Colorado @ Los Angeles preview

Last Meeting ( Jul 13, 2013 ) Colorado 0, LA Dodgers 1

The Los Angeles Dodgers look to head into the All-Star break on a high note when they host the Colorado Rockies on Sunday in the finale of a four-game series. Los Angeles won for the 17th time in its last 21 contests Saturday on the strength of Zack Greinke's two-hitter - a 1-0 victory over Colorado which left them 2 1/2 games behind Arizona in the National League West. Colorado fell to 3-6 on its 10-game road trip and is 5 1/2 behind the Diamondbacks.

Rockies All-Star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki was given Saturday off after playing two games since recovering from a broken rib but is expected back in the lineup Sunday. The banged-up Dodgers likely will be without rookie right fielder Yasiel Puig for a second straight game because of a sore left hip, while left fielder Carl Crawford is expected to miss his third consecutive contest with lower back soreness. Ricky Nolasco will make his home debut for the Dodgers after winning his initial start for Los Angeles at Arizona on Tuesday as he opposes Jhoulys Chacin, who had a five-start winning streak snapped in his last outing.

TV: 4:10 p.m. ET, ROOT Sports (Colorado), Prime Ticket (Los Angeles)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Rockies RH Jhoulys Chacin (8-4, 3.62 ERA) vs. Dodgers RH Ricky Nolasco (6-8, 3.70)

Chacin pitched well enough to win his sixth straight start, allowing one run and five hits in six innings of a 2-1 loss at San Diego on Tuesday. The 25-year-old has a 2.01 ERA over his last six starts and has lowered his season ERA by 0.97 during that span. Chacin is 7-5 with a 3.70 ERA in 14 games (13 starts) against Los Angeles, including a 9-5 win on July 4 in which he allowed four runs and nine hits in 5 2/3 innings, and has yielded a .338 batting average to the Los Angeles roster.

Nolasco, who was acquired from Miami on July 6, allowed one run and four hits over seven innings in his introduction to the National League West pennant race. The 30-year-old, who is 82-72 in his career, also was sharp in his final start with the Marlins as he held another first-place team - Atlanta - to two runs and six hits in seven innings of a 6-3 victory. Nolasco is 6-2 with a 4.76 ERA in nine games (eight starts) against Colorado, with the roster batting .326 against him.

WALK-OFFS

1. Colorado comes out of the All-Star break with a 10-game homestand against the Chicago Cubs, Miami and Milwaukee, who have a combined .415 winning percentage.

2. Rockies 1B Todd Helton, who has 699 career multi-hit games, is 6-for-15 against Nolasco. Only three active players - the New York Yankees' Derek Jeter (971), Ichiro Suzuki (819) and Alex Rodriguez (818) - have more.

3. Following Sunday's game, Rockies SS Troy Tulowitzki and OFs Carlos Gonzalez and Michael Cuddyer - along with Dodgers LHP Clayton Kershaw - will fly to New York for Tuesday's All-Star Game. Cuddyer will compete in Monday's Home Run Derby, while Gonzalez backed out of the event because of a finger injury.

PREDICTION: Dodgers 3, Rockies 2