Colorado Rockies series preview: 3 game series against Miami

The Colorado Rockies return home on a high note after they defeated the San Diego Padres on Sunday by a score of 8-4 after a disastrous 2-4 road trip against the San Francisco Giants and the Padres. However, they still have a two game lead on the second Wild Card spot over the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Rockies will come home to face the Miami Marlins in their penultimate home series of the regular season. The Marlins have nothing to lose as, entering Monday, they are 73-82 and they have been mathematically eliminated from postseason contention. Here are some things to look forward to in the series.

Monday’s Probable Starters

For the Marlins, Odrisamer Despaigne will be the scheduled starter. He is 0-3 with a 4.37 ERA in 16 games (six of which were starts). In September, he has made four appearances (three starts) and he has an ERA of 4.76 and an opponent batting average of .258. In those appearances, he pitched a total of 17 innings and he walked nine batters. Six of them were against the Atlanta Braves on September 10 when he only went 3 2/3 innings and in addition to six walks, he allowed four hits and five runs.

Despaigne will face Tyler Chatwood. Outside of Jon Gray, he, arguably, has been the most consistent starter of late. In September, he has made four appearances (the last three have been starts). In that span, he has gone 20 1/3 innings, he has allowed 19 hits, only four runs, eight walks, and he has struck out 16 with an ERA of 1.77 and a .253 opponent batting average.