=== Colorado Rockies Team Report - September 20 ===

(My Sportsbook) - The Colorado Rockies start a three-game series at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks Tuesday night.

Shawn Estes will be on the mound for the Rockies. The lefthander is 1-3 in his last six starts and is coming off a loss to Randy Johnson and the Diamondbacks last Wednesday. In that game, Estes allowed nine hits and three runs in seven innings. Estes is 8-4 in 17 career games versus Arizona.

Estes will match his career-high with his 32nd start of the season Tuesday. He can also set a record for most wins by a lefthander in Rockies history, as Mike Hampton won 14 games in 2001. Estes is trying to become only the fourth player in franchise history to win 15 or more games in a single season, joining Pedro Astacio (17 in 1999), Kevin Ritz (17 in 1996) and Jason Jennings (16 in 2002). He is 7-2 at home this season.

The Rockies have lost five of their last six games, and they were beaten 7-6 by the Los Angeles Dodgers Sunday at Coors Field. Shawn Green belted a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning off Shawn Chacon. Jeromy Burnitz homered for the Rockies, while Luis Gonzalez finished with two RBI.

Colorado leads the season series, 10-6, but the Diamondbacks have won the last three meetings. Arizona took three of four games last week at Bank One Ballpark. The Rockies are 5-1 at home this season against Arizona.