Jorge De La Rosa (2-4, 8.81 ERA) and Nathan Eovaldi (6-2, 4.42 ERA) are on the hill in the first of a two-game series between the Colorado Rockies (30-33) and the New York Yankees (31-32) at Coors Field. Action begins at 8:40 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Jun. 14 and can be seen on YES and RTRM.
De La Rosa pitched 4.0 innings in his last outing, surrendering zero runs and striking out five in an 11-5 win over the Pirates. Eovaldi went 5.1 innings, surrendering five runs, striking out four and walking one in a 12-6 win over the Angels in his most recent start. Jacoby Ellsbury (.284, 27 Rs, 3 HRs, 19 RBIs, 12 SBs) went 1 for 3 Sunday with one run.
Notes
The Rockies are coming into this game after allowing two walks during their last outing. The Yankees have a 12-15 record when opponents give up two walks or less.
It looks like the Rockies have a slight leg up on the Yankees, as the Rockies have won their last two games while the Yankees have lost their last two.
When they outhit their opponents, the Rockies are 24-6. The Yankees have a 23-3 record when outhitting opponents.
Ranking 24th in runs, New York has earned 247 this season. Colorado ranks fourth with 315 runs.
Ranking 25th, New York is near the bottom of the league for its on-base plus slugging percentage (.695). Colorado ranks in the top five at fourth with an OPS of .787.
The Yankees are 18-24 in games where they allow one or more home runs. The Rockies are 13-26 when they allow at least one homer.
