Milwaukee Brewers vs. Colorado Rockies (9:10 pm ET, FSN)
Milwaukee Brewers lock horns against the Colorado Rockies (9:10 pm ET, FSN) in Game, to be held at Coors Field, Denver, Colorado. The Brewers have 28-38 home, 17-19 away record and Rockies have a 34-32 away, 19-12 home record.
Jimenez gave up one run in eight innings in Colorado’s 5-1 victory at Minnesota. He won win 13 of his first 14 starts and became the second pitcher in the last 80 years to achieve the same.
Despite Jimenez’s dominance, Colorado (34-32) is only two games above .500, but it may have found a solid No. 2 pitcher behind the ace. Hammel (4-3, 4.53 ERA) in his last four starts is 3-0 with a 0.99 ERA and by holding Toronto to three hits over eight innings in Saturday’s 1-0 victory, he has extended his scoreless streak to 18.
In two starts against the Brewers (28-28), he has 2-0 with a 4.91 ERA. Against a team like the Brewers lineup that thrives away from home, he will have to be careful. Milwaukee’s 44 homers and .268 average, on the road are both NL bests.
In Anaheim, the Brewers’ bats were hot Monday and Tuesday. In a pair of routs against the Los Angeles Angels, Brewers piled up 19 runs and 24 hits. In Wednesday’s finale against Joel Pineiro, they could not get anything going, however, managing three hits in a 5-1 defeat.
Since joining the rotation late last month, Milwaukee hands the ball to Manny Parra (1-4, 4.04), who is coming off arguably his best performance. Lasting six innings Saturday in a 4-3 loss to Texas, Parra gave up two first-inning runs but only allowed one more.
Against Colorado, Parra has made one disastrous start. In a 9-2 loss at Coors Field on Oct. 1, the left-hander allowed six hits, five walks and five runs over 2 2/3 innings.
Although Parra may not have to worry about facing the Rockies shortstop, Troy Tulowitzki had two hits off Parra that day after Tulowitzki left Thursday’s game in the eighth inning after being hit in the left wrist. Tulowitzki will be re-examined Friday, even though a preliminary X-ray revealed no break.
