Rockies bring road slide into matchup with the Yankees

Colorado Rockies (47-82, fifth in the NL West) vs. New York Yankees (76-53, first in the AL East)

New York; Saturday, 2:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Bradley Blalock (0-0, 2.92 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, six strikeouts); Yankees: Will Warren (0-1, 8.59 ERA, 1.64 WHIP, 17 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Yankees -278, Rockies +225; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Rockies travel to the New York Yankees looking to stop a three-game road slide.

New York has a 76-53 record overall and a 35-28 record at home. Yankees hitters are batting a collective .250, which ranks sixth in the AL.

Colorado is 47-82 overall and 18-49 on the road. The Rockies have a 30-10 record in games when they have more hits than their opponents.

The matchup Saturday is the second meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jazz Chisholm has 15 doubles, four triples, 20 home runs and 61 RBI for the Yankees. Aaron Judge is 15-for-38 with four doubles and seven home runs over the past 10 games.

Ryan McMahon has 24 doubles, 16 home runs and 55 RBI for the Rockies. Brendan Rodgers is 10-for-39 with two doubles and two home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 6-4, .218 batting average, 2.97 ERA, outscored opponents by 11 runs

Rockies: 3-7, .215 batting average, 4.92 ERA, outscored by 20 runs

INJURIES: Yankees: DJ LeMahieu: day-to-day (face), Luis Gil: 15-Day IL (back), Trent Grisham: day-to-day (hand), Cody Poteet: 60-Day IL (tricep), Anthony Rizzo: 60-Day IL (wrist), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (lat), Ian Hamilton: 15-Day IL (lat), Jon Berti: 60-Day IL (calf), Jonathan Loaisiga: 60-Day IL (elbow), JT Brubaker: 60-Day IL (elbow), Lou Trivino: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Rockies: German Marquez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Victor Vodnik: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Kris Bryant: 10-Day IL (back), Dakota Hudson: 15-Day IL (elbow), Ryan Feltner: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Daniel Bard: 60-Day IL (knee), Antonio Senzatela: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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