Thursday’s Pitching Matchup
Rockies vs. Giants
Coors Field
1:10 p.m, MDT
KOA-AM (850) and FSN Rocky Mountain
Rockies (Jason Marquis, 4-1, 3.31) vs. Giants (Matt Cain, 2-1, 3.09).
Marquis is 4-0 with a 2.08 earned-run average in four day time starts this season. He is 4-1 with a 1.98 ERA in eight career appearances, seven starts, against the Giants, including a complete-game victory against the Giants at AT&T Park on Saturday. He has won both his starts at Coors Field this year, allowing five earned runs in 14 1/3 innings.
Marquis’ headache: Randy Winn has a career .421 average against Marquis with two home runs.
Marquis; relief: Aaron Rowand is a career .059 hitter agaisnt Marquis, with one hit in 17 at-bats.
Cain is 6-5 with a 3.33 ERA in 14 career starts against the Rockies, including losing to Marquis at AT&T Park on Saturday. Cain allowed five runs on seven hits, including three home runs, in five innings of that game after allowing six runs in 26 innings his first four starts of the season. He is 1-2 in five career starts at Coors Field, where he has a 5.00 earned-run average.
Cain’s headache: Yorvit Torrealba has hit .330 against Cain, and Garrett Atkins has a .324 average.
Cain’s relief: Brad Hawpe has a career .111 average, and Todd Helton has hit .207.
COMING UP
Friday: Jason Hammel (0-0, 3.45) vs. Marlins (Ricky Nolasco, 1-3, 7.03), 7:10 p.m., MDT. Coors Field. FSN Rocky Mountain. KOA-AM (850).
Saturday: Jorge De La Rosa (0-2, 3.90) vs. Marlins (Josh Johnson, 2-0, 2.57), 6:10 p.m, MDT. Coors Field. FSN Rocky Mountain. KOA-AM (850).
Sunday: Aaron Cook (1-1, 5.67) vs. Marlins (Chris Volstad, 2-1, 2.97), 1:10 p.m, MDT. Coors Field. FSN Rocky Mountain. KOA-AM (850).
Monday: Off.
2 Comments »
Tracy,
Why are the Rockies keeping Christian Friedrich at Ashville? He’s dominating the SAL. When do you expect to see him mive up to Modesto or Tulsa?
Stepping in for Tracy, Cisco Kid, I would expect Friedrich would stay at Asheville until about the South Atlantic League all-star break, which occurs in the third week in June. The Rockies typically don’t move players quickly, least of all after a few good weeks. They perfer the players have some sustained success at a level (which will stand them in good stead when they hit a skid there) and then move up. Friedrich made three starts at Asheville last year and is obviously dominating there this season. That said, I would expect him to stay there about another month. In addition to Daley, another candidate to move in mid-season is SS Hector Gomez. He’s doing extremely well at high Class A Modesto, where he was supposed to play last year, but got hurt and seems to be on course to get to Double-A Tulsa next month.
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