In this Opening Day bout at PETCO Park, Nelson Cruz and the San Diego Padres go head to head against the Colorado Rockies and starting pitcher German Marquez. The first pitch is scheduled for 9:40 PM ET on Thursday, March 30.
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Player Prop Odds for Cruz
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -146 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -110 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -118 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -151 |
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Stats and Trends for the Colorado Rockies
- Marquez gets the nod for the Rockies and will make his first start of the season.
- The last time the 28-year-old righty pitched was on Sunday, Oct. 2, throwing six innings as the starter against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- His 4.95 ERA ranked 43rd, 1.365 WHIP ranked 41st, and 7.4 K/9 ranked 35th among qualified pitchers in the majors last season.
- The Rockies had a 7.5 K/9 last season as a pitching staff, which ranked 29th in baseball.
- Rockies pitchers had a combined ERA of 5.09 last year, which ranked 30th in MLB.
- The Rockies had a combined 1.444 WHIP as a pitching staff, second-highest in MLB.
- The Rockies ranked 21st in home runs allowed last season with 184, or 1.1 per game.
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Nelson Cruz Stats vs. the Rockies
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/29/2022 | Kyle Freeland | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/28/2022 | Chad Kuhl | 2-for-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/28/2022 | Austin Gomber | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0/2 | 0 |
| 5/26/2022 | German Márquez | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 5/3/2022 | German Márquez | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Cruz Stats and Trends
- Cruz picked up at least one hit 74 times last year in 129 games played (57.4%), including multiple hits on 24 occasions (18.6%).
- He homered in 7.8% of his games in 2022 (10 of 129), including 2% of his trips to the plate.
- In 30.2% of his games last year (39 of 129), he touched home plate at least one time, and in 11 (8.5%) he scored more than once.
- In 31.8% of his 129 games a year ago, Cruz picked up an RBI (41 times). He also had 15 games with multiple RBIs (11.6%), and three or more RBIs in eight games.
- He went down on strikes at least once in 60.5% of his games last season (78 of 129), with more than one strikeout in 34 of those contests (26.4%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 66 | GP | 63 |
| 41 (62.1%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 33 (52.4%) |
| 14 (21.2%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 10 (15.9%) |
| 21 (31.8%) | Games w/1+ Run | 18 (28.6%) |
| 6 (9.1%) | Games w/1+ HR | 4 (6.3%) |
| 26 (39.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 15 (23.8%) |
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