Colorado @ Philadelphia preview

Last Meeting ( Aug 20, 2013 ) Colorado 5, Philadelphia 3

The Colorado Rockies will try to build on a rare road victory when they visit the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday in the third contest of a four-game series. The Rockies won for only the fourth time in their last 16 games in Philadelphia with a 5-3 victory on Tuesday and recorded their ninth win in their last 34 road contests. The Phillies fell to 7-22 since the All-Star break and failed in their bid to win three straight games for the first time since mid-July.

The Rockies have a pair of hot hitters in catcher Wilin Rosario and All-Star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, who both homered Tuesday. Rosario is batting .362 during an 11-game hitting streak with three home runs and 14 RBIs during that span while Tulowitzki is 11-for-27 in his last seven games, with home runs in his last two. Cliff Lee, who hasn't won since July 5 - a span of five starts, takes the mound for the Phillies and opposes Juan Nicasio, who snapped a four-start winless streak in his last outing.

TV: 7:05 p.m. ET, ROOT (Colorado), CSN Philadelphia

PITCHING MATCHUP: Rockies RH Juan Nicasio (7-6, 4.94 ERA) vs. Phillies LH Cliff Lee (10-6, 3.19)

Nicasio yielded two runs and four hits, and made life more difficult on himself with four walks in six innings of a 6-3 victory at Baltimore on Friday. The Dominican Republic native, who turns 27 on Aug. 31, recorded a 9.64 ERA in his previous three starts and is 4-5 with a 5.76 ERA in 13 road outings. Nicasio allowed five runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings, and received a no-decision in an 8-7 setback to Philadelphia on June 14.

Lee was solid in a 4-0 loss to the red-hot Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday, allowing three runs and five hits while striking out six in eight innings. The Benton, Ark., native, who turns 35 on Aug. 30, is 4-4 with a 4.00 ERA in 10 home starts this season and 1-1 with a 2.33 ERA and 1.29 WHIP in three lifetime outings against Colorado. Michael Cuddyer has faced Lee more than the rest of the active Rockies combined, going 11-for-36 with three home runs, four doubles and eight RBIs.

WALK-OFFS

1. Tulowitzki and Baltimore's J.J. Hardy share the lead among shortstops with 22 home runs.

2. Rosario's 18 homers are tied for second among catchers with Toronto's J.P. Arencibia and Atlanta's Brian McCann, one behind Baltimore's Matt Wieters.

3. The Rockies are 22-11 when scoring first on the road and 1-30 when they do not.

PREDICTION: Phillies 3, Rockies 2