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The Colorado Rockies (8-27) hope to avoid their fourth straight defeat when they host the San Francisco Giants (16-21) Wednesday at 8:40 PM ET on COLR. The Giants are listed as -173 favorites, while the Rockies are +145 underdogs as they try to snap their losing skid. Jordan Hicks gets the starting nod for San Francisco while Peter Lambert is Colorado’s starter for the contest.
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Odds to Win
Bet $20, Payout $31.56
Giants to win vs Rockies -173
Giants vs. Rockies Betting Lines
- Favorite: Giants (-173)
- Underdog: Rockies (+145)
- Over/under: 10
Giants vs. Rockies Betting Insights
- The Giants have come away with 11 wins in the 20 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
- This season San Francisco has come away with a win one time in three chances when named as a favorite of at least -173 on the moneyline.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Giants have a 63.4% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Rockies have been the underdog on the moneyline 35 total times this season. They’ve gone 8-27 in those games.
- Colorado has a record of 5-18 when it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +145 or longer (21.7%).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Rockies’ implied win probability is 40.8%.
Giants vs. Rockies Hitting Leaders
- Michael Conforto is batting .252 this season with a team-high five home runs.
- Including all hitters in baseball, Conforto is 54th in home runs and 66th in RBI.
- Thairo Estrada is batting .246 this season with a team-high five home runs and 20 RBI.
- Ryan McMahon leads the Rockies with five home runs and 19 runs batted in, while accumulating a team-best batting average of .302.
- McMahon ranks 54th in home runs and 52nd in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
- Elias Diaz has six doubles, two home runs and six walks while hitting .297.
Giants vs. Rockies Pitching Rankings
- The Giants average the 25th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.1) in the league this season.
- Giants pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.47 this year, which ranks 24th in MLB.
- The Giants have a combined WHIP of 1.334 as a pitching staff, which ranks 24th in MLB.
- The Rockies pitching staff is last in the majors with a collective 6.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Colorado’s 5.66 team ERA ranks last across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Rockies combine for the worst WHIP in MLB (1.574).