BillHill999's play of the day

billhill999 · Jul 17, 2008

Pittsburgh Pirates (Maholm) +122 over Colorado Rockies

I see value with Maholm tonight.
Maholm has pretty decent overall numbers this season, 6-5, 3.93 and a ratio of 1.29.

His opponent, Jimenez, is 4-9, 4.22 and a God awful ratio of 1.54 ratio, just too many baserunners allowed for me, and the Pirate lineup isn't that bad.
The Rockies are 5-13 in Jimenez's last 18 starts.

Jimenez is pitching better, however I loved what I saw from Maholm in his last start against the Yankees, as he totally handcuffed that lineup, and I didn't like what I saw in the Rockies last series.

Look for a Pirate road win here.

Pirates for 2* please.

Thanks for taking the time to read this, and as per usual, may all your tickets get cashed.

TheBud · Jul 17, 2008

Those are pretty convincing numbers, why is everyone on the Rox??

jed4176 · Jul 17, 2008

:toast: I agree with your pick and will also be on the Pirates.

Xmas32 · Jul 17, 2008

Man, I'm just not sure about the Pirates, everytime I think I get a decent handle on them, they pull a 180. I do agree with you on Maholm has his last 4 road starts have been very impressive....

<table class="tablehead" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left">Jul 5</td><td align="left">@MIL</td><td align="left">L 2-1</td><td>8.0</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>6</td><td>11</td><td>7</td><td>102</td><td>27</td><td>75</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="tablehead" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left">Jun 30</td><td align="left">@CIN</td><td align="left">L 4-3</td><td>7.0</td><td>5</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>5</td><td>7</td><td>10</td><td>89</td><td>29</td><td>
62

</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="tablehead" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left">Jun 15</td><td align="left">@BAL</td><td align="left">W 5-4</td><td>6.0</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>10</td><td>7</td><td>94</td><td>25</td><td>57</td><td>
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<table class="tablehead" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left">May 31</td><td align="left">@STL</td><td align="left">W 14-4</td><td>6.2</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>5</td><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>87</td><td>24</td><td>67

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I just don't know about Colorado, they could come out smoking in the 2nd half or continue to spiral downwards. Unders could be the play here if Maholm pitches well again.