Colorado hosts Arizona after Marquez's solid showing

Updated May. 22, 2021 3:20 a.m. ET

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Arizona Diamondbacks (18-28, fourth in the NL West) vs. Colorado Rockies (16-29, fifth in the NL West)

Denver; Saturday, 3:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Madison Bumgarner (4-3, 4.15 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 54 strikeouts) Rockies: Antonio Senzatela (1-4, 5.18 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 25 strikeouts)

LINE: Rockies -104, Diamondbacks -113; over/under is 11 runs

BOTTOM LINE: Colorado heads into the matchup fresh off a strong showing by German Marquez. Marquez pitched seven innings, surrendering zero runs on four hits with eight strikeouts against Arizona.

The Rockies are 9-21 against NL West teams. The Colorado offense has compiled a .243 batting average as a team this season, good for ninth in the National League. C.J. Cron leads the team with a mark of .308.

The Diamondbacks are 6-12 in division matchups. Arizona's lineup has 49 home runs this season, Eduardo Escobar leads them with 11 homers.

The Rockies won the last meeting 7-1. German Marquez notched his third victory and Ryan McMahon went 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBIs for Colorado. Seth Frankoff registered his first loss for Arizona.

TOP PERFORMERS: McMahon leads the Rockies with 11 home runs and is slugging .509.

Escobar leads the Diamondbacks with 18 extra base hits and is batting .230.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rockies: 4-6, .257 batting average, 3.77 ERA

Diamondbacks: 1-9, .181 batting average, 5.93 ERA, outscored by 35 runs

INJURIES: Rockies: Scott Oberg: (blood clots), Peter Lambert: (elbow), Kyle Freeland: (shoulder), Carlos Estevez: (finger), Ben Bowden: (left shoulder), Chris Owings: (left thumb), Matt Adams: (shin).

Diamondbacks: Taylor Widener: (groin), Luke Weaver: (shoulder), Zac Gallen: (elbow), Chris Devenski: (elbow), Tyler Clippard: (shoulder), J.B. Bukauskas: (elbow), Kole Calhoun: (hamstring), Christian Walker: (oblique), Asdrubal Cabrera: (hamstring), Carson Kelly: (toe).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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Ryan McMahon

Christian Walker

Antonio Senzatela

Germán Márquez

Zac Gallen

Carson Kelly

Carlos Estévez

Eduardo Escobar

Chris Owings

Ben Bowden

Kole Calhoun

Luke Weaver

JB Bukauskas

Asdrúbal Cabrera

Taylor Widener

Madison Bumgarner

Chris Devenski

Peter Lambert

Scott Oberg

C.J. Cron

Matt Adams

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