San Diego Padres vs Colorado Rockies Prediction 9-18-23 MLB Picks

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18 September 2023

The Colorado Rockies and the San Diego Padres meet Monday in MLB action from Petco Park. Colorado played the Giants over the weekend, winning the first three games. In the Sunday matchup the Rockies fell by one in a high-scoring series finish. As for San Diego, they took on the A’s in their last set. The Padres won the first pair, then in game three San Diego bagged a blowout victory to take the sweep. Check back all season long for free MLB picks at Sports Chat Place.

Colorado Rockies

The Rockies did pretty well versus San Francisco over the weekend. The first three games were all wins 3-2, 9-5 and 5-2. Kris Bryant posted two RBI in the Saturday victory. On Sunday in game four Colorado gave up a whopping eight runs in the sixth inning alone in a wild 11-10 loss. Both Hunter Goodman and Brenton Doyle posted three-run homers, and Nolan Jones had three hits with two runs.

Ty Blach will make the start for the Rockies on Monday. Beach is 3-1 with a 4.64 ERA and 38 Ks so far this year.

San Diego Padres Team Facts

The Padres have lost 10 of their last 11 night games against National League opponents following a road win.
The Padres have failed to cover the run line in 10 of their last 11 night games against National League opponents following a road win.
The Padres have led after 3 innings in each of their last three home games against NL West opponents.
The Padres have led after 5 innings in each of their last four games.
The Padres have led after 7 innings in each of their last six games against opponents that held a losing record.

San Diego Padres

Over on the Padres’ side, they beat the Athletics 8-3 Friday and 5-2 on Saturday. San Diego’s Juan Soto provided two RBI in the game two victory, and Xander Bogaerts added an RBI as well. In the finale the Padres finished off the sweep with a 10-1 win. Soto put up two homers, six RBI and three hits along the way.

As starting pitcher Monday the Padres are going with Michael Wacha. This year Wacha is 11-4 with a 3.43 ERA and 105 strikeouts over 115.1 innings. Wacha is 4-2 with a 4.67 ERA over his last seven starts.

San Diego Padres Team Facts

Matchup/League Facts

The San Diego Padres rank 2nd in the league for walks this season (605).
The San Diego Padres rank T28th in the league for triples this season (11).
The Colorado Rockies rank 30th in the league for ERA this season (5.63).
The Colorado Rockies rank 30th in the league for strikeouts this season (1026).

ANDREW’S FREE PICK

I’m probably just going to stay with the Padres. The line's too thick to mess with, though. Wacha hasn’t been great over his last two starts either, so he’s going to need a big effort in this one. In that pair Wacha has given up 10 earned in 8.0 innings on 14 hits and six walks, going 0-2 overall. He’s been way better than that this season however—and he shouldn’t have too many major issues with the Rockies hitters—so I expect Wacha to notch a quality start in this opener. On Sunday San Diego posted 13 hits in another great offensive outing. That makes 29 runs combined over the last four games for the Padres, and I like them to keep it going.