Ian Kennedy went back to last year’s form last time out and he has yet to allow more than three earned runs in eight starts vs. Colorado. The D-Backs are not hitting though so go ‘under’ Tuesday.
It could be another surprisingly low scoring game in relation to the posted total Tuesday night when Jeremy Guthrie and the Colorado Rockies (24-30 overall, 9-15 away) take on Ian Kennedy and the Arizona Diamondbacks (25-30 overall, 10-16 home) in the middle game of a three-game series from Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ at 9:40 ET.
The posted total at Bookmaker Sportsbook is 10 for this contest with the current odds on the ‘under set at -120.
These National League West rivals were both hot entering this series, but returning home to where they are oddly just 10-16 this season apparently broke up the Diamondbacks’ momentum, as the Rockies prevailed on the road. That dropped Arizona to nine games back of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who won last night, while in third place in the West, while Colorado remains 9½ games out in fourth.
These teams went easily ‘under’ the posted total of 10 in the Rockies’ 4-0 win on Monday, as rookie Christian Friedrich continued his great road pitching for Colorado and Arizona continued its poor hitting at home vs. left-handed pitching. Granted that will not be a concern tonight vs. the right-handed Guthrie, but the Snakes are now also hitting .236 vs. right-handers over the last 10 games, which for the second straight game should make a double-digit total hard to reach.
Now Kennedy is just 4-5 this year with a 4.26 ERA and 1.32 WHIP, and those five losses are already more than his unbelievable 21-4 season of a year ago where he posted a 2.88 ERA. Some regression was to be expected this season after a career year like that, but he did finally return to last year’s form in his last start in San Francisco on Thursday, allowing only one run on five hits in 7.2 innings with seven strikeouts, and his velocity actually improved as the game went on.
Kennedy made a minor alteration to his delivery during pre-game warm-ups that supposedly allowed him to stay on top of the ball better, and one cannot argue with the results.
Kennedy now gets a chance to build on that momentum vs. a Colorado team he has dominated in the past. Kennedy has already faced the Rockies eight times since joining Arizona two years ago, and he has yet to allow more than three earned runs in any start against them while going an extremely deceptive 1-1 with a 3.13 ERA. He is facing a Rockies’ lineup that is hitting just .229 on the road this season including .227 vs. right-handers.
Colorado is also missing one of its best hitters in Troy Tulowitzki, who is currently on the Disabled List with a groin injury.
The Rockies are now 7-1 in their last eight games as last night’s win followed a 6-1 home stand. They scored all four of their runs over the first four innings on Monday off of Joe Saunders, who allowed 11 hits in 6.2 innings. They do not figure to have that same offensive success off of Kennedy, so Guthrie will need to keep the recently struggling D-Backs’ offense at bay.
Guthrie is 3-3 with an ugly 5.48 ERA and 1.57 WHIP, mainly because he has not pitched well at home in his first season at altitude. However, Guthrie has actually fared well in his four road starts, going 2-1 with a nice 2.22 ERA and a decent 1.31 WHIP. This will also be his first start ever vs. Arizona, which should work to his advantage.
Now these teams will probably score more than the four runs they managed last night, when we correctly tabbed the ‘under’, but we are still coming back with it again as reaching double-digits seems like a stretch on Tuesday.
The posted total at Bookmaker Sportsbook is 10 for this contest with the current odds on the ‘under set at -120.
These National League West rivals were both hot entering this series, but returning home to where they are oddly just 10-16 this season apparently broke up the Diamondbacks’ momentum, as the Rockies prevailed on the road. That dropped Arizona to nine games back of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who won last night, while in third place in the West, while Colorado remains 9½ games out in fourth.
These teams went easily ‘under’ the posted total of 10 in the Rockies’ 4-0 win on Monday, as rookie Christian Friedrich continued his great road pitching for Colorado and Arizona continued its poor hitting at home vs. left-handed pitching. Granted that will not be a concern tonight vs. the right-handed Guthrie, but the Snakes are now also hitting .236 vs. right-handers over the last 10 games, which for the second straight game should make a double-digit total hard to reach.Now Kennedy is just 4-5 this year with a 4.26 ERA and 1.32 WHIP, and those five losses are already more than his unbelievable 21-4 season of a year ago where he posted a 2.88 ERA. Some regression was to be expected this season after a career year like that, but he did finally return to last year’s form in his last start in San Francisco on Thursday, allowing only one run on five hits in 7.2 innings with seven strikeouts, and his velocity actually improved as the game went on.
Kennedy made a minor alteration to his delivery during pre-game warm-ups that supposedly allowed him to stay on top of the ball better, and one cannot argue with the results.
Kennedy now gets a chance to build on that momentum vs. a Colorado team he has dominated in the past. Kennedy has already faced the Rockies eight times since joining Arizona two years ago, and he has yet to allow more than three earned runs in any start against them while going an extremely deceptive 1-1 with a 3.13 ERA. He is facing a Rockies’ lineup that is hitting just .229 on the road this season including .227 vs. right-handers.
Colorado is also missing one of its best hitters in Troy Tulowitzki, who is currently on the Disabled List with a groin injury.
The Rockies are now 7-1 in their last eight games as last night’s win followed a 6-1 home stand. They scored all four of their runs over the first four innings on Monday off of Joe Saunders, who allowed 11 hits in 6.2 innings. They do not figure to have that same offensive success off of Kennedy, so Guthrie will need to keep the recently struggling D-Backs’ offense at bay.
Guthrie is 3-3 with an ugly 5.48 ERA and 1.57 WHIP, mainly because he has not pitched well at home in his first season at altitude. However, Guthrie has actually fared well in his four road starts, going 2-1 with a nice 2.22 ERA and a decent 1.31 WHIP. This will also be his first start ever vs. Arizona, which should work to his advantage.
Now these teams will probably score more than the four runs they managed last night, when we correctly tabbed the ‘under’, but we are still coming back with it again as reaching double-digits seems like a stretch on Tuesday.
Rockies, Diamondbacks ‘under’ 10 (-120) push
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