Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Indians Live Streaming

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1:05 pm EDT Sun Jul 4, 2010

For whatever reason, the Oakland Athletics do their best work on the mound under natural light. The Athletics hope that trend continues with a strong effort from Vin Mazzaro on Sunday when they finish a three-game road series against the Cleveland Indians. Oakland has baseball’s best ERA in day games at 2.92, going 18-10 for the third-best mark in the majors. The Athletics’ night record of 22-32 is the second-worst in the AL, ahead of only Baltimore. Mazzaro has a 3.86 ERA in day games as opposed to a 4.74 mark at night heading into his second start against the team that handed him his first major league loss exactly one year ago. He gave up five runs over six innings last July 4 in a 5-2 loss at Cleveland after starting his career with 13 2-3 scoreless innings over two victories.

The right-hander won for the first time since June 8 when he yielded one run over six innings in a 4-2 win Tuesday at Baltimore. Mazzaro overcame a career-worst six walks as he filled in admirably for an injured Dallas Braden, who was placed on the disabled list Saturday. The A’s starter will face a Cleveland lineup without top slugger Shin-Soo Choo, who missed Saturday’s 5-4, 10-inning win for the Indians because of an injury to his right thumb. Choo was injured while attempting a diving catch on Jack Cust’s eighth-inning double Friday night. He’s headed for the DL after his glove hand appeared to bend awkwardly when he hit the ground. Choo leads the Indians with 13 homers and 43 RBIs in 78 games. Without Choo on Saturday, Cleveland won for the sixth time in seven games on Matt LaPorta’s RBI single in the 10th inning.

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Seattle Mariners vs Detroit Tigers Live Streaming

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1:05 pm EDT Sun Jul 4, 2010

The Seattle Mariners said they haven’t made a decision whether or not to deal Cliff Lee, who will become a free agent at the end of this year. It’s hard to imagine his trade value getting any higher. Coming off his third straight complete game, Lee will take the mound for the Mariners on Sunday when they try to avoid being swept by the Detroit Tigers. When Seattle acquired Lee from Philadelphia in the offseason, it had hopes of contending in the AL West. The Mariners, though, are in last place in the AL West and likely to ship him to a contender before the July 31 trade deadline. Lee, who has five complete games this season, has a 1.33 ERA in his last three starts and the highest strikeout-to-walk ratio in the majors. General manager Jack Zduriencik said how the Mariners play over the next few weeks will determine what happens with Lee.

Lee is 5-9 with a 4.76 ERA lifetime against the Tigers, losing his last three starts. On Sunday, he’ll try to help the Mariners avoid being swept by Detroit, which has outscored Seattle 13-2 in the first two games of the series. Brandon Inge drove in three runs and Justin Verlander struck out 10 in seven innings of a 6-1 victory Saturday. The win moved the Tigers into a first-place tie in the AL Central with Minnesota. Detroit has scored 35 runs and hit .308 over its last six games and received another boost with the return of Miguel Cabrera, who was a late scratch Friday with lower back tightness. He went 1 for 2 to extend his hitting streak to 12 games and walked twice while also scoring twice. The Tigers, who have won 12 of 13 at home, will hand the ball to Jeremy Bonderman, who looks to win his third straight start. Bonderman allowed four runs and nine hits in 5 1-3 innings of a 7-5 win over Minnesota on Monday.

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