The Arizona Diamondbacks will play the Colorado Rockies in Game 2 of their series on Saturday night at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado.
Diamondbacks Preview
The Arizona Diamondbacks are 15-12 this season and they have won three of their last four games. Arizona won Game 1 of this series by a score of 9-1 on Friday night. The Arizona pitching staff has a 4.48 ERA, a 1.33 WHIP, and a .237 opponent batting average this year. The Diamondbacks offense has scored 130 runs with a .261 batting average and a .313 on base percentage. Corbin Carroll is batting .312 with four home runs and eight RBI’s for the Diamondbacks. The projected starting pitcher for Arizona is Tommy Henry, who is 0-0 with a 6.23 ERA and a 1.85 WHIP over 4.1 innings pitched this season.
Rockies Preview
The Colorado Rockies are 8-19 this season and they have lost five of their last seven games. Prior to losing Game 1 of this series, Colorado won two out of three games against Cleveland. The Colorado pitching staff has a 5.20 ERA, a 1.47 WHIP, and a .267 opponent batting average. The Rockies offense has scored 99 runs with a .243 batting average and a .304 on base percentage this season. Ryan McMahon is batting .231 with four home runs and 12 RBI’s for the Rockies. The projected starting pitcher for Colorado is Noah Davis, who is 0-0 with a 0.93 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP over 9.2 innings pitched this year.
Trends
Arizona is 20-42 in their last 62 Saturday games and 6-13 in their last 19 games following a win. The under is 3-1-2 in Arizona’s last 6 game two’s of a series. Colorado is 7-20 in their last 27 games and 0-6 in their last 6 Saturday games. The over is 5-1 in Colorado’s last 6 Saturday games. Arizona is 6-12 in these two teams last 18 head to head meetings in Colorado.
Pick
Colorado comes into this game with one of the worst records in all of baseball and they have a team ERA of 5.09. The Rockies have struggled offensively this season as well, despite playing their home games in a very hitter friendly ball park. Arizona is 15-12 so far this season and scored nine runs in the win on Friday. Noah Davis has been sharp for the Rockies in his first two outings, so I am taking Colorado to get the home win.
AUTHOR: David Racey
