Pirates vs Rockies Betting Odds
When: July 15, 2022, at 8:40 p.m. EDT
Venue: Coors Field – Denver, CO
Pirates vs Rockies Betting Preview
A National League battle begins Friday night when the Pittsburgh Pirates (38-52, 18-29 away) visit the Colorado Rockies (41-19, 26-22 home). Neither of these teams are good, but Colorado is within six games of the final Wild Card spot. This game will air live on Apple TV+.
Bryan Reynolds has been solid for Pittsburgh this season as he leads the team with a .261 batting average and 15 home runs. Daniel Vogelbach has knocked in a team high 33 RBIs. The Pirates are batting .220 and the pitchers have recorded a 4.62 ERA and 1.42 WHIP.
C.J. Cron has been mashing this season and he leads the Rockies with 20 home runs and 68 RBIs. Jose Iglesias has a team high .304 batting average. Colorado is hitting .260 and the pitchers have posted a 4.95 ERA and 1.44 WHIP.
Pirates vs Rockies Betting Trends
Pirates
- The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Pittsburgh’s last 9 games.
- Pittsburgh are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games.
- Pittsburgh are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games against Colorado.
- The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Pittsburgh’s last 13 games on the road.
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 6 games when playing on the road against Colorado.
- Pittsburgh are 6-3 SU in their last 9 games against an opponent in the National League West Division division.
- Pittsburgh are 0-10 SU in their last 10 games played on a Friday.
Rockies
- Colorado are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Colorado’s last 8 games against Pittsburgh.
- Colorado are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games at home.
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Colorado’s last 6 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh.
- Colorado are 6-2 SU in their last 8 games against an opponent in the National League.
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of Colorado’s last 5 games played on a Friday.
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Pirates vs Rockies Pick & Prediction
Last time out, Pittsburgh split their series in Miami with a 3-2 loss Thursday afternoon. This game needed 11 innings and was won by a Brian Anderson walk-off double in the bottom half of the inning. Yoshi Tsutsugo went 1-5 with two runs scored in the loss. Richard Bleier improved to 2-1 and Wil Crowe fell to 3-6 on the year.
Colorado won their home series against San Diego with an 8-5 win on Thursday. This game was tied at five until the Rockies scored three runs in the sixth inning and held on for the final three innings. Randal Grichuk went 2-4 with two double, three RBIs and one run scored in the win. Jhoulys Chacin improved to 4-2, Nabil Crismatt fell to 5-2 and Carlos Estevez saved his first game of the season.
Pitching Matchup: Jose Quintana (2-4, 3.59 ERA, 1.31 WHIP) vs German Marquez (5-7, 5.66 ERA, 1.47 WHIP)