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De La Rosa to return Tuesday against Boston
- Updated: May 21, 2016
PITTSBURGH — Left-hander Jorge De La Rosa, who scuffled before going on the disabled list in April, will rejoin the Rockies’ rotation for Tuesday’s opener of a three-game road series with the Red Sox.
De La Rosa posted a 10.18 ERA in five starts, made it beyond five innings once, and was nowhere near his best form before the Rockies placed him on the 15-day disabled list with a left groin injury. On Thursday, in his third injury rehab start at Triple-A Albuquerque, De La Rosa threw 94 pitches in seven innings and displayed the fastball usage and efficiency that had been missing.
“All game, I threw a lot of strikes and went to the seventh,” De La Rosa said after throwing a side session at PNC Park on Saturday. “The fastball wasn’t the only thing I was working on. I was working on a lot of things.”
The Rockies plan to start De La Rosa, Jon Gray and Eddie Butler in the series with the Red Sox, which leaves lefty Chris Rusin (1-2, 4.50 ERA) on the outside even though he is coming off one of his better starts — six innings, two runs on six hits in the Rockies’ 3-1 loss to the Cardinals on Wednesday. Manager Walt Weiss said there are many “moving parts” with the Rockies’ pitching staff.
Weiss …
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