Rockies play the Diamondbacks after Diaz’s 4-hit game

By: The Associated Press Posted: 2:03 AM CDT Saturday, Sep. 10, 2022

Arizona Diamondbacks (65-72, third in the NL West) vs. Colorado Rockies (60-79, fifth in the NL West)

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Arizona Diamondbacks (65-72, third in the NL West) vs. Colorado Rockies (60-79, fifth in the NL West)

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Arizona Diamondbacks (65-72, third in the NL West) vs. Colorado Rockies (60-79, fifth in the NL West)

Denver; Saturday, 8:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Madison Bumgarner (6-13, 4.83 ERA, 1.48 WHIP, 103 strikeouts); Rockies: Jose Urena (3-6, 6.13 ERA, 1.67 WHIP, 38 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Diamondbacks -115, Rockies -104; over/under is 11 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Rockies play the Arizona Diamondbacks after Elias Diaz’s four-hit game on Friday.

Colorado is 60-79 overall and 39-33 at home. The Rockies have the fourth-best team batting average in MLB play at .259.

Arizona has a 65-72 record overall and a 28-38 record on the road. The Diamondbacks are 48-16 in games when they scored at least five runs.

The teams play Saturday for the 18th time this season. The Rockies are ahead 9-8 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: C.J. Cron leads the Rockies with 27 home runs while slugging .486. Mike Toglia is 10-for-36 with five doubles, two home runs and seven RBI over the past 10 games.

Josh Rojas ranks fifth on the Diamondbacks with a .273 batting average, and has 21 doubles, a triple, eight home runs, 49 walks and 47 RBI. Christian Walker is 13-for-36 with two home runs and five RBI over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rockies: 5-5, .226 batting average, 5.17 ERA, outscored by two runs

Diamondbacks: 5-5, .272 batting average, 5.46 ERA, outscored by one run

INJURIES: Rockies: Yonathan Daza: day-to-day (shoulder), Jose Iglesias: 10-Day IL (hand), Lucas Gilbreath: 15-Day IL (elbow), Antonio Senzatela: 15-Day IL (acl), Kris Bryant: 10-Day IL (foot), Tyler Kinley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Helcris Olivarez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Rolison: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Scott Oberg: 60-Day IL (arm)

Diamondbacks: Yonny Hernandez: 60-Day IL (calf), Tyler Gilbert: 60-Day IL (elbow), Humberto Castellanos: 60-Day IL (elbow), Nick Ahmed: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.