There is plenty of action on Thursday’s baseball card, so I’m going to focus on action mostly on the Left Coast involving western teams. The lone exception is the ‘pick’em’ contest between the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox.

**Giants (Lincecum) at Padres (Young)**

-Caesars Palace installed San Diego as a $1.40 home ‘chalk’ over San Francisco, with the total set at seven ‘under’ (minus $1.20). This National League West matchup is scheduled to start at 10:05 p.m. ET.

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-San Francisco’s Tim Lincecum (2-0, 1.42 ERA) blanked St. Louis Saturday as a $1.10 road underdog, 3-0. The second-year player tossed seven scoreless innings on six hits with three walks and five strikeouts.

-The three runs never seriously threatened the eight-run closing total, helping the ‘under’ improve to 2-1 his three starts.

-The right-hander picked up a no-decision against the Padres April 8, yielding one run on seven hits with a walk and seven strikeouts over six innings. The Giants ended up winning that affair as a $1.20 home favorite, 3-2, while the combined five runs went ‘under’ the 7 ½-run closing total.

-San Diego counters with Chris Young (1-1, 4.57 ERA) who is coming off Saturday’s no-decision against Arizona. The 6-foot-10 right-hander went six innings, allowing two runs on three hits with three walks and four strikeouts.

-The Padres ended up losing that game as an ‘even’ money selection, 10-3, while the combined 13 runs went ‘over’ the 9 ½-run closing total. The ‘over’ has cashed the last two starts for Young.

-The Princeton product went 1-1 versus San Francisco last season in four starts, going a combined 24 2/3 innings while being reached for 13 runs on 24 hits (one home run) with 10 walks and 17 strikeouts. San Diego won as a $1.00 road underdog, 5-3, as a $1.25 home ‘chalk,’ 1-0, and as a $1.60 home favorite, 5-4, while losing as a $1.37 road ‘chalk,’ 9-4. The ‘over’ went 3-1 during those four games.

**Diamondbacks (Gonzalez) at Dodgers (Billingsley)**

-Caesars Palace lists Los Angeles as a $1.40 home favorite over Arizona, with the total set at 8 ½ ‘over’ (minus $1.15). This NL West tilt is slated to start at 10:10 p.m. ET.

-Arizona pitcher Edgar Gonzalez (0-1, 4.50 ERA) picked up a no-decision in Saturday’s effort against San Diego as a $1.10 home ‘chalk.’ The righty went six innings, surrendering three runs on four hits (two home runs) with four walks and three strikeouts.

-The Diamondbacks eventually won that contest, 10-3, helping the ‘over’ cash in Gonzalez’s last two starts.

-The Mexico native went 1-2 against Los Angeles last season in four starts, tossing a combined 18 2/3 innings while allowing 14 runs on 29 hits (four home runs) with five walks and nine walks. Arizona won as a $1.20 road underdog, 6-1, while losing as a $1.10 home ‘dog, 5-1, a home ‘pick,’ 6-5, and as a home ‘pick,’ 7-1. The ‘under’ went 3-1 during those four games.

-Los Angeles right-hander Chad Billingsley (0-3, 6.57 ERA) is still searching for his first victory on the young season after losing to Atlanta Saturday as a $1.10 road ‘chalk,’ 4-1. The 23-year-old went five innings, surrendering four runs on six hits with five walks and nine strikeouts.

-The combined five runs failed to topple the nine-run closing total, helping the ‘under’ cash his second consecutive start.

-The three-year veteran fell to Arizona April 8 as a road ‘pick,’ 10-5, lasting just 2 1/3 innings while being reached for five runs (four earned) on five hits (one home run) with three walks and a strikeout. The combined 15 runs eclipsed the nine-run closing total.

**Yankees (Hughes) at White Sox (Floyd)**

-Caesars Palace opened this American League contest as a ‘pick,’ with the total listed at 10 ½ ‘under’ (minus $1.20). First pitch is scheduled for 8:10 p.m. ET.

-New York hurler Philip Hughes (0-3, 8.82 ERA) toes the rubber for the first time since falling to Baltimore Friday as a $1.40 road favorite, 8-2. The California native was tagged for five runs on nine hits with two walks and a strikeout over 5 1/3 innings. The combined 10 runs landed directly on the closing total.

-Hughes, a two-year veteran, has never started against the White Sox in his brief major league career.

-The right-hander has lost his last three starts, all on the road. He picked up a no-decision in his lone Yankee Stadium effort this season.

-Chicago’s Gavin Floyd (2-0, 1.40 ERA) won his first two starts before picking up a no-decision last Thursday against Baltimore. The 6-foot-5 hurler surrendered two unearned runs on two hits (one home run) with two walks and four strikeouts.

-The White Sox eventually dropped that contest as an ‘even’ money selection on the road, 6-5, while the combined 11 runs went ‘over’ the nine-run closing total. The ‘under’ had cashed his first two starts of the season.

-Floyd, a five-year veteran, did not start against the Yankees last season.

**Orioles (Loewen) at Mariners (Washburn)**

-Caesars Palace installed Seattle as a $1.60 home favorite over Baltimore, with the total listed at nine. This game is scheduled to begin at 10:10 p.m. ET.

-Baltimore’s Adam Loewen (0-1, 6.32 ERA) hasn’t pitched since April 16 when he lost to Chicago as a $1.18 home ‘chalk,’ 3-1. The southpaw was reached for three runs on six hits (one home run) with five walks and three strikeouts over six innings.

-The combined four runs went ‘under’ the 9 ½-run closing total, helping the ‘under’ cash his second consecutive start.

-Loewen picked up a no-decision against the Mariners April 5 despite yielding four runs on four hits (two home runs) with three walks and four strikeouts over just 4 2/3 innings. The Orioles eventually prevailed as a home ‘pick,’ 6-4, while the combined 10 runs went ‘over’ the 9 ½-run closing total.

-Seattle southpaw Jarrod Washburn (1-3, 4.13 ERA) is currently mired in a personal two-game losing skid after Saturday’s setback to Los Angeles as a $1.35 road underdog, 4-1. The Wisconsin native allowed four runs on 10 hits with no walks and a strikeout over six innings.

-The combined five runs went ‘under’ the nine-run closing total, helping the ‘under’ cash his third start in a row.

-Washburn fell to the Orioles April 4 as a $1.30 road favorite, 7-4, surrendering three runs on six hits with a walk and four strikeouts over five innings. The combined 11 runs toppled the nine-run closing total.

Brad Young can be reached at byoung@vegasinsider.com.