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The Milwaukee Brewers struggled through much of last week losers of 6 in row through last Thursday's action. Young starter Carlos Villanueva is hanging by a thread on the Brewers starting rotation sporting an ERA of 6.46 and is winless since April 4th. Right handers are torching the kid as they are hitting .405 against him. Expect the experienced Joe Torre to exploit this and he will have his lineup full of righties in this game. The Brewers hitters have been overmatched by Florida pitching scoring just 4 runs in their three game series. Milwaukee's team batting average is near the bottom of the league at .239. Brad Penny struggled in his last outing against the Mets surrendering 10 runs and 10 hits in 4 2/3rd's innings. Penny has had three starts in his career where he has surrendered over 9 earned runs in a ballgame and they all came during the day. Well this game is at night and I expect a bounce back here from Penny. Take the Dodgers here behind their solid hitting lineup and strong bullpen against the gas can Villanueva and the light hitting Brewers at –130.