Rockies go for first sweep of season vs. Brewers

Accidents current alternatives, and Connor Seabold is getting his Thursday afternoon.

The precise-hander has made seven aid appearances with the Colorado Rockies this season, however he’ll get his first begin when Colorado wraps up a three-game dwelling collection with the Milwaukee Brewers

Seabold (0-0, 5.27 ERA) will match up in opposition to lefty Wade Miley (3-1, 1.86) with an opportunity for the Rockies to brush their first collection of the season

The Rockies‘ 7-1 win Wednesday night time — their third in a row general — assures they’ll win their second collection of the season and first at dwelling. Seabold is getting the beginning with German Marquez out for the remainder of the season with an elbow damage that may require Tommy John surgical procedure

Acquired from Boston within the offseason, Seabold has labored solely out of the bullpen in two stints this yr. He made six profession begins with the Crimson Sox the previous two seasons however has by no means confronted Milwaukee.

Colorado has posted its first three-game profitable streak with stable beginning pitching and well timed hitting, which had been lacking for the primary month of the season. The Rockies are additionally seeing their endurance with shortstop Ezequiel Tovar repay

Tovar was hitting .172 on April 22 however has began to generate some offense. He has a six-game hitting streak to lift his common to .219 and hit his first dwelling run of the season in Tuesday night time’s 3-2 win.

The rookie can be flashing some spectacular glove work, together with a leaping seize of a line drive within the ninth inning Tuesday.

“Offensively, there’s slightly little bit of sneaky pop there,” supervisor Bud Black mentioned. “And he is solely 21 years outdated. That is what we have to maintain telling ourselves. He is 21 and never 25 or 26. And he is performed a lot better the final couple of weeks — a whole recreation with offense, defensively — than the primary two weeks.”

The Brewers have not solved Colorado however they’ve a pitcher beginning Thursday that would salvage the finale. Milwaukee is 4-1 when Miley begins and he’s coming off his third high quality outing, permitting one earned run in six innings in opposition to the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night time

Miley credit the Brewers‘ protection for serving to him get off to a great begin and trusts his fielders to make all of the performs

“Heck yeah, you simply go after guys,” Miley mentioned after his no-decision in opposition to the Angels. “You recognize your protection has bought your again. They make performs. So it is, ‘Let’s go beat them. Let’s assault.’ For a man like me who’s pitching to contact 95 p.c of the time, it is excellent to know that I belief these guys again there.”

Miley has loads of expertise in opposition to the Rockies. In 17 video games (16 begins), he’s 9-3 with a 4.25 ERA. He has made seven appearances (six begins) at Coors Discipline, the place he’s 4-2 with a 5.79 ERA

–Discipline Stage Media