Pittsburgh Pirates VS Colorado Rockies brings an end to the three-game set between Pittsburgh and Colorado. 

The Rockies (14-22, 5th NL West) will play on the road at PNC Park Wednesday against the Pirates (21-15, 1st NL Central) in what is the third and final game of an ongoing series.

On Monday, Colorado won Pittsburgh 2-0 in the first game of the series, which broke the Rockies’ two-game winning streak, but they had won six of the last eight games. 

Pittsburgh’s win on Monday ended their seven-game losing streak and placed them in first place in the National League Central, a half match ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers. The Rockies will play today’s game without six pitchers and position players Sean Bouchard and Brendan Rodgers. While the Pirates play in the absence of six pitchers too, including position players Oneil Cruz and Ji-Man Choi.

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• Venue: PNC Park, Pittsburgh
• When: Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
• Time: 09:35 GMT
• Teams to play: Pittsburgh Pirates and Colorado Rockies.
• MLB Expert Picks: MONEYLINE 1.69

Odds provided by 1XBet and BetMGM.

• 1XBet Spread: -1.5
• 1XBet Moneyline: 1.69
• 1XBet Over/Under: Over 8.5
• BetMGM Spread: -1.5
• BetMGM Moneyline: 1.66
• BetMGM Over/Under: Under 8.5

The Pittsburgh Pirates ended their seven-game losing streak on Monday after defeating the Colorado Rockies. Most of their early season success, including Monday’s victory can be credited to powerful performances on the mound.

Pittsburgh has the 10th-best team ERA at 3.78 but dropped to 19th in WHIP at 1.34. The team’s starting rotation is the first place in baseball in Quality Starts with 19 in 36 games, while the pitching staff allows opposing hitters to average .245 at the plate which is 15th. Mitch Keller leads the Pirates in wins with four and in strikeouts with 56. Rich Hill will take the mound today. Hill is 3-3 with an ERA of 4.54 and 32 strikeouts.

At the plate, the Pirates are in 14th place in team batting average at .249 and advance to 10th in on-base percentage with .329 and slugging percentage at .420. They scored the 11th most runs with 165. Bryan Reynolds has been most productive at the plate for Pittsburgh with a team-best in doubles with 13 and RBI with 23, while Jack Suwinski the home runs leader has seven. Carlos Santana is second in RBI with 20. The Pirates have hit 74 doubles, 9 triples, and 37 home runs in 36 games.

• 1XBet Spread: +1.5
• 1XBet Moneyline: 2.36
• 1XBet Over/Under: Under 8.5
• BetMGM Spread: +1.5
• BetMGM Moneyline: 2.25
• BetMGM Over/Under: Over 8.5

The Colorado Rockies are last position in the National League West and most of this is because of problems on the pitching mound. They have a team ERA of 4.89 which is 25th and is 25th too in WHIP at 1.43. Their starting rotation has had 10 Quality Starts in 36 games which is 18th and the pitching staff allows opponents to average .265 at the plate which is 26th.

Ryan Feltner leads Colorado in strikeouts with 33 and Kyle Freeland leads in wins with three. Antonio Senzatela will pitch for the team today. This season Senzatela is 0-1 with an ERA of 1.80 and 3 strikeouts.

The Rockies’ strength in this series has been at the plate, but they must step up regardless. They are 13th in team batting average at .254 but dropped to 17th place in slugging percentage with .391 and 19th in on-base percentage at .318. These numbers shelled out 152 runs which is just 16th and playing half their matches at Coors Field; they should be scoring more.

C.J. Cron leads Colorado in home runs with six and Kris Bryant is second with five. Elias Diaz leads in RBI with 18 and Cron is second with 16. The Rockies have hit 74 doubles, one triple and 30 home runs in 36 games.

MatchPlug Prediction

Colorado won six out of its last 8 games and they are 5-1 in the last 6 when playing a team with a winning record. Pittsburgh has struggled lately, losing 7 of its last 8 games and has faced challenges against right-handed starting pitching, losing every of the last five in that situation.

The Rockies’ starting pitcher Antonio Senzatela had only one start after opening the season on an injury list. Senzantela conceded only three hits and one run in five innings last Friday in a 1-0 defeat to the New York Mets. He commands all his pitches through five innings but got no support from his team.

Rich Hill of the Pirates is off a terrible outing where he allowed 8 runs and 4 runs in 5 ⅓ innings with his team losing 4-0 to the Toronto Blue Jays last Friday.

Final Prediction: Pittsburgh Pirates Moneyline.

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