Last 10

You see it in standings in papers and websites all over the country. "Last 10" which simply stands for the record a team has in the last 10 games played. And it varies with most teams somewhere between 3-7 and 7-3 at any given time, although a prolonged winning or losing streak would send it to 8-2 or 1-9.

Which brings us back to the Rockies. In the first 54 games of the season, from game 10 to 54, if you had looked at the Last 10, you would have seen 4-6, 3-7 or 2-8 a grand total of 36 times total, and 5-5 another 9 times. You also would have only seen 6-4 on one occasion following the first game of the first San Francisco series at Coors on May 6th. Then on June 7th and after the Last 10 for the Rockies showed a record of 5-5 or above for the past 52 games, which means they have never had a losing record in the Last 10 column since then (and won't have it happen in at least the next 5 games either because they've won 5 in a row.)

Here is the overall number of times the Rockies have achieved the following in the Last 10 this season.

10-0--2 times
9-1--8 Times
8-2--4 Times
7-3--12 Times
6-4--19 Times
5-5--16 Times
4-6--24 Times
3-7--9 Times
2-8--3 Times
1-9--Never
0-10--Never


LAST NIGHT:
Biggest moment of last night's 8-3 win against the Phillies game had to be Jason Hammel striking out Ryan Howard with the bases loaded on a 3-2 pitch. I've gotta admit, I still have dread in those situations that something bad is going to happen.

Also was happy that Garrett Atkins had a good night. He's been left behind a lot as the Rockies surge continues, but it's good to have him and Ian Stewart still on the team and contributing.

FORGOTTEN MAN
Speaking of contributing, I realize that Clint Barmes and Troy Tulowitzki are the best options on defense up the middle, but is it too much to ask to give Omar Quintanilla a start or two somewhere especially with Barmes slumping lately? How about in the Pittsburgh series next week or in Washington on the next trip. It would be nice for him to have a lot more AB's down the stretch. He seems to be forgotten down there. If there is no use for him, let's send him down for August to get some work in the minors, and bring someone else up. He's only had 16 AB's since Jim Tracy took over and last started on May 20th in Atlanta.