The Colorado Rockies and the Arizona Diamondbacks both got Thursday off, but the two NL West rivals are back in action with the opener of a three-game series at Chase Field Friday night.

The Rockies are 7-2 in the last nine meetings and tonight they hand the ball to German Marquez (12-10, 3.96 ERA). He is 7-4 behind a 2.94 ERA in 15 road starts on the season and limited the D'Backs to a pair of runs with 11 Ks through seven innings of a 13-2 triumph here at Chase field on Sep 10.

The D'Backs counter with Zack Greinke (14-10, 3.20 ERA) who has dominated the Rockies this year, but he's not been particularly sharp of late. The veteran right-hander struck out just two while surrendering four earned runs over 6 1/3 innings Sunday in a loss to the Astros. He has allowed a total of 14 earned runs through his last four starts.

The slumping D'Backs have won just five of their last 19 games and are now given just 0.1% of making the playoffs. I think the wrong team is favored here with the super motivated Rockies still in contention for a postseason berth.

10* MLB Moneyline Game of the Week: Colorado Rockies.