Denver has a reputation for being kind to baseball hitters, but the metro area also has produced some quality pitchers.
Two of them will be in action Wednesday afternoon when the Toronto Blue Jays and Colorado Rockies wrap up their three-game series. Toronto right-hander Kevin Gausman (7-8, 3.99 ERA) will face off against Colorado left-hander Kyle Freeland (2-11, 5.26) in a matchup of local stars.
The Blue Jays, who recorded a 10-4 win on Tuesday night, have a chance for a sweep Wednesday in a game in which both teams will be short-handed.
Gausman was a star pitcher and hitter at Grandview High School in Aurora, a suburb east of Denver. He was a first-round pick by Baltimore in the 2012 draft and became a full-time starter for the Orioles in 2014. He has won 109 games over 13 major league seasons.
Gausman didn't face his hometown team until he was in his seventh season, when he was pitching for the Atlanta Braves. He is 2-2 with a 5.36 ERA in eight career starts against the Rockies and 2-1 with a 3.95 ERA in five starts at Coors Field.
Freeland, who is 0-1 with a 7.20 ERA in his only start against Toronto, last season, became the longest-tenured Rockies player after Ryan McMahon was traded to the New York Yankees last month.
Freeland will need to tread lightly against Toronto's Daulton Varsho, who is 5-for-10 with three homers and 10 RBIs in the series.
--Field Level Media
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Denver has a reputation for being kind to baseball hitters, but the metro area also has produced some quality pitchers.
Two of them will be in action Wednesday afternoon when the Toronto Blue Jays and Colorado Rockies wrap up their three-game series. Toronto right-hander Kevin Gausman (7-8, 3.99 ERA) will face off against Colorado left-hander Kyle Freeland (2-11, 5.26) in a matchup of local stars.
The Blue Jays, who recorded a 10-4 win on Tuesday night, have a chance for a sweep Wednesday in a game in which both teams will be short-handed.
Gausman was a star pitcher and hitter at Grandview High School in Aurora, a suburb east of Denver. He was a first-round pick by Baltimore in the 2012 draft and became a full-time starter for the Orioles in 2014. He has won 109 games over 13 major league seasons.
Gausman didn't face his hometown team until he was in his seventh season, when he was pitching for the Atlanta Braves. He is 2-2 with a 5.36 ERA in eight career starts against the Rockies and 2-1 with a 3.95 ERA in five starts at Coors Field.
Freeland, who is 0-1 with a 7.20 ERA in his only start against Toronto, last season, became the longest-tenured Rockies player after Ryan McMahon was traded to the New York Yankees last month.
Freeland will need to tread lightly against Toronto's Daulton Varsho, who is 5-for-10 with three homers and 10 RBIs in the series.
Jose Quintana wasn't even sure he was going to be with Milwaukee before the trade deadline expired last week. Now he'll be on the mound Wednesday night when the Brewers try to sweep a three-game series and complete an undefeated road trip.
The left-hander (8-4, 3.50 ERA) will start the final game of Milwaukee's three-game series at Atlanta. The Brewers triumphed 7-2 on Tuesday and have won the first five games of their six-game trip.
Quintana will make his 17th start of the season and his first against the Braves. In his most recent appearance, against Washington on Friday, he pitched five innings and allowed two runs on six hits, two walks and four strikeouts in a 16-9 win.
In 10 career starts against the Braves, Quintana is 3-6 with a 6.62 ERA. He was 1-1 with a 6.10 ERA against them last season and is 1-2 with a 6.89 ERA in three career starts at Truist Park.
Atlanta right-hander Spencer Strider (5-8, 3.71 ERA) will make his 15th start and has won two of his last three outings. He beat Kansas City on July 28 after allowing two runs on seven hits, two walks and three strikeouts over five innings in a 10-7 win. He was scheduled to start on Sunday in the Speedway Classic at the Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway but was scratched after the game was postponed by more than two hours because of rain.
Strider will make his first career start against the Brewers. He has faced them three times in relief stints and combined for seven scoreless innings with 14 strikeouts.
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Jose Quintana wasn't even sure he was going to be with Milwaukee before the trade deadline expired last week. Now he'll be on the mound Wednesday night when the Brewers try to sweep a three-game series and complete an undefeated road trip.
The left-hander (8-4, 3.50 ERA) will start the final game of Milwaukee's three-game series at Atlanta. The Brewers triumphed 7-2 on Tuesday and have won the first five games of their six-game trip.
Quintana will make his 17th start of the season and his first against the Braves. In his most recent appearance, against Washington on Friday, he pitched five innings and allowed two runs on six hits, two walks and four strikeouts in a 16-9 win.
In 10 career starts against the Braves, Quintana is 3-6 with a 6.62 ERA. He was 1-1 with a 6.10 ERA against them last season and is 1-2 with a 6.89 ERA in three career starts at Truist Park.
Atlanta right-hander Spencer Strider (5-8, 3.71 ERA) will make his 15th start and has won two of his last three outings. He beat Kansas City on July 28 after allowing two runs on seven hits, two walks and three strikeouts over five innings in a 10-7 win. He was scheduled to start on Sunday in the Speedway Classic at the Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway but was scratched after the game was postponed by more than two hours because of rain.
Strider will make his first career start against the Brewers. He has faced them three times in relief stints and combined for seven scoreless innings with 14 strikeouts.
-Field Level Media
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