Padres vs Rockies Prediction
The San Diego Padres will play the Colorado Rockies in Game 2 of their series on Saturday afternoon at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado.
Padres Preview
The San Diego Padres are 30-33 this season and they have won three of their last four games. San Diego won Game 1 in this series by a score of 9-6 on Friday night. The San Diego pitching staff has a 3.78 ERA, a 1.24 WHIP, and a .232 opponent batting average this season. The Padres offense has scored 267 runs with a .227 batting average and a .317 on base percentage. Manny Machado is batting .239 with six home runs and 21 RBI’s for the Padres. The projected starting pitcher for San Diego is Ryan Weathers, who is 1-4 with a 5.09 ERA and a 1.53 WHIP over 35.1 innings pitched this year.
Rockies Preview
The Colorado Rockies are 26-39 this season and they have lost five games in a row. Prior to losing the first game in this series, Colorado lost all three games in their series with the Giants. The Colorado pitching staff has a 5.28 ERA, a 1.50 WHIP, and a .275 opponent batting average. The Rockies offense has scored 291 runs with a .259 batting average and a .319 on base percentage this year. Elias Diaz is batting .299 with six home runs and 29 RBI’s for the Rockies. The projected starting pitcher for Colorado is Kyle Freeland, who is 4-7 with a 4.06 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP over 71.0 innings pitched this season.
Trends
San Diego is 1-4 in their last 5 Saturday games and 2-9 in their last 11 game two’s of a series. The under is 5-0 in San Diego’s last 5 Saturday games. Colorado is 3-9 in their last 12 Saturday games and 0-5 in their last 5 games. The over is 9-3 in Colorado’s last 12 Saturday games. San Diego is 20-40 in these two teams last 60 head to head meetings in Colorado.
Pick
Both of these teams have struggled this season, but San Diego has had a very bad offense for most of the year. The Padres have hit the ball very inconsistently and they are hoping this series at Coors Field will get them going. San Diego is starting Ryan Weathers, who has allowed 15 earned runs over his last four starts (17.1 IP). Colorado is starting Kyle Freeland, who has allowed two earned runs or fewer in three of his last five starts, but did allow a combined 10 earned runs in the other starts. I think we are going to see some offensive fireworks here and I am taking the over.
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