Arizona has undergone some changes from their 8-5 team of 2009. Head coach Mike Stoops lost his defensive coordinator and brother Mark to the same position at Florida St. Offensive coordinator Sonny Dykes left to take over the head coaching job at Louisiana Tech. That left Stoops and Arizona without any coaches to call the offense and defense. And in a peculiar move, Stoops stayed in-house and promoted guys to act as co-coordinators on both sides of the ball. It will interesting to see how this all shakes out, but we’re comfortable in predicting that the Arizona offense will still be an explosive bunch. The Wildcats have averaged 31 points per game over the last three seasons, and with that same cast back virtually intact, we don’t anticipate much drop-off in offensive production, even after losing the aggressive play calling of Dykes. The offense is experienced with seniors and juniors making up the entire starting 11. Arizona’s offense is in good shape, but their defense is the great unknown as they return only 4 starters from 2009. There’s plenty of reason to expect some growing pains from this unit, especially on the road in their first game against an explosive offensive team like Toledo. The Rockets averaged 30 points per game in 2009, and they should once again score some big numbers this season. Head coach Tim Beckman is in his second season, and the fact that Toledo improved their offense by more than a touchdown per game in his first year is a positive sign. Like Arizona, the problem doesn’t lie on the offensive side with Toledo. It’s their defense which has allowed 36 points per game over their last three seasons. And when this team steps-up in class against a BCS conference opponent, they simply cannot stop them. Last year they allowed 52 points to Purdue, 38 to Colorado, and 38 to Ohio St. In 2008, they allowed Arizona to score 41 points. Since both teams possess potent offenses and both defenses have many questions to answer, we expect plenty of points tonight in what should be a wild, high-scoring game.

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Florida begins a series with divisional rival Atlanta on Friday night. The Marlins turn to Andrew Miller to make his second start of the season for this game. Miller's first outing went only five innings after he gave up one run and three hits. Miller has made three appearances for the team this season, and his biggest issue is walks as he has seven compared to only five strikeouts. The lefty faced the Braves back in April of 2009 and gave up four runs and four hits in 4.7 innings of work. Matt Diaz (3-9), Brian McCann (3-6), Rick Ankiel (2-3), Omar Infante (1-3), Eric Hinske (2-2), and Nate McLouth (1-2) all have had success against Miller. Atlanta's offense has been on fire as of late. They've scored at least four runs or more in five of their last six games. Florida has a bullpen that is 10-11 with a 4.67 ERA at home this season. Kenshin Kawakami returns to the mound for Atlanta. He's 1-9 with a 4.48 ERA in 15 starts this season. He wasn't much better in five outings down in AAA. Kawakami went 0-1 with a 4.29 ERA. The righty took the loss against the Marlins back on May 25th after giving up three runs and seven hits in six innings of work. He's 1-3 with a 5.56 ERA in four career starts against Florida. Dan Uggla (4-9) and Cameron Maybin (2-2) have the best numbers against the Braves starter. Florida has gone Over the total in four of five games and Over in 9 of their last 12 games as they've hit their offensive stride. Florida is averaging 6.7 runs per game in their last seven games. Atlanta's bullpen has shown some cracks on the road sporting an ERA near 3.60 away from home. This game has all the makings of a slugfest which means we expect a high-scoring game between the Braves and Marlins.

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San Diego turns to one of their most heralded prospects to stop a 7-game losing streak. Cory Luebke had a 14 inning scoreless streak in AAA Portland prior to his call-up for tonight’s game. Luebke posted a 2.97 ERA with 44 strikeouts and just 17 walks in nine starts while there. The lefty will face a Colorado offense that seems to take a vacation on the road. The Rockies are hitting just .227 as a unit on the road which is the main reason why they are 26-42 away from Coors Field. Luebke will be backed by a San Diego bullpen that is 12-6 with a 2.46 ERA at home this season. The Rockies have scored just 10 runs in their last six road games. Colorado’s Aaron Cook makes the start after coming off the DL as he dealt with a foot ailment. Cook is 4-8 with a 5.34 ERA in 21 starts this season. He's even worse on the road going 1-6 with a 6.17 ERA in 11 starts away from Colorado. Cook has good numbers against San Diego, but in his lone start against them this season, he gave up five runs and six hits in five innings of work. Adrian Gonzalez (12-33), Chase Headley (6-14), Miguel Tejada (2-6), and Matt Stairs (3-3) all hit Cook well. San Diego is 38-26 at home, and the Padres may feast on a Colorado bullpen that is 7-13 on the road with seven blown saves. Luebke is a tremendous young prospect for the Padres, and we expect him to shutdown the Colorado offense tonight.

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