The Colorado Rockies and the Houston Astros meet Tuesday in MLB action from Minute Maid Park. Here’s a Houston Astros vs Colorado Rockies prediction. This will be the first installment in a quick two-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for the game.
Colorado Rockies Betting Preview
The Rockies took on the Washington Nationals over the weekend. Colorado lost the opener of that set 11-5, then came back with an 8-7 win in the Saturday game. On Sunday in the rubber match the Nationals took another one-run loss to drop the series, this time 2-1. The Rockies did have a 1-0 ninth-inning lead in that one, though.
In the Tuesday matchup with Houston, Colorado will send out Austin Gomber in the starting role. This year Gomber is 1-4 with a 4.36 ERA in 14 starts. Over his career Gomber is 31-32 with a 4.83 ERA in 140 games (96 starts).
Houston Astros Betting Preview
Over on the Houston side, they played the Baltimore Orioles in their last series and did quite well. Houston took wins 14-11, 5-1 and 8-1 in that trio for a sweep. In the Sunday finale the Astros got a solo homer and two runs from 2B Jose Altuve. Starter Framber Valdez finished with 7.0 innings and one earned.
Hunter Brown will take the mound for the Astros on Tuesday. This year Brown is 4-5 with a 4.72 ERA in 15 games (14 starts). Brown is 17-18 with a 4.64 ERA in his career over 53 games (45 starts) total.
Astros vs Rockies Pick Injury Notes
Rockies 2B Adael Amador (oblique) was placed on the 10-day Injured List Friday.
Astros catcher Victory Caratini (hip) could be out for up to four weeks.
Total Runs Facts
- Nine of the last 10 games between the Rockies and Astros have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- Nineteen of the Rockies’ last 24 night games against American League opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Astros’ last five night games against NL West opponents.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Rockies’ last four games against AL West opponents.
Houston Astros Player Prop Facts
- Alex Bregman has recorded at least one hit in each of the Astros’ last 13 night games.
- Kyle Tucker has hit a home run in each of the Astros’ last two games against the Rockies.
- Kyle Tucker has scored at least one run in each of his last seven appearances after not playing the previous day.
- Chas McCormick has recorded at least one RBI in each of his last four appearances against the Rockies.
- Alex Bregman has recorded at least one total base in each of the Astros’ last 13 night games.
- Alex Bregman has recorded at least one Single in eight of the Astros’ last nine night games.
Colorado Rockies Player Prop Facts
- Kris Bryant has hit a home run in each of his five previous appearances against the Astros after not playing the previous day.
- Charlie Blackmon has scored a run in eight of his last nine appearances against AL opponents.
- Kris Bryant has recorded at least one RBI in each of his five previous appearances against the Astros after not playing the previous day.
- Elias Diaz has recorded at least one Single in each of the Rockies’ last 10 night games against AL opponents that held a losing record.
- Brendan Rodgers has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 12 appearances in night games.
- Austin Gomber has recorded four or more strikeouts in each of his last six appearances in night games against teams that held a losing record.
- Brendan Rodgers has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 12 appearances in night games.
Houston Astros vs Colorado Rockies Prediction
I’ll stay with Houston but the line’s too thick to mess with. The Astros should get a good start from Brown. In his last three starts Brown is 3-0 with just one earned run in 19.0 innings total. As for Gomber, he’s had some difficulties over his last three with 16 earned runs in 14.2 innings for an 0-1 record.
Houston took care of a good Orioles team over the weekend, scoring 27 runs over three games. The opposition scoring got out of hand in the opener (11 runs allowed) but the Astros held Baltimore to just two runs the rest of the way. I like Houston to keep it up Tuesday but you wouldn’t be crazy for taking the Rockies on a value play.