Rockies vs. Astros MLB Baseball Free Sunday Pick

[Shame About Ray]

Matt Fargo
Colorado Rockies vs. Houston Astros (MLB) - Apr 20, 2008 2:05 PM EDT
Play: Money Line: 103 Colorado Rockies

The Rockies took Game Two of this series on Saturday and they will be going for the sweep on Sunday. Colorado has now won four straight games and we will ride this streak out as it ends this roadtrip with a huge head of steam. Since starting the season 1-5, Colorado has completely turned things around going 8-3 over their last 11 games. Take away a 1-5 mark against Arizona and the Rockies are 8-3 against the rest of the league as well. Usually it is the hitting but the pitching has been the cornerstone to this run.

While the Rockies are surging, the Astros are reeling. Houston has dropped three straight and it is mired in its second three-game losing streak in the last two weeks. The Astros are a disappointing 6-12 on the season and a lot of the problems can be blamed on an offense that was projected to be one of the most improved in baseball. Houston is hitting .228 on the season which is 2nd to last in all of baseball. The Astros are dead last in on-base percentage and they have scored three runs or fewer in exactly half of their games.

Shawn Chacon seems to have found a home in Houston. Chacon has three quality outings in his three starts this season but exactly how long is this going to last? I say not past today. He falls into the situation of playing against a bottom tiered pitcher that has thrown three or more quality outings on the season. Making this even stronger is the fact that of those three previous starts, the Astros won none of them. It goes back to that offense as they have scored eight total runs for Chacon.

The Rockies counter with Ubaldo Jimenez who has a 4.60 ERA on the year but has pitched much better than what that indicates. He has allowed three earned runs or fewer in all three of his starts but due to a lack of innings, he has just one quality start to show for it. He has been dominant at times and it has been just an inning here or there that had led to problems. The good thing is that he is facing a struggling offense and the Astros are 2-6 in their last 8 games against a right-handed starter.

Play Colorado 1.5 Units

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