Colorado and San Francisco play the final game of a three-game series on Wednesday night, with the home team looking to avoid being swept for just the second time at AT&T Park.<\/p>\n
Colorado Rockies at San Francisco Giants<\/strong><\/p>\n Colorado is looking to pick up its first road-series sweep of the season, after grabbing a 2-1 extra-innings victory on Tuesday night.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re playing good baseball,\u201d Rockies manager Jim Tracy said.\u00a0 \u201cOur mindset is really good right now.\u00a0 We\u2019re in a very good place.\u201d\u00a0 The Rockies are now 13-15 on the road this season (-180) and are winners of four straight away from Coors Field (+451).\u00a0 Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki has led the offensive charge away from home, as he\u2019s hitting .395 (17-for-43) in his last 13 road games.\u00a0 Colorado plays its seventh game on the road this season with a total of seven or less, tallying a 4-2 record in this situation thus far in 2010 (+220).<\/p>\n Rockies SP Jeff Francis was solid through five innings last Friday against the Dodgers, giving up four runs in the sixth inning.\u00a0 He has posted a 3-4 record and 5.86 ERA during his eight career starts at AT&T Park, but hasn\u2019t faced the Giants since 2008.\u00a0 The left-hander has started just one road game this season, tossing 6.1 shutout innings in a 3-0 victory against the Kansas City Royals (+100).\u00a0 Francis has a great chance at success tonight, with the Giants coming in with a 6-9 mark against southpaws this season (-520).<\/p>\n San Francisco entered this series on a four-game winning streak and totaled 28 runs in that span, but now look to avoid a sweep after scoring just two runs in the first two games of this current series.\u00a0 The Giants are now a troublesome 7-14 against the NL West this season (-1,030), compared to their 20-7 record against the NL East and Central divisions.\u00a0 Despite Wednesday\u2019s loss, San Francisco is still a red-hot 8-3 in their last 11 home contests, outscoring its opponent by a 50-31 margin.\u00a0 It\u2019s also important to point out the dominant 34-11 record the team carries when placed as a home favorite of -125 to -150 the last three years (+1,920).\u00a0<\/p>\n Giants SP Matt Cain has gone 3-4 with a 2.50 ERA in 10 starts this season, with the team compiling a 4-6 mark in his outings (-360).\u00a0 He is scheduled to make his 20th<\/sup> career start against the Rockies and his second of the young 2010 season, posting a 9-6 mark with a 3.03 ERA.\u00a0 He has held Rockies’ hitters to a combined .201 average in his career, which includes leaving leadoff batter Carlos Gonzalez hitless in 11at-bats.\u00a0 The right-hander is coming off a complete game shutout of the Arizona Diamondbacks, allowing just a single runner to reach base in the 5-0 victory.\u00a0 It\u2019s the second start that Cain has produced in allowing just a single hit over at least eight innings of work this season.\u00a0 The Giants are 2-3 in his five starts at AT&T Park (-250).<\/p>\n Bettors that want to make a case of playing the Rockies to sweep the Giants don\u2019t have to look far to make a case.\u00a0 San Francisco was swept by San Diego during a three-game series from May 11-13, but that\u2019s the only time it\u2019s happened all season.\u00a0 On the other hand, Colorado hasn\u2019t picked up a road series sweep since a three-game series at Washington in August of last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Colorado and San Francisco play the final game of a three-game series on Wednesday night, with the home team looking to avoid being swept for just the second time at AT&T Park. 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