Tuesday’s betting tips: Zito favored in return from DL

Who’s hotMLB: Eight of Philadelphia’s last 10 games have played under. MLB: Detroit has won 13 of its last 17 as a favorite. WNBA: San Antonio is 6-1 against the spread.Who’s notMLB: Colorado is just 1-9 in Jason Hammel’s last 10 starts. MLB: Houston has won just five of its last 22 overall and each of its last eight home games.WNBA: Atlanta is 1-8 against the spread.Key stat3.65 – The Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitching is experiencing a remarkable turnaround. Last season Pittsburgh’s starters owned a 5.28 ERA – worst in the majors. Through 77 games this season, the Pirates rank fifth in the NL with a 3.65 ERA. Injury that shouldn’t be overlookedCandace Parker, Los Angeles Sparks – Parker is currently listed as questionable for Tuesday’s game against Connecticut with a knee injury. The 6-foot-4 forward is averaging 17.7 points and 9.9 rebounds per contest. The Sparks are set as a 5.5-point underdog on the road. Game of the dayBoston Red Sox at Philadelphia Phillies (-125, 7) – Philadelphia’s Cliff Lee squares off against Boston’s Josh Beckett. Notable quotable”I need be at my 100 percent. If not, going to be impossible against him. So I have to recover. Let’s see what’s going on and let’s see how the MRI looks. And after, let’s see if we have the chance to recover for Wednesday. I don’t know.” – Rafael Nadal after advancing to the Wimbledon quarterfinals despite limping through his win over Juan Martin del Potro. Nadal is a -770 favorite in his next match against Mardy Fish.Notes and tipsVeteran lefty Barry Zito will make his first start in more than two months after rehabbing a sprained right foot on Tuesday in the second game of San Francisco’s doubleheader with the Cubs and is set as a -115. Zito was struggling with a 6.24 ERA in three starts before the injury, but the team is encouraged with his work in the minors. “You do it for so many years and you don’t miss a turn. Then you do, and you kind of forget all the joy thates with being out there,” Zito told MLB. “It just teaches you to really focus on your day-to-day responsibility and not get too caught up in the big picture. When you do that, things take care of themselves.”With the Williams sisters as well as top seed Caroline Wozniaki bowing out of Wimbledon, the outright odds for the women’s side of the draw took a major turn. Maria Sharapova is now pegged at +200 to win outright, followed by Petra Kvitova (+275), Victoria Azarenka (+500), and Sabine Lisicki (+700).

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