Familiar foes will clash on Sunday when the Colorado Rockies (51-65) host the Arizona Diamondbacks (52-61). Colorado is 8-7 against Arizona this season.
The Arizona Diamondbacks have won six of their last nine games after beating the Rockies 6-0 on Saturday. Arizona only went 1 for 6 with runners in scoring position but hit three home runs, with two coming off the bat of Emmanuel Rivera and the other from Josh Rojas. Zac Gallen tossed seven shutout innings and only allowed two hits in the victory.
Second shutout this week! pic.twitter.com/Ko1wJaECPh
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) August 14, 2022
This season Arizona is 17th scoring 4.3 runs per game with the strength of the offense being their 127 home runs. Christian Walker leads the team with 26 home runs with 63 RBI, and Daulton Varsho has 16 home runs and 55 RBI.
Tommy Henry, a 25-year-old-year-old rookie southpaw, will start Sunday. He is 1-1 with a 3.75 ERA in two starts after allowing just one run in seven innings against the Pirates on Tuesday.