Cincinnati Reds at Colorado Rockies 5/15/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Cincinnati Reds play the third game of a four-game series on the road at Coors Field Saturday against the Colorado Rockies. Cincinnati is 17-18 following a 13-8 loss to the Rockies in the opening game of the series on Thursday. Cincinnati has alternated between wins and losses in each of its last five games and the Reds are third in the National League Central 4 ½ games behind the first place St Louis Cardinals.

Jesse Winker is batting .371 to lead Cincinnati and the right fielder has team highs in hits with 43 and on-base percentage at .430. Right fielder Nick Castellanos is the leader in home runs with nine and outfielder Tyler Naquin is the leader in RBIs with 24. On Saturday, Cincinnati will send Tyler Mahle to the mound. The right-hander is 2-1 with an ERA of 3.00, 48 ks and 15 BBs.

Colorado improved to 14-24 following a 13-8 slugfest victory over the Reds on Thursday. Josh Fuentes hit a home run for the second consecutive game and Chi Chin Gonzalez pitched seven scoreless innings to lead the Rockies to the victory. Colorado is last in the National League West 9 ½ games behind the first place San Francisco Giants.

Raimel Tapia is batting .301 to lead Colorado and the left fielder has team highs in hits with 41 and on-base percentage at .356. Second baseman Ryan McMahan is leading Colorado in home runs with eight and RBIs with 24.  Colorado has not yet announced its starting pitcher for Saturday's third game of this series at home against the Cincinnati Reds.