Rockies vs Reds Baseball Handicapping

Courtesy of OddsShark.com: The Cincinnati Reds will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Friday when they take on the Colorado Rockies at Great American Ball Park. The Rockies will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Jason Hammel in this game. Hammel has a 7-3 record and a 4.09 ERA this season. It'll be ace Bronson Arroyo toeing the rubber for the Reds in this contest. Righthander Arroyo is 9-4 with a 4.04 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Reds listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the Rockies, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Rockies lost to San Diego 9-7 as a -120 favorite on Sunday. The 16 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (9). Miguel Olivo was 3-4 with an RBI and a run scored for Colorado and Jonathan Herrera scored two runs. The Reds lost to Philadelphia 1-0 as a +155 underdog on Sunday. The one run scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9). Matt Maloney took the loss for Cincinnati after giving up one run on four hits in six innings. Current streak: Cincinnati has lost 4 straight games. Team records: Colorado: 49-39 SU Cincinnati: 49-41 SU Colorado most recently: When playing on Friday are 5-5 Before playing Cincinnati are 8-2 After playing San Diego are 6-4 After a loss are 7-3 Cincinnati most recently: When playing on Friday are 4-6 Before playing Colorado are 2-8 After playing Philadelphia are 4-6 After a loss are 5-5 A few trends to consider: Colorado is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Cincinnati Colorado is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Cincinnati The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Colorado's last 8 games when playing Cincinnati Colorado is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Cincinnati's last 8 games when playing Colorado The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cincinnati's last 6 games Cincinnati is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home The total has gone OVER in 10 of Cincinnati's last 14 games at home Next up: Cincinnati home to Colorado, Saturday, July 17 Stevie Vincent is literally 20-25 years ahead of the oddsmakers and they will be the first to admit. His forensic sports handicapping is groundbreaking and there is nothing the books have been able to do to stop him.