The San Diego Padres 8-game winning streak came to end last night when they fell to the Colorado Rockies, 9-3, at Coors Field. The 82-69 Padres still hold a 2.5 game lead over the Arizona Diamondbacks for the third and final NL wild card spot. Tonight in the third leg of their 4-game set the Padres are expected to turn to southpaw Robbie Ray to throw strikes. Ray is 12-8 with a 3.57 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP over 156.1 innings of work. The 56-95 Rockies have rookie Mason Adams slated for the start. Adams is still winless at 0-0 with a 3.38 ERA and a 1.45 WHIP over just 18.2 frames. The lowly Rockies are 4-13 in their last 17 games at Coors Field and the Friars have owned them this year, winning 9 of the 11 meetings.
TONIGHT’S PICK: SAN DIEGO PADRES