Arizona at Colorado

Arizona's Ian Kennedy (4.08 ERA) is 7-8 on the road where he has walked almost twice as many batters (29) as he has at home (18). You can't walk batters in Coors Field, especially against a Colorado offense that is one of the toughest in baseball: seventh in runs scored, third in batting average (.271), sixth in on-base percentage and fourth in slugging. Colorado is riding an eight game skid, but four of the games were by one run, including yesterday. The Rockies are 8-3 in their last 11 home games against a right-handed starter. Jeff Francis goes for Colorado and is throwing well with two walks and 15 strikeouts his last three starts in 14 innings. For the season he has walked just 20 in 100 innings and has beaten the D-Backs in his only start (3.00 ERA) against them, allowing two runs in six innings. The Rockies are 9-3 in Francis' last 12 starts after allowing five runs or more in their previous game and 5-2 in his last seven starts as an underdog of +110 to +150. Play the Rockies.