Tonight at 7:10 p.m. ET, the Colorado Rockies and Miami Marlins kick off their seasons in Opening Day action live from Marlins Park in Miami. The game can be live streamed here. Colorado fans can hear all of the action on KOA 850 while Miami fans can do the same on 940 WINZ.
Jorge De La Rosa will take the ball for the Rockies after going 16-6 last season with a 3.49 ERA while 2013 Rookie of the Year Jose Fernandez takes the mound for the Marlins after going 12-6 with a 2.19 ERA.
Colorado and Miami both look to bounce back from last place finishes in their respective divisions.
For the Rockies to be successful, they'll need solid and healthy seasons out of shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and outfielder Carlos Gonzalez.
"You're going to have players put up good numbers, and at the end of the year you're going to have batting titles and Gold Gloves and Silver Sluggers," Gonzalez told MLB.com. "That's why it's so difficult to believe we're not going to be contenders. If we all stay together, we're going to be a really hard team to beat."
The Marlins are hoping that Fernandez will pick up where he left off last season, but the team knows that it also needs to find an identity and ability to score runs.
"Obviously, it's pitching. But we've got to find ways to score runs," said veteran catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia about what the team needs to succeed, according to MLB.com. "So we've got to run the bases right. We've got to make sure we don't make any errors on the field. Just that gritty way of playing."
Both teams will be looking to get off to strong starts when the Rockies and Marlins take the field for Opening Day tonight at Marlins Park in Miami.
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