The Rockies and Orioles are headed to a Wednesday afternoon rubber game at Coors Field after each side grabbed a win in the first two meetings.
Colorado opened the series with a tough 2-1 loss on Monday night, when Colton Cowser denied Jake McCarthy at the wall with a strong catch to end it. The Rockies answered on Tuesday, getting a 4-2 win after TJ Rumfield broke a 2-2 tie with his first home run since July in the bottom of the seventh.
That sets up a 1:10 p.m. MDT finale in Denver, with Colorado trying to secure the series and keep chipping away at the danger of a fourth straight 100-loss season.
The pitching matchup features Orioles left-hander Trevor Rogers against Rockies right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano. Rogers enters at 9-9 with a 4.38 ERA, while Sugano is 12-8 with a 5.23 ERA.
Sugano, a former Orioles right-hander, is looking to put a rough August behind him. He posted an 8.61 ERA in five starts during the month, allowing 37 hits and 23 runs in 23 innings. That came after a much better July, when he worked three starts and logged a 2.95 ERA across 18.1 innings.
Rogers, meanwhile, has had an uneven season, but Baltimore still needs him in a big spot as it fights for an American League wild-card position. The Orioles are finishing a three-city, nine-game road trip and will head home Thursday night to open a four-game series against the Boston Red Sox.
The game will air on Rockies.TV and MASN, with radio coverage on KOA 850 AM/94.1 FM for Colorado and 98 Rock 97.9 FM and WBAL 1090 AM for Baltimore.
Colorado also listed two pitchers on the 15-day injured list: Kyle Freeland, who has cervical radiculopathy, and Sean Sullivan, who has left shoulder impingement.
On the 60-day injured list are Jose Quintana, Pierson Ohl, RJ Petit, McCade Brown, Welingon Herrera, Chase Dollander and Kris Bryant.
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