On Deck
Padres LHP Blake Snell (0-3, 5.04) at Rockies RHP Antonio Senzatela (2-3, 4.79)
1:10 p.m. Sunday, Coors Field
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Radio: KOA 850 AM/94.1 FM
Senzatela is coming off a quality start vs. Cleveland on Tuesday at Coors Field when he was charged with three earned runs on eight hits and a walk while striking out four in a 4-3 extra-inning loss. He did not factor into the decision. The right-hander, who relies on groundball outs, is averaging just 4.6 strikeouts per nine innings, last in the majors among starters and down significantly from his career average of 6.0 strikeouts per nine. Senzatela has made 17 career appearances against the Padres (11 starts), going 7-3 with a 3.30 ERA. He is 5-1 with a 3.06 ERA in 10 games (seven starts) against San Diego at Coors Field.
Snell is struggling to be the pitcher the Padres thought he would be, as his 5.04 ERA illustrates. But he pitched well last Sunday in his start against the Rockies at Petco Park, notching seven strikeouts while walking just two in a 4-2 loss. In the start before that, Snell allowed season highs in hits (seven) and earned runs (four) in an 11-5 loss to the Mets. That outing included a 43-pitch first inning. Snell is 2-0 with a 3.34 ERA in six starts vs. the Rockies. He’s 1-0 with a 6.08 ERA in three starts at Coors Field.
Trending: Friday night, left-hander Kyle Freeland became the first Rockies starter to not record a strikeout through seven or more innings since Jorge De La Rosa vs. Arizona on June
3, 2014.
At issue: Second baseman Brendan Rodgers entered Saturday’s game on a 1-for-15 streak, with three strikeouts and four walks, and had grounded into three double plays during the first four games of the current homestand.
Pitching probables
Monday: Off
Tuesday: Rockies LHP Austin Gomber (3-7, 6.43) at Marlins LHP Daniel Castano (0-1, 0.0), 4:40 p.m., ATTRM
Wednesday: Rockies RHP Chad Kuhl (4-4, 3.69) at Marlins RHP Pablo Lopez (4-3, 2.85), 4:40 p.m., ATTRM
