Colorado Rockies (56-77) vs. Cincinnati Reds (52-78)
September 3, 2022 6:40 pm EDT
The Line: Cincinnati Reds -135 / Colorado Rockies +115; Over/Under: +8.5
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The Colorado Rockies and the Cincinnati Reds meet in MLB action from Great American Ballpark on Saturday.
The Colorado Rockies will look to rebound from their 3-2 loss at the hands of the Reds in Friday’s game. Connor Joe has 93 hits and a .241 batting average with 19 doubles, 6 home runs and 4 triples. C.J. Cron has 133 hits with 26 doubles, 3 triples, a team-high 24 home runs and 86 RBIs while Ryan McMahon has 20 doubles and Charlie Blackmon has 123 hits with 16 home runs and 70 RBIs of his own up to this point in the season for the Rockies. Randal Grichuk also has 13 home runs and 60 RBIs as well this season. Brendan Rodgers has 129 hits with 28 doubles and Jose Iglesias also has 30 doubles of his own and a .302 batting average on the year. German Marquez will start here and is 7-10 with a 4.97 ERA and 120 strikeouts this season.
The Cincinnati Reds will try to find some consistency after alternating wins and losses in each of their last four after Friday’s win. Kyle Farmer leads the Reds with 59 RBIs along with 22 doubles while Tyler Stephenson has 53 hits with 35 RBIs as well so far this season. Jonathan India’s also chipping in a .257 batting average for the Reds as well this season. Nick Lodolo will start here and is 3-5 with a 4.30 ERA and 82 strikeouts this season.
Colorado is 2-6 in their last 8 games overall and 16-43 in their last 59 road games while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 Saturday games. Cincinnati is 3-7 in their last 10 games overall and 18-39 in their last 57 game two matchups while the over is 6-1 in their last 7 games against the NL West.
I get the case to be made on either side in this game, but I’m looking at the under here. As weird as it may sounde between Colorado and Cincinnati at Great American Ballpark, but Colorado’s offense has been sputtering and German Marquez has actually been pitching well on the road. On the other side, Nick Lodolo has been pitching well at home and I just expect this to be a lower-scoring kind of game. Give me the under here.
