A pair of National League teams face off Friday night in the Mile High City as the Reds take on the host Rockies. This is a four-game set with Colorado taking Game One 13 to 8 on Thursday night. Tonight’s pitching matchup gives us a starter coming off an enormously emotional start his last time out. Reds starter Wade Miley tossed a no-hitter against Cleveland winning 3 to 0 going nine innings walking one and striking out eight. These situations offer a solid play against when facing a team that has value and, in the game, tonight the Rockies are a nice fit. Colorado will send German Marquez to the bump with his 1-4 SU record and his ERA of 5.49 on the season. Last Sunday Marquez tossed six innings allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits and six strikeouts in a 2 to 0 loss. Marquez is 2-0 SU with a 1.93 ERA in his three career starts versus the Reds. Our TPR Index projects a run advantage of 1.33 runs. The SPMatrix has German Marquez with an average of 6.98 compared to Wade Miley who has an average of 6.41. Our next set of metrics look at the overall Pitchers Power Ratings. Coming into this game and situation Marquez has a rating of 107 while Miley rating is only 98 with a league average of 100. Play ON MLB favorites after a SU win in which they left eighteen or more men on base and it is not the first game of a series, 1652-1109 SU (59.8%) (+3376). Play ON MLB home favorites whose starter went four or more innings and allowed fewer than five runs with a WHIP of at least 0.40 in his last start,1410-869 SU (61.9%) (+5216). Play ON MLB home favorites coming off a win in which they had ten or fewer fly balls and eight or more grounders facing an opponent who is coming off a road loss, 82-45 SU (64.6%) (+983). The Rockies qualify in our Momentum Matrix with a positive rating while the Reds are trending in negative territory. Add it all up and we have a strong play on the home team as they take a 2-0 series lead on Friday night. Lay the short price with the boys from the Mile High City.