Brewers visit Colorado, aim to build on Peralta's solid performance
Milwaukee Brewers (38-30, second in the NL Central) vs. Colorado Rockies (28-41, fourth in the NL West)
Denver; Thursday, 8:40 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Brewers: Brandon Woodruff (5-2, 1.52 ERA, .72 WHIP, 97 strikeouts) Rockies: German Marquez (4-6, 4.60 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 80 strikeouts)
LINE: Rockies +141, Brewers -160; over/under is 10 runs
BOTTOM LINE: Milwaukee heads into the matchup fresh off a strong showing by Freddy Peralta. Peralta threw seven innings, surrendering two runs on five hits with six strikeouts against Cincinnati.
The Rockies are 23-14 in home games in 2020. Colorado ranks eighth in the MLB in hitting with a .245 batting average, Yonathan Daza leads the team with an average of .324.
The Brewers are 18-12 on the road. The Milwaukee offense has compiled a .209 batting average as a team this season, last in the National League. Omar Narvaez leads the team with an average of .318.
TOP PERFORMERS: Ryan McMahon leads the Rockies with 31 extra base hits and is batting .260.
Avisail Garcia leads the Brewers with 13 home runs and is batting .239.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rockies: 5-5, .258 batting average, 6.14 ERA, outscored by 19 runs
Brewers: 6-4, .198 batting average, 2.80 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs
INJURIES: Rockies: Jordan Sheffield: (lat), Scott Oberg: (blood clots), Peter Lambert: (elbow), Jon Gray: (elbow), Chris Owings: (left thumb), Matt Adams: (elbow).
Brewers: Justin Topa: (elbow), Angel Perdomo: (back), Dylan File: (elbow), Tyrone Taylor: (shoulder), Derek Fisher: (left hamstring), Lorenzo Cain: (hamstring), Kolten Wong: (oblique), Travis Shaw: (shoulder), Mark Mathias: (shoulder).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.