Even Steven

The Rockies hit the Century Mark in games played today, and have now played 50 at home (31-19) and 50 on the Road  (27-23).   This compares to the Dodgers who will hit the Century Mark on Monday, with 55 Home games and 45 Road Games,  and the D-Backs on Tuesday will be 53-47 in Home and Away games.  The Dodgers however have a better record on the road than either of the other two teams at 27-18, but the Rockies at one point were  24-10 before their 3-13 slide on the Road.

The Rockies will also be on the road this week while the Dodgers remain at home.  The D-Backs play three at home and then follow the Rockies into St. Louis next weekend embarking on a 10-game road trip.  The Dodgers will hit 60 home games next Sunday before playing an August Schedule of 19 Road and 8 home games including two trips into the Snake Pit in Phoenix. From Aug 1 to Sep 3 the Dodgers play 22 of 30 on the road, at which point they will also be Even Steven at 68-68.   Everyone will be even after 162 games ;-)

WILD CARD ADVANTAGE:  The 7 teams currently in the Wild Card race with the Rockies all lost today.  (The Cubs moved into a percentage point lead over the Brewers, and are now the Division Leader.)  The Rockies are now in the Home Wild Card position, 1 game ahead of the D-Backs, with Milwaukee now 5.5 behind the Rockies (4.5 out of Wild Card).  Everyone else is at least 8 in back of the Rockies.

FLOODGATES:  The Rockies drew over 40,000 fans to each of the three Pirate games and 4 of the 6  games on the Homestand.  In 6 games they drew 244,335 and after 50 dates have drawn 1,878,586 averaging 37,572.  At this pace they will draw over  3,000,000 for the first time since 2001.