Colorado Going for the Sweep Against San Francisco Sunday Afternoon
The Rockies have pulled to within 9.5 games of first place in the NL West with their first two wins in this series with the Giants, who hold that top spot. Colorado grabbed the game two win with a 2-run in-the-park home run in the ninth on Saturday night. The game one win saw the Rockies score five runs in the ninth to win 7-4. We like Colorado’s hot offense in this game for the sweep.
Rockies enjoying four-game win streak
Colorado has been able to roll off four straight wins even without shortstop Troy Tulowitzki. This is a season-high win streak for the Rockies, who look to sweep the Giants on Sunday for the first time in six seasons. They will ask struggling righty Juan Nicasio to complete the sweep on the road. Nicasio is 5-5 with a 5.70 ERA this season. He allowed 10 earned runs against the Braves his last time on the mound.
Giants sitting pretty atop the West
Despite their struggles on the mound in the ninth inning the last couple of games, the Giants are still strongly entrenched atop the NL West. The Dodgers are the closest to them, but are 6.5 games back of the leaders. San Francisco will look for ace Madison Bumgarner to stop this brief, two-game slide, on Sunday. He is 8-4 with a 2.67 ERA in 2014. Bumgarner is one of the top starters in the National League this year and is working on a career year.
We will place our bets on this NL contest between the Rockies and the Giants over at TopBet.eu, where the Giants are favored at home. We still like Colorado to win this game, which is why we will bet 10 percent of our bankroll on the Rockies and the OVER seven total runs scored at -120 on Sunday afternoon as the league celebrates Father’s Day.