Colorado Rockies at San Diego Padres 9/7/20 - MLB
On Monday, the Colorado Rockies open a three game series on the road against National League West rival the San Diego Padres. Colorado improved to 19-20 following its 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday. Nonetheless, Colorado is in third place in the NL West 10 games behind the first-place Dodgers and has lost four of its last six.
Right fielder Charlie Blackmon is batting .347 to lead Colorado and has team highs in RBIs with 30, hits with 51 and on-base percentage at .401. Shortstop Trevor Story is leading Colorado in home runs with nine. On Monday, Colorado will send Kyle Freeland to the mount. The lefthander 2-1 with an ERA of 4.09, 28 Ks and 11 BBs.
San Diego dropped to 24-17 following its 8-4 loss on Saturday to the Oakland Athletics. The Padres are in second place in the NL West six games behind the first-place Dodgers and have won four of their last six. Austin Nola hit a home run in the loss for San Diego, while Eric Hosmer had a groundout that scored another run. However, Hosmer was ejected in the eighth by the plate umpire after arguing a third strike call.
Shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. is batting .307 to lead San Diego and has team highs in home runs with 14, RBIs with 37, hits with 50 and on-base percentage at .392. On Monday, the San Diego Padres will send Dinelson Lamet to the mound. The right-hander is 2-1 with an ERA of 2.62, 57 Ks and 15 BBs.
Recent Betting Trends
Colorado is 6-12 in its last 18
The OVER has cashed in 6 of the Rockies last 9
San Diego is 13-5 in its last 18
The OVER has cashed in 12 of the Padres last 18
Free MLB Pick: Over 8 Runs
San Diego will defeat Colorado at home on Monday, but the play here is the OVER. The OVER has cashed in 12 of San Diego's last 18 and in 10 of the Padres last 14 versus an opponent from the National League. The Rockies have seen the OVER cash in six of the last nine overall and in six of the last nine versus an opponent from the NL West. Final Score Prediction, San Diego Padres win but our best play is OVER 9-6.