St. Louis Cardinals vs Colorado Rockies Prediction 8-6-23 MLB Picks

The Colorado Rockies and the St. Louis Cardinals meet Sunday in MLB action from Busch Stadium. This will be the finale in a three-game series over the weekend. The Rockies took a five-run win in the opener, then in game two St. Louis evened things up with a four-run victory. Check back all season long for free MLB picks at Sports Chat Place.

Colorado Rockies 

The Rockies stormed out to a 6-0 lead after just two innings Friday, cruising to a 9-4 victory on 15 hits. Nolan Jones provided three RBI and four hits in that one, and Elias Diaz put up a pair of RBI. On Saturday Colorado gave up 11 hits in a 6-2 loss. Ryan McMahon posted a solo homer, and Brendan Rodgers went 2-for-4 in the defeat. 

In the starter role Sunday it’ll be the Rockies’ Austin Gomber. So far this year Gomber is 8-8 with a 5.68 ERA and 77 Ks over 114.0 frames. Gomber has gone 4-1 with a 3.00 ERA in his last seven starts, giving up 14 earned over 42.0 innings total. 

Colorado Rockies Team Facts

• The Rockies have lost each of their last nine day games following a road loss.
• The Rockies have covered the run line in each of their last six games as road underdogs following a loss.
• The Rockies have led after 3 innings in three of their last four games as road underdogs against National League opponents.
• The Rockies have led after 7 innings in four of their last five games as road underdogs.
• The Rockies have won the first inning in three of their last four games as underdogs against NL Central opponents.

St. Louis Cardinals

Over on the Cardinals’ side, they got two solo homers from Nolan Gorman (and another from Nolan Arenado) on Friday but couldn’t keep up despite 14 team hits in the loss. In game two the Cardinals got two RBI apiece from Wilson Contreras (two hits; run) and Tommy Edman (three hits). Starter Steven Matz went 6.0 innings with one earned run. 

As starter for Sunday’s game the Cardinals will go with Zack Thompson. In 15 games (zero starts) this year Thompson is 2-3 with a 4.76 ERA and 21 Ks in 17.0 innings. Thompson posted one clean inning in his last appearance, giving up one hit and no walks. 

St. Louis Cardinals Team Facts

• The Cardinals have won each of their last 16 day games against NL West opponents following a home win.
• The Cardinals have covered the run line in each of their last six games against National League opponents following a home win.
• The Cardinals have led after 5 innings in each of their last four day games against the Rockies at Busch Stadium.
• The Cardinals have led after 3 innings in each of their last five day games against the Rockies at Busch Stadium.
• The Cardinals have led after 7 innings in each of their last eight day games at Busch Stadium against NL West opponents.

St. Louis Cardinals Player Prop Facts

• Tyler O’Neill has hit a home run in three of his last four appearances.
• Paul Goldschmidt has recorded at least one RBI in five of the Cardinals’ last six games as favourites against the Rockies.
• Willson Contreras has recorded two or more total bases in each of his last six appearances in day games.
• Tommy Edman has scored at least one run in each of his last four appearances in day games against NL West teams that held a losing record.
• Tyler O’Neill has recorded at least one hit in each of his last eight appearances.

Matchup/League Facts

• The St. Louis Cardinals ranks 1st in the league for home runs allowed this season (107).
• The St. Louis Cardinals ranks 29th in the league for opponent batting average this season (.272).
• The Colorado Rockies ranks 30th in the league for steals this season (40).
• The Colorado Rockies ranks 30th in the league for strikeouts this season (777).

ANDREW’S FREE PICK 

I just might stick with the Rockies in this one. Gomber had a sketchy start versus the Astros a couple of weeks back (6.0 innings; four earned in a loss) but he’s been better in his last pair. In those two, Gomber has just two earned runs in 12.0 innings on 12 hits and two walks. Gomber should be able to keep St. Louis at bay while he’s out there. On Saturday Colorado had a pretty tough evening on the mound and the offense couldn’t do much with the seven team hits. Gomber is probably going to need a quality outing, but if the pen holds up I like the Rockies to pull off a W in the finale.