San Diego Padres (20-16, second in the NL West) vs. Colorado Rockies (12-23, fifth in the NL West)
Denver; Wednesday, 3:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Padres: Yu Darvish (3-1, 2.27 ERA, .94 WHIP, 57 strikeouts). Rockies: Jon Gray (4-2, 3.12 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 38 strikeouts)
BOTTOM LINE: Colorado enters the game as losers of their last four games.
The Rockies are 7-17 against the rest of their division. The Colorado offense has compiled a .239 batting average as a team this season, Raimel Tapia leads the team with a mark of .306.
The Padres are 13-10 in division play. San Diego has a team on-base percentage of .312, led by Trent Grisham with a mark of .371.
The Padres won the last meeting 8-1. Miguel Diaz earned his first victory and Manny Machado went 2-for-4 with a triple, a home run and five RBIs for San Diego. Antonio Senzatela took his fourth loss for Colorado.
TOP PERFORMERS: Ryan McMahon leads the Rockies with 22 RBIs and is batting .256.
Jake Cronenworth leads the Padres with 12 extra base hits and is batting .286.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rockies: 3-7, .248 batting average, 6.89 ERA, outscored by 21 runs
Padres: 6-4, .228 batting average, 2.66 ERA, outscored opponents by 12 runs
INJURIES: Rockies: Scott Oberg: (blood clots), Peter Lambert: (elbow), Kyle Freeland: (shoulder), Carlos Estevez: (finger), Brendan Rodgers: (hamstring), Chris Owings: (left thumb), C.J. Cron: (back).
Padres: Trey Wingenter: (elbow), Taylor Williams: (knee), Matt Strahm: (knee), Adrian Morejon: (left forearm), Keone Kela: (right forearm), Javy Guerra: (right elbow), Mike Clevinger: (elbow), Jose Castillo: (undisclosed), Michel Baez: (right elbow), Dan Altavilla: (elbow), Jurickson Profar: (health and safety protocols), Jorge Ona: (right elbow), Wil Myers: (arm), Fernando Tatis Jr.: (health and safety protocols), Jorge Mateo: (health and safety protocols).
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.