Volquez shoots for a third straight win at Coors Field
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Edinson Volquez attempts to win a third straight start on Saturday evening when the San Diego Padres play the second contest of a three- game set against the Colorado Rockies.
Volquez seems to have put some recent struggles behind him, winning two in a row following a three-start stretch in which he went 0-2 and allowed 16 runs in just 8 2/3 innings of work.
The right-hander picked up a victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday after giving up two runs -- both in the first inning -- on four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts over seven innings. He evened his season record at 9-9 to go along with a 4.10 earned run average in 27 games.
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Volquez, 29, has won both of his previous starts versus the Rockies this season and is 3-2 with a 3.90 ERA in six lifetime encounters.
Colorado counters with Jhoulys Chacin, who makes his third straight since sitting out nearly four months of action due to a chest injury.
In his first start since May 1, the righty beat the New York Mets with six innings of one-run ball on Aug. 21. Chacin then allowed just one run in five frames on Sunday at the Chicago Cubs, but took a 5-0 defeat.
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The 24-year-old is 1-4 with a 5.55 ERA in seven starts this season and 1-1 with a 3.38 ERA in six career meetings with the Padres, including three starts.
San Diego took the opener of this set on Friday 5-4. Carlos Quentin hit a solo homer and drove in two runs, while Cameron Maybin had three hits and scored the winning run on a Chris Denorfia single in the eighth.
"That's what (Maybin) has to do, he's got to utilize his legs," San Diego manager Bud Black said of Maybin's hustle.
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Clayton Richard won his third straight start as he gave up three runs on eight hits with a pair of walks and strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings.
San Diego has won 10 of its last 11 games, while Colorado dropped its second in a row despite Jordan Pacheco, Wilin Rosario and Andrew Brown all hitting home runs.
Alex White gave up three runs on four hits with three walks in just 3 2/3 innings of work to suffer the loss.
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"Command of the strike zone was not very good," White admitted. "When I do that, I get behind and that gets me in tough situations."
San Diego is 8-5 against the Rockies this year and hasn't captured a season series against them since going 11-7 in 2005.