Rockies at Padres 9/1/18 - MLB Picks & Predictions

On Saturday, the Colorado Rockies continue a four-game series on the road against the San Diego Padres. The Rockies lost the opening game of the series on Thursday in 13 innings 3-2. Bryan Shaw served up a 13th inning home run and fell to 4-6 on the season. Colorado hitters could muster just three hits in 13 innings against seven San Diego pitchers.

Colorado hitters could not take advantage of having base runners as the Rockies stranded 11 runners in the game. San Diego’s rookie Franmil Reyes hit the walk-off 13th inning homer. The home run was one of just six hits the Padres had in the game. Nolan Arenado leads the Rockies with a .302 batting average and team highs in home runs with 31, and RBIs with 91. Trevor Story leads the team in hits with 146. Colorado has a team batting average of .253 while opposing hitters are averaging the same .252 at the plate against Rockies pitching. On Saturday, the Rockies will send Jon Gray to the mound. The right-hander this season is 10-7 with an ERA of 4.76, 163 Ks and 39 BBs.

Eric Hosmer leads San Diego with a .251 batting average and a team high in hits with 131. Freddy Galvis leads the team in RBIs with 57. Christian Villanueva is the team leader in home runs with 20. San Diego has a team batting average of .235 while opposing hitters are averaging .258 at the plate against Padres pitching. On Saturday, the Padres will send Robbie Erlin to the mound. The lefthander this season is 3-4 with an ERA of 3.69, 68 Ks and 9 BBs.