Miami hosts Colorado following Lopez's strong performance

Updated Jun. 9, 2021 3:20 a.m. ET

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Colorado Rockies (24-37, fourth in the NL West) vs. Miami Marlins (26-34, fourth in the NL East)

Miami; Wednesday, 7:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Austin Gomber (4-5, 4.12 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 66 strikeouts) Marlins: TBD

BOTTOM LINE: Miami heads into the matchup after a dominant performance by Pablo Lopez. Lopez went eight innings, surrendering two runs on five hits with eight strikeouts against Colorado.

The Marlins are 13-12 on their home turf. Miami's lineup has 54 home runs this season, Jesus Aguilar leads them with 12 homers.

The Rockies are 4-23 in road games. Colorado ranks eighth in the MLB in hitting with a .243 batting average, Yonathan Daza leads the club with an average of .329.

The Marlins won the last meeting 6-2. Pablo Lopez earned his second victory and Corey Dickerson went 1-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs for Miami. Antonio Senzatela took his sixth loss for Colorado.

TOP PERFORMERS: Aguilar leads the Marlins with 46 RBIs and is batting .270.

Ryan McMahon leads the Rockies with 13 home runs and is batting .252.

LAST 10 GAMES: Marlins: 2-8, .241 batting average, 4.57 ERA, outscored by 16 runs

Rockies: 5-5, .265 batting average, 4.66 ERA, outscored by 10 runs

INJURIES: Marlins: Cody Poteet: (knee), Nick Neidert: (biceps), Jordan Holloway: (undisclosed), Elieser Hernandez: (quad), Jorge Guzman: (elbow), Daniel Castano: (shoulder), Jeff Brigham: (undisclosed), 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).

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

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Scott Oberg

Brian Anderson

Jeff Brigham

Trevor Story

Jesús Aguilar

Peter Lambert

Jordan Holloway

Jon Gray

Pablo López

Antonio Senzatela

Austin Gomber

Jordan Sheffield

Miguel Rojas

Cody Poteet

Daniel Castano

Elieser Hernández

Corey Dickerson

Yonathan Daza

Ryan McMahon

Nick Neidert

Chris Owings

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