Rockies at Brewers
Jesus Aguilar and the Milwaukee Brewers will try to maintain their recent dominance of the visiting Colorado Rockies when the teams continue a four-game series Wednesday night. After snapping out of a long funk with two home runs in a series-opening win, Aguilar added a three-run shot in Tuesday's 4-3 victory.
The slugger has four home runs in his last three games against the Rockies, including one in the clincher of last season's National League Division Series sweep. Jhoulys Chacin tossed six scoreless innings for Milwaukee and Josh Hader closed the door in the ninth after a three-run rally by Colorado as the Brewers improved to 12-2 in the last 14 meetings, including the postseason. Rockies starter German Marquez retired the first 15 men he faced Tuesday before getting charged with four runs over seven innings as his team lost its third straight. Teammate Antonio Senzatela will try to help end the slide when he starts Wednesday opposite Chase Anderson for Milwaukee.
TV: 7:40 p.m. ET, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain (Colorado), FS Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
PITCHING MATCHUP: Rockies RH Antonio Senzatela (2-1, 3.93 ERA) vs. Brewers RH Chase Anderson (2-0, 3.20)
Senzatela has made three starts since coming off the injured list in the middle of April, increasing his work load to 105 pitches in a win at Atlanta on Friday. He limited the Braves to three runs over 5 2/3 innings in the victory to improve to 16-11 lifetime as a starter. The 24-year-old held the Brewers to two runs in five frames in Game 1 of last year's NLDS at Milwaukee, and he spun five scoreless innings against them in the only prior regular-season matchup, which came in his MLB debut in 2017.
After five relief appearances to begin the year, Anderson has moved back into a starting role with some positive results. The University of Oklahoma product blanked the Los Angeles Dodgers over five innings April 20 and then yielded two runs in 4 2/3 frames at the New York Mets on Friday. Third baseman Nolan Arenado is 8-for-27 with four home runs against Anderson, who has a 4.68 ERA in 12 career starts versus Colorado.
WALK-OFFS
1. Brewers RF Christian Yelich (back) has missed the first two games of the series and is not expected to play before this weekend's series with the New York Mets, but should avoid a trip to the injured list.
2. Arenado had an RBI double in three at-bats Tuesday and is a .339 hitter in 31 career games against Milwaukee.
3. Colorado CF Ian Desmond is 3-for-9 with two homers and a double over his last three games.