Colorado Rockies (25-37, fourth in the NL West) vs. Miami Marlins (26-35, fifth in the NL East)
Miami; Thursday, 7:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Chi Chi Gonzalez (2-3, 4.84 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 25 strikeouts) Marlins: Trevor Rogers (6-3, 1.97 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 81 strikeouts)
LINE: Marlins -204, Rockies +175; over/under is 7 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Rockies head to take on the Miami Marlins on Thursday.
The Marlins are 13-13 on their home turf. Miami has slugged .369 this season. Starling Marte leads the team with a mark of .547.
The Rockies are 5-23 on the road. Colorado ranks eighth in the MLB in hitting with a .244 batting average, Yonathan Daza leads the team with an average of .326.
The Rockies won the last meeting 4-3. Austin Gomber earned his fifth victory and Raimel Tapia went 3-for-5 with two doubles for Colorado. Braxton Garrett registered his first loss for Miami.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jesus Aguilar leads the Marlins with 12 home runs and is slugging .490.
Tapia leads the Rockies with 65 hits and has 31 RBIs.
LAST 10 GAMES: Marlins: 2-8, .244 batting average, 4.15 ERA, outscored by 14 runs
Rockies: 6-4, .277 batting average, 4.09 ERA, outscored by two runs
INJURIES: Marlins: Cody Poteet: (knee), Nick Neidert: (biceps), Jordan Holloway: (undisclosed), Elieser Hernandez: (quad), Jorge Guzman: (elbow), Daniel Castano: (shoulder), Jeff Brigham: (undisclosed), Garrett Cooper: (back), Miguel Rojas: (finger), Brian Anderson: (shoulder).
Rockies: Jordan Sheffield: (lat), Scott Oberg: (blood clots), Peter Lambert: (elbow), Jon Gray: (elbow), Trevor Story: (elbow), Chris Owings: (left thumb), Matt Adams: (elbow).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
