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959 | COLORADO | +1.5,-190 | +1.5,-170 | 960 | ARIZONA | -1.5,+165 | -1.5,+150 |
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All Games | 14-8 | +6.5 | 12-10 | 5.3 | 0.278 | 0.344 | 4.5 | 0.263 | 0.326 | Road Games | 5-5 | +0.7 | 7-3 | 4.7 | 0.259 | 0.335 | 4.9 | 0.282 | 0.349 | vs Right-handed Starters | 11-5 | +6.5 | 9-7 | 5.6 | 0.286 | 0.347 | 4.2 | 0.261 | 0.320 | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -1.2 | 2-5 | 3.4 | 0.237 | 0.293 | 4.4 | 0.253 | 0.319 | Grass Games | 14-8 | +6.5 | 12-10 | 5.3 | 0.278 | 0.344 | 4.5 | 0.263 | 0.326 | Night Games | 8-4 | +4.5 | 7-5 | 5.4 | 0.269 | 0.351 | 4.8 | 0.280 | 0.345 | Division | 8-5 | +2.8 | 4-9 | 4.5 | 0.231 | 0.313 | 4.0 | 0.259 | 0.315 |
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All Games | 5.3 | 0.278 | 0.344 | 22 | 765 | 213 | 74 | 30 | 0.04 | 112 | 77 | 156 | 19 | 162 | 15 | 12 | 22 | 7 | Road Games | 4.7 | 0.259 | 0.335 | 10 | 348 | 90 | 32 | 16 | 0.05 | 46 | 40 | 93 | 7 | 76 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 3 | Righty Starters | 5.6 | 0.286 | 0.347 | 16 | 563 | 161 | 59 | 25 | 0.04 | 87 | 53 | 114 | 13 | 118 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 4 |
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All Games | 3.68 | 1.238 | 78.3 | 34 | 32 | 76 | 4 | 21 | 65 | 4-3 | 7 | 3 | 70% | Road Games | 5.29 | 1.529 | 34 | 20 | 20 | 42 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 60% |
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All Games | 13-9 | +4.1 | 8-14 | 4.5 | 0.252 | 0.312 | 3.7 | 0.245 | 0.302 | Home Games | 6-4 | +1.2 | 4-6 | 4.7 | 0.256 | 0.330 | 3.9 | 0.235 | 0.305 | vs Right-handed Starters | 9-4 | +5.1 | 6-7 | 5.1 | 0.268 | 0.320 | 3.8 | 0.258 | 0.295 | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +1.8 | 2-5 | 3.6 | 0.227 | 0.290 | 3.4 | 0.230 | 0.281 | Grass Games | 13-9 | +4.1 | 8-14 | 4.5 | 0.252 | 0.312 | 3.7 | 0.245 | 0.302 | Night Games | 8-9 | -1.4 | 6-11 | 4.3 | 0.249 | 0.304 | 3.9 | 0.245 | 0.308 | Division | 6-4 | +3 | 3-7 | 3.4 | 0.231 | 0.291 | 3.1 | 0.239 | 0.297 |
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All Games | 4.5 | 0.252 | 0.312 | 22 | 783 | 197 | 72 | 22 | 0.03 | 91 | 69 | 171 | 5 | 156 | 21 | 6 | 20 | 7 | Home Games | 4.7 | 0.256 | 0.330 | 10 | 344 | 88 | 29 | 9 | 0.03 | 43 | 38 | 81 | 3 | 73 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 3 | Righty Starters | 5.1 | 0.268 | 0.320 | 13 | 496 | 133 | 52 | 15 | 0.03 | 59 | 38 | 105 | 4 | 102 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 4 |
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All Games | 2.57 | 1.140 | 73.7 | 21 | 21 | 61 | 9 | 23 | 80 | 7-2 | 7 | 7 | 50% | Home Games | 2.19 | 1.000 | 37 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 14 | 41 | 2-0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% |
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4/12/2013 | GARLAND(R) | @ SAN DIEGO | ROSS(R) | 7-5 | W | -105 | 7.5 un | O | 9 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4/13/2013 | CHACIN(R) | @ SAN DIEGO | VOLQUEZ(R) | 9-5 | W | -120 | 7.5 un | O | 14 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4/14/2013 | DE LA ROSA(L) | @ SAN DIEGO | RICHARD(L) | 2-1 | W | -110 | 8 un | U | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4/16/2013 | NICASIO(R) | NY METS | GEE(R) | 8-4 | W | -150 | 10 un | O | 12 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4/16/2013 | FRANCIS(L) | NY METS | LAFFEY(L) | 9-8 | W | -135 | 10.5 un | O | 13 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4/18/2013 | GARLAND(R) | NY METS | NIESE(L) | 11-3 | W | -115 | 9.5 un | O | 17 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4/19/2013 | CHACIN(R) | ARIZONA | KENNEDY(R) | 3-1 | W | -120 | 9.5 ev | U | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4/20/2013 | DE LA ROSA(L) | ARIZONA | CAHILL(R) | 4-3 | W | -115 | 9.5 un | U | 6 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4/21/2013 | NICASIO(R) | ARIZONA | MCCARTHY(R) | 4-5 | L | -115 | 10 un | U | 9 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4/23/2013 | FRANCIS(L) | ATLANTA | MINOR(L) | 3-4 | L | +110 | 9.5 un | U | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4/23/2013 | GARLAND(R) | ATLANTA | TEHERAN(R) | 2-10 | L | -120 | 9.5 un | O | 12 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4/24/2013 | CHATWOOD(R) | ATLANTA | HUDSON(R) | 6-5 | W | +115 | 9.5 un | O | 15 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4/25/2013 | DE LA ROSA(L) | @ ARIZONA | CAHILL(R) | 2-3 | L | 125 | 9 un | U | 6 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4/26/2013 | NICASIO(R) | @ ARIZONA | MCCARTHY(R) | | 4/27/2013 | FRANCIS(L) | @ ARIZONA | MILEY(L) | | 4/28/2013 | GARLAND(R) | @ ARIZONA | CORBIN(L) | | 4/29/2013 | CHATWOOD(R) | @ LA DODGERS | LILLY(L) | | 4/30/2013 | DE LA ROSA(L) | @ LA DODGERS | RYU(L) | | 5/1/2013 | NICASIO(R) | @ LA DODGERS | BECKETT(R) | | 5/3/2013 | | TAMPA BAY | | |
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4/12/2013 | CORBIN(L) | LA DODGERS | KERSHAW(L) | 3-0 | W | +140 | 7.5 un | U | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 4/13/2013 | KENNEDY(R) | LA DODGERS | RYU(L) | 5-7 | L | -125 | 8.5 ov | O | 11 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4/14/2013 | CAHILL(R) | LA DODGERS | BECKETT(R) | 1-0 | W | -120 | 9 ov | U | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4/16/2013 | MCCARTHY(R) | @ NY YANKEES | NOVA(R) | 2-4 | L | 120 | 9 un | U | 8 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4/17/2013 | MILEY(L) | @ NY YANKEES | SABATHIA(L) | 3-4 | L | 135 | 7.5 un | U | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4/18/2013 | CORBIN(L) | @ NY YANKEES | HUGHES(R) | 6-2 | W | -105 | 8.5 un | U | 13 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4/19/2013 | KENNEDY(R) | @ COLORADO | CHACIN(R) | 1-3 | L | 110 | 9.5 ev | U | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4/20/2013 | CAHILL(R) | @ COLORADO | DE LA ROSA(L) | 3-4 | L | 105 | 9.5 un | U | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4/21/2013 | MCCARTHY(R) | @ COLORADO | NICASIO(R) | 5-4 | W | 105 | 10 un | U | 8 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4/22/2013 | MILEY(L) | @ SAN FRANCISCO | VOGELSONG(R) | 4-5 | L | 105 | 7 un | O | 9 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4/23/2013 | CORBIN(L) | @ SAN FRANCISCO | CAIN(R) | 6-4 | W | 130 | 6.5 ev | O | 10 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4/24/2013 | KENNEDY(R) | @ SAN FRANCISCO | BUMGARNER(L) | 3-2 | W | 145 | 7 un | U | 8 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4/25/2013 | CAHILL(R) | COLORADO | DE LA ROSA(L) | 3-2 | W | -135 | 9 un | U | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 4/26/2013 | MCCARTHY(R) | COLORADO | NICASIO(R) | | 4/27/2013 | MILEY(L) | COLORADO | FRANCIS(L) | | 4/28/2013 | CORBIN(L) | COLORADO | GARLAND(R) | | 4/29/2013 | KENNEDY(R) | SAN FRANCISCO | CAIN(R) | | 4/30/2013 | CAHILL(R) | SAN FRANCISCO | BUMGARNER(L) | | 5/1/2013 | MCCARTHY(R) | SAN FRANCISCO | LINCECUM(R) | | 5/3/2013 | | @ SAN DIEGO | | |
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| | | COLORADO: HITTING: This offense still has trouble scoring outside of Coors Field, posting the second-fewest road runs in the majors (3.65 per game). SS TROY TULOWITZKI doesn't need the thin air though, posting an .881 OPS on the road. He led Colorado with a .302 BA, 30 HR, 105 RBI. OF CARLOS GONZALEZ was bothered by wrist and back injuries last year, but still managed to smack 26 homers with 92 RBI and 92 runs. OF DEXTER FOWLER will bat first or second after a strong .363 OBP. He could score 100 runs if he improved his base stealing (12 SB, 9 CS). OF MICHAEL CUDDYER gets the Coors Field Bump, while TYLER COLVIN settles into the 4th-OF role. Colorado has question marks with its corner infielders. 1B TODD HELTON is 38 with a bad back, and mediocre 3B CHRIS NELSON will start until top prospect NOLAN ARENADO is ready for the big leagues. 2B MARCO SCUTARO carries a louder stick than most two-baggers and C RAMON HERNANDEZ (.788 OPS) is an upgrade over the departed Chris Iannetta. STARTING PITCHING: There are plenty of question marks in Colorado's rotation with Ubaldo Jimenez pitching in the AL and two of its top three starters coming off major injuries. JORGE DE LA ROSA had Tommy John surgery and won't likely return to a big-league mound until June. De La Rosa had a 1.19 WHIP and 52 strikeouts in 59 innings before his injury. JHOULYS CHACIN will be counted on as the rotation's ace and he certainly has the physical tools and array of pitches to live up to this billing if he can trim his 87 walks in 194 innings. Former Baltimore 'ace' JEREMY GUTRHIE threw for 200+ innings in each of his past three seasons, but he's also served up 86 gopher balls in this span. That's not a good sign of things to come in the thin air. JUAN NICASIO took a line drive off the head and broke his C-1 vertebrae in August, but the team amazingly expects him to ready when the season begins. The 25-year-old has great command for such a young hurler. GUILLERMO MOSCOCO fared pretty well as a starter with the A's last year (.209 Opp. BA), but his 4.70 road ERA nearly doubled his 2.42 ERA in Oakland . Lefty DREW POMERANZ, 23, has a wealthy array of pitches and performed admirably in three of his four starts after being called up last season. RELIEF PITCHING: Although he was the team's main set-up man last year, RAFAEL BETANCOURT becomes the Rockies closer with Huston Street out of the picture. After struggling at Coors Field in 2010 (4.99 ERA, 7 HR), he thrived in the thin air last year with a 1.93 ERA, and just 1 HR allowed in 32.2 innings. But he turns 37 in April and is one of the riskier saves men with little closing experience in his career. MATT BELISLE figures to be next in line for saves, notching 70 K and 16 BB at Coors Field since 2010. MATT REYNOLDS is the top lefty in the pen, but his 2011 season was nothing to write home about (4.09 ERA, 10 HR allowed in 50.2 IP). | | ARIZONA: HITTING: Arizona's offense placed ninth in the majors in runs (4.5 per game), homers (172) and OPS (.736), thanks in big part to its young outfield trio. OF JUSTIN UPTON, 24, had a career year and led his team with a .289 BA, 31 HR, 88 RBI, 105 runs and a .369 OBP. OF GERARDO PARRA may have won a Gold Glove, but OF JASON KUBEL is the new leftfielder. Kubel's power numbers will improve in the desert. OF CHRIS YOUNG's .236 BA was poor, but his .331 OBP allowed him to score 89 times and swipe a team-high 22 SB. 1B PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT, 24, belted 30 homers in 103 Double-A games and continued his power in the majors with eight bombs in 156 at-bats. 3B RYAN ROBERTS (19 HR, 86 runs) and C MIGUEL MONTERO (18 HR, 86 RBI) also had career-best seasons. 2B AARON HILL was a great midseason acquisition from Toronto, tallying an .878 OPS in 33 games with Arizona. SS STEPHEN DREW batted only .252 with 5 HR in half a season before fracturing his ankle. He'll probably return in early May, and speedy WILLIE BLOOMQUIST will replace him in the starting lineup. STARTING PITCHING: D-backs starters won 71 games, sixth-most in baseball. IAN KENNEDY won 21 of those contests and led the team with a 2.88 ERA and 198 strikeouts. He also held batters to a .210 BA at hitter-friendly Chase Field. DANIEL HUDSON was strong in all facets as well, notching 16 wins, 169 K and a 3.49 ERA. He pitches like a seasoned veteran, but he's only 25. Newcomer TREVOR CAHILL was 6-1 with a 1.79 ERA in his first 10 starts before finishing 6-13 with a 5.25 ERA. Don't expect a huge comeback going from a pitcher's park to a hitter's park. The Diamondbacks brought back innings eater JOE SAUNDERS, which closed the door for stud prospect WADE MILEY to begin 2012 in Arizona's starting rotation. Once the first-round draft pick from 2008 cuts down on his walks, everything else should fall into place, and he should be pitching for the big club come September. JOSH COLLMENTER burst on the scene with his crazy delivery and was unhittable in his first six starts (1.05 ERA, 0.76 WHIP). He predictably tailed off, but still led the rotation with a 1.07 WHIP, walking just 28 batters in 154.1 innings. RELIEF PITCHING: Arizona led the majors with 58 saves, as J.J. PUTZ tallied 45 of those. He didn't allow a run in his final 18 appearances, finishing with a 2.17 ERA, 0.91 WHIP and 9.5 K per 9 IP. He was unhittable on the road, giving up just one run on nine hits in 24.1 innings (.113 opp. BA). Putz does have a history of being injured, and if he gets hurt again, DAVID HERNANDEZ proved a worthy replacement, saving 11 games last year and posting a strong 10.0 K per 9 IP rate. He held opponents to a meager .193 BA. BRAD ZIEGLER was even better after Arizona acquired him at the deadline. In 23 appearances with the D-backs, the side-arming Ziegler notched a 1.74 ERA and 1.02 WHIP. |
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*Rockies-Diamondbacks Preview* ==============================
By ALAN FERGUSON STATS Writer
Colorado (14-8) at Arizona (13-9), 9:40 p.m. EDT
Arizona's Brandon McCarthy once again couldn't avoid a big inning when he faced the Colorado Rockies this past weekend.
When he faces the Rockies on Friday night, the right-hander again seeks his first win as he tries to help lead the Diamondbacks to a season high-tying fourth straight victory.
McCarthy (0-2, 7.06 ERA) has allowed 15 of his 19 runs in just four of his 21 2-3 innings, and yielded three in the third frame in his first career start against Colorado on Sunday. The Diamondbacks went on to win 5-4, snapping the Rockies' win streak at eight.
"There's only so much you can do with bad contact balls blooping in. Once it leaves my hand, I can't control it. The innings are mostly falling like that," he told the team's website. "Most of the innings where I've given up runs, it's just pitches that are finding holes."
This time, McCarthy will face a team that's dropped four of five. In Thursday's series opener at Chase Field, the Rockies (14-8) were 1 for 11 with runners in scoring position in a 3-2 defeat.
Paul Goldschmidt hit a key two-run homer in the fourth inning, his second in three games for Arizona (13-9).
"We were able to scrape across a couple of runs. The pitching has been doing so well lately. They've been keeping us in a lot of games," he said. "It's a good win. We'll come out (Friday) and see if we can do it again."
McCarthy will once again pitch opposite Juan Nicasio (2-0, 5.31), who lasted a season-low 4 1-3 innings Sunday. He gave up two runs, three hits and three walks but used up 96 pitches.
Nicasio has failed to make it through the sixth inning in any of his last three outings. He hasn't been efficient enough to make it through five innings in any of his three career starts against Arizona. Nicasio has no record and a 6.94 ERA in those outings, which have all been in Denver.
"I need more command of my fastball," he said. "I've thrown like 90 pitches in the last three games and only gone five innings. I've got to go deeper in the game."
Didi Gregorius is expected to get the chance to face Nicasio again in his first home game for Arizona after getting a scheduled day off in the opener. The shortstop, batting .400 (10 for 25) in his first six games, hit a solo homer off the right-hander in Sunday's victory.
"It's always exciting to play at home," Gregorius said. "I'm looking forward to getting my first chance."
Gerardo Parra, seeking a career-high 11-game hit streak, has one double in his six at-bats against Nicasio. Cody Ross has two doubles and two RBIs in five at-bats, and Goldschmidt is 2 for 4 with two RBIs.
Troy Tulowitzki was 2 for 3 with a solo homer in his first matchup with McCarthy while Yorvit Torrealba is 3 for 5 all-time against him.
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| Last Updated: 4/26/2024 9:48:10 PM EST. |
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