Philadelphia Phillies at Colorado Rockies Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 13-21 Colorado Rockies play host to the 16-23 Philadelphia Phillies tonight in MLB action on the grass of Coors Field, May 18, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 8:40PM EST.
Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Phillies -111/Rockies +101
O/U Total: 9.5
Pitching Matchup
Cole Hamels (L) W/L 3-3 WHIP 1.22 ERA 3.53
Jordan Lyles (R) W/L 2-3 WHIP 1.46 ERA 4.30
Philadelphia was a 6-0 winner over Arizona yesterday to extend their winning streak to 5 games. They are 4-13 on the road in 2015. Colorado lost 1-0 to the Dodgers on Sunday. They finished their road trip 2-4 and are 2-8 in their last 10 games.
This is the first series between these two teams in 2015. They split their 6 games last season and the Phillies have a 6-4 lead in their past 10 encounters.
Hamels was a 3-2 winner over Pittsburgh last week to get the winning streak started. He went 7 innings, allowed 2 runs and struck out 9. He has 5 Q starts on the year.
Lyles received a no decision in his last start, a 2-1 loss to the Angels. He only went 1 inning as he was taken out of the game as a precaution. He has 3 Q starts in 2015.
No Philadelphia hitter has more than 8 ABs vs. Lyles. 1B Ryan Howard is 3-8 (.375) vs. the right-hander while 2B Chase Utley is 2-6 (.333). No one has homered off of Lyles and only OF Ben Revere has stolen a base off of him.
C Wilin Rosario has had the most success against Hamels as he is hitting .333 with 2 HRs and 4 RBIs. However, most of the lineup has struggled against the veteran left-hander. SS Troy Tulowitzki, C Nick Hundley and OFs Carlos Gonzalez and Drew Stubbs are a collective 9-52 (.173) vs. Hamels.
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Philadelphia at Colorado Betting Trends
The Phillies are 5-0 straight up in their last 5 games.
The game total has gone over in 4 of Philadelphia’s last 6 game against Colorado
Philadelphia is 2-7 straight up in their last 9 road games.
Colorado is 0-5 straight up in their last 5 home games.
The Rockies are 8-17 straight up in their last 25 games against the Phillies.
Injury Report
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Chad Billingsley P 15-Day Disabled List
Mario Hollands P 60-Day Disabled List
Cliff Lee P 60-Day Disabled List
Jonathan Pettibone P 60-Day Disabled List
COLORADO ROCKIES
Brooks Brown P 15-Day Disabled List
Tyler Chatwood P 60-Day Disabled List
Charlie Culberson 3B 60-Day Disabled List
Corey Dickerson OF Day-to-Day (foot)
LaTroy Hawkins P 15-Day Disabled List
Justin Morneau 1B 7-Day Disabled List
Adam Ottavino P 60-Day Disabled List
Troy Tulowitzki SS Day-to-Day (quad)
Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Philadelphia: 53%
Colorado: 47%
Free MLB Pick
We prefer the hot Phillies in this spot against the Rockies with the far superior starter on paper and the better current form.
Take Philadelphia -120