Houston Astros at Colorado Rockies 8/20/20 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Coors Field will play host to a Thursday MLB interleague clash between the Houston Astros and the Colorado Rockies. Last night, Houston put together a 20-hit attack and scored in each of the least five innings to pull away for a 13-6 road triumph against Colorado. OF Kyle Tucker homered, tripled twice, and drove in four runs for the Astros (14-10).

Rookie right-hander Cristian Javier (2-1 2.91 ERA) will make his fifth career major league start for the Astros. Through 21 plus innings, Javier has fanned 21 batters and posted a spectacular 0.83 WHIP.

The Colorado Rockies have dropped six of their previous games and enter this game with a 13-11 overall record. On Wednesday, Colorado SP Ryan Castellani was tagged for five runs in five plus innings and took the loss. OF Matt Kemp had a two-hit night and scored a pair of runs in a losing effort for the Rockies.

Twenty-five year old righty German Marquez (2-3 2.25 ERA) will head to the hill for the Rockies in this contest. In his last start, Marquez gave up nine hits and three runs in six innings during a 6-4 home loss versus Texas.