Tyler Chatwood (1-0, 1.42 ERA) and Jeff Samardzija (0-0, 5.06 ERA) take the hill in the first of a three-game series between the Colorado Rockies (3-3) and the San Francisco Giants (5-2) at Coors Field. Action begins at 8:40 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Apr. 12 and can be seen on CSBA and RTRM.
Chatwood pitched 6.1 innings in his most recent start, surrendering two and striking out three in a 4-3 win over the Diamondbacks. Trevor Story (.333 ) went 1 for 3 Sunday with one run, one home run, and one RBI. Samardzija went 5.1 innings, surrendering three runs, striking out six and walking three in a 4-3 defeat to the Brewers in his last outing. Angel Pagan (.320 ) has been successful at the plate to start the season for the Giants, going 2 for 4 Sunday with two runs, one home run, and one RBI.
Notes
San Francisco has lost all of its games (0-1) when leading after seven innings. However, Colorado has won 50% (2-2) of its games when taking a late lead.
The San Francisco batters brought in a solid 12 hits last game. Colorado has a record of 1-3 when their opponents get that many hits or more.
Neither the Rockies (2-0) nor the Giants (4-0) have lost a game when they outhit opponents.
Ranking first in runs, San Francisco has earned 43 this season. Colorado ranks fifth with 35 runs.
Ranking first in on-base plus slugging percentage, Colorado has an OPS of .000 this season. San Francisco ranks 19th with an OPS of .839.
The Giants are 2-1 in games where they allow one or more home runs. The Rockies are 2-3 when they allow at least one homer.
