Giants-Rockies Odds Preview

If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Friday when the San Francisco Giants and the Colorado Rockies meet at Coors Field.

Righthander Matt Cain will take the mound for the Giants to start this game. Cain is 11-2 this season with a 2.32 ERA.

The Rockies will counter Cain with Jason Hammel. Righthander Hammel has a 4.38 ERA to go along with a 5-4 record this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Rockies listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Giants, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.

The Giants defeated the Braves 5-1 as a +160 underdog on Thursday. The six runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (8.5).

Barry Zito allowed only one run on three hits over seven innings for San Francisco, while Randy Winn was 2-4 with an RBI and a run scored in the win.

Todd Helton belted a game-winning home run in the eighth inning as the Rockies snuck past the Diamondbacks 4-3 on Wednesday, as +195 underdogs. The game’s seven runs went UNDER the day’s posted over/under (9).

Yorvit Torrealba and Garrett Atkins drove in the other runs. Juan Rincon picked up his second win of the season in relief, and Huston Street secured the victory with his 24^th save.

Team records:
San Francisco: 51-44 SU
Colorado: 52-43 SU

San Francisco most recently:
When playing on Friday are 8-2
Before playing Colorado are 4-6
After playing Atlanta are 6-4
After a win are 5-5

Colorado most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing San Francisco are 7-3
After playing Arizona are 5-5
After a win are 6-4

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Francisco’s last 6 games when playing on the road against Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of San Francisco’s last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Francisco’s last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Francisco’s last 6 games when playing Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Colorado’s last 6 games when playing at home against San Francisco
Colorado is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
Colorado is 16-6 SU in its last 22 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Colorado’s last 6 games when playing San Francisco

Next up:
Colorado home to San Francisco, Saturday, July 25