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Penny looks to keep scoreless inning streak intact

Jun 3, 2007 - 1:05 PM LA Dodgers (32-23) at Pittsburgh (24-31) 1:35 pm EDT

PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- Brad Penny has been keeping teams from crossing home plate and hopes to continue that trend when the Los Angeles Dodgers face the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.

Penny (7-1, 2.06 ERA) enters with an impressive scoreless streak of 13 1/3 innings to win his last two outings. The righthander has been stellar since getting tagged for eight runs at Anaheim on May 18.

In his last start on Tuesday, Penny yielded just four hits with four strikeouts for his second straight win with a 10-0 victory at Washington.

Penny is 3-2 in 10 career starts against Pittsburgh, but did not figure the the decision of a 7-3 Dodgers win on April 21.

Pittsburgh starter Tom Gorzelanny (6-3, 2.39) also comes in riding high after allowing just one run in seven innings for a 4-1 victory over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday.

The lefthander gave up three runs and five hits in six frames to beat the Dodgers just one day after Penny's no-decision.

Powered by a two-run first inning and Ian Snell's eight strong frames, the Pirates put an end to their three-game losing streak with a 3-1 triumph Saturday night.