Dbacks continue to win and it's been the pitching as the main reason. Now they get a home game vs. a lefty in Cory Luebke and they are 5-2 in their last 7 home vs. LH starter. Luebke has looked great as a rookie starter, but looked bad vs. the Diamondbacks at home where he gave up 3 HR 6 innings pitched 6 hits 2 walks and 4 ER. Luebke's numbers look better than they really are in my opinion because the teams he's been facing can't really hit lefty pitching as his last 5 opponents are ranked 18th, 22, 22, 25, and 24th, so it's not a shock he's putting up nice numbers. Padres had some hot bats, but now their bats have been struggling over the last 3 games hitting .189 with 18K's and 18 hits. Ian Kennedy is 3-0 with a 2.40 ERA vs. the Padres over 5 career starts so I expect him to continue that domination as he's got 41 K's in 30 innings pitched and the Padres are hitting .194 with a .570 OPS with 67 at bats vs. Kennedy. Padres are 7-21 in their last 28 after their opponent allows 2 runs or less in prev game and are 34-76 in their last 110 visits to Arizona.
Love the Rockies today considering Chacin's starts vs. the Dodgers have been dominating. He's got 41 innings pitched over his last 6 starts vs. them and has allowed only 4 ER for a 0.88 ERA. Eovaldi will oppose him and he's looked good in his first 4 starts, but walks are something that gets him in trouble and the Rockies are 3rd in the league in walks and he has yet to pitch more than 6 innings. Dodgers have one of the worst bullpens and has a 4.39 bullpen ERA at home. Rockies have lost the first two here in the series and I don't see them getting swept as they were playing good baseball before the series as Carlos Gonzalez finally looks healthy he's hitting .393 in his last 11 games and has dominated the Dodgers with a .446 average in 14 games this year. Colorado is 7th in OPS vs. RHP and are 9th in OPS during day games with 4.67 runs per games played during game which is better than the Dodgers 4.12. Dodgers just .240 and scoring a mediocre 3.51 runs per 9 vs. RHP at home.
