Colorado Rockies at Arizona Diamondbacks
PHOENIX (Interstat) — The Arizona Diamondbacks host the Colorado Rockies on Sunday evening at Chase Field, with the opener of a four-game series concluding after Saturday’s game was suspended scoreless in the first inning due to rain.
Arizona (26-24) enters with a .520 winning percentage and has taken two of the three completed games in this set, including a 2-1 victory Thursday. Colorado (20-32) won Friday 3-2 behind Tomoyuki Sugano’s strong start.
The Diamondbacks are projected as -1.5 favorites, according to Interstat’s game simulator, which forecasts a 7-2 Arizona win. The over/under is set at 9 runs.
PROBABLE PITCHERS
Left-hander Jose Quintana (2-2, 4.12 ERA) is scheduled to start for Colorado. He has not faced Arizona this season but owns a 3.45 ERA over 31 career starts against them.
Right-hander Michael Soroka (1-3, 3.76 ERA) is expected to start for Arizona. Soroka took the loss Friday despite allowing only one earned run over six innings, striking out two while scattering four hits.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Sugano has been Colorado’s most reliable arm in this series. The right-hander earned a win Friday by tossing 6.2 innings, allowing two earned runs, six hits and striking out three. Over his last two starts against Arizona, both wins, he has posted a 1.54 ERA with four strikeouts in 11.2 innings.
Soroka has been sharp in three of his last four outings. He allowed one earned run over six innings in a loss Friday, struck out eight over 5.2 innings in a win May 17 at Colorado, and fired 6.1 scoreless innings against Texas on May 11.
RECENT RESULTS
Colorado’s 3-2 victory Friday was its second win in the past 10 games. The Rockies have dropped four of their past five overall.
Arizona’s 2-1 win Thursday snapped a two-game losing streak. The Diamondbacks have won four of their past seven.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Both teams head to California after this series. Colorado begins a three-game set at the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday. Arizona opens a three-game series at the San Francisco Giants.