Road Warriors

The Rockies beat the Dodgers 4-3 Friday night and in the process won their 41st road game. It marks the first time in Franchise History that the Rockies have had a winning Season on the road. Their previous best was a 39-42 record in 2007. They had already surpassed that mark with their last win in Arizona.

The Rockies won their 5th straight game their 5th winning streak of 5 or more during this season.

Ubaldo Jimenez completed the season with 198 Strikeouts, just 12 short of Pedro Astacio's all-time Rockies record of 210. He struck out Manny Ramirez 3 times on Friday. Jorge De La Rosa who pitches Saturday has 189 Strikeouts for the season and needs 10 to surpass Jimenez and 11 to get to 200. Jimenez also picked up his 15th win of the Season. Jimenez did set the record for the lowest ERA by a starting pitcher at 3.47 breaking Joe Kennedy's 2004 record of 3.66 in 27 starts. His second half ERA is at an incredible 3.07

The last time the Rockies were within 1 game of 1st place in the West was on April 11th after 5 games when they were 3-2 and trailed the Padres by 1/2 game.


WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? The Rockies can still end the season as the 1st, 2nd or 4th seed. They are currently tied with the Phillies at 92-68, but if they both win their final two, the Phillies will gain the #1 Seed as they have a winning record against the Rockies this year. The Dodgers can be either the 1st seed by winning one of the remaining two games or the 4th seed by losing two. Dodgers took the season series against the Phillies. The Cardinals will need to win their final two and the Phillies lose both to gain the #2 seed. They cannot get the #1 Seed.

So here's how it stacks up:
#1 Seed--a. Dodgers if they win the West
b. Phillies if they win both and Rockies win Division
c. Rockies if they win the West and Phillies lose 1 game.
#2 Seed a. Phillies if Dodgers win the West and Phillies win 1 game or Cardinals lose 1.
b. Rockies if they win Division and the Phillies win both games.
c. Cardinals if Phillies lose 2 and Cardinals win both (Regardless of West Winner)
#3 Seed a. Cardinals if Phillies win 1 or Cardinals lose 1.
b. Phillies if Cardinals win both and Phillies lose both.
#4 Seed a. Rockies if they lose 1
b. Dodgers if they lose 2

The Rockies will host the first two games if they Win the west, or go on the Road most likely to Philadelphia if they lose one of the last two.

The other 3 National League playoff teams lost on Friday night and remain in slumps. The Dodgers lost their 5th game in a row for the 1st time all season and have lost 7 of their last 9. The Phillies lost their 2nd in a row, and 7 of their last 11. The Cardinals blew a 6-0 lead giving up 12 runs in the 6th, 7th, and 8th innings. They've now lost 6 of their last 8, and are 7-11 since September 11th. Meanwhile the Rockies have won 6 of their last 7 and 10 of their last 14. At least one of the other 3 teams will have to break out of their losing ways next week.