<\/strong><\/p>\n Rockies starting pitcher Jason Hammel is 7-5 with a 4.23 ERA in 17 starts this season (+10), but has dropped his last two outings.\u00a0 In his last two starts, the right-hander has allowed eight runs and 14 hits over 14 innings in a pair of road losses to the Marlins and Reds.\u00a0 He is 1-4 with a 5.79 ERA in seven road starts, managing to issue just 10 walks while striking out 37 in 42 frames.\u00a0 Hammel has made just two daytime appearances in 2010, posting a 1-0 record and 2.92 ERA.\u00a0 In two career outings versus the Phillies, he is 1-0 with a 4.82 ERA, giving up five runs and 14 hits over 9.1 innings of work.<\/p>\n Philadelphia has won four straight games and scored 20 runs in the first three games of this four-game set against Colorado.\u00a0 The Phillies have also won seven straight at home, moving their record to 28-17 at Citizens Bank Park (+130).\u00a0 Of their 16 home series in 2010, the club is has posted an 8-4-4 record.\u00a0 Offensively, Philadelphia is hitting .258 with 62 home runs and 246 runs scored this season at home.\u00a0 The unit has been led by first baseman Ryan Howard, who is hitting .372 with five home runs and 13 RBIs while enjoying an 11-game hitting streak.\u00a0 The team is a disappointing 16-28 in day games this season (-920) and the total is 18-15 O\/U in those contests.<\/p>\n Phillies starting pitcher Joe Blanton is 3-6 with a 6.03 ERA in 15 starts this season (-440), with the club losing his last two outings.\u00a0 Over that span, he has allowed eight runs (six earned) and 12 hits over 14 innings, as the offense has provided just four runs of support.\u00a0 He stands at an even 2-2 with a 5.36 ERA in seven home starts, allowing opponents to hit for a .313 combined average.\u00a0 Blanton will be toeing the rubber for the 10th time during the day, posting a losing 2-3 mark and 6.43 ERA, giving up 12 home runs in 56 innings of work.\u00a0 In 27 lifetime starts in July, the right-hander is 9-10 with a 4.52 ERA.<\/p>\n Bettors will find it hard to ignore the Rockies being 3-13 as a road underdog of +100 to +125 (-980).\u00a0 The visitors are also an even 32-32 against right-handers this season (-570).\u00a0 Philadelphia is a solid 19-7 in Blanton\u2019s last 26 starts as a home favorite. \u00a0The home team is also 7-2 in home umpire Jim Wolf’s last nine games behind the plate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Phillies have a chance of picking up their first-ever four-game sweep of the Rockies on Monday afternoon. Colorado Rockies at Philadelphia Phillies Colorado fell to 2-8 on its current road trip after a 4-3 defeat on Sunday afternoon against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.\u00a0 The Rockies have dropped to fourth place in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[1752,166,1453,1728,98],"class_list":["post-5855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-citizens-bank-park","tag-colorado-rockies","tag-jason-hammel","tag-joe-blanton","tag-philadelphia-phillies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5855","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=5855"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5858,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5855\/revisions\/5858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/ryan-howard-phillies-999-150x150.jpg\")
Colorado fell to 2-8 on its current road trip after a 4-3 defeat on Sunday afternoon against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.\u00a0 The Rockies have dropped to fourth place in the NL West standings and trails the Padres by 7.5 games.\u00a0 The offense left 12 men on base Sunday and were 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position.\u00a0 \u201cYou don\u2019t put yourself in a favorable position when you strand 12 runners,\u201d manager Jim Tracy said.\u00a0 Part of the problem this season has been the lineup\u2019s ineffectiveness with runners in scoring position and two outs, hitting .223 in the situation this season, which ranks 13th in the league.\u00a0 Colorado is 19-16 during day games this season (+160) with the total being 11-23 O\/U in those games.<\/p>\n