MLB Game Preview: San Diego Padres (16-8) vs. Colorado Rockies (10-15)

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Venue: Coors Field — 2001 Blake Street, Denver, CO 80205

Start Time: 12:10 PM PDT (1:10 PM MDT)

Weather Update

Temperature: 62°F at gametime (ESPN gameday weather)

Conditions: Clear, light winds (inferred from typical Denver April conditions; ESPN lists only temperature).

Injury Report

San Diego Padres

Yuki Matsui — 15‑Day IL

Blake Hunt — 7‑Day IL

Will Wagner — 10‑Day IL

Jeremiah Estrada — 15‑Day IL

Griffin Canning — 15‑Day IL

Jared Thomas — 7‑Day IL

Kyle Freeland — 15‑Day IL

Jeff Criswell — 60‑Day IL

McCade Brown — 60‑Day IL

Case Williams — 60‑Day IL

Colorado Rockies

(Same shared injury list as above; ESPN lists both teams together.)

Probable Pitching Matchup

SD — Matt Waldron (RHP)

Record: 0–1

ERA: 14.73

WHIP: 2.45

Last outing: 3.2 IP, 8 H, 4 K, 1 BB, 1 HR allowed

COL — Ryan Feltner (RHP)

Record: 1–1

ERA: 6.00

WHIP: 1.50

Season line: 18 IP, 20 H, 14 K, 7 BB, 5 HR allowed

Team Records & Recent Form

San Diego Padres (16–8)

Away Record: 7–4

Last 5: L8–3, W1–0, W2–1, W4–1, L8–0

Team ERA: 3.22 (2nd in MLB)

Runs per game: 4.2

Batting average: .230

Colorado Rockies (10–15)

Home Record: 7–5

Last 5: W8–3, L1–0, L12–3, W9–6, W4–3

Runs per game: 3.8

Batting average: .238

Series History (This Week)

Series tied 1–1 entering April 23.

Apr 21: SD 1–0 (Padres win)

Apr 22: COL 8–3 (Rockies win)

Key Player Matchups

San Diego

Ramon Laureano: 4 HR, 15 RBI (team leader)

Xander Bogaerts: .276 AVG, .344 OBP, .402 SLG

Colorado

Mickey Moniak: 6 HR, 13 RBI, .286 AVG (team leader)

Troy Johnston: .301 AVG, .354 OBP, .466 SLG

Betting Trends

Padres have MLB’s 2nd‑best ERA (3.22) and lowest HR allowed (13).

Rockies have allowed 23 HR and own a 4.26 ERA.

Padres bullpen: 66.7% save rate, 19 holds (6th in MLB).

Rockies offense: averaging 2.8 runs over last 5 games.

Game Odds

San Diego Padres             – 156

Colorado Rockies             11

Odds Courtesy of Sports Odds Direct as of Wednesday, April 22, 2026

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