Two of baseball’s top hitters face off when the Miami Marlins (46-41) and the Colorado Rockies (34-53) meet at 3:10 p.m. ET on Thursday at Coors Field. Otto Lopez has a .332 batting average (first in MLB) for the favored Marlins (-149), while Troy Johnston ranks seventh in MLB action batting .313 this season for the underdog Rockies (+122). Ryan Gusto takes the mound first for Miami, and Michael Lorenzen is Colorado’s pick to start.

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Marlins vs. Rockies betting lines

• Favorite: Marlins (-149)
• Underdog: Rockies (+122)
• Over/under: 11

Marlins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Marlins betting info

• The Marlins have won 30 of the 43 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (69.8%).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -149 or shorter, Miami has an 8-1 record (winning 88.9% of its games).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Marlins have an implied win probability of 59.8%.
• Miami has played in 87 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 46 times (46-39-2).
• The Marlins have a 47-40-0 record ATS this season (covering 54% of the time).

Marlins hitting info

• Lopez paces the Marlins with a .332 batting average.
• Among hitters in baseball, Lopez ranks 148th in homers and 91st in RBI.
• Lopez heads into this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .227 with a double, a triple, a home run and two RBIs.
• Xavier Edwards is batting .303 with 13 doubles, five triples, six home runs and 42 walks.
• Among all MLB hitters, Edwards ranks 181st in homers and 152nd in RBI.
• Liam Hicks has a team-high 13 home runs and 53 runs batted in.
• Hicks has safely hit in 12 straight games. In his last 10 games he is batting .372 with a double, a home run, four walks and five RBIs.
• Javier Sanoja has 14 doubles, two triples, three home runs and 13 walks while hitting .277.
• Sanoja has safely hit in three games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .556 with a double, two triples, a home run, two walks and nine RBIs.

Marlins pitching rankings

• The Marlins pitching staff is 15th in MLB with a collective 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Miami has a 3.95 team ERA that ranks 10th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Marlins combine for the No. 9-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.238).
• Marlins pitchers combine to allow 85 home runs (1.0 per game), the fourth-fewest in MLB.
• In its 14-3 win last time out, Miami struck out 12 Rockies batters while allowing five hits.

Rockies betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rockies betting info

• The Rockies have entered the game as underdogs 86 times this season and won 34, or 39.5%, of those games.
• Colorado has entered 69 games this season as the underdog by +122 or more and is 26-43 in those contests.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rockies have a 45% chance to win.
• Games involving Colorado have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 41 of 87 chances this season.
• In 87 games with a spread this season, the Rockies are 46-41-0 ATS.

Rockies hitting info

• T.J. Rumfield is batting .290 with 12 home runs and 45 RBI for Colorado this season.
• Among all batters in MLB, Rumfield’s home run total is 72nd, and his RBI total is 48th.
• Hunter Goodman is batting .243 this season with a team-high 27 home runs and 50 RBI.
• Goodman ranks second overall in homers and 33rd in RBI this year.
• Jake McCarthy has 70 hits this season and a slash line of .294/.332/.479.
• Johnston leads Colorado in batting average (.313) this season while adding three home runs and 36 RBI.

Rockies pitching rankings

• The Rockies strike out just 7.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in MLB.
• Colorado has pitched to a 5.61 ERA this season, which ranks 30th in baseball.
• The Rockies have a combined WHIP of 1.522 as a pitching staff, which is worst in baseball this season.
• The Rockies have allowed the fifth-most home runs this season with 119, or 1.4 per game.
• Last time out, Colorado fell to the Marlins 14-3. Its pitchers compiled five strikeouts and 21 hits allowed.