Cleveland Guardians at Colorado Rockies 6/16/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

In Thursday afternoon MLB action, the Cleveland Guardians will square off against the Colorado Rockies from Coors Field. The Guardians (31-27) have won eight of their previous ten games and trail AL Central Division leading Minnesota by 2.5 games. Last night, Cleveland SS Amed Rosario collected three hits and scored four times during a 7-5 road victory against Colorado.

Twenty-four year old righty Triston McKenzie (3-5 3.09 ERA) will head to the hill for the Guardians in this contest. Last time out, McKenzie allowed two runs in six innings during a 3-2 home victory versus Oakland.

The Colorado Rockies are two games below .500 at home and are currently in last place in the competitive NL West Division standings. On Wednesday, Colorado batters combined to go 3-for-12 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. SP Austin Gomber (3-7) gave up five runs in four plus innings and took the loss for the Rockies, who fell to 27-36 on the season.

The Rockies will turn to twenty-nine year old righty Chad Kuhl (4-3 3.70 ERA) in the series finale. In his last start, Kuhl gave up five runs in four plus innings during a 9-0 road loss against San Diego.