The Colorado Rockies (37-34) and the Toronto Blue Jays (33-36) will meet in a Tuesday night matchup set for 7:07 p.m. ET. The game will air live on MLB.com with a paid subscription.
Toronto enters with a six-game winning streak and has won nine of their last 11 games after taking a 2-0 win over Colorado on Monday. The Blue Jays haven't experienced a longer streak of consecutive wins since their Aug. 30-Sept. 9, 2008 10-game winning streak.
Josh Johnson provided an impressive pitching effort for the Blue Jays in Monday night's win. Johnson went 7 1/3 innings and recorded 10 strikeouts, adding to Toronto's recent success from their rotation. During the past 12 games, the Blue Jays have collected a 2.32 ERA, and an even more impressive 0.53 total in the past five games, with starters going 4-0.
The five-game streak began with Tuesday's starter Esmil Rogers (2-2). Rogers currently owns a 3.21 ERA and is coming off a seven inning performance in which he allowed one earned run and recorded his second win on the season.
"He was tremendous, he really was," manager John Gibbons said. "You could kind of see that building. He's really taken to it."
The Rockies will look to Jeff Francis (2-4) to put an end to their losing skid that has seen them drop four of six. The Canadian-born pitcher has won all three career starts against his home country's only MLB team, posting a 2.37 ERA. While a member of the Royals, Francis allowed just two runs over six innings in a 9-6 win on Aug. 25, 2011.
"Any time I get to face a team where it's on TV across the country and they can watch, it's fun," Francis told the team's official website. "You want to have a good game every time, but sometimes it's a little extra special."
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