As sunny skies were present over Coors Field, the Colorado Rockies announced that the game would not start on time based on storms that were around downtown Denver. These storms were expected to move into the Coors Field area from the north soon.
Eric Lauer (5-5, 4.14 ERA) is scheduled to take the mound on Saturday for the Padres while Colorado will counter with German Marquez (6-3, 4.19 ERA). Marquez will make his second start of the season against San Diego. He beat them on May 10 at Coors Field as the Rockies posted a 12-2 win.