Weekly Race In Review September 14-20

The Rockies finished strong winning 3 of their last 4 to give them a 3-3 recorda nd a 4-5 Road Trip. Combined with their previous 9-1 homestand, the Rockies are 13-6 in September. The Giants also went 3-3 while the Dodgers were 5-1 to take a 5 game lead in the West.


Results:
9/15 Giants 9 ROCKIES 1
9/16 Giants 10 ROCKIES 2
9/17 ROCKIES 4 Giants 3
9/18 Diamondbacks 7 ROCKIES 5
9/19 ROCKIES 10 Diamondbacks 4
9/20 ROCKIES 5 Diamondbacks 1

Meanwhile the Marlins were 4-3, Braves 4-2, and the Cubs 3-4. The other division Leaders Phillies went 5-1, while the Cardinals went 3-3.

Magic Number for the Dodgers to win the West 8, Rockies need 22. Magic Number for the Rockies to win the Wild Card is 9, Giants need 18, Marlins 18, Braves 19, and Cubs 23.

Rockies start their final 9 game homestand hosting San Diego and St. Louis The Giants follow the Rockies into Arizona, before heading home for 4 with the Cubs while the Dodgers head to the East Coast to take on Washington and Pittsburgh.

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DOWN THE STRETCH: Remaining Games:
Rockies (9H, 3A)--SD (3), STL (3), Milw (3), @LAD (3)

Dodgers--(3H, 9A)--@Wash (3) @Pitt (4), @SD (2), Col (3)

Giants--(7H, 6A)--@Ariz (3), Chic (4), Ariz (3), @SD (3)

Marlins--(6H, 6A)--Phil (3), NYM (3), @Atl (3), @Phil 3)

Braves--(7H, 6A)--@Mets (3), @Wash (3), Fla (3), Wash (4)

The Rockies are the only team in the hunt with 3 series left at home.

The 90 Plus factors show the Dodgers at 93, Rockies 94, Giants at 87, Marlins at 86, and Braves 86.

ROAD WARRIORS: Sunday's win gave the Rockies a franchise high 40 regular season wins on the road. They need to win one game in Los Angeles to have their first winning season on the road. Since June 4th the Rockies have a 29-20 Record on the Road, however they are 4-8 in their past 12 on the road.

POWER SURGE: In the weekend series against Arizona the Rockies scored 5 runs or more in 3 straight games. It was the first time the Rockies had scored 5 runs or more 3 straight times since August 12-14 against Pittsburgh.

UPDATE:
It's a Miracle, A True Purple Spectacle: One of my favorite Baseball writers Jayson Stark has a column featuring the Rockies Revival under Jim Tracy.

Just a sample:

So what happened next just doesn't happen. It can't happen. It never happens. Even the man who hired Jim Tracy -- Rockies GM Dan O'Dowd -- had no grandiose illusions that it was about to happen to his team.

"We studied this historically before we did it," O'Dowd said. "And usually, these moves don't do anything."

Well, this one did.

Before this move, there had never been a manager -- not one -- in the history of baseball that took over a team that had plummeted to 10 games under .500 and then got that same team to a point where it was 20 games over .500.

But not anymore. Check those standings. You'll find Tracy's Rockies at exactly 20 games above sea level (85-65) right now as they head into the final two weeks of a special season. And that's a miracle. An official baseball miracle.