The Rockies have won games after trailing many times this season, most notably the 4 games in New York, when trailing by 2 or more in every game and sweeping the Mets. And on April 10th against Pittsburgh they rallied to beat the Pirates 6-5 by scoring 2 runs in the 7th inning for their only late inning come from behind win.
Before Yesterday. The Rockies rallied in the 8th inning yesterday, scoring 4 runs to sweep the short series with the Giants and regain 1st Place in the NL West. 11 times they went into the 8th inning trailing and had never won. They had lost an additional 7 times when leading or tied after 7 innings, and had only won 3 games in which they were tied after 7 innings.
But the win yesterday represented their first win in their last AB. One significant stat, that I haven't heard mentioned is the Rockies scoring distribution. Last year at this time they had a high early run count and dismal late count as discussed here. This year it's more of a normal distribution, ranging from 17 in the 3rd to 29 in the 6th. Except for the 9th, in which surprisingly, the Rockies have scored a grand total of ONE run.
The Rockies head to Philadelphia, who are also struggling to score runs, and have lost 4 in a row.
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