Pittsburgh Pirates (16-24) vs Colorado Rockies (19-21)
Game Info: Monday, May 23, 2022 at 6:35 pm (PNC Park)
JT Brubaker (0-4) (5.50) vs Chad Kuhl (3-2) (3.86)
Betting Odds: Pittsburgh Pirates -130 / Colorado Rockies +110 --- Over/Under: 8.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Colorado Rockies will play the Pittsburgh Pirates in Game 1 of their series at PNC Park on Monday night.
The Colorado Rockies are 19-21 this season and have lost five of their last seven games. Colorado is coming off of a series loss to the Mets, where they lost two of the three games played. The Colorado pitching staff has a 4.87 ERA, a 1.47 WHIP, and a .281 opponent batting average this season. The Rockies offense has scored 190 runs with a .263 batting average and a .327 on base percentage. C.J. Cron is batting .329 with 11 home runs and 32 RBI’s for the Rockies this season. The projected starting pitcher for Colorado is Chad Kuhl, who is 3-2 with a 3.86 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP over 37.1 innings pitched this season.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are 16-24 this season and have lost five of their last six games. Pittsburgh is coming off of a series loss to St. Louis, where they lost all three games played. The Pittsburgh pitching staff has a 4.96 ERA, a 1.39 WHIP, and a .246 opponent batting average. The Pirates offense has scored 133 runs with a .224 batting average and a .294 on base percentage this year. Ben Gamel is batting .268 with three home runs and 15 RBI’s for the Pirates this season. The projected starter for Pittsburgh is JT Brubaker, who is 0-4 with a 5.50 ERA and a 1.42 WHIP over 36 innings pitched this season.
Colorado is 34-72 in their last 106 road games and 3-11 in their last 14 games. The over is 7-3 in Colorado’s last 10 road games. Pittsburgh is 2-5 in their last 7 home games and 1-7 in their last 8 game one’s of a series. The under is 23-10-1 in Pittsburgh’s last 34 games against the NL West. The under is 7-0 in these two teams last 7 head to head meetings.
Pittsburgh comes into this game off of an absolute beat down on Sunday against the Cardinals. The Pirates pitching staff has the second worst ERA in baseball and will rely on Brubaker in this game, who has a 5.50 ERA. I am taking the Rockies here as more of a fade on the Pirates.