Rockies Line-up: May 30 2012

Christian Friedrich gets his second try at pitching in Coors Field tonight, in his first career Rockies home game he managed to last five innings, but gave up 8 runs on 9 hits with 4 walks and 3 strike outs in a loss to the Mariners. Friedrich is 2-1 on the season, including a win in his last game, giving up 3 runs over 5 innings. Lucas Harrell gets the nod for Astros and comes into the games with a 4-3 record and a 3.72 ERA. Harrell dominated the Rockies in his first start of the season, holding Colorado scoreless through 7 innings on only 3 hits. In his last start, Harrell beat the Dodgers going 7 1/3 innings while giving up one run.

Dexter Fowler starts in the lead0ff spot, in his last 12 games Fowler has a .481/.563/1.074 slash line. That’s pretty good.

Dexter Fowler CF
Marco Scutaro 2B
Carlos Gonzalez LF
Troy Tulowitzki SS
Todd Helton 1B
Michael Cuddyer RF
Wilin Rosario C
Jordan Pacheco 3B
Christian Friedrich P

With the left-hander Friedrich on the mound the Astros send out only one left handed batter in Jordan Schafer. Jed Lowrie is the only switch hitter with everyone else batting right.

Jordan Schafer CF
Jose Altuve 2B
Jed Lowrie SS
Carlos Lee 1B
J.D. Martinez LF
Justin Maxwell RF
Chris Johnson 3B
Chris Snyder C
Lucas Harrell P