To his credit, Penny has not allowed an extra base hit all year, but look who he's faced: SF, and SD twice. Now he gets Pitt who has scored the most runs in the NL.
Maholm on the other hand has faced two of the better lineups in Florida and Cincinnatti. Got touched up by FL but shut down the Reds. I think he's got OK stuff. I got a little on the ML +175, and the Bucs TT over 3.5. Both look like gifts...
Umpire Jim Reynolds
Last 10 with the ump
PIT 8-2
LA 5-5
Pitchers w/ump
Penny 1-3
I know its only one part of the equation but with those #'s favoring the Pirates, I wouldn't want to lay -190 on the Dodgers.
Cheers!
Ill agree with most of this except that the Reds DO NOT have one of the better lineups in the league. Everyone has shut down this Reds O.
Maholm against LA has +6 Era and Penny has a +5 Era against Pitt. Over looks good. Over 4.5 (first 5) looks even better.