It hadn't happened in 24 years, but it happened when it needed to: The Rockies swept a four game series at Dodger Stadium for the 2nd time in their history, and the first time since August 8-11, 1993.
The Rockies used a good mix of starting pitching, timely hitting, and fantastic relief pitching to win the four games, go 6-1 for the week. By Thursday, the Rockies had stretched their Visitor Wild Card lead back to 3 after Milwaukee closed to 1/2 game last Sunday, but the Cards and Brewers all swept their weekend series, to keep pace with the Rockies. Meanwhile the D-Backs dropped 2 of 3 to the Padres as the Rockies closed to within 5 games of Arizona as they head to Phoenix for a 4 game series.
The Dodgers have lost 10 in a row, which is the longest losing streak in MLB this season, and ties the longest in their Los Angeles history. It also happened to them in 1961 and 1987. They have also lost 15 of their last 16. Prior that they lost 15 games out of 74 from May 31st to August 25th. 9 of the last 15 losses have been at home. They now go on a 10 game road trip to San Francisco, Washington and Philadelphia. As bad as the Rockies 3-6 homestand last week, the Dodgers went 0-7 on this one.
The good news is the Rockies passed the Central Leading Cubs by a game, which means two of the three Central teams Cubs, Brewers and Cards have to pass them for the Rockies not to make the playoffs, but all three play teams with losing records early in the week, but over the final 17 days of the season, 2 of the 3 Central teams will play each other, meaning there are 14 losses between them.
Here's the remaining schedule (all series 3 games unless noted) Bold Playoff Contenders:
Los Angeles: Home (6)--San Francisco, San Diego; Away(13)--San Francisco, Washington, Philadelphia, Colorado
Arizona: Home(10)--Colorado (4), Miami, San Francisco; Away(9); San Francisco, San Diego, Kansas City
Colorado: Home(9)--San Diego, Miami, Los Angeles; Away(10): Arizona (4), San Francisco (2), San Diego (4)
Chicago: Home (9)--New York Mets, St. Louis, Cincinnati; Away(10) Tampa Bay(2) Milwaukee(4), St. Louis (4)
Milwaukee: Home (10): Pittsburgh, Chicago (4), Cincinnati; Away (9) Miami, Pittsburgh, St. Louis
St. Louis: Home (10): Cincinnati, Chicago (4), Milwaukee; Away (9)--Chicago, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh
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