A pair of right-handers face off as the road-weary Rockies meet the D-backs in Arizona. The Rockies have lost 5 of 6 on the road. The Diamondbacks aren’t much better, but did win the opener on Friday. Neither team’s starters have been effective lately, however Arizona is at least getting excellent relief pitching . The Rockies’ pen is scrambling.

Merrill Kelly has been the exception for the D-backs, and has been exceptional of late. He is 4-1, 1.90 over his last 7 starts. With 6 starts in July, he averaged 7 innings per appearance, and shut out both the Braves and the Giants in his last two games.

Senzatella has not been quite as solid. After missing time in July on the IL, he has started three times, allowing 3 ER over 5 or 6 innings in each appearance. Oddly, Senzatella’s pitching stats are far worse away from Coors Field.

The Diamondbacks’ offense, while on the lower end of the hitting spectrum, is better vs. right-handed pitching. The Rockies’ hitting stats are quite a bit worse when away from Coors Field. With Senzatella likely lasting around 5 innings, that Rockies’ weak relief pitching underbelly will be exposed. The D-backs are a modest favorite today and rightly so. Merrill Kelly appears to be the real thing as pitchers go. Take Arizona to win game two at home today.