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Series up for grabs when D'Backs, Rox play rubber match at Coors

A series victory is on the line Wednesday afternoon for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies. It will also be a rubber match of sorts between starters Trevor Cahill and Jorge De La Rosa.Cahill hopes to stay hot as the Diamondbacks wrap a three-game set with the hard-charging Rockies.Cahill and De La Rosa will square off for the third time this season, having split two earlier meetings on April 20 and 25. De La Rosa got the better of the two in Colorado in the first meeting, hurling six scoreless innings in a 4-3 win, while Cahill yielded three earned runs in seven frames.The Arizona starter, though, returned the favor five days later at home to begin his current stretch of 3-1 over his past five starts. Cahill has not allowed more than two runs in any of those outings and is coming off Friday's 9-2 win at Miami. He allowed a run on five hits over eight innings, but did walk four batters.Cahill has issued 16 walks over his last five starts, something he'll look to address today...

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