San Francisco at Colorado

The Colorado Rockies have put together one of the longest and quietest positive runs in baseball this season. For what has amounted to a half-season of games, (their last 70 played), the Rockies have been the top team in baseball with a 48-22 mark! The Giants have surprised as well, behind their two ace pitchers in Lincecum and Cain, and a home record that is 39-20. That has kept them in the race all season, but the difference between this team is home and away. At home, they are good, winning 66.1% of their games. On the road, they are bad, finding the win column in just 43.1% of their games. That differential is huge - 23% on the negative side. Barry Zito has not paid the kind of dividends for the Giants they had hoped for since coming over as a free agent from the A's. This season he has a 5.13 ERA against winning teams when pitching on the road. The Giants are just 32-65 on the road in their last 97 against a team with a winning record. The Rockies are torching lefthand pitching at home as they are 10-1 in their last 11. The Giants are just 1-4 in their last five played here, so the Rockies get the call.