Diamondbacks @ Rockies

Who will WIN this matchup?

Arizona Diamondbacks (32-29)

@ Colorado Rockies (32-30)

Starting Pitchers:

Greinke (ARI): 4-4; 3.44 ERA

Marquez (COL) 4-5; 4.38 ERA

Last 10 Games Played:

Arizona Diamondbacks: 6-4

Colorado Rockies: 5-5

Current odds:

Arizona Diamondbacks: (-105)

Colorado Rockies: (-105)

• The Arizona Diamondbacks are just 2-11 in their last 13 road games and are about to open a key series away from home against a division rival. The Diamondbacks will try to maintain their post atop the National League West when they visit the Colorado Rockies for the opener of a three-game series on Friday. Arizona began its six-game trip by dropping two of three at San Francisco, including a 5-4 loss in 10 innings on Wednesday in which it squandered a two-run lead in the ninth inning. “It’s a tough loss,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters. “We’ve been in these situations before where we absorb a moment like that, where you don’t expect that type of outcome. But we’ve been resilient enough to come back, and that’s what I’ll be very anxious to see.”

• The Rockies had a chance to take over the division lead on Thursday but squandered a three-run lead in the eighth inning and ended up dropping a 7-5 decision in 13 innings at Cincinnati to fall a half-game back. Arizona will try to get off on the right foot by sending ace Zack Greinke to the mound on Friday opposite Colorado righty German Marquez.

• Greinke is on a roll of late and snapped a five-start winless streak by holding the Miami Marlins to one run while striking out six over 6 2/3 innings on Saturday. The 34-year-old surrendered two or fewer earned runs in six of his last seven outings but is just 2-2 in that span. Greinke faced the Rockies on March 31 and did not factor in the decision while surrendering one run across 5 2/3 frames, and he is 3-1 with a 4.14 ERA in 10 career appearances at Coors Field.

• Marquez took a step back on Saturday, when he was reached for four runs on seven hits and three walks in six innings without factoring in the decision against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 23-year-old Venezuelan yielded a total of two runs and seven hits over 14 innings while winning his previous two turns. Marquez went up against Greinke on March 31 and allowed an unearned run on four hits in five innings.

• The Diamondbacks acquired veteran OF Jon Jay from the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday in exchange for a pair of pitching prospects.

• Colorado 3B Nolan Arenado is 13-for-35 during an eight-game hitting streak.

• Arizona 1B Paul Goldschmidt is 7-for-9 with four doubles in the last two games, lifting his batting average to .233.