San Diego Padres vs Colorado Rockies 8/2/2023 Picks Predictions

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On Wednesday afternoon, the Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, will play host in Game 3 of an MLB National League West Division three-game competition between the visiting San Diego Padres and the home-team Colorado Rockies.

San Diego improved to 53-55 overall after winning four of the last five contests played, posted a 24-30 record when playing away from home after splitting the first two road outings played, and placed fourth in the NL West with 10.5 games ahead of Colorado in the fifth place.

The Padres posted a total of 492 runs scored to date while losing 427 for a +65 run difference over the course of the season.

The San Diego Padres will try to end this series with a road triumph in the finale to snatch the series victory over the Rockies following a huge 8-5 win in game 2 last time out.

Last night, LF Juan Soto delivered two home runs while driving in four runs in lifting San Diego to outran Colorado at 8-5 on the road.

Second Baseman Ha-Seong Kim batted an average of .279 in leading the Padres’ offense while Third Baseman Manny Machado accumulated 20 home runs and Shortstop Xander Bogaerts added a total of 101 hits made for San Diego.

Left Fielder Juan Soto contributed a team-leading 64 runs batted in and an on-base percentage of .424 for the Padres.

On Wednesday, the San Diego Padres management will turn to righty Joe Musgrove to start the series finale against the Colorado Rockies.

The right-handed thrower is 10-3 on the season with a sterling 3.05 ERA, a strong 1.14 WHlP, and struck out a total of 87 batters while giving away 90 hits, 21 free bases, and 10 home runs in pitching for 97.1 frames in his starts.

The totals went UNDER in 6 of San Diego’s last 7 outings while the Padres are 4-1 SU in their last 5 matches played.

The San Diego Padres are 5-2 straight up in their last 7 games played versus Colorado, and the Padres are 5-2 SU in their last 7 contests when playing on the road against the Colorado Rockies.

The San Diego Padres are 2-6 straight up in their last 8 outings played versus an opponent in the National League.

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San Diego Padres vs Colorado Rockies Predictions 8/2/2023

The Colorado Rockies will take their last homestand for the week and try to snatch a victory when hosting game 3 of a series facing the San Diego Padres on Wednesday afternoon.

Colorado dropped to 42-65 overall after losing five of the last seven contests played and 25-29 at home play following three losses out of five home matches while staying in dead last of the NL West with 10.5 games behind San Diego in the fourth place.

The Rockies collected 466 runs scored to date but also wasted 616 for a run difference -150 over the year.

The Colorado Rockies enter this conclusion of a series after splitting the first two installments following a 5-8 home loss to the Padres in game 2 on Tuesday.

Colorado opened the game with a 1-0 lead but was held scoreless in the next five frames of action and managed to add just four more runs with 12 hits made in the losing effort.

Catcher Elias Diaz batted an average of .270 for the Rockies while Third Baseman Ryan McMahon recorded a team-high 17 home runs, 52 runs batted in, 98 hits, and an on-base percentage at .339 leading Colorado in each of those categories.

The Rockies posted a team batting average of .253, with a slugging percentage of .405 this year.

On Wednesday, the Colorado Rockies management will nod to southpaw Kyle Freeland to start the closing game of a series against the San Diego Padres.

The left-handed thrower is 4-11 on the season with an ERA of 4.79, a WHlP at 1.48, and fanned out a total of 66 hitters with 124 hits, 34 bases on balls, and 17 long balls granted across 107.0 innings pitched in his starts.

The totals went UNDER in 13 of Colorado’s last 19 contests while the Rockies are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games played.

The totals went UNDER in 4 of Colorado’s last 6 outings versus San Diego while the Rockies are 2-4 straight up in their last 6 home matches played.

The Colorado Rockies are 14-6 SU in their last 20 contests when playing at home against the San Diego Padres.

San Diego Padres vs. Colorado Rockies. The MLB Pick for this contest is San Diego -231. The Padres are the better team after winning four of the last six matches played while the Rockies lost four of their last six outings.

San Diego starter Joe Musgrove just came from a solid start conceding zero runs scored through six frames versus Texas on Friday.

The Padres also won four of Musgrove’s last five starts. Colorado’s Kyle Freeland struggled in his last starts granting five runs across four innings in a 5-8 loss to Oakland on Friday. The prediction: San Diego Padres will win 8-3.

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