Giants at Rockies 7/15/19 - Game 1 - MLB Picks & Predictions

In the first game of a Monday day-night doubleheader, the San Francisco Giants will take on the Colorado Rockies from Coors Field. San Francisco has won eight of their last ten games and is playing their best baseball of the season. On Sunday, San Francisco used a six-run seventh inning to pull away for an 8-3 road victory against Milwaukee.

Thirty year old southpaw Drew Pomeranz (2-9 6.42 ERA) will take the mound for the Giants in this matchup. Through 67 plus innings, Pomeranz has surrendered 17 home runs and owns an ugly 1.77 WHIP. The Colorado Rockies have lost seven of their previous ten games and are competing for a wild card spot in the National League. On Sunday, Colorado scored six runs during the fifth inning of a 10-9 home victory versus Cincinnati. Ryan McMahon had three hits and drove in three runs for the Rockies, who trail Philadelphia by 1.5 games in the race for the final wild card spot.

The Rockies will counter with twenty-four year old righty German Marquez (8-4 4.45 ERA) on Monday. Colorado has lost Marquez’s last two starts and he has given up eight runs over his last 12 innings.