is quite familiar
with the challenge that awaits the Rockies on Wednesday when left-hander Patrick
Corbin starts for the Arizona Diamondbacks.Iannetta spent last season with the
Diamondbacks
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oppose Jon Gray (11-7, 4.69).The Diamondbacks’ 6-3 victory Tuesday moved them
within 2 1/2 games of the Rockies (79-65), who lead the National League West by
1 1/2 games over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The win was only the third in 11 games
for the Diamondbacks (77-68), who are four games behind St. Louis for the final
wild-card spot.Article continues below ...Corbin has allowed three or fewer runs
in seven straight starts. He’s 4-1, 2.23 in that span with five walks and 57
strikeouts in 44 1/3 innings and two home runs allowed. He has limited opposing
hitters to a .202 average and .524 OPS during that stretch.Overall this season,
Corbin has had more success against right-handed hitters, limiting them to a
.203 average and .553 OPS in 554 plate appearances. By
contrast
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plate appearances.He won his last start Friday against Atlanta, allowing one run
and four hits in six innings with one walk and nine strikeouts as the
Diamondbacks beat the Braves 5-3.In two starts against the Rockies this season,
Corbin is 1-0, 3.60. He’s 8-3, 4.66 in 19 games (18 starts) against the
Rockies.“I think first and foremost, the angle he creates with his fastball,”
Iannetta said. “He has a really good downhill angle on it. He pitches inside
really well to righties and away to lefties. He’s able to throw his two-seamer
down and away to righties. He mixes in a change, which I was a big fan of, and
then he’s got a plus slider.“That’s been the pitch that really sets him apart.
His ability to back-foot that slider (to
righties)
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to throw it for strikes inside and away. It’s really two pitches in one. When it
ends up being backdoor, it’s more like a curveball to a rightie. When it’s more
back foot, it’s more true slider. So he’s a three-pitch guy, but he’s really a
four-pitch guy.”Arizona is 17-12 in starts by Corbin. The Rockies are 16-11 in
starts by Gray, who has made 13 starts since he last lost June 17.In 10 starts
since returning from Triple-A Albuquerque, where he made two starts in July,
Gray is 4-0, 3.17 with 16 walks and 49 strikeouts in 65 1/3 innings while
limiting opposing hitters to a .209 average.Gray received a no-decision Friday
against the Dodgers when the Rockies lost 4-2. Gray issued a career-high tying
five walks in four innings while yielding four hits and two runs with four
strikeouts. He threw 85 pitches in four innings, 49 for
strikes
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fastball command and being aggressive.“I want to get back to attacking the
zone,” Gray said. “I feel I didn’t throw as many pitches in the zone and attack
as I used to. I just want to get back to down and away (for strikes with the
fastball). That pretty much fixes everything else. You feel like you’re getting
pretty good glove side (location). With me it’s just fill up the strike zone
more. The last 10 starts or whatever were efficient; that one wasn’t.” A look at
what’s happening around the majors today:BUBBLY ON ICEFor the third night in a
row, the Red Sox attempt to clinch the AL East championship at Yankee Stadium.
Boston entered the three-game set needing one victory over rival New York to
secure its third consecutive division crown. But the Yankees have put the party
on hold with two wins, including a 10-1 rout Wednesday night. Eduardo Rodriguez
(12-4, 3.53 ERA) pitches the series finale for the Red Sox against Masahiro
Tanaka (12-5, 3.47), who has a 2.09 ERA in 10 starts since the All-Star break.
Rodriguez has allowed one run or fewer in five of his past six starts. New York
has 245 home runs this season, matching the franchise record set in 2012.NOW OR
NEVERTrailing the first-place Braves by 5½ games in the NL East, the
Philadelphia Phillies begin a four-game series at Atlanta. In
fact
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Braves, so the Phillies still feel they have a realistic chance to catch up.
“We’re in a pretty unique, exciting position that doesn’t happen that often,”
slugger Rhys Hoskins said. “It’s going to be a fun, really, really competitive,
really, really intense series.” Vince Velasquez (9-11, 4.26 ERA) pitches the
opener for Philadelphia against Kevin Gausman
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3.92), who is 3-0 with a 2.45 ERA in four starts at SunTrust Park. Velasquez is
1-3 with a 7.52 ERA in his past seven starts. Atlanta’s magic number is six over
the Phillies to clinch its first division title since 2013.FOR THE PRIZESeeking
his third straight NL Cy Young Award, Max Scherzer (17-7, 2.53 ERA) is on the
mound when the Washington Nationals host the Mets. That means his main
competition, New York ace Jacob deGrom, will be watching from the opposing
dugout.ON A ROLLTime is running out for the late-surging Rays, but they keep on
winning. Tampa Bay goes for its sixth consecutive victory when the team opens
its final road series of the season with the first of four games at Toronto. The
surprising Rays (85-66) have won 14 of 17 in September and trail Oakland by 5½
games for the second AL wild card with 11 remaining. Tampa Bay’s record would be
good for at least a share of first place in three of the six divisions, yet the
Rays are third in the AL East behind the Red Sox and Yankees. Blue Jays starter
Sam Gaviglio is 1-8 since July 20 and has lost both his games against Tampa Bay
this season.
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