This is an 8* ASSASSIN on the Colorado Rockies.

The Pirates smashed the Rockies 10-2 yesterday, but we think the home side will bounce back here. The visitors hand the ball to Chris Archer (3-5, 4.40 ERA) who was shelled for five runs off seven hits and four walks over 4.1 innings in a no-decision to the Cardinals on Friday. Over his last 16.1 innings of work Archer has now allowed ten earned runs. The home side goes with German Marquez (9-8, 4.70) who struck out nine and walked two in a no-decision to Milwaukee on Friday, giving up two runs over seven innings in the unfortunate no-decision. Marquez owns a sharp 129:43 K:BB and while he's struggled at home at times (Coors Field), we still think he'll have more than enough to get the better of his inconsistent counterpart this afternoon. Note as well that Pittsburgh is a horrible 27-33 (-2.4 units) this season against teams with winning records, while Colorado is 34-25 (+11.6 units) this year against clubs with winning records. All things considered, we feel we're getting great value here. Play on the ROCKIES.

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