A Clock Strikes at Quarter Past

The Rockies are one game shy of the quarter pole in the season and have compiled a 24-15 record so far which guarantees them the best First Quarter of the season in their history.  In 1995, 1997 and 2014 they went 23-17.   The Rockies also completed a stretch where the were home in 21 of 35 games going 21-15 in that stretch.  Between now and July 2nd, they will be playing a stretch of 31 out of 45 Road games with only 14 home games in the next 7 weeks.

This is a key stretch, as they need to continue to play well on the road, while getting better at home. The Rockies completed a 6-4 home stand giving them a 13-10 record so far, but they are 11-5 on the road.   Can they maintain improve on their road record, or can they start dominating at home?  Will the pitching continue to dominate late as the Rockies have failed to give up a lead of more than 1 run all season and have won all 20 games that they have led after 6 innings.

The Rockies are now 8-2-2 in Series with both series losses coming at Coors Field (Padres and Nationals) They have a 4-0-1 Series Record on the Road. Both series ties have come against the Dodgers.  In 2016, they won their 8th series on June 15th.

Crossing the Lines:   The Rockies play their first inter-league games this week heading to Minnesota. This is their second visit to Target Field and only their third visit to Minnesota overall.    They have gone 1-2 on both trips there in 2003 and 2010.   Minnesota has visited Coors Field twice as well in 2008 and 2014 where they have split 6 games.   They next play the AL when Seattle comes to visit Coors on a home/home series starting May 29th.  Their AL games by month May: 6, June: 3, July: 3 August: 8.

Winning the West:  The Rockies have played 28 games against the NL West, and have compiled a 18-10 .642 record.  They next play a West Team on June 2nd in San Diego.  The rest of the wet has games this week (LA at SF and Ariz at SD) otherwise teams are playing teams outside of the division for the next three weeks.   At this point no other team is better than one game over .500 vs. the West.