Fade the Rockies on the road, play on them at home. As I wrote yesterday in picking Colorado to beat the Pirates, there is no team more Jekyll/Hyde with their home/road splits than the Rockies.

Losers of 31 of 37 road games, the Rockies are 28-16 at Coors Field while leading the league in home batting average.

So I'm interested whenever I see Colorado as a home 'dog, which is the case here.

Maybe it's name recognition why the oddsmaker opened St. Louis the favorite since the pitching matchup is Adam Wainwright versus Antonio Senzatela.

Wainwright isn't nearly the star he once was and he's pitched poorly on the road with a 2-2 record, 6.31 ERA and 1.52 WHIP. The Cardinals aren't likely to be able to use their star closer either as Alex Reyes has thrown 47 pitches during the last two days.

St. Louis has lost nine of its last 10 road contests. The Rockies are 12-2 during their last 14 home games going against a righty starter.

Senzatela is that rare pitcher who has fared better at Coors Field where he has a 3.91 ERA on the season. He's facing a St. Louis lineup that has scored 3 or fewer runs in seven of its last 10 games. St. Louis also is 6-15 in its last 21 games versus a righty starter.