San Diego Padres vs. Colorado Rockies MLB Betting Preview | August 4

Brandon Drury will try to get his 100th hit of the season (he has 97) when his San Diego Padres (61-46) take on the Colorado Rockies (46-61) on Thursday at 4:10 PM ET. The Padres are favored (-296) over the Rockies (+243). Joe Musgrove starts for San Diego while Colorado will counter with Kyle Freeland.

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Game Info, Betting Lines for Padres vs. Rockies

• Game Day: Thursday, August 4, 2022
• Game Time: 4:10 PM ET
• Location: San Diego, California
• Stadium: PETCO Park

Padres Stats & Trends

Padres Batting

• The Padres rank 22nd in MLB action with 97 total home runs.
• The Padres have the 16th-ranked batting average in the league (.242).
• The Padres are ninth in baseball with an on-base percentage of .319.
• The Padres strike out 8.2 times per game, the No. 12 mark in baseball.
• The Padres average 0.9 homers per game when playing at home this season (50 total in home contests).
• The Padres are averaging 2.4 extra-base hits per game while slugging .367 at home.
• The team is batting .231 with 395 hits (7.5 per game) at home this season.

Padres Key Batters

• Juan Soto has 85 hits this season and a team-best OBP of .410.
• Among qualifying hitters in MLB, Soto is 101st in batting average, second in on-base percentage, and 27th in slugging.
• Soto hopes to build on a two-game hitting streak in this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .333 with a home run, nine walks and an RBI.
• Josh Bell has an OPS of .876, fueled by an OBP of .385 and a team-best slugging percentage of .491 this season.
• Among qualifying batters, Bell ranks 18th in batting average, 10th in on-base percentage and 23rd in slugging percentage.
• Manny Machado has 107 hits this season and has a slash line of .293/.367/.515.
• Jurickson Profar has 12 home runs, 47 RBI and a batting average of .258 this season.

Rockies Stats & Trends

Rockies Batting

• The Rockies’ 95 home runs rank 23rd in Major League Baseball.
• The Rockies have a team batting average of .260 this season, which ranks second among MLB teams.
• The Rockies are among the best in the league at getting on base, ranking fifth with an OBP of .323.
• The Rockies have shown patience at the plate this season with the ninth-best rate of strikeouts per game (7.9) among MLB offenses.
• In 50 games on the road this season, they’ve hit 31 homers, an average of 0.6 per contest.
• They have a team slugging percentage of .345 in away games this season with 123 extra-base hits.
• In 50 road games this season, they have a batting average of .232 while averaging eight base hits per contest.

Rockies Key Batters

• C.J. Cron has racked up a slugging percentage of .514 and has 112 hits, both team-best figures for the Rockies.
• Including all the qualified hitters in the big leagues, Cron’s batting average is 38th, his on-base percentage is 70th, and he is 15th in slugging.
• Charlie Blackmon has 17 doubles, four triples, 16 home runs and 25 walks while batting .266.
• Blackmon’s batting average ranks 55th among all qualified players, his on-base percentage ranks 96th, and he is 48th in slugging.
• Brendan Rodgers has 23 doubles, two triples, 10 home runs and 28 walks while hitting .282.
• Jose Iglesias’ .351 on-base percentage paces his team.

Padres vs. Rockies Probable Pitchers