On Monday, May 15th the Rockies were 24-15 and embarking on a string of 45 games where 31 were on the road. They held their own going 24-21, but as we all know it could have been better. they started out 23-11 before losing 10 of their last 11.
The problem is that the Dodgers went 33-13 and D-Backs 31-13 (Both over .700) during this stretch. The Dodgers had 25 home games to 21 Road Games and now have 44-40. D-Backs have 45-38 advantage in Home games, Rockies are 37-47 for Home games. It doesn't help that the Dodgers and D-Backs are winning 3 out of 4 at home, while the Rockies are only winning 3 out of 5.
The Dodgers continue to have a favorable schedule in July with only 7 road games (5 left after playing San Diego this weekend.) So at the end of July, the Dodgers will have played 60 at home and 45 on the Road, This means the Dodgers play 36 of their final 57 on the road. The D-Backs have a more balanced schedule in July, with 11 home games and 12 Road.
The Rockies meanwhile come home and play 13 of the next 16 at home, However for July in total they play 11 on the Road.
The Rockies showed signs of coming out of their two week funk this weekend. Chatwood and Marquez pitched well enough to win, but errors did them in for the most part. The bats still need to get hot, and maybe being home will help with that.
Although the Rockies are still 6 games ahead of the Cubs for the 2nd Wild Card Spot, the goal is still to win the NL West. If they played in any other division, they would be winning 3 of them and tied for a fourth, but they are in the NL West and have to start winning again and not worry so much about the Dodgers or D-Backs until September 1st when they play each other again. The Rockies have an opportunity to gain on LA and Arizona as they play each other in a 3 game set starting Tuesday. They will play again in Arizona August 8-10 and 29-31, prior to the Rockies meeting either of them again. The D-Backs finish play against LA and Colorado on September 14th, while the Rockies and Dodgers will finish out the season at Coors on Sept 29-Oct 1.
WINNERS AND LOSERS: Determining Winning and Losing teams is fluid, but the Rockies start a stretch where they play 19 straight against currently losing teams. The Rockies are 24-20 against teams that are .500 or better, and 24-13 against teams that are below .500. Of their remaining games 53 are against losing teams and 25 against winning teams. If you include teams that are withing 4 games of .500 as Winners, the Rockies are 27-24 vs. Winners, 21-12 vs. Losers and 42-35 Remaining (Losers/Winners).
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