A pair of NL West rivals continue a weekend series between the painted lines in southern California. The Colorado Rockies are on the road as they play the second game of a four-game series with the San Diego Padres Friday night. Here’s where you should be looking the top-rated sportsbooks.
Friday, July 30, 2021 – 10:10 PM EDT at PETCO Park
Colorado let one slip away Wednesday as they fell 8-7 in the rubber game of a road series with the Angels in their previous contest. San Diego split a two-game interleague set at home with Oakland as they were drubbed 10-4 in the series finale Wednesday. San Diego was able to win Thursday night, 3-0. Colorado blew a lead against the Angels on the road in the rubber game to drop the series Wednesday.
The Rockies entered Thursday fourth in the NL West, 19.5 games behind the Giants for the top spot in the division. In the NL wild card picture, the team stood 14 games behind the Padres for the second wild card spot. On Wednesday, Raimel Tapia (two runs, two RBI) had four hits while Josh Fuentes (two runs) added a pair in the contest. Trevor Story hit his 13th homer of the year in a losing effort. Lucas Gilbreath didn’t factor in the decision as an opener.
He allowed one run on two hits with two walks and no strikeouts in one inning of work. Carlos Estevez (2-3) took the loss as he gave up one run on two hits with one walk and one strikeout in one inning of relief.Jon Gray is on the mound for his 19th start of the season for the Rockies in this contest. He comes in 6-6 with a 3.67 ERA, a 1.224 WHIP, 40 walks and 91 strikeouts over 98 innings of work this season.
Gray didn’t factor in the decision in his last start, which came Sunday on the road against the Dodgers. He threw five innings, allowing two runs on four hits with three walks and four strikeouts in a game the Rockies eventually dropped 3-2. Pitching on the road this season, Gray is 1-4 with a 4.43 ERA, a 1.475 WHIP, 14 walks and 38 strikeouts over 40.2 innings in eight starts.
Gray makes his 25th career appearance and 24th start against the Padres in this contest. He comes in 11-6 with a 2.99 ERA, a 1.092 WHIP, 32 walks and 155 strikeouts over 138.1 innings of work. Gray is 6-4 with a 2.89 ERA, a 1.133 WHIP, 18 walks and 65 strikeouts over 65.1 innings in 11 career starts at Petco Park.
San Diego lost for the third time in four games as they were drubbed by the A’s in the finale of a two-game interleague set at home Wednesday.
The Padres entered Thursday third in the NL West, 5.5 games behind the division-leading Giants. In the NL wild card race, the team held the second wild card spot by five games over the Reds entering Thursday. On Wednesday, San Diego finished with eight hits with no player having more than one in the contest. Blake Snell (4-4) struggled again as he was lit up in taking the loss. He threw four innings, allowing seven runs on seven hits with four walks and one strikeout before departing.
Ryan Weathers toes the slab for his 19th appearance and 13th start of the season for the Padres in this contest. He comes in 4-2 with one save, a 1.149 WHIP, 21 walks and 46 strikeouts over 62.2 innings of work this season. Weathers didn’t factor in the decision in his last outing, which came Saturday on the road against the Marlins. He threw four scoreless frames, allowing two hits with three walks and four strikeouts in a 3-2 Padres defeat.
Pitching at home, Weathers is 2-1 with a 3.19 ERA, a 1.194 WHIP, seven walks and 17 strikeouts over 31 innings of action in nine appearances, six starts. Weathers makes his third career appearance and second start against the Rockies in this contest. He comes in with no record, a 1.80 ERA, a 1.20 WHIP, one walk and two strikeouts over five innings of work. Take that into account the next time you check your MLB odds.
Weathers is 2-1 with a 3.19 ERA, a 1.194 WHIP, seven walks and 17 strikeouts over 31 innings of action in nine appearances, six starts, in his career at Petco Park. We know how poor Colorado has been on the road this season as their 11-39 mark entering Friday would attest to. The Rockies struggle to generate offense away from home as they are dead last in the majors when it comes to putting runs on the board as the visiting team.
Colorado puts up 3.12 runs per game on the road while posting a .210/.284/.322 slash line as the visiting team. Weathers has pitched well both as a starter and a reliever this season. He has good numbers at Petco Park and the Padres have the ability to generate offense in chunks. With the Rockies’ dismal road record, you have to give the edge to San Diego at home here. . I like the the Padres for my MLB picks.
MLB Pick: Padres 1.5 (+104) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review)
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