Freeland scheduled to start as Colorado hosts Arizona
Arizona Diamondbacks (41-82, fifth in the NL West) vs. Colorado Rockies (56-66, fourth in the NL West)
PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) - The Rockies are 42-21 in home games in 2020. Colorado has slugged .414 this season. C.J. Cron leads the club with a .527 slugging percentage, including 41 extra-base hits and 21 home runs.
The Diamondbacks have gone 14-46 away from home. Arizona has a collective on-base percentage of .309, led by Josh Rojas with a mark of .371.
The Rockies won the last meeting 9-4. Robert Stephenson secured his first victory and Garrett Hampson went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs for Colorado. Brett de Geus took his second loss for Arizona.
TOP PERFORMERS: Cron leads the Rockies with 21 home runs and has 70 RBIs.
Rojas leads the Diamondbacks with 39 extra base hits and is batting .288.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rockies: 5-5, .255 batting average, 4.66 ERA, outscored by five runs
Diamondbacks: 6-4, .293 batting average, 3.80 ERA, outscored opponents by seven runs
INJURIES: Rockies: Jordan Sheffield: (lat), Scott Oberg: (blood clots), Peter Lambert: (elbow), Jhoulys Chacin: (covid-19), Raimel Tapia: (toe), Yonathan Daza: (thumb), Chris Owings: (thumb).
Diamondbacks: Luke Weaver: (shoulder), Joe Mantiply: (undisclosed), Merrill Kelly: (covid-19), Chris Devenski: (elbow), Kole Calhoun: (hamstring).