The regular season rolls into Denver tonight at 8:40 PM EDT on MLB.TV, Padres.TV, and Rockies.TV, which means it is time for another episode of baseball in thin air where gravity is merely a suggestion. The 80-68 Padres are dragging their curiously mediocre 34-39 road record into Coors Field, while the 55-93 Rockies are just trying to survive another day of altitude sickness and a 30-41 home record. San Diego is missing Ty France, who is currently on paternity leave trading dirty diapers for dirty slides, and Miguel Andujar, who is chilling on the 10-day IL. Even without them, the Padres and their neat 3.91 team ERA should feel pretty good about facing a Colorado pitching staff that has spent the summer inflating to a balloon-like 5.55 ERA.
On the mound, we get righty Casey Mize (5-9, 3.70 ERA) trying to keep his cool in Colorado's hitter-friendly paradise, while the Rockies counter with Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9, 5.30 ERA). Sugano has surrendered a whopping 29 home runs this year, which makes starting him at Coors Field feel a bit like bringing a cardboard umbrella to a monsoon. The Rockies do boast a superior team batting average of .253 compared to San Diego's .239, but in this ballpark, a few extra points of average can disappear faster than a cold beverage on a hot July afternoon. Head over to StreakChat to lock in your pick and tell us if you think the Padres can survive the thin air tonight.