Diamondbacks at Angels, 6:38 p.m., Cox, Ch. 34
Diamondbacks RHP Zac Gallen (7-9, 5.15) vs. Angels LHP Yusei Kikuchi (3-6, 3.02).
At Angel Stadium: Gallen turned in a second consecutive strong outing in his most recent start, shutting down the Padres over six innings, allowing just one unearned run on five hits and one walk while striking out nine. … Prior to that, he struck out 10 over seven innings against the Giants. … Gallen got seven whiffs on his curveball against the Padres and eight with the pitch against the Giants. … He has faced the Angels once in his career in a start that also came at Angel Stadium, giving up four runs in seven innings. CF Mike Trout homered off him that day. … Kikuchi permitted four runs in five innings against the Rangers in his most recent start. … He had a strong stretch during May (1.89 ERA) and June (2.25 ERA). … He has faced the Diamondbacks five times in his career, logging a 5.81 ERA in 26 1/3 innings. 2B Ketel Marte and 3B Eugenio Suarez have each hit a home run off him.
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Sunday, July 13: At Los Angeles, 1:07 p.m., Diamondbacks RHP Merrill Kelly (7-5, 3.41) vs. Angels RHP Jose Soriano (6-6, 4.00).
Monday-Thursday, July 14-17: Off (All-Star break).
Friday, July 18: At Chase Field, 6:40 p.m., Diamondbacks TBA vs. Cardinals TBA.
Saturday, July 19: At Chase Field, 4:15 p.m., Diamondbacks TBA vs. Cardinals TBA.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Diamondbacks vs. Los Angeles Angels: Game time, pitching matchups