What we're watching - Cain goes for 10th victory - MLB

– The Yankees will go for a seventh straight win against a pitcher they
tried to acquire in the second half of last year, Jarrod Washburn. They
beat the Mariners 8-5 on Tuesday to improve to 22-14 at new Yankee
Stadium. Washburn, who had an impressive 2.82 ERA in six starts against
the Bombers at the old yard, will be pitching at the new park for the
first time. Andy Pettitte will start for the Yankees. The Mariners are
one of two AL teams he’s under .500 against in his career (9-11, 4.68
ERA). Cleveland is the other.

– Cole Hamels and Jair Jurrjens will try to snap winless skids
tonight with the Phillies in Atlanta. Neither picked up a victory
during interleague play. Hamels, who last won on June 4, was removed
after just 4 2/3 innings last time out in a loss to Toronto. Jurrjens
has lost four in a row since his last victory on May 29.

Game of the Night

San Francisco vs. St. Louis – Matt Cain had two chances to become
the NL’s first 10-game winner, but he was undone in part by poor run
support, giving Jason Marquis a chance to beat him there. He’ll settle
for being the second to reach the mark if he can win in St. Louis
tonight. The Cardinals, who are trying to avoid dropping three straight
to begin a four-game series, will counter with their eight-game winner,
Adam Wainwright. St. Louis lost night despite getting a pair of homers
from Albert Pujols. Pujols is 4-for-8 with a homer and a double against
Cain in his career.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada Senate adjourned Thursday without voting on a financing bill for a proposed $1.5 billion Las Vegas Strip stadium for the Oakland Athletics, extending the special legislative session into the next week amid negotiations over whether to contribute $380 million in public funding to the project.

The measure can still be amended by lawmakers, and if it passes the Senate it would still need approval from the Assembly before going to the desk of Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo, who has expressed support for it. Both the state Senate and Assembly are adjourned until Monday.

In a hearing that began Wednesday and stretched into the early morning hours Thursday, lawmakers peppered tourism officials and a representative from a firm partnering with the ball club with questions about the feasibility and benefits of financing such a deal.

Public funds for the stadium would mainly come from $180 million in transferable tax credits and $120 million in county bonds. Backers have pledged that the creation of a special tax district around the proposed stadium would generate enough money to pay off those bonds and interest. The plan would not directly raise taxes.

The A’s would not owe property taxes for the publicly owned stadium. Clark County, which includes Las Vegas, would also contribute $25 million in credit toward infrastructure costs.

A’s representatives and some tourism officials say a deal would further grow Las Vegas’ developing sports scene and act as an economic engine, but a growing chorus of economists and some lawmakers warn that the project would bring minimal benefits for the hefty public price tag.

What we're watching – Cain goes for 10th victory

Nevada Senate vote on proposed A’s stadium in Las Vegas extended until next week