2:10 pm
July 15

Giants @ Rockies

Who will WIN this matchup?

San Francisco Giants (43-49)

@ Colorado Rockies (46-46)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Samardzija (SF): 6-7; 4.01 ERA

Marquez (COL) 8-4; 4.45 ERA

 

Last 10 Games Played:

San Francisco Giants: 8-2

Colorado Rockies: 3-7

 

Current odds:

San Francisco Giants: (+159)

Colorado Rockies: (-175)

 

• The San Francisco Giants have a bit of pep in their step after winning three straight road series and eight of 10 games overall, but the club has often stumbled when visiting the Colorado Rockies. The Giants have lost 19 of their last 22 games at Coors Field entering Monday’s doubleheader against the Rockies. Brandon Belt highlighted his second multi-hit performance in three games by launching a solo homer in San Francisco’s 8-3 win over Milwaukee on Sunday. The 31-year-old, however, is just 5-for-25 with six strikeouts in the season series versus Colorado.

• While the Giants featured a six-run seventh inning on Sunday, the Rockies plated half a dozen in the fifth in their 10-9 win over Cincinnati. Ryan McMahon went 3-for-4 with three RBIs in the series finale to increase his hit total to 12 in his last nine games, although he is 0-for-18 with 12 strikeouts versus San Francisco.

• Samardzija threw seven shutout innings against the Cardinals in the Giants’ first-half finale on July 7. He is 2-0 with a 1.20 ERA in his past two outings. Samardzija is 5-7 with a 3.97 ERA in 19 career appearances against Colorado.
• Marquez’s first half hearkened back to the late ’90s/early 2000s, when Pedro Astacio was battling hard luck and a high ERA but keeping the Rockies in games. At Coors, he is 4-1 despite a 5.73 ERA.
• Monday’s doubleheader is a result of the teams’ game on May 8 being postponed by rain.
• San Francisco 2B-SS Donovan Solano drove in a pair of runs on Sunday and is 4-for-10 with two RBIs against Colorado this season.
• Rockies RF Charlie Blackmon is just 8-for-40 with 14 strikeouts versus the Giants this season.
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