Weekly Race In Review September 7-13

Another winning week for the Rockies despite 2 losses in San Diego after an 8 game winning streak. Managed to pick up a half-game on the 4-2 Dodgers and 2.5 games on the 2-4 Giants.

Results:
9/7 ROCKIES 4 Reds 3
9/8 ROCKIES 3 Reds 1
9/9 ROCKIES 4 Reds 3
9/10 ROCKIES 5 Reds 3
9/11 ROCKIES 4 Padres 1
9/12 Padres 3 ROCKIES 2 10 innings
9/13 Padres 7 ROCKIES 3

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

Magic Number for the Dodgers to win the West 16, Rockies need 22, and Giants need 27. Magic Number for the Rockies to win the Wild Card is 15, Giants need 24, Marlins 25, Braves 26, and Cubs 28.

Rockies head to San Francisco to play their last 3 games with the Giants then head to Phoenix for 3 with Arizona. The Giants host the Rockies then head to Los Angeles for 3 more with the Dodgers, and the Dodgers are home all week hosting the Pirates and then the Giants
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DOWN THE STRETCH: Remaining Games:
Rockies (9H, 9A)--@SF (3), @Ariz (3), SD (3), STL (3), Milw (3), @LAD (3)

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

Giants--(10H, 9A)--COL (3), @LAD (3), @Ariz (3), Chic (4), Ariz (3), @SD (3)

All three teams have 9 road games and the Giants have one more game to play overall and it's at home.

The 90 Plus factors show the Dodgers at 94, Rockies 91 and Giants down to 87.

RUNNING ON EMPTY: A lot of talk has centered on the Rockies lack of run production, which has been masked a little bit by their ability to win games. Over the past month, covering 29 games, the Rockies have gone 18-11, but have only scored more than 5 runs in 5 of those games, and one of those happened by scoring 5 runs in the 14th inning, while giving up more than 5 runs in 8 of those games. In the Blake Street Bomber days, I used to say the Rockies needed to learn how to win 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 games, but now that they've learned, they need to have an offensive explosion again, and soon. The pitching can't carry the load night after night like this and not have a breakdown at some point.