Colorado Rockies at Cincinnati Reds Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 18-26 Cincinnati Reds play host to the 18-25 Colorado Rockies tonight in MLB play on the grass of Great American Ball Park, May 26, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 7:10PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Rockies +113/Reds -123
O/U Total: 8.5

Pitching Matchup
Jorge De La Rosa (L) W/L 1-2 WHIP 1.63 ERA 6.51
Michael Lorenzen (R) W/L 1-1 WHIP 1.68 ERA 3.79

Colorado was a 5-4 winner over Cincinnati yesterday. They are now 1-0 on their current road trip and 5-3 in their last 8 games. The Reds are 0-1 on their homestand and have lost 9 games in a row.

Last night was the first encounter of the season between these two clubs. The Rockies have a 6-4 lead in the past 10 games.

De La Rosa received a no decision in his last start, a 7-3 win over Philadelphia. He went 4.1 innings, gave up 3 runs and fanned 5. He has only 1 Q start on the year.

Lorenzen’s last 2 appearances have been in relief. His first 3 games of the year were as a starter. He has 1 Q start on the year and has surrendered 5 ERs in 16 innings as a starter.

No one on the Rockies roster has faced Lorenzen before.

2B Brandon Phillips is hitting .300 off of De La Rosa with a HR, 3 RBIs and a SB. He is the only player on the team to steal a base or hit a homer off of the veteran left-hander. SS Zack Cozart is 3-6 (.500) with an RBI while the quartet of 1B Joey Votto, 3B Todd Frazier and OFs Jay Bruce and Marlon Byrd are a combined 4-31 (.129).

Colorado at Cincinnati Betting Trends

The Rockies are 4-2 straight up in their last 6 games.
Colorado is 3-9 straight up in their last 12 road games.
The game total has gone over in 4 of Colorado’s last 5 road games.
Cincinnati is 0-5 straight up in their last 5 games.
The Reds are 1-4 straight up in their last 5 games against Colorado.
The game total has gone over in 4 of the Red’s last 5 games against the Rockies.

Injury Report

COLORADO ROCKIES
Tyler Chatwood P 60-Day Disabled List
Charlie Culberson 3B 60-Day Disabled List
Corey Dickerson OF 15-Day Disabled List
Carlos Gonzalez OF Day-to-Day (illness)
LaTroy Hawkins P 15-Day Disabled List
Justin Morneau 1B 7-Day Disabled List
Adam Ottavino P 60-Day Disabled List
Ken Roberts P 15-Day Disabled List

CINCINNATI REDS
Homer Bailey P 60-Day Disabled List
Jason Bourgeois OF 60-Day Disabled List
Johnny Cueto P Day-to-Day (elbow)
Sean Marshall P 60-Day Disabled List
Devin Mesoraco C 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Colorado: 39%
Cincinnati: 61%

Free MLB Pick

Some bettors at first glance may think that the Reds have the starting pitching edge in this game and while he didn’t embarrass himself in three starts this season he didn’t pitch as well in his lone start at the Great American Ball Park and followed that with a poor relief outing. He hasn’t started a game since May 10th and has only 3 innings of relief since. Jorge De La Rosa has been better than his over numbers suggest holding the opposition to 3 or less runs in 4 of his six starts and brings a cool 2.19 ERA in two away starts. We’ll fade the Reds until they turn this around.

Take the Colorado Rockies +120‏