A pair of NL West rivals with different situations as the regular season winds down continue a weekend set out in the City of Angels. The Colorado Rockies are on the road as they play the middle game of a three-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers Saturday night. Colorado was swept on the road by San Francisco as they were beaten 6-4 in the series finale Thursday night. Los Angeles took the rubber game of their three-game series on the road as they dropped the Padres 5-2 Thursday night in their most recent contest. This article was published prior to the conclusion of the opening game of the series at Dodger Stadium Friday night.
Colorado saw their offensive struggles away from Coors Field continue on Thursday night as they couldn’t get untracked for eight innings against the Giants, making their ninth inning rally an exercise in futility. The Rockies entered Friday last in the NL West, 43 games behind the Dodgers for the top spot. They have been eliminated from playoff contention. On Thursday, the Rockies were unable to get anything going early, trailing 6-0 after eight innings before tallying four times in the ninth. Colorado had six hits in the game with Yonathan Daza (run) the lone player with two in the loss. Sean Bouchard hit his second homer of the season in the contest. Ryan Feltner (3-9) took the loss as he allowed five runs on six hits with three walks and five strikeouts over six innings of work.
Kyle Freeland is on the mound as he logs his 31st start of the season for the Rockies in this contest . He comes in 9-11 with a 4.63 ERA, a 1.396 WHIP, 50 walks and 123 strikeouts over 169 innings of work on the year. Freeland took the loss in his last start, which came against the Padres at home Sunday afternoon. He gave up seven runs on nine hits with no walks and two strikeouts in 2.2 innings of a 13-6 Rockies loss. In his last three starts, Freeland is 1-2 with a 4.70 ERA, a 1.63 WHIP, four walks and 11 strikeouts over 15.1 innings of work. Freeland makes his 21st career start against the Dodgers in this contest. He comes in 5-9 with a 4.53 ERA, a 1.335 WHIP, 36 walks and 93 strikeouts over 109.1 innings of work against them. Freeland is 1-4 with a 3.81 ERA, a 1.309 WHIP, 18 walks and 38 strikeouts over 49.2 innings of work in nine career starts at Dodger Stadium.