San Diego Padres at Colorado Rockies 8/18/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

In Wednesday afternoon MLB action, the San Diego Padres will battle the Colorado Rockies from Coors Field. The Padres (67-55) have dropped 31 of their 58 road games and lead Cincinnati by 1.5 games for the final NL Wild Card spot. Last night, San Diego OF Fernando Tatis Jr. crushed his 34th home run of the season during a 7-3 road loss against Colorado.

2018 AL Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell (6-4 4.80 ERA) will take the mound for the Padres in this matchup. Through 101 plus innings, Snell has fanned 130 batters and owns a subpar 1.56 WHIP.

The Colorado Rockies have won 40 of their first 61 home games and are not in playoff contention due to their dismal road record. On Tuesday, Colorado SP German Marquez (11-9) allowed three runs across six plus frames to earn the win. Charlie Blackmon and C.J. Cron each went deep to provide the offense for the Rockies, who improved to 54-66 on the season.

The Rockies will counter with twenty-seven year old southpaw Austin Gomber (9-7 4.09 ERA) in the series finale. In his last start, Gomber gave up five runs in four innings during a 5-4 road loss against San Francisco.