1* Free Play OVER Pirates/Rockies.

The visitors hand the ball to Jeff Locke (5-3, 4.28 ERA) who gave up three earned runs off seven hits over seven innings in an 8-7 win over the Angels on Saturday. Locke struck out two, but also gave up two more home runs. It was the third time in his last five outings that he's given up multiple homers in a start. If Locke has had one big glaring weakness it's been his play on the road where he's 2-2 with a pedestrian 4.58 ERA. The home side counters with the volatile Chad Bettis (4-5, 5.58) who gave up four runs off ten hits and one walk over five innings in a loss to the Padres on Saturday. Bettis had been blasted for 13 runs over just 8.1 innings over his previous two starts, so this effort was a slight improvement. Bettis though owns an unremarkable 1-2, 5.70 ERA record in front of the home town crowd this year. With these two inconsistent starters going head-to-head at hitter friendly Coors Field, the OVER is definitely worth a second look.

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