The morning line

MLB The marquee game tonight is the Philadelphia Phillies visiting the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium, where the best team in baseball is putting up an 8-0 shellacking through eight innings — the Phillies' bullpen and heart of the order have been completely neutralized. Over in Sacramento, the New York Yankees are dropping 13 runs on the Athletics in the bottom of the ninth, which is about as lopsided as a getaway day gets. Keep an eye on the Chicago Cubs traveling to Busch Stadium tonight for a classic NL Central rivalry game against the St. Louis Cardinals, with the over-under sitting at 8.5 and the Cardinals as slight favorites — the kind of tightly-pitched series game where one starter going seven can flip the whole series.

WNBA The marquee game tonight is the Minnesota Lynx heading into Phoenix to take on the Mercury — Minnesota is rolling at 6-2 and come in as slight favorites, so watch for the Lynx to keep dropping buckets on a Phoenix squad that's struggled all season at 2-7. Earlier in the evening, the Dallas Wings host the Seattle Storm in what the oddsmakers expect to be a clinic — Dallas is favored by nearly twelve, and the Storm at 3-6 have looked shaky on both ends. If you're only catching one game, tune into Lynx-Mercury: a scorching hot team going up against a squad desperate for a W makes for must-watch ball.