Total of the Week MLB
(MLB) Padres (SDP) vs. Rockies (COL),
Total: 11.00 | -118.00 Over
Result: Loss
#957/958 ASA PLAY ON Over 11 Runs - San Diego Padres at Colorado Rockies, Sunday at 3:10 PM ET - Joe Musgrove is just coming back into action and recorded just 1 strikeout in 4.1 innings in his first start back. He gave up 5 earned runs on 9 hits in 5 innings in his most recent start at Coors Field and this is not an easy place to pitch. We look for the Rockies, familiar with his offerings, to give him quite a bit of trouble here on a hot afternoon in Denver. The ball should be carrying very well at Coors Field this afternoon. Bradley Blalock expected to start for Colorado here. The Rockies rookie did not impress in his couple of starts at the AAA level and now is up in the bigs. He managed to avoid big damage in his first ever MLB start at Arizona but still allowed 3 earned runs in under 6 innings. Blalock now has to make a start at Coors Field and this is a particularly tough park for a rookie pitcher. Making matters worse, he is facing a red hot Padres lineup. San Diego has gone on a 20-4 run and has scored an average of 6.3 runs per game in the last 21 games of that stretch. The Rockies have scored 6.6 runs per game in their last 5 games at home. Padres bullpen ERA ranks them only mid-level in the majors while Colorado's bullpen ERA ranks them dead last. We look for runs throughout this one and finally after coming so close to a dozen runs in each of the first two games of this series, this one flies over the total. Per our computer math, high probability for a range of 13 to 14 runs here. Over is the call in this one Sunday afternoon.