Cardinals at Azteca Stadium in the first regular season NFL game to be played outside of the United States. The Cards won't even have their best lineup on the field, as starting QB Kurt Warner is out with a groin injury. Arizona is a 2-point favorite in what is technically a home game for them. Other NFL quarterbacks missing in action this weekend are the Baltimore Ravens' Kyle Boller (foot) and the New York Jets' Chad Pennington (right shoulder). With Jets backup Jay Fiedler also out with a shoulder injury, the team will be turning to third-stringer Brooks Bollinger and newly-signed Vinny Testaverde for the foreseeable future. The Jets play in Baltimore on Sunday afternoon, with the Ravens sitting as a 7-point favorite. On the college gridiron, the top-ranked USC Trojans will get their toughest test yet when they travel to Arizona State to play the No. 14 Sun Devils. The Trojans had a shaky start to their game against Oregon last week, but came back strong to pick up a 45-13 win. The Sun Devils beat Oregon State 42-24 last week to improve their season record to 3-1. Oddsmakers have the Trojans listed as a 16.5-point road favorite in this matchup. No. 2 Texas (-14.5) plays at Missouri this weekend, No. 3 Virginia Tech (-10) visits West Virginia, and No. 4 LSU (-14.5) travels to Mississippi State. In a battle of ranked teams, No. 15 Alabama plays host to No. 5 Florida (-3.5). As well, No. 13 Notre Dame goes on the road to take on No. 22 Purdue (-3). And on the track, the third of 10 Chase for the Nextel Cup races (the UAW-Ford 500) goes at Talladega Superspeedway. Jimmie Johnson currently leads the drivers standings, sitting seven points up on Rusty Wallace and 12 points up on Ryan Newman. Mark Martin, Tony Stewart, Greg Biffle, Jeremy Mayfield, Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth, and Kurt Busch round out the top ten spots.
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