The San Diego Padres will open a 4-game set tonight with the bottom-feeding Colorado Rockies at Petco Park. The Padres are coming off series wins over two of the NL’s best, the New York Mets and the Milwaukee Brewers. San Diego sits just two games back of the LA Dodgers for the top spot in the NL West and will have their ace on the bump tonight, Joe Musgrove. He has been stellar. Musgrove is a perfect 6-0 with an ERA of only 1.64 and a 0.92 WHIP. The Rockies are dead last in the NL West and have struggled on the road with a record of 9-16. The Rocks did get a road win yesterday over the San Francisco Giants but rarely put back-to-back wins together, going 1-11 in that situation. Tonight they will send Chad Kuhl to the rubber and he has decent numbers. Kuhl is 4-2 with a 3.17 ERA and a 1.26 WHIP, but Colorado is 1-5 in his last 6 starts. The Friars are better, 1 through 9, and even with the heavy juice are worth considering.
TONIGHT’S PICK: SAN DIEGO PADRES