MLB Predictions: Colorado Rockies vs. San Diego Padres: July 17th 2009

Colorado Rockies vs. San Diego Padres
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I’m a firm believer in the old adage: ‘if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it’. That’s why we’re heading back to San Diego for Friday night’s free play on Ubaldo Jiminez and the Rockies.

Last night things went perfect for Colorado backers as the Rockies rolled to a 10-1 victory as Aaron Cook earned his 9th win and Seth Smith and Clint Barmes both homered. San Diego has now lost eight of its last nine games and outside of a 10-4 victory over San Francisco in the final game before the all-star break they’ve struggled to score averaging almost 2.5 runs per game. That won’t get it done.

Colorado is now 30-13 since Jim Tracy took over as manager and they’ve been a real cash cow especially on the road. The Rockies are 6th best in the majors with a 25-22 record and +979 units.

On the flip side San Diego doesn’t have much going for it right now. The Padres are 8-22 in their last 30 games and 36-53 overall. They’ve played better at home posting a 23-21 record but the problem is scoring. They average just 3.7 runs per game. San Diego ranks 30th in runs per game, batting average and OPS.

Colorado is 6-3 on the season against San Diego and has taken two out of three games in American’s finest city.

The Rockies are now eight games behind the first-place Dodgers and just a game and a half behind the wild-card leading Giants.