San Diego Padres at Colorado Rockies 5/10/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The San Diego Padres open a three-game series on the road Monday against the Colorado Rockies. San Diego is 18-16 following a 7-1 loss to the San Francisco Giants on Saturday. The Padres are tied for second in the National League West with the Los Angeles Dodgers 2 ½ games behind the first place Giants. The Padres have lost each of the first two games of their series with San Francisco and three of the last four overall.

Eric Hosmer is batting .295 to lead San Diego and the first baseman has team highs in RBI's with 19, hits with 36 and on-base percentage at .365. Shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr is the leader in home runs with eight. San Diego has hit 32 home runs in his first 34 games played. On Monday, San Diego will send Dinelson Lamet to the mound. The right-hander is 0-0 with an ERA of 0.00, 4 Ks and 0 BBs.

The Colorado Rockies dropped to 12-21 following a 9-8 loss to the St Louis Cardinals on Saturday. Colorado has lost each of its first two games in this series to St Louis and the Rockies are last in the National League West eight games behind the first-place San Francisco Giants. The Rockies continue to perform poorly on the mound as Colorado has the worst team ERA in baseball at 5.32.

Raimel Tapia is batting .316 to lead Colorado and the left fielder has a team-high 37 hits. Second baseman Ryan McMahon is leading Colorado in home runs with eight and RBIs with 22. First baseman C.J. Cron has a team-high .394 on-base percentage. On Monday, Colorado will send Jon Gray to the mound. The right-hander is 4-2 with an ERA of 3.12, 38 Ks and 16 BBs.