Padres take on the Rockies in first of 5-game series
Colorado Rockies (46-57, fourth in the NL West) vs. San Diego Padres (57-46, second in the NL West)
San Diego; Monday, 9:40 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Antonio Senzatela (3-5, 4.90 ERA, 1.74 WHIP, 43 strikeouts); Padres: Mike Clevinger (2-3, 3.38 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 53 strikeouts)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Padres -214, Rockies +176; over/under is 7 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The San Diego Padres host the Colorado Rockies to begin a five-game series.
San Diego is 57-46 overall and 27-22 in home games. The Padres are 37-18 in games when they record eight or more hits.
Colorado has a 16-30 record in road games and a 46-57 record overall. Rockies hitters have a collective .325 on-base percentage, the third-ranked percentage in the NL.
Monday’s game is the 12th time these teams square off this season. The Rockies have an 8-3 advantage in the season series.
TOP PERFORMERS: Manny Machado has 20 doubles, a triple, 18 home runs and 57 RBI for the Padres. Jurickson Profar is 11-for-38 with a double, three home runs and six RBI over the last 10 games.
C.J. Cron leads Colorado with 22 home runs while slugging .516. Charlie Blackmon is 8-for-37 with two home runs and five RBI over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Padres: 5-5, .226 batting average, 3.68 ERA, outscored by one run
Rockies: 3-7, .249 batting average, 5.04 ERA, outscored by 21 runs
INJURIES: Padres: MacKenzie Gore: 15-Day IL (elbow), Robert Suarez: 60-Day IL (knee), Craig Stammen: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Drew Pomeranz: 60-Day IL (elbow), Matt Beaty: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Wil Myers: 10-Day IL (knee), Pierce Johnson: 60-Day IL (elbow), Austin Adams: 60-Day IL (forearm), Fernando Tatis Jr.: 60-Day IL (wrist)
Rockies: Kris Bryant: day-to-day (foot), Antonio Senzatela: day-to-day (leg), Jhoulys Chacin: 15-Day IL (toe), Tyler Kinley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Helcris Olivarez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Rolison: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Scott Oberg: 60-Day IL (arm)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.