San Diego Padres (12-3) vs Colorado Rockies (3-11)
Game Info: Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 4:10 pm (Petco Park)
The Line: Betting Odds: San Diego Padres -238 / Colorado Rockies +195 — Over/Under: 7
The Colorado Rockies are visiting the San Diego Padres on Sunday, April 13th at the PETCO Park. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Colorado Rockies vs San Diego Padres Prediction. We will examine:
The San Diego Padres recent form and player performance
The Colorado Rockies recent form and player performance
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the San Diego Padres
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Colorado Rockies
Recent betting trends in games played between the Colorado Rockies vs San Diego Padres
A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for Colorado Rockies vs San Diego Padres game
San Diego Padres Preview
The San Diego Padres have a 12-3 record this season and are sitting on the first place of the NL West. The Padres are coming off a 2-0 home win against the Rockies, and have three straight wins, and are 5-1 in their last six games. The Padres have a .279 batting average this season, .341 OBP and .420 Slugging percentage. San Diego’s pitching staff has a 2.86 ERA and 1.09 WHIP. Fernando Tatis Jr leads the Padres with 19 hits and team-high .365 batting average, adding 4 home runs. Jackson Merrill leads the team with 10 RBI.
Michael King (R) will take the mound for the Padres, he has a 2-0 record this season, but with a 4.05 ERA and 1.58 WHIP. King struggled mightily in his two starts against the Rockies last season, giving up 10 total runs in 8.3 innings of work, as the Padres lost both games.
Colorado Rockies Preview
The Colorado Rockies have a 3-11 record this season and are sitting on the last place of the NL West. They are coming off a 0-2 road defeat by the Padres, and are 1-4 in their last 5 games. The Rockies have a .226 batting average this season, .293 OBP and .348 Slugging percentage. Colorado’s pitching staff has a 4.91 ERA and 1.48 WHIP. Brenton Doyle leads the Rockies with 17 hits, adding a team-high 12 RBI and 3 home runs. Kyle Farmer leads the Rockies in batting average with .375.
Kyle Freeland (L) will take the mound for the Rockies, and while he has a 0-2 record, he has a 3.79 ERA and 1.00 WHIP. In this only start against the Padres last season, he gave up 5 runs in 6.1 innings of work, as the Rockies lost 1-7.
Why the San Diego Padres will win
- The Padres have won each of their last nine games at Petco Park.
- The Rockies have lost each of their last 10 Sunday road games against NL West opponents.
- The Padres have covered the run line in each of their last seven games at Petco Park.
- The Rockies have failed to cover the run line in each of their last six road games.
- The Padres have led after 5 innings in each of their last six home games.
- The Padres have won the first inning in three of their last four games as favorites against National League opponents.
- The Padres have led after 3 innings in six of their last eight games as favorites against National League opponents.
Why the Colorado Rockies will win
- The Padres have lost three of their last four games as favorites against NL West opponents following a home win.
- The Rockies have won four of their last six games as underdogs against the Padres following a loss.
- The Padres have failed to cover the run line in eight of their last nine day games against NL West opponents that held a losing record.
- The Rockies have covered the run line in nine of their last 12 day games following a loss.
- The Rockies have led after 3 innings in three of their last four day games against NL West opponents that held a winning record.
- The Padres have trailed after 5 innings in each of their last three day games against National League opponents.
Total Runs Facts
- Each of the Padres’ last five day games as favorites have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- Each of the Rockies’ last four day games against National League opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in seven of the Rockies’ last eight games at Petco Park.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in seven of the last eight day games between the Rockies and Padres at Petco Park.
Matchup/League Facts
- The Padres rank 1st in the league for batting average this season (.279).
- The Padres rank T2nd in the league for steals this season (23).
- The Rockies rank 30th in the league for runs scored this season (40).
- The Rockies rank 30th in the league for RBIs this season (39).
Colorado Rockies vs San Diego Padres Prediction
The Padres have shutout the Rockies in the first two games of this series by 2-0 and 8-0. The Padres are 5-2 in their last 7 meetings against the Rockies, and over/under is a balanced 5-5 in their last 10 meetings.
In this Colorado Rockies vs San Diego Padres Prediction, San Diego is coming as -245 home favorites. The Padres are rightfully favored, as they have been the far better team this season, and outscore the Rockies 10-0 in this series. The Padres put King on the mound, who has been shaky this season and had been hit hard last season by the Rockies. Freeland is also shaky to start the season and had been hit hard last season by the Padres. The total is set at just 7 runs, and both teams have 7.33 and 8.43 average total runs this season. Over 7 runs is 5-2 in the Padres’ last 7 games, and 7-1 in the Rockies’ last 8. Take the over 7 runs in this one.