San Francisco Giants vs Colorado Rockies Game Prediction, Odds and Preview - 09/20/2022

Game Time: 8:45 pm ET, Tuesday, September, 20th, 2022

Venue: Coors Field, Denver, Colorado

Where to Watch: MLB.tv 

DraftKings: Moneyline: Giants -154, Rockies +135; O/U 10

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Giants: 69-77, 3rd place NL West

Rockies: 64-82, 5th place NL West

Game 2 of the Giants/Rockies series will go off Tuesday night.  We predicted a Game 1 upset (monday night) of the Rockies on the moneyline.  Nothing has changed… The Giants are still struggling.  They lost again against the Los Angeles Dodgers… The Giants injury list still looks more like last year’s 100+ win team than the current healthy Giants.  Still they have better numbers and we have to check the pitching matchup.

Another National League West beetle of “also-rans”.  These are both losing teams playing in high altitude that has a tendency to make the ball fly.  The NL West games are the best to bet on in the MLB this season.  First, it has been terribly reliable.  Second and most importantly… the games play last… They are late night games on the East Coast and evening games on the west coast.. Meaning after a day of betting football or College or AL East games (Yankees, Sox) you can sit back and see if the West coast will supply relief from your losses or a cherry on your sundae!  The Great Betting Opportunity here is knowing just how bad the Rockies pitching is… and just how bad the Giants are struggling.  The numbers tend to bear out when these teams play… The pitching matchup will be a big deal.  Let’s check the numbers and make a bet.

The San Francisco Giants have won 4 of their last 10 games.  They will come into this game against the horrendous Rockies pitching after just having been kicked around by the Los Angeles Dodgers.  They will be pent up and ready to swing at meatballs!  Do they have enough guys to make redemption possible?... Their injury list is loaded with names from last season’s  100+ win team.Important guys like Brandon Belt, Welker, LaStella, Slater…. It goes on and on. They went 0-2 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-1 against the Atlanta Braves, 1-2 against the Chicago Cubs, and 0-2 against the Milwaukee Brewers during that stretch.

The Colorado Rockies have won 6 of their last 10 games.  They are victims of a bad pitching rotation.  The batting lineup averages out to a top ten team… they hit the ball and score runs.. But on the other end they give up a lot of both hits and runs.  The Denver air is thin because of the high altitude… balls tend to fly off the bat… the Rockies have a roster obnoxiously built for hitting when the only thing they should be worrying about is pitching.  If you have a home field batting advantage… pitching, pitching, pitching should be the name of the game.  They went 2-2 against the Chicago Cubs, 2-1 against the Arizona Cardinals, and 2-1 against the Milwaukee Brewers.  It has been a good stretch for a last place team.

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The San Francisco Giants are 14th in scoring with 4.41, 24th in batting average with .232, and 15th in OBP with .315.

The Colorado Rockies are 12th in scoring with 4.44 runs per game, 6th in batting average with .256, and 8th in OBP with .318.

The San Francisco Giants pitchers are 11th in ERA with 3.89, 16th in WHIP with 1.28, and their fielders are 26th in errors with 88 on the season so far.

The Colorado Rockies pitchers are 29th in ERA with 5.03, 29th in WHIP with 1.44, and the fielders are 26th in errors with 91 so far on the season.

Our prediction for Tuesday, September 20th is…  Giants 5 - Rockies 4

Bet on the Giants on the moneyline.  If they drop Game 1 they will be acclimated to the high altitude in time to get Game 2,.

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Giants:  C A Wynns (head) Quest ** LF A Slater (finger) Out ** 1B B Belt (knee) Out ** 3B C Welker (shoulder) Out 

Rockies: SS J Iglesias Out ** LF K Bryant (foot) Out ** 

Giants: LHP Carlos Rodon, 13-8, 2.84 ERA, 220 strikeouts in 167 innings pitched, 1.04 WHIP.  The Giants stink this season but no one told Carlos who has great numbers.

Rockies: LHP Kyle Freeland, 9-9, 4.43 ERA, 117 strikeouts in 160 innings pitched. 1.38 WHIP.  This 29 year old is .500 for his career and this season.  Flip a coin… he will fall either slightly above or slightly below .500 for both.  Average. Average. Average.

Giants: CF Lewis Brinson, 2B Wilmer Flores, DH JD Davis, 3B Evan Longoria, 1B David Villar, SS Thairo Estrada, C Joey Bart, LF Austin Dean, RF Luis Gonzalez

Rockies: 2B Ryan McMahon, CF Yonathan Dazam 1B CJ Cron, DH Charlie Blackmon, C Elias Diaz, RF Michael Toglia, 3B Elehuris Montero, LF Sean Bouchard, SS Alan Trejo

Giants: Gabe “How bout these eyebrows” Kapler

Rockies: Bud “still last place” Black

Mostly Sunny, 90*, Humidity 19%... It will cool down with nightfall… but not too much.  Wind 8 mph.  Beware the powerful moose that roam the streets looking to stomp anyone.