Rockies-Mets Odds Preview

The Colorado Rockies and the New York Mets will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at Citi Field.

Righthander Ubaldo Jimenez will take the mound for the Rockies to start this game. Jimenez is 7-9 this season with a 3.85 ERA.

It’ll be Oliver Perez toeing the rubber for the Mets in this contest. Lefthander Perez is 2-3 with a 7.68 ERA so far this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Rockies listed as 160-moneyline favorites versus the Mets, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.

The Rockies defeated San Francisco 4-2 as a -230 favorite on Sunday. The six runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9).

Aaron Cook pitched seven innings and allowed two runs on nine hits for Colorado and Yorvit Torrealba was 2-3 with an RBI in the win.

The Mets defeated Houston 8-3 as a +140 underdog on Sunday. The 11 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (9).

Luis Castillo and David Wright were 2-4 with two RBI and two runs scored for the Mets, while Livan Hernandez allowed three runs on eight hits in seven innings.

Current streak:
Colorado has won 2 straight games.
New York has won 2 straight games.

Team records:
Colorado: 54-44 SU
New York: 46-51 SU

Colorado most recently:
When playing on Monday are 3-7
Before playing NY Mets are 4-6
After playing San Francisco are 6-4
After a win are 6-4

New York most recently:
When playing on Monday are 8-2
Before playing Colorado are 6-4
After playing Houston are 5-5
After a win are 4-6

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Colorado’s last 5 games when playing NY Mets
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Colorado’s last 7 games when playing on the road against NY Mets
Colorado is 16-5 SU in its last 21 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Colorado’s last 8 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Mets’s last 5 games when playing Colorado
NY Mets are 18-2 SU in its last 20 games when playing at home against Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Mets’s last 7 games when playing at home against Colorado
NY Mets are 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Colorado

Next up:
NY Mets home to Colorado, Tuesday, July 28