Padres vs. Rockies Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 18, 2024

The San Diego Padres (70-54) and Manny Machado (four hits last time out) are favored (-205) on the moneyline for their matchup with the Colorado Rockies (45-79) on Sunday at 3:10 p.m. ET on COLR. Joe Musgrove will get the ball for San Diego while Colorado will counter with Bradley Blalock.

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Padres vs. Rockies Betting Lines

• Favorite: Padres (-205)
• Underdog: Rockies (+170)
• Over/under: 10.5

Padres vs. Rockies Betting Insights

• The Padres have been chosen as favorites in 76 games this year and have walked away with the win 45 times (59.2%) in those games.
• This year San Diego has won six of nine games when listed as at least -205 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Padres have a 67.2% chance of walking away with the win.
• The Rockies are 45-79 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 36.3% of those games).
• Colorado has a 9-26 record (winning only 25.7% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of +170 or longer.
• The Rockies have an implied moneyline win probability of 37% in this matchup.

Padres vs. Rockies Hitting Leaders

• Jurickson Profar is batting .293 this season with a team-high 19 home runs and 73 RBI.
• Profar’s home runs put him 41st in Major League Baseball, and he ranks 22nd in RBI.
• Luis Arraez leads San Diego in batting with a .308 average while slugging three homers and driving in 34 runs.
• Brenton Doyle leads the Rockies with 20 home runs and 60 runs batted in.
• Doyle ranks 32nd in home runs and 52nd in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Ezequiel Tovar is hitting .273 with 33 doubles, two triples, 19 home runs and 17 walks.

Padres vs. Rockies Pitching Rankings

• The Padres strike out 9.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, second-best in MLB.
• The Padres have pitched to a 3.95 ERA this season, which ranks 12th in baseball.
• The Padres have a combined WHIP of just 1.227 as a pitching staff, which is the seventh-best in baseball this season.
• The 7.0 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Rockies pitching staff ranks last in MLB.
• Colorado’s 5.59 team ERA ranks last across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Rockies combine for the worst WHIP in MLB (1.533).