Confident Anderson will face Chacin

MILWAUKEE» After a rocky stretch a month ago, during which Tyler Anderson surrendered a dozen runs over three starts, the southpaw turned in three consecutive quality starts to close the regular season.

The Rockies will need the Dr. Jekyll version of Anderson, not the Mr. Hyde, when the 28yearold takes the ball to start Game 2 of the National League division series Friday against former Rockies pitcher Jhoulys Chacin. Anderson was one of the Rockies best starting pitchers during the club’s redhot July, with a 2.16 ERA in five starts. And he believes he’s on track to pick up where he left off following sevenplus shutout innings against the Nationals on Sunday.

“Those three last starts down the stretch, it just came down to execution,” Anderson said. “In early September, those struggles that I went through, the execution was not there and then I went through fatigue or whatever that set in. … During that stretch, it was just a lot of pitches in the middle (of the plate).”

But the shoulder inflammation that kept Anderson from making his start at the beginning of the team’s final homestand subsided, and manager Bud Black felt increased confidence in Anderson after his performance Sunday.

“He pitched a really good game in a game that we needed to win,” Black said. “I really liked where his stuff was, his velocity, his secondary pitches.”

Meanwhile, Chacin takes the hill for Milwaukee. The righthander went 158 with a 3.50 ERA for the Brewers during the regular season.

He won 38 games for the Rockies (200914).

“It’s special that I’m going to have the opportunity to pitch against (the Rockies) in the postseason,” Chacin said.