Colorado Rockies @ Chicago Cubs

O/U: 10.5 / Cubs -165

The Cubs have already taken the first two games of the series in this one and look to outright win it tonight in Chicago. They turn to Kyle Hendricks on the mound as the team looks for it’s sixth straight win. Meanwhile, the Rockies have lost three in a row and are already 1-4 versus the Cubs this season and it’s only May 1! The Rockies will deploy Jon Gray who is coming off his best start of the year last time out throwing six scoreless innings while striking out 11.

Game Play Predictions

Rockies

  • Jon Gray has allowed a .312/.382/.426 slash to right-handed bats and has allowed a .507 SLG to righties.

  • Left-handed hitters make hard contact 41.2-percent of the time off of Jon Gray .

  • Four Rockies (David Dahl , Nolan Arenado , Ian Desmond , Carlos González ) have taken Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks deep at least once.

  • David Dahl is the ONLY Rockies hitter batting over .262 versus right-handed pitching. He’s hitting .500 (6-12).

  • Only the Marlins rank worse against right-handed pitching in wOBA and OPS than the Rockies do.

  • Charlie Blackmon has a .719 SLG, .422 ISO, .452 wOBA on the road, which is significantly better than his numbers at Coors field.

  • Nolan Arenado has a 15.6-percent K-rate against lefties. That jumps up to 20.3 versus right-handers.

  • Carlos González , freshly activated off of the DL, has 10 of his 11 RBI against right-handed pitching. He has an .860 OPS vs. RHP this year.

  • Ian Desmond is 4-for-21 over his last seven days. He has one extra-base hit and one RBI over that span.

  • Trevor Story hit above .270 all three years as a professional against left-handers, but under .270 all three years as a professional against right-handers.

 

Cubs

  • Lefty power hitters have gotten to Kyle Hendricks this year. He’s allowed four of his five homers to lefties and LHH have a .535 SLG and .355 wOBA against him on the year.

  • Cubs starting pitching have not allowed an earned run spanning five games and 32.2 innings. Hendricks started this streak with seven scoreless.

  • Over his last 10 games, Anthony Rizzo is 5-for-39 (.128 AVG). He’s hitting lead off on Tuesday.

  • Kyle Schwarber is tied for second in the league in homering off right-handed pitching with seven long flys against them.

  • Four players in the Cubs lineup tonight (Kris Bryant , Kyle Schwarber , Ben Zobrist , Jason Heyward ) have a .369 wOBA or better against right-handed pitching.

  • Addison Russell has had two multi-hit games in a row and has two RBI over that span as well, doubling his total RBI on the year. He’s hitting fourth on Tuesday.

  • Kris Bryant only has a .222 AVG vs. RHP on the year, but boasts a .427 OBP thanks to a 17.3-percent walk rate.

  • Victor Caratini , the backup catcher, is hitting .318 on the year versus right-handed pitching and is in the lineup hitting sixth.

  • Ian Happ strikes out 47.1-percent of the time versus right-handed pitching this year.

  • Ben Zobrist has a .906 OPS and .396 wOBA against right-handers on the year and all seven of his RBI have come off of RHP.