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PITCHING MATCHUP: Rockies RH Antonio Senzatela (8-7, 6.29 ERA) vs. Cardinals RH Michael Wacha (6-6, 5.22)
Senzatela returns to the majors for the first time since last month when he allowed 21 runs on 21 hits across 11 innings in three straight rough starts. Goldschmidt is 3-for-13 with a homer and a double against the 24-year-old Venezuelan, who is 1-2 with a 4.84 ERA in four career starts versus the Cardinals. Senzatela, who had a career-best 10 wins with the Rockies in 2017, was 1-1 with a 5.77 ERA in seven starts with Triple-A Albuquerque.
Wacha is winless in his last five outings after allowing three hits and a walk over four scoreless innings before getting pulled versus Milwaukee on Tuesday. The 28-year-old Texas A&M product has given up 10 runs on 24 hits across 20 1/3 innings during his winless stretch without completing more than five frames. Charlie Blackmon is 5-for-14 with an RBI against Wacha, who is 2-1 with a 4.91 ERA at home this year and 1-1 with a 5.18 mark lifetime versus Colorado.
WALK-OFFS
1. Blackmon is just 1-for-12 in the series but is batting .333 this month with six homers and 10 RBIs.
2. St. Louis C Yadier Molina needs two RBIs to reach 900 in his career and two walks for 500.
3. The Rockies have lost six of the last seven against the Cardinals, whom they host on Sept. 10-12.
PREDICTION: Cardinals 6, Rockies 3
Senzatela returns to the majors for the first time since last month when he allowed 21 runs on 21 hits across 11 innings in three straight rough starts. Goldschmidt is 3-for-13 with a homer and a double against the 24-year-old Venezuelan, who is 1-2 with a 4.84 ERA in four career starts versus the Cardinals. Senzatela, who had a career-best 10 wins with the Rockies in 2017, was 1-1 with a 5.77 ERA in seven starts with Triple-A Albuquerque.
Wacha is winless in his last five outings after allowing three hits and a walk over four scoreless innings before getting pulled versus Milwaukee on Tuesday. The 28-year-old Texas A&M product has given up 10 runs on 24 hits across 20 1/3 innings during his winless stretch without completing more than five frames. Charlie Blackmon is 5-for-14 with an RBI against Wacha, who is 2-1 with a 4.91 ERA at home this year and 1-1 with a 5.18 mark lifetime versus Colorado.
WALK-OFFS
1. Blackmon is just 1-for-12 in the series but is batting .333 this month with six homers and 10 RBIs.
2. St. Louis C Yadier Molina needs two RBIs to reach 900 in his career and two walks for 500.
3. The Rockies have lost six of the last seven against the Cardinals, whom they host on Sept. 10-12.
PREDICTION: Cardinals 6, Rockies 3
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