This is a tough scheduling spot for Hawaii. They played a tough game in the heat against USC last Thursday and got beat up pretty good. Now they have to recover from a battle against USC and travel over 4,000 miles on a 12 hour flight to play a 12 Noon ET kickoff when the Hawaii players biological clock in their bodies feel like its 6am.
Hawaii also has limited time to prepare for the Triple Option rushing attack of Army who put up over 300 yards of rushing in their opening game.
ARMY gets the 4-12 point win here on early action Saturday.
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Reason: Last place Cleveland is a long way from home, with the third worst offense in the AL. Erratic Justin Masterson (5-12, 5.01 ERA) is getting too much respect with this betting line. Masterson's start was pushed to Tuesday, as he had to go home to deal with a family matter. This could be Masterson's final start of the season, as the club is mulling moving him to the bullpen to limit his innings count. Trevor Bell of the Angels has been very good, with a 3.63 ERA his last three starts and the Indians haven't seen him in 2010. Play the LA Angels.
Tampa Bay at Boston
Similar to the Angels, the Red Sox are a team that is used to playing in the postseason but will be sitting on the sidelines this year. They have bravely battled through tremendous injuries that would have devastated a weaker club. But now that Dustin Pedroia is out for the year the Sox have folded the tent. They have dropped 6 of their last 8 games with wins over the Orioles being the only saving grace from a complete collapse.
Tampa Bay has taken 6 of the last 7 meetings in this series as they continue to run the Red Sox ragged. The Ray's speed has been too much for Boston to compete with and the Sox just don't have the same offense without their injured stars.
Tampa continues to battle the Yankees for the division title while the Sox plan their early vacations.
PLAY TAMPA BAY
