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70% of the betting action in the Colorado Rockies-Miami Marlins Sunday game was on Colorado as a -159 favorite. The line on this game has moved up from -142.
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These teams each have five wins in their last ten meetings.
More of an edge goes to the UNDER, which has occurred in 12 of 17 meetings in Miami. Two of the last three games played in Miami between these two teams have gone OVER the current number however. 70% of those betting the total on this game were backing the OVER. That number has sat at 7.5.
TV: 1:10 p.m. ET, AT&T SportsNet - Rocky Mountain (Colorado), FS Florida (Miami)
PITCHING MATCHUP: Rockies RH Jon Gray (2018: 12-9, 5.12 ERA) vs. Marlins RH Sandy Alcantara (2018: 2-3, 3.44)
Gray, who ranks seventh in club history with 520 strikeouts despite having spent only 3 1/2 years in the big leagues, set career highs in starts (31), innings pitched (172 1/3) and wins. The Oklahoma native showed he might be ready to improve on those numbers during exhibition play, posting a 3.48 ERA and .208 batting average against while fanning 26 over 20 2/3 innings. Gray only saw the Marlins once in 2018, earning the win after striking out a season-high 12 over seven innings.
Alcantara made his case to remain in the rotation this season following a solid showing in five starts after getting called up for the final time Sept. 1, going 1-3 with a 3.72 ERA and holding opponents to a .218 batting average. The 23-year-old was particularly sharp at home in his first season with Miami, posting a 2-1 mark and 2.25 ERA. Alcantara, who fanned 21 across 15 1/3 innings during spring training, will face Colorado for the first time in his career.
- Dan Shapiro, Gmalbing911.com
