Rockies vs Reds Picks and Prediction – 7/11/2024

The Great American Ball Park will play host to a Thursday afternoon MLB clash between the Colorado Rockies and the Cincinnati Reds. Be ready for the baseball season with all of our MLB predictions. The Rockies (33-60) have split their previous ten games and are trapped in the NL West Division basement. Last night, OF Sam Hillard homered twice and drove in three runs to power Colorado to a 6-5 road victory against Cincinnati. 

Thirty year old left-hander Austin Gomber (2-5 4.47 ERA) will take the mound for the Rockies in this matchup. Last time out, Gomber (7 IP) allowed six hits and one run during a 3-1 home victory versus Kansas City.

The Cincinnati Reds are five games below .500 at home and are 3.5 games back in the race for the final NL Wild Card spot. During Wednesday’s home loss, Cincinnati rallied for three runs in the ninth inning before All-Star SS Elly De La Cruz grounded out to end the game. Noelvi Marte collected three hits and scored twice for the Reds, who fell to 44-49 on the year. 

The Reds will counter with hard-throwing righty Hunter Greene (5-4 3.45 ERA) in the series finale. In his last start, Greene fanned seven batters across seven shutout frames during a 5-3 home loss versus Detroit.