Rockies starting pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez is a sparkling 15-1 with a 2.20 ERA in 18 starts this season and is coming off a two-inning start for the National League in the All-Star Game.\u00a0 The right-hander is 9-1 with a brilliant 1.23 ERA in 10 road starts, allowing just 42 hits over 73.1 innings.\u00a0 After posting 0.79 and 0.78 ERAs in the months of April and May respectively, Jimenez has fallen off to compile a 4.41 ERA and 5.14 ERA in June and July.\u00a0 In two career starts versus the Marlins, he stands at an even 1-1 and 1.80 ERA.\u00a0 He set a franchise record by grabbing his ninth consecutive win last time out, allowing just a single run in eight innings in a 4-2 home victory over the Cardinals.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Florida also picked up a 1-0 shutout victory on Sunday afternoon, blanking the Washington Nationals at Sun Life Stadium.\u00a0 \u201cFor whatever reasons, it\u2019s tough to score runs right now,\u201d second baseman Dan Uggla said.\u00a0 A big reason for these offensive struggles has been focused upon All-Star shortstop Hanley Ramirez, who has failed to drive in a run or collect an extra-base hit in nine consecutive games.\u00a0 The pitching staff hasn\u2019t been a problem since the break, tossing 27 scoreless innings to shutout the Nationals in all three games of their recent series.\u00a0 The Marlins are likely not to breakout offensively tonight, as they have tallied a 28-37 record against right-handed starters this season.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Marlins starting pitcher Anibal Sanchez is 7-6 with a 3.66 ERA in 17 starts this season, but the team has dropped three straight with him on the hill.\u00a0 His last two starts have been especially rocky, allowing 10 runs (nine earned) and 16 hits in 10 frames.\u00a0 He is 3-2 with a 2.50 ERA in eight home starts, surrendering just a single home run in 50.1 innings, as opponents are hitting .231 against him at Sun Life Stadium.\u00a0 Sanchez proved victorious in his only career start against the Rockies on July 31, 2008, allowing two runs on six hits and four strikeouts in 5.2 innings.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Bettors may turn aggressive in playing the road team in this contest, as the Rockies are 14-6 in their last 20 road games versus a team with a losing home record.\u00a0 This fits nicely in knowing the Marlins are 0-4 in their last four games as a home underdog of +110 to +150.\u00a0 It\u2019s also important to state that the club is 0-4 in Sanchez\u2019s last four starts as a home dog.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Rockies ace may continue his quest to 30 wins this season against a home team that’s struggling at the plate. Colorado Rockies at Florida Marlins Colorado avoided being swept in its first series since the All-Star break, with a 1-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds at the Great American Ball Park.\u00a0 It was the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[2022,166,1953,130,991,2023,1450],"class_list":["post-5743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-anibal-sanchez","tag-colorado-rockies","tag-dan-uggla","tag-florida-marlins","tag-hanley-ramirez","tag-sun-life-stadium","tag-ubaldo-jimenez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5743"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5745,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5743\/revisions\/5745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/ubaldo-jimenez-rockies-720-150x150.jpg\")
Colorado avoided being swept in its first series since the All-Star break, with a 1-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds at the Great American Ball Park.\u00a0 It was the pitching staff\u2019s 10th shutout of the season, which is strange for a club that had never talled more than eight in a year.\u00a0 Sunday\u2019s result still didn\u2019t cure the Rockies offensive woes on the road, as the team has the second-worst road average (.231) in the Majors behind only the Toronto Blue Jays.\u00a0 In fact, the team has failed to score more than three runs in three straight games for just the fourth time this season.\u00a0 Colorado is 5-1 in its last six games as a road favorite, with the team being a perfect 5-0 in that spot with tonight\u2019s starter on the hill.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n