Colorado at Houston

Over the course of a long season, even bad teams will play well occasionally. The Rockies recently enjoyed a nine-game heater, going 7-2, but they’ve since lost four in a row, getting outscored 27-6 in the process. Two of those losses were shutouts at Pittsburgh, sinking the Rockies to 16-49 on the road this season. Their -349 run differential is the worst in the majors by 191 games over the next-worst team (Nationals). Colorado has its work cut out for them tonight, facing Houston ace Hunter Brown and his 2.36 ERA. Brown has allowed three or fewer runs in 13 of his last 15 starts and two runs or fewer in 12 of his previous 15. Rockies pitcher Tanner Gordon has seen his team go 0-9 on the road as a dog of +100 or more. Going back to last season, when Gordon starts, 5 of the 12 games have seen them give up 10 or more runs. Complete mismatch here. Make the play on Houston.