Los Angeles @ Colorado preview

Last Meeting ( Jun 2, 2015 ) LA Dodgers 3, Colorado 6

Adrian Gonzalez is wearing out the baseball against Colorado this season and looks to continue his success in a day-night doubleheader against the host Rockies on Tuesday. The Los Angeles first baseman went 4-for-4 with a walk on Monday as the Dodgers rolled to an 11-4 victory in the opener of a four-game series.

Gonzalez is batting .441 in 34 at-bats this season against the Rockies and has nine doubles and 12 RBIs. Los Angeles slugged four homers and rolled up 18 hits in Monday's rout while defeating Colorado for the eighth time in 10 meetings this season. Monday's loss was only the second in nine games for the Rockies and it came in the opener of a 10-game homestand. Colorado third baseman Nolan Arenado homered for the third straight game and is a torrid 14-for-32 with six homers and 16 RBIs over the last eight contests.

TV: 8:40 p.m. ET, SportsNet LA (Los Angeles), ROOT (Colorado)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Dodgers RH Zack Greinke (5-1, 1.48 ERA) vs. Rockies RH David Hale (1-0, 2.70)

Greinke has allowed just four earned runs over his last five starts while being one of the best starting pitchers in the National League. His lone loss of the season was against the Rockies on May 16 when he gave up one run and four hits in six innings. Greinke is 7-3 with a 3.44 ERA in 16 career appearances (15 starts) against the Rockies, including a victory on April 18 when he allowed three runs and five hits in 6 2/3 innings.

Hale will be recalled as the 26th man and is expected to start the second game of the doubleheader though manager Walt Weiss was remaining coy over which game he would start. "If I am (starting) the second game, you almost treat it like it's the one game," Hale told reporters. "As a starter, you don't have to be here for all of it. You just stay in the mindset like it's that one game and pretend like that's the only one." This will be the second start of the season for Hale, who defeated San Francisco on May 23 when he gave up three runs (two earned) and eight hits in 6 2/3 innings.

WALK-OFFS

1. Dodgers CF Joc Pederson is 3-for-17 over the last four games but two of the hits are homers.

2. Colorado RF Carlos Gonzalez is homerless with three RBIs over his past 13 games.

3. Los Angeles LF Carl Crawford (oblique) was transferred to the 60-day disabled list on Monday.

PREDICTION: Dodgers 7, Rockies 4