Colorado Rockies vs. Florida Marlins (7:10 pm ET, FSN)
Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins fight it out in Game 3 (7:10 pm ET, FSN) on Wednesday, at the Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Florida. The Rockies have a 51-43 home, 20-26 away record whereas Marlins have a 45-48 away, 24-25 home record. The series is tied at 1-1.
On Wednesday night, the Rockies hope to continue their offensive surge. In losing, two of three at Cincinnati, Colorado (51-42) totaled four runs. By scoring six times in the third inning, the Rockies evened the series. as Colorado won for the second time in six contests, Melvin Mora homered for one of his three hits and had five RBIs, while snapping Florida’s three-game winning streak.
Todd Helton, who had lower-back stiffness, could return after missing more than two weeks. Against Nolasco (9-7, 4.66 ERA), Helton is 4 for 10. As a starter against the Rockies, Nolasco is 4-0 with a 2.10 ERA. On Friday, against phenom Stephen Strasburg and Washington, in the sixth inning of a 4-0 loss, Nolasco was 4-0 with a 3.54 ERA.
Going 0-2 with a 9.72 ERA as a starter, Jason Hammel (7-4, 4.07) has not been very good against Florida. In his last nine starts, the right-hander was 6-0 with a 2.17 ERA. In seven innings, Hammel allowed three runs and struck out a season-high 10. With a homer against Hammel, All-Star Hanley Ramirez is 5 for 6. Although in the Marlins‘ most lopsided loss of the season, Ramirez is 2 for 17 in his last four games after going 0 for 4 on Tuesday. In Monday’s opening victory, nine of the 14 runs Marlins scored, came in that stretch, even though the Marlins (45-48) have won four of six.
