{"id":678974,"date":"2026-04-19T08:53:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T08:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/678974\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T08:53:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T08:53:57","slug":"dodgers-vs-rockies-apr-19-2026-pregame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/678974\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers vs. Rockies (Apr 19, 2026) Pregame"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> (15-5, first in the NL West) vs. Colorado Rockies<\/a> (8-13, fifth in the NL West)<\/p>\n

Denver; Sunday, 3:10 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Dodgers: Roki Sasaki<\/a> (0-2, 6.23 ERA, 1.85 WHIP, 15 strikeouts); Rockies: Michael Lorenzen<\/a> (1-2, 8.10 ERA, 2.22 WHIP, 13 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

LINE: Dodgers -293, Rockies +236; over\/under is 10 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Rockies host the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Colorado has a 5-3 record in home games and an 8-13 record overall. The Rockies have the ninth-ranked team ERA in the NL at 4.07.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles has a 6-2 record on the road and a 15-5 record overall. The Dodgers have the highest team batting average in the NL at .286.<\/p>\n

The matchup Sunday is the third time these teams square off this season.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Troy Johnston<\/a> leads the Rockies with a .305 batting average, and has five doubles, two home runs, four walks and 10 RBI. Ezequiel Tovar<\/a> is 9 for 39 with an RBI over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Andy Pages<\/a> has four doubles and five home runs for the Dodgers. Freddie Freeman<\/a> is 13 for 39 with three doubles, a triple and two RBI over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Rockies: 3-7, .223 batting average, 4.23 ERA, outscored by 15 runs<\/p>\n

Dodgers: 7-3, .271 batting average, 2.66 ERA, outscored opponents by 19 runs<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Rockies: Willi Castro<\/a>: day-to-day (hand), Kyle Freeland: 15-Day IL (shoulder), RJ Petit<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), McCade Brown<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Pierson Ohl<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kris Bryant<\/a>: 60-Day IL (back), Jeff Criswell<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

Dodgers: Landon Knack: 15-Day IL (undisclosed), Brock Stewart: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Mookie Betts<\/a>: 10-Day IL (back), Ben Casparius: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Gavin Stone<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jake Cousins<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Bobby Miller<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brusdar Graterol: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Tommy Edman<\/a>: 10-Day IL (ankle), Blake Snell: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Kike Hernandez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Evan Phillips<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Dodgers (15-5, first in the NL West) vs. Colorado Rockies (8-13, fifth in the NL West)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2406],"tags":[5,39,1165,4332,4333,774,57,3224,4331,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-678974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-dodgers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-dodgers","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-la-dodgers","12":"tag-ladodgers","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-losangelesdodgers","17":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116430532406877413","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}