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The Colorado Rockies will be trying to extend a winning streak on Saturday when they take on the San Diego Padres at PETCO Park.

The Rockies will give the ball to starter Jason Hammel in this one. Righthander Hammel is 5-4 this season with a 4.57 ERA.

Hammel’s opponent in this one will be Kevin Correia. The Padres righthander has a 4.59 ERA to go along with a 6-7 record this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Padres listed as 106-moneyline favorites versus the Rockies, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.

Ubaldo Jimenez had 10 strikeouts over seven innings of work to help the Rockies defeat the Padres 5-3 on Friday. The Rockies won that game as -150 favorites, while the eight runs went UNDER the posted over/under (7.5).

Ian Stewart and Chris Iannetta both had a pair of RBIs to lead the Rockies.

Everth Cabrera had one RBI and scored a run for the Padres, who were +130 underdogs. Josh Geer allowed all five runs over four innings to suffer the loss.

Current streak:
Colorado has won 3 straight games.
San Diego has lost 2 straight games.

Team records:
Colorado: 49-41 SU
San Diego: 36-54 SU

Colorado most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 9-1
Before playing San Diego are 7-3
After playing San Diego are 5-5
After a win are 6-4

San Diego most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
Before playing Colorado are 3-7
After playing Colorado are 4-6
After a loss are 2-8

A few trends to consider:
Colorado is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Diego
Colorado is 15-4 SU in its last 19 games on the road
Colorado is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Colorado’s last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Diego’s last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Diego’s last 7 games when playing at home against Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 9 of San Diego’s last 13 games
The total has gone OVER in 12 of San Diego’s last 18 games when playing Colorado

Next up:
San Diego home to Colorado, Sunday, July 19