Go West This Is Our Destiny

This weekend marked the end of Week 5 of the Major-League Season, and all NL West Teams have played each other home and home one time.  (Sometimes the Schedule makers make sense.)

Here's how the teams fared:

Rockies 16-8 (24 Games)
Arizona 14-13 (27 Games)
Los Angeles 13-12 (25 Games)
San Diego 11-14 (25 Games)
Giants 10-17 (27 Games)

The second time through the west starts this weekend with the Rockies hosting the Dodgers for four games.  This next go round will vary between teams, as the Giants and D-Backs will play their last meeting of the second round on August 27, while the Dodgers and San Diego finish up on August 13th.   The Rockies play the bulk of their second pass games in June with the last 17 games (and first two of July) played in a row, and finish the 2nd round on July 19 against San Diego.   They have zero games against the West in August, but all but three of their games after September 1st are against the west a total of 26 games.

Other than the games against the Dodgers, the Rockies now start playing against the rest of the league as well as the AL.  75 of their 86 non-west games are between now and August 30th.

Inter-League Madness
5 weeks into the season, and the NL West has played only 5 of their 100 inter-league games.  The Yankees alone have played 9 so far (counting  Sunday night's game as one game) and their next two games are at Cincinnati.     The Padres play 7 and Arizona has 2 this week. The Rockies play their first three AL Games next week, and the Dodgers play their first AL game on June 13th, on the same day that the Giants play thier next AL game (They've played two so far.)

ROCKIES Stats of Note:
Much has been made of the Rockies 9-0 record in 1 run games this year, but even more impressive is the fact that the Rockies have yet to blow more than a 1-run lead in any game this year.  They have six comeback wins including two from 3 down and one from 5 down.