The Colorado Rockies will travel to San Francisco, California, to face the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park for Game 2 of a four-game weekend series. The first pitch of Game 2 is scheduled for 7:05 PM ET on Saturday night and will air on NBC Sports Bay Area and Rockies TV.
The Colorado Rockies have won five of their last eight games. However, they are coming off a 4-11 loss in Game 1 of their series on the road against the San Francisco Giants on Friday night, which dropped the record for the Rockies to 38-66, which puts them in last place in the NL West and ties them with the Miami Marlins for the worst record in the National League while also having the worst run differential in the National League and the 2nd worst run differential in baseball at -164.
Colorado lost Game 1 of the series against San Francisco after Kyle Freeland struggled in the start, lasting only four innings, allowing six runs, and recording eight strikeouts, which resulted in Freeland's 4th loss of the season.
Two of the four runs for the Rockies came in the top of the 8th inning when Ezequiel Tovar and Jacob Stallings scored off a triple from Brenton Doyle. Colorado has lost two of the previous three games in the series against San Francisco and has been outscored by the Giants by an average of 3.33 to 5.67 runs per game in those contests.
The Colorado Rockies will look to end their two-game losing streak in the series against the San Francisco Giants when they travel to face the Giants for Game 2 of the four-game series.
San Francisco is five games below .500 at 50-55, which puts them in 4th place in the NL West and 12 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers for 1st place in the division while also putting them 5.5 games behind the San Diego Padres for the final Wild Card spot in the National League.
The Giants have struggled after the All-Star break compiling a record of 3-5 during that stretch, however, they are coming off an 11-4 win at home on Friday in Game 1 of the series against the Colorado Rockies. Kyle Harrison had one of his best starts of the season in Game 1 of the series against the Rockies, pitching 6 ? innings, allowing one run, and recording 11 strikeouts.
At the same time, Tyler Fitzgerald also played a pivotal role in the win, going 3 for 5 at the plate with two home runs, four RBIs, and scoring three of the 11 runs for the Giants, with both home runs being two-run home runs and both also scoring Jorge Soler. San Francisco has won seven of the ten games this season against Colorado and has won by an average margin of two runs per game in those meetings.
The San Francisco Giants will look to extend their winning streak in the series to three games when they host the Colorado Rockies for Game 2 of the series on Saturday night.
WagerWeb lists the San Francisco Giants as -210 moneyline favorites at home against the Colorado Rockies for Game 2 of the series on Saturday night. San Francisco has won seven of the last ten games with an average margin of 2 runs per game and two of the previous three games against Colorado with an average margin of 2.33 runs per game.
Neither team is above .500 this season. However, Colorado has been one of the worst teams in the National League as they enter Game 2 against San Francisco, tied for the worst record in the NL, while San Francisco is 5.5 games back in the Wild Card race. The Giants have dominated the series against the Rockies this season, winning seven of the ten meetings by an average margin of 2 runs per game and two of the previous three games by an average margin of 2.33 runs per game, which is why I am taking the run line for the San Francisco Giants at -1.5 when they host the Colorado Rockies for Game 2 of the series on Saturday night.
