Matt Fargo
GAME: San Diego Padres @ San Francisco Giants Sep 7, 2009 4:05PM
PICK: Over 8
REASON FOR PICK: San Francisco’s pitching has been outstanding of late as it has allowed two runs or fewer in six straight games, giving up an average of only 1.5 rpg over that span. This is now precisely to time to go against that especially with what we have going for the starting pitching. The Giants send Brad Penny to the mound and he is coming off a spectacular outing in his first start with San Francisco as he allowed no runs on five hits in eight innings at Philadelphia. We can look at that or we can look at what he has done as a whole. In 25 total starts, 24 coming with Boston, he has a 5.28 ERA and 1.49 WHIP and while it can be argued that was in the American League and now he is back in the National League, I still believe that he is not as good as what we saw last time out. He faced the Padres numerous times while with the Dodgers and in his last six starts, he has a 6.28 ERA and 1.88 WHIP. He will be opposed by Clayton Richard who has not looked much better in San Diego than he did in his time with the White Sox. Overall, he has a 4.61 ERA and 1.52 WHIP in 21 starts and 12 relief appearances and pitching away from home has been even worse as he has a 5.06 ERA and 1.58 WHIP in 11 starts and six appearances out of the bullpen. In five starts in San Diego, two have come at home and three on the road. The two home outings resulted in quality performances while the three road starts resulted in a 9.75 ERA and 2.58 WHIP with none of those being quality. 3* Over San Diego Padres/San Francisco Giants