Colorado Rockies series preview: Coming home to face Atlanta

Tuesday’s starting pitching match up

For the Rockies on Tuesday, Kyle Freeland will be coming off the 10-day disabled list to make the start. It will be his first start since he left in the first inning of his start on August 4 against the Philadelphia Phillies.

This season, he is 11-7 with a 3.70 ERA in 22 appearances (21 have been starts). Excluding that start in which he only had nine pitches, in his previous four appearances (three of which have been starts), he has an ERA of 2.01 and an opponent batting average of .198.

Freeland will be facing fellow rookie left-hander Sean Newcomb. He is 1-7 with a 4.45 ERA. Even though his ERA isn’t sparkling, you can see that the lefty hasn’t gotten much run support by his win-loss record. In his past four starts, he has a 3.74 ERA. In that span of 21 2/3 innings, he has walked 16, though, so that will be something the Rockies will have to keep their eye on.

In Triple-A Gwinnett, Newcomb was 3-3 with a 2.97 ERA in 11 starts so he didn’t particularly get much run support there either. He also averaged more than five walks per nine innings in Triple-A, like he has at the major league level.

Neither Newcomb or Freeland have ever faced their opposing team nor any player on the opposing team since both of them are rookies.