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Larry Ness' 15* NL Game of the Week (22-9 with GOW plays since Apr 7)
My 15* play is on the Arz D'backs at 9:40 ET. The D'backs were 20-8 at the end of April but have run into some trouble in May, going just 3-7 after getting swept in Wrigley Field over the weekend. However, the D'backs have made excellent strides this year. especially offensively. Arizona hit an NL-low last season (.250) while averaging just 4.40 RPG but in '08 has upped its team BA to .265 and even more importantly, is scoring 5.47 RPG. The Rockies, who swept the D'backs in the NLCS last year, have gone in the opposite direction this year. Colorado led the NL with a.280 team BA in '07, while averaging 5.28 RPG. In 2008, Colorado's team BA is down to .255 and the Rockies are averaging only 4.32 RPG. While Arizona hasn't played "up to snuff" in May, the Rockies enter having lost 15 of their last 21 and are just 15-23 on the season, including an 8-13 road mark, where they are averaging just 3.67 RPG. Meanwhile, the D'backs are 14-7 at home, averaging 6.24 RPG. These teams have already met six times this season, with Arizona taking the first five, before Colorado won 13-5 here at Chase Field on April 13. The starting pitchers are Jeff Francis and Randy Johnson. Francis was Colorado's ace last year, going 17-9 with a 4.22 ERA in the regular season and he finished as MLB's second-biggest "money-maker" among starters, as the Rockies went 22-12 (plus-$1,094) in his 34 regular season starts. He has NOT been able to even come CLOSE to that kind of performance this year. Francis enters this game without a win in seven starts (team is 2-5), going 0-3 with a 5.27 ERA. That includes two very poor outings against Arizona, allowing 12 hits and five ERs in 6.1 innings of a 7-2 loss at Coors on 4/5 plus lasting just five innings while allowing seven hits and seven ERs in an 8-2 loss here in Arizona on 4/11. Francis has always been better at home than on the road, as the Rockies have gone 32-16 in his home starts the last three seasons, while going just 27-27 in his road starts during that same time (Colorado is 1-3 in his home starts TY and 1-2 in his away starts). Randy Johnson was supposed to start Sunday but manager Bob Melvin decided not to send out his vet (who has had back problems) in the rain and wet conditions in Chicago. That means Johnson is well-rested, having not pitched since May 6. I wanted to play Johnson on Sunday, as he was 12-0 with a 1.98 ERA in 13 career starts (teams were 13-0!) against the Cubs. He also had a 0.78 ERA over his last five starts against them, and was 4-0 with a 1.00 ERA in five starts at Wrigley. Now his career mark against the Rockies isn't quite that good but he is 15-7 with 2.27 ERA vs them in 24 starts. Better yet, he is 8-2 with a 1.11 ERA in 11 career starts against them there at Chase Field. NL Game of the Week 15* Arz D'backs.
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