You Can Walk Straight Through Hell with a Smile

Beginning May 15th the Rockies have been on a grueling part of their season.  45 games in 49 days with 31 of the games on the road and only 14 at  home.  Going into last week the Rockies had gone 12-8 during this stretch which was pretty good, but six games against last year's World Series Participants Cleveland and Chicago Cubs back to back loomed large and potentially could have been a large pothole especially with the Dodgers and D-Backs breathing down the Rockies neck.  The Rockies won the first 5 games, dropping yesterday's season finale vs. the Cubs ending their season high 7 game winning streak.  They now have 41 wins in their first 65 games,

The 7 game winning streak is the longest since an 8 game streak in April 2013.  After Saturday's win, they were 18 games or more over .500 for only the 2nd time in their history.   Their best record ever was at 24 games over .500 in 2009 at 92-68.  This year's Rockies could surpass that by the All-Star Break.

During the seven game streak they held their opponent to 3 or fewer runs in all 7 games.  They are now 15-3-3 in series and have yet to lose a road series.  They are 15-6 in series opening games, which contributes to that success.

And most importantly they are now 17-9 in this 45 game stretch with 19 games to go.