The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Colorado Rockies meet Friday in MLB action from Coors Field. Here’s a Colorado Rockies vs Pittsburgh Pirates prediction. This will be the first installment in a three-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for the game.
Pittsburgh Pirates Betting Preview
The Pirates played the St. Louis Cardinals in their last series. Pittsburgh split the first two games of that set 2-1 (win) and 4-2 (loss). In the Thursday finale the Pirates took a 3-4 loss to drop the series. Mitch Keller gave up all four earned in 6.0 innings on eight hits and zero walks. Oneil Cruz came away with a pair of RBI at the plate.
For the starter gig on Friday the Pirates didn’t immediately announce a name.
Colorado Rockies Betting Preview
Over on the Rockies’ side, they took on the Minnesota Twins this week. Colorado also split their first pair 5-0 (loss) and 5-4 (win). In the Wednesday game the Rockies were blown out 17-9 to drop the series. Rockies starter Austin Gomber coughed up eight earned runs on 11 hits and a walk in 3.0 innings during the defeat.
On starter duties for Friday’s opener the Rockies will send out Ryan Feltner. This year so far Feltner is 1-5 with a 5.74 ERA in 13 starts. He’s got 59 Ks in 69.0 innings. Feltner is 7-19 with a 5.96 ERA in 45 career games (44 starts).
Pirates vs Rockies Injury Notes
Pirates 2B Alika Williams (wrist) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Indianapolis on Thursday.
Rockies SP German Marquez (elbow) resumed a rehab assignment Wednesday.
Total Runs Facts
- Seven of the Pirates’ last eight road games against NL West opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- Three of the last four games between the Pirates and Rockies have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Rockies’ last eight home games.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Pirates’ last six road games against National League opponents.
Colorado Rockies Player Prop Facts
- Brendan Rodgers has recorded at least one total base in each of the Rockies’ last 18 games at Coors Field.
- Brendan Rodgers has recorded at least one hit in each of the Rockies’ last 18 games at Coors Field.
- Ryan McMahon has scored at least one run in each of the Rockies’ last eight Friday games against NL opponents that held a losing record.
- Kris Bryant has hit a home run in each of his last two home appearances against NL Central opponents.
- Brendan Rodgers has recorded at least one RBI in each of the Rockies’ last five home games against NL opponents.
- Brendan Rodgers has recorded a Double in each of his last four home appearances against NL Central opponents that held a losing record.
- Elias Diaz has recorded at least one Single in each of his last 11 Friday appearances against teams that held a losing record.
Pittsburgh Pirates Player Prop Facts
- Andrew McCutchen has scored at least one run in each of his last five appearances at Coors Field against NL West opponents that held a losing record.
- Andrew McCutchen has hit a home run in each of his last three road appearances against the Rockies.
- Andrew McCutchen has recorded at least one RBI in each of his last four road appearances against the Rockies.
- Ke’Bryan Hayes has recorded at least one Single in each of his last nine road appearances against NL West opponents that held a losing record.
- Bryan Reynolds has recorded at least one hit in each of the Pirates’ last 11 games against NL opponents.
- Bryan Reynolds has recorded at least one total base in each of the Pirates’ last 11 games against NL opponents.
Colorado Rockies vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction
I’ll probably take a stab on the Rockies here. Feltner had a bad run going early this month, posting 13 earned runs on 18 hits and two walks over 8.2 innings in back-to-back starts. In his last outing however, Feltner managed 5.1 clean frames with two hits and a walk for a no-decision.
As for the Pirates, on Thursday they could only score in one inning and bagged seven team hits along the way. The good news is that the bullpen did well; the bad news is that the offense stalled and Keller had a couple of spotty innings. I like Pittsburgh to come back strong on Friday but Colorado should have a good shot at a home win as well.