The Arizona Diamondbacks will be looking to take an early lead in the NLCS when they host the Colorado Rockies at Chase Field on Thursday night. First pitch is set for 8:35 pm ET and will be broadcast on TBS.
The Rockies will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace lefthander Jeff Francis in this game. Francis has an 18-9 record and a 4.19 ERA this season.
Meanwhile, it'll be ace Brandon Webb who starts for the Diamondbacks. Righthander Webb is 19-10 with a 2.96 ERA so far this season.
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Oddsmakers at Bodog (Bodoglife.com) currently have the Diamondbacks listed as 128-money line favorites versus the Rockies, while the game's total is sitting at 7½.
Jeff Baker's pinch-hit single in the eighth inning gave the Rockies a 2-1 win over the Phillies last time out, and a sweep of their first-round playoff series. The three runs fell well UNDER the posted over/under (11).
Kaz Matsui was 2-for-3 with one RBI in that win for Colorado, and Brian Fuentes tossed a scoreless inning for the victory in relief.
The Diamondbacks completed a three-game sweep of the Cubs with a 5-1 win in Game 3 last time out at Wrigley Field. Arizona won that game as +175 underdogs, and the six runs fell UNDER the posted over/under (9.5).
Stephen Drew was 3-for-5 at the plate, including a solo home run, for the D-Backs. Livan Hernandez allowed just five hits and one run over six innings for the win.
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