The Mile High City is abuzz on Saturday.
The Denver Nuggets kick off their first round playoff series against the Timberwolves at Ball Arena. Over at Mile High Stadium, 70,000+ tickets have been sold to welcome Lionel Messi to town, as the Colorado Rapids take on Inter Miami for a 30th anniversary celebration. Back at Coors Field, the Colorado Rockies welcome the Los Angeles Dodgers for the nightcap on a busy Denver sports day.
Hopefully the Rockies can bring some fireworks with them.
The Rockies have
scored three or fewer runs in six of their last eight games. That’s only worked out for them once, in a 3-2 win against the Houston Astros on Thursday. They’ll need to find some offensive consistency to have a shot against L.A.
Standing in the way of that is Emmet Sheehan (2-0, 6.60 ERA). In his last start, Sheehan made it through six innings on just 77 pitches, giving up four hits and two home runs along the way. He surrendered three runs, all at the hands of Brandon Nimmo (a solo home run in the first and a two-run homer in the top of the sixth).
Painting a more complete picture of Sheehan’s wins is a look at the scoring behind him. He’s gotten plenty of run support in the games he’s started, with L.A. averaging 8.64 runs across his starts. The Dodgers offense has been firing on all cylinders.
Ryan Feltner (1-1, 7.30 ERA) takes the mound for Colorado, looking to prevent Los Angeles from inflicting the damage they did yesterday in their 13-hit, seven-run win. They hopped on the Rockies early, scoring in each inning from the first through the fifth. In his last outing, Feltner started sharp but fizzled out, posting two scoreless innings before giving up three runs in the third and three more in the fourth.
Sheehan vs. Feltner is the highest-ERA pitching matchup on the docket around the league today. It will be a battle of who blinks first. Or, maybe more accurately, who blinks the least.
These two teams are on vastly different trajectories in the NL West at the moment. Over the last 10, the Dodgers are 8-2, while the Rockies are 3-7. The juggernaut Dodgers are always a tough test, but the Rockies will need to steal one this series to stop the skid.
Could a slugfest at Coors be the setting to do just that? Or is the Rockies offense too flaky right now to bet on against the powerful Dodgers bats?
First Pitch: 6:10 p.m. MDT
TV: Rockies.TV
Radio: KOA 850 AM/94.1 FM; KNRV 1150 (Spanish)
SBN Site: True Blue LA
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