Colorado Rockies game no. 51 thread: Zach Agnos vs. Eduardo Rodriguez

After another heartbreaking loss on Wednesday to close out the homestand, the Colorado Rockies are back out on the road to kick off a seven-game trip to face the Arizona Diamondbacks for a four-game series, followed by three games against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Rockies and Diamondbacks squared off last weekend at Coors Field, with the Snakes taking the series. Arizona ended up scoring 19 runs while Colorado scored 11 in the series. Two of the games remained relatively close, so hopefully things can turn in the Rockies’ favor as they are 9-16 on the road. The Diamondbacks, on the other hand, are fresh off a three-game sweep of the scuffling San Francisco Giants and are now 15-9 at home.

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Zach Agnos (0-0, 5.59 ERA) will take the mound as the starter for Colorado. This is Agnos’ first career start as he has only worked as a reliever dating back to his college days. Manager Warren Schaeffer has liked what he’s seen out of Agnos in a long relief role, and may have been convinced to give him this start after he tossed 4.1 innings in his last appearance. That outing just so happened to come against Arizona, as he allowed two runs on four hits. Agnos has now gone three or more innings five times out of his 13 appearances. Strikeouts are definitely down as he has just four in 11.2 innings, but he has also limited himself to three walks. He will get into some trouble giving up contact, but if he keeps up what he’s been doing of late, he could eat some much-needed innings.

Eduardo Rodriguez (4-1, 2.53 ERA) has continued his excellence for the Diamondbacks. The veteran lefty has consistently averaged at least five innings per start and allowed more than two runs just three times. His previous outing came at Coors Field, where he limited the Rockies to just three runs on nine hits in 5.1 innings of work with six strikeouts and no walks. It was the first game this season where Rodriguez hadn’t issued a walk, as he had allowed at least three in each of his previous five starts. He continues to limit hard contact and generate a healthy amount of ground balls.

First Pitch: 7:40 PM MDT

TV: Rockies TV

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Radio: KOA 850 AM/94.1 FM; KNRV 1150 (Spanish)

Diamondbacks SB Nation site: AZ Snake Pit

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