Division rivals Colorado, Arizona square off in National League wild card game tonight
Arizona shortstop Ketel Marte pretends to hit as Diamondbacks left fielder Kristopher Negron catches during a workout at Chase Field in Phoenix on Tuesday. (AP photo)
Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado waits to hit during practice for the National League wild-card playoff baseball game on Tuesday in Phoenix. The Rockies face the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight. (AP photo)
Arizona shortstop Ketel Marte pretends to hit as Diamondbacks left fielder Kristopher Negron catches during a workout at Chase Field in Phoenix on Tuesday. (AP photo)
Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado waits to hit during practice for the National League wild-card playoff baseball game on Tuesday in Phoenix. The Rockies face the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight. (AP photo)
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PHOENIX -- The Diamondbacks and Rockies share a spring training facility and played each other 19 times this season.
They know each other very well.
Now comes game No. 20 tonight, the biggest one of them all, an NL wild-card matchup with Arizona's Zack Greinke facing Colorado's young Jon Gray.
"There's no secrets here," Rockies manager Bud Black said. "We know what they like to do. They know our players. … They know our tendencies, they know our hitters' tendencies, they know our pitchers' tendencies. And we know theirs."
It's a matchup of under-the-radar franchises in the NL West that had turnaround seasons under first-year managers. The Rockies are in the playoffs for the first time since 2009. The Diamondbacks haven't been here since 2011. The game is sold out at 48,686-seat Chase Field.
"A couple of guys were wondering why the fans weren't here early in the season and when were they going to start showing up," Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said.