Betancourt won’t pitch tonight

Figures. As soon as Rafael Betancourt lands in The Zone, he gets hurt. Betancourt struggled with shoulder inflammation and the flu in April and May, bouncing in and out of the eighth-inning setup role. But he had been on a roll of late, witness his August numbers: 3-0, 1.08 in 10 appearances. And now, he doesn’t know when he can pitch again, no thanks to a strain in his upper groin/lower abdomin region. He definitely won’t pitch tonight.  “We’ll have to wait and see how I feel when I wake up,” said Betancourt. “This time of the year, especially with the way our team is right now, I don’t want to take any chances. I went through that last year, and it’s not fun.” Betancourt sustained a groin strain that cost him five weeks last season before being traded to the Rockies from Cleveland. He said the soreness is in the same area. “The weird part is I’ve been pitching good,” he said. “Compared to how I was pitch...