Rockies vs Pirates Odds, Predictions & Beginning Pitchers (Might 10)

Might 9, 2023; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Pittsburgh Pirates designated hitter Andrew McCutchen (22) pauses for a second within the outfield earlier than the sport towards the Colorado Rockies at PNC Park. Necessary Credit score: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports activities

• The Rockies and Pirates conclude a 3 recreation sequence on Wednesday, Might tenth
• Pittsburgh has dominated Colorado to this point this yr, beating them in 4 of 5 conferences
• Take a look on the Rockies vs Pirates predictions and odds beneath

It’s an extended season. That’s the distinction between baseball and all different sports activities, as one good month doesn’t imply a lot when contemplating a season consists of 162 video games.

The Pittsburgh Pirates (21-16, 10-8 house) have found that over the past 9 video games. After starting the season with a scorching 20-8 file, considerably boosting their  odds to win the NL central, the Bucs have fallen again to earth, shedding eight of their final 9 contests.

On Wednesday, Might tenth, they shut out a 3 recreation set with the Colorado Rockies (15-22, 8-13 away) in a matinee affair with the primary pitch scheduled for 12:35 pm ET on getaway day. This recreation might be broadcast on AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh and AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain.

Rockies vs Pirates Odds

This recreation would be the rubber match with Pittsburgh taking the opener to snap a seven recreation shedding skid earlier than going proper again to their shedding methods by dropping the second recreation of the sequence. Regardless of a horrible slide, the Pirates are nonetheless -155 chalk to shut the sequence with a win.

Pittsburgh’s offense has been sputtering which is without doubt one of the motive the over/underneath whole set at a moderately excessive 9 runs is a little bit of a shock. The Pirates have failed to attain over two runs in every of their final 9 video games, whereas Colorado has hit the underneath in 21 of 37 video games this yr, which comes out to 56.8% of the time.

Odds as of Might ninth at DraftKings Sportsbook. Get this DraftKings promo code to wager on COL vs PIT. 

Colorado vs Pittsburgh Possible Pitchers

Again from an ACL tear that minimize brief his 2022 season, Antonio Senzatela made a formidable first begin for the Rockies final week, permitting solely three hits in 5 innings. Sadly for the seven yr veteran, a kind of hits was a solo homer and his teammates couldn’t push a single run throughout the plate, inflicting him to take the loss.

#Rockies Antonio Senzatela

Might 5, 2023 Pitch High quality ⭐️

5.04 QOPA (69 Pitches) ✅

Fastball 5.39 QOPA (36 NP)
ChangeUp 4.82 QOPA (15 NP)
Slider 4.64 QOPA (17 NP)
Curveball N/A (1 NP)

✅ Excessive High quality@asenzatela32 @harding_at_mlb @psaundersdp @spillygoat19 pic.twitter.com/dOKpfyfFC1

— MLB High quality of Pitch (@qopbaseball) Might 6, 2023

One of many longest tenured members of Colorado, the righthander remains to be solely 28-years previous, however had one of many worst seasons of his profession in an injury-shortened 2022 marketing campaign. Senzatela had an earned run common of 5.07 and a 1.69 WHIP.

You’d assume these numbers could be inflated by taking part in within the skinny air at Coors Area, however the cumbersome pitcher truly fared a lot worse on the street the place he went 0-5 with a brutal 6.41 ERA.

Senzatela vs Hill Stats

For the Bucs, the ageless Wealthy Hill will get the beginning. After wanting like he is likely to be on his final legs following two horrible outings to start the yr, the lefty has proven he can nonetheless be counted on as a gradual, however not spectacular piece of a group’s rotation.

One in all his finest video games of the yr got here slightly below a month in the past towards these identical Rockies. In that outing, Hill pitched six innings permitting solely a single run on an extended ball, whereas punching out seven in a 14-3 Pittsburgh victory.

Pirates Offense Has Hit the Skids

Moderately rapidly, the Pirates have claimed the ominous distinction of proudly owning one of many worst MLB lineups. Extremely, they haven’t been capable of rating greater than two runs in any of their final 9 video games.

The #Pirates offense all week pic.twitter.com/AGVVmSd5xM

— That Sports activities Man (@Jason_Shetler) Might 7, 2023

Throughout their previous 12 video games, Pittsburgh has been outscored 54-12. Fortunately for the Pirates, they’ve dominated the Rockies to this point this yr, save for Tuesday evening’s 10-1 loss.

Rockies vs Pirates 2023 H2H Outcomes

Top-of-the-line early season moments for the Bucs got here when outfielder Bryan Reynolds signed an eight-year extension in April, however even he has struggled with the stick because the calendar flipped to Might, batting simply .219 with no homers or runs batted on this month.

Rockies vs Orioles Predictions

Pegged as 100,000-1 longshots within the World Sequence odds, you gained’t discover the Rockies being made the favorites in lots of video games this yr. Solely the Oakland A’s are thought of as horrible as Colorado by on-line sportsbooks.

Nonetheless, the Pirates have been even worse recently. Hill is all the time a wild card wager when he’s on the mound and Senzatela carried out nicely in his solely look to this point this yr.

Our cash decide within the MLB odds for this one is to keep away from a prediction on who will win and keep on with the underneath. Pittsburgh can’t rating and we don’t see this being a runaway win for both group, so anticipate a recreation the place runs might be at a premium regardless of the beginning pitchers.

Decide: Underneath 9 Runs (-120)

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