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Sharps like Colorado State in Rocky Mountain Showdown
By ANDREW CALEY
State bragging rights are on the line when Colorado and Colorado State meet in the 86th Rocky Mountain Showdown Friday night and while the Buffaloes are favored by three points, sharp money is backing the Rams.
“With Colorado State taking exactly half the number of bets with the spread, the total dollar amount of action is dead even, which means that a handful of sharps are liking the dog on this one,” an oddsmaker for GT bets.
The sharps and the public are split when it comes to the total as well, with sharps buying up a bunch of real-estate on the under 58.5.
“We’ll see how things go, but the sharp trend is pretty obvious in this college matchup,” the GTbets oddsmaker adde
The Diamondbacks host the Rockies tonight in the first game of a 3 game set over the weekend in Phoenix. Both Arizona and Colorado are sitting at the rear end of the NL Wildcard race, 16 and 18 games behind the Giants respectively.
Christian Bergman gets the nod for the Rockies and has been rocked in 4 starts this season. He is 1-2 with a 6.75 ERA and 1.64 WHIP. Bergman has allowed 16 ER in just 21 1/3 IP and opponents have hit a staggering .357 in 2 games under the lights. The Rockies are 2-2 in games which Bergman has toed the rubber.
Josh Collmenter has been one of the best ‘Home’ pitchers in the NL this campaign, the righty ranks 4th in the NL in WHIP with 0.93 and 5th in BAA with hitters averaging just .209 against him in 13 starts at Chase Field. Arizona is 9-4 in those 13 games with Collmenter on the mound. Over the past 4 games, the Diamondbacks have left 34 runners on base and are have hit just .231 (9-39) with RISP.
I believe the value is on the home team in this match up, especially with the quality starts that Collmenter has put together at home. The D-Backs should be able to get enough runners on base and convert them into runs against Bergman tonight.
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