Rockies-Braves Odds Preview

The Colorado Rockies and the Atlanta Braves will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at Turner Field. The Rockies will give the ball to starter Jason Marquis in this one. Righthander Marquis is 4-3 this season with a 5.40 ERA. Marquis's opponent in this one will be Derek Lowe. The Braves ace righthander has a 3.80 ERA to go along with a 5-1 record this season. Odds aren't yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Rockies lost to Pittsburgh 11-4 as a -110 favorite on Sunday. The 15 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (8). Yorvit Torrealba was 2-3 with an RBI for Colorado and Ubaldo Jimenez allowed one run on five hits in six innings before the bullpen blew the lead. Current streak: Colorado has lost 2 straight games. Team records: Colorado: 14-22 SU Atlanta: 18-18 SU Colorado most recently: When playing on Monday are 8-2 Before playing Atlanta are 5-5 After playing Pittsburgh are 5-5 After a loss are 6-4 Atlanta most recently: When playing on Monday are 5-5 Before playing Colorado are 4-6 After playing Arizona are 5-5 After a loss are 6-4 A few trends to consider: The total has gone OVER in 5 of Colorado's last 5 games when playing on the road against Atlanta The total has gone OVER in 4 of Colorado's last 5 games when playing Atlanta The total has gone OVER in 4 of Colorado's last 6 games The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Colorado's last 9 games on the road Atlanta is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Colorado The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing at home against Colorado The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing Colorado Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Colorado Next up: Atlanta home to Colorado, Tuesday, May 19